Table 16. Tenure and Characteristics of Operator and Type of Organization for All Farms 

 and Farms Operated by Black and Other Races: 1987, 1982, and 1978 



(For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Characteristics 



All farms 



Farms operated by Black and other races' 



Tenure of operator 



All operators farms.. 



acres. . 



Harvested cropland farms-- 



acres- _ 



Full owners farms__ 



acres. _ 



Harvested cropland farms.. 



acres— 



Part owners farms.. 



acres. _ 



Harvested cropland farms.. 



acres.. 



Tenants farms., 



acres,. 



Harvested cropland farms,, 



acres,. 



Percent of tenancy percent,. 



Operators by place of residence: 



On farm operated 



Not on farm operated 



Not reported 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming 



Other 



Operators by days of work off farm: 



None 



Any 



1 to 49 days 



50 to 99 days 



100 to 149 days. 



150 to 199 days 



200 days or more 



Not reported 



Operators by years on present farm: 



2 years or less 



3 or 4 years 



5 to 9 years 



10 years or more 



Average years on present farm 



Not reported 



Operators by age group: 



Under 25 years 



25 to 34 years _ 



35 to 44 years 



45 to 49 years 



50 to 54 years 



55 to 59 years 



60 to 64 years 



65 to 69 years 



70 years and over 



Average age 



Operators by sex: 



Male farms.. 



acres. - 

 Female farms- 

 acres. . 



Operators of Spanish origin {see text) farms., 



acres.. 



Operators not of Spanish origin farms.. 



Spanish origin not reported farms.. 



Type of orqanization: 



Individual or family (sole proprietorship) farms.. 



acres.. 



Partnership farms.. 



acres. - 



Corporation farms., 



acres-. 

 Family held: 



More than 10 stockholders farms.. 



acres,. 



10 or less stockholders farms.. 



acres.. 



Other than family held: 



More than 10 stockholders farms-. 



acres-- 



10 or less stockholders farms.. 



acres,. 

 Other— cooperative, estate or trust, institutional. 



etc. .,, farms-- 



acres- , 



59 264 

 9 447 705 



50 108 

 3 779 164 



34 664 

 3 562 341 



26 848 

 800 585 



18 874 

 5 053 795 



18 050 

 2 485 874 



5 746 

 831 569 



5 210 

 492 705 



4 109 



2 749 



3 098 

 6 979 



31 990 

 20.4 



14 468 



3 553 



5 027 



10 036 



33 135 



18.5 



21 041 



14.3 



5 251 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



2 197 



9 674 



14 687 



19 654 



20 932 



14 562 

 51.1 



76 371 



10 539 692 



5 335 



458 960 



275 



39 375 



(NA) 



(NA) 



71 388 



8 538 057 



8 520 



1 612 307 



1 559 



757 627 



37 



58 774 



1 336 



554 398 



34 



31 863 



152 



112 592 



239 

 90 661 



2 037 

 739 

 527 



1 628 



1 475 



1 372 

 1 595 

 233 

 113 

 87 

 180 

 982 



336 



192 

 168 

 284 

 1 427 

 20.3 



1 232 



21 

 204 

 457 

 289 

 362 

 434 

 481 

 448 

 607 

 56.8 



3 009 



256 952 



294 



16 744 



5 



246 



1 642 



1 656 



2 949 



240 768 



292 



26 249 



33 



4 100 



31 

 (D) 



29 

 2 579 



3 121 

 1 146 

 1 085 



3 204 

 2 148 



2 173 

 2 405 

 348 

 197 

 230 

 262 

 1 368 



774 



220 

 300 



581 



1 999 

 18.7 



2 252 



'For classification of social and ethnic groups, see text. 



20 NORTH CAROLINA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -STATE DATA 



