Table 48. Summary by Tenure of Operator: 1987-Con. 



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



Total 



Full owners 



Farms with sales of $10,000 or more 



FARMS BY SIZE 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres 



50 to 69 acres 



70 to 99 acres 



100 to 139 acres 



140 to 179 acres 



180 to 219 acres 



220 to 259 acres 



260 to 499 acres 



500 to 999 acres 



1,000 to 1,999 acres. 

 2,000 acres or more . 



FARMS BY STANDARD 

 INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION 



Casti 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, pnmanly crop (019) 



Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and 



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) _ 



LIVESTOCK 



Cattle and calves inventory farms., 



number. 

 Farms v/ith — 



1 to 9 _ 



10 to 49 , 



50 to 99 



100 to 199 , 



200 to 499 



500 or more 



Cows and heifers that had calved farms. 



number. 



Beef cows farms. 



number. 



Farnis with— 



1 to 9 



10 to 49 



50 to 99 



100 to 199 



200 to 499 



500 or more 



Milk cows (amis. 



number. 



Farms with— 



1 to 4 _ _ 



5 to 9 .-- 



10 to 49 



50 to 99 



100 to 199 - 



200 to 499 



500 or more _ 



Heifers and heifer calves farms. 



number. 

 Steers, steer calves, bulls, and bull 

 calves farms. 



number. 



Cattle and calves sold _ farms. 



number. 

 $1,000- 

 Calves farms- 

 number. 

 $1,000. 



Cattle - farms. 



number. 

 $1,000. 

 Fattened on grain and concentrates --_ farms- 

 numt)er. 

 $1,000. 



See footnotes at end of table. 



5 253 

 18 088 



6 700 

 6 556 

 5 756 



3 668 

 2 591 



1 832 



4 914 



2 676 

 938 

 312 



7 051 

 20 943 



158 

 17 911 



1 173 

 1 064 



1 310 



2 771 



18 235 

 13 565 



1 132 



3 762 

 1 557 



3 674 

 12 770 



4 453 

 4 260 

 3 354 

 1 836 

 1 177 



711 



1 565 



600 



186 



78 



3 468 



10 202 



57 



8 598 



623 

 785 



974 



1 413 



12 701 

 9 775 



253 



2 827 

 1 192 



588 

 3 551 

 1 694 

 1 830 

 1 970 

 1 509 



1 184 

 958 



2 903 

 1 814 



664 

 209 



2 615 



7 885 



79 



6 848 



376 



211 



175 



1 078 



4 653 

 3 258 



789 

 818 

 221 



991 

 767 

 553 

 466 

 432 

 323 

 230 

 163 

 446 

 262 

 68 

 25 



968 



2 856 



22 



2 465 



174 



68 



161 



260 



881 

 522 



90 

 117 

 144 



1 518 

 4 121 



1 979 



2 401 

 2 701 

 2 138 

 1 697 



1 358 

 4 111 



2 476 

 917 

 304 



2 275 



11 805 



117 



10 596 



451 



385 



750 



1 362 



3 698 

 1 671 



1 089 



3 654 



217 



1 094 



2 523 

 1 017 

 1 201 

 1 154 



778 

 550 

 387 

 990 

 439 

 166 

 71 



559 



3 601 



29 



3 291 



151 

 201 

 528 

 345 



1 866 

 836 



221 



2 733 

 155 



127 

 969 

 663 

 906 

 1 218 



1 091 

 949 

 817 



2 695 

 1 779 



663 

 208 



1 347 



6 203 



71 



5 538 



218 

 146 



113 

 813 



1 595 

 755 



780 



810 



35 



25 



48 NORTH CAROLINA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



