Table 17. Selected Characteristics of Farms Operated by Females, Persons of Spanish 

 Origin, and Specified Racial Groups: 1987 and 1982 



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



Cliaracteristics 



Female 

 operators 



Operators of 

 Spanish origin' 



Farms operated by Black and other races 



Black 



American Indian 



Asian 



FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 



Farms number. 



Land in farms acres. 



Harvested cropland farms. 



acres. 



1987 FARMS BY SIZE 



1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres 



50 to 139 acres 



140 to 219 acres 



220 to 499 acres 



500 acres or more 



1987 OWNED AND RENTED LAND 

 IN FARMS 



Owned land in farms farms. 



acres. 

 Rented or leased land in farms farms.. 



acres.. 



TENURE OF OPERATOR 



Full owners famis. 1987. 



1982. 



acres. 1987. 



1982. 



Part owners farms. 1987.. 



1982. 



acres. 1987.. 



1982. 



Tenants ..farms. 1987.. 



1982.. 



acres. 1987.. 



1982.. 



1987 FARMS BY TYPE OF 

 ORGANIZATION 



Individual or family (sole proprietorship) 



Partnership 



Family held corporation 



Other than family held corporation 



Other— cooperative, estate or trust, 

 institutional, etc 



1987 MARKET VALUE OF 

 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SOLD 



Total sales farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse 



crops farms.. 



$1.000.. 



Livestock, poultry, and their products farms.. 



$1,000.. 

 Farms by value of sales: 



Less than $2,500 



$2,500 to $9,999 



$10,000 to $19,999 



$20,000 to $24,999 



$25,000 or more 



1987 FARMS BY STANDARD 

 INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION 



Cash grains (Oil) 



Field crops, except cash grains (013) 



Cotton (0131) 



Tobacco (0132) 



Sugarcane and sugar beets; Irish potatoes; 

 field crops, except cash grains, n.e.c. 

 (0133, 0134, 0139) 



Vegetables and melons (016) 



Fruits and tree nuts (017) 



Horticultural specialties (018) 



General farms, primarily crop (019) 



Livestock, except dairy, poultry, arid animal 



specialties (021) 



Beef cattle, except feedlots (0212) 



Dairy farms (024) 



Poultry and eggs (025). 



Animal specialties (027) ._ 



General farms, primarily livestock and animal 

 specialties (029) 



See footnotes at end of table. 



3 892 



4 497 

 393 357 

 410 895 



2 948 



3 628 

 97 235 



119 843 



491 

 1 408 

 1 245 

 357 

 288 

 103 



3 446 



306 



100 



10 



30 



316 



1 338 



5 



1 182 



S7 

 66 



130 

 158 



27 

 382 

 293 



57 



102 



6 290 



13 221 



45 



89 



2 071 



4 461 



52 

 3 951 



23 

 2 339 



34 

 56 



2 335 



5 237 



18 

 32 



3 603 



6 826 



5 



14 



352 



1 158 



57 

 3 174 



38 

 1 244 



28 

 1 929 



21 



10 



6 



1 



19 



2 949 



292 



31 



2 



29 



29 



645 



1 381 



6 



1 209 



12 



9 



163 



867 

 227 



6 

 86 

 25 



21 



2 640 



4 413 



200 253 



319 348 



2 206 



3 941 

 75 154 



139 907 



427 

 1 073 

 791 

 169 

 142 

 38 



2 373 



213 



28 



2 



24 



400 



1 143 



5 



982 



78 



9 



6 



133 



754 

 194 



653 



911 



72 591 



83 505 



599 



851 



44 634 



59 862 



64 

 278 

 179 

 49 

 57 

 26 



565 

 (D) 



287 

 (D) 



366 



487 



(D) 



25 458 



199 



291 



43 658 



(D) 



88 



133 



(D) 



(D) 



568 



78 



2 



653 

 17 256 



562 



(D) 

 212 

 (D) 



179 



223 



79 



15 



157 



244 



237 



1 



226 



3 

 2 



30 



111 

 33 



9 



13 



(D) 



1 812 



5 



9 



47 



622 



8 



9 



(D) 



(D) 



(D) 



1 



2 



(0) 



(D) 



9 

 (D) 



5 

 (D) 



4 

 (D) 



2 

 3 



1 

 3 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



NORTH CAROLINA 21 



