Table 50. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1987 -Con. 



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



Total farming 



and other 



occupations 



Famiing 



Total 



Age of operator (years) 



FARMS BY SIZE 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres 



SO 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 



Cash grains (Oil) 



Field crops, except cash grains (013) 



Cotton (0131) 



Tobacco (0132) 



Sugarcane and sugar beets; Insh 

 potatoes; fteld crops, except cash 

 grains, n.e.c. (0133, 0134, 0139) 



Vegetables and melons (016) 



Fruits and tree nuts (017) 



Horticultural specialties (018) 



General farms, phmarily 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 with— 



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. 



Farms with— 



1 to 9 __ _._ 



10 to 49 _ 



50 to 99 



100 to 199 



200 to 499 



500 or more 



Milk cows farms. 



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, 

 number, 

 $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 



2 050 

 6 893 



960 

 312 

 179 

 181 

 674 

 284 

 733 

 2 286 

 851 

 284 



3 319 



12 767 



112 



11 258 



619 



504 



589 



1 587 



7 041 

 4 658 



1 024 



2 684 

 452 



75 



107 



44 



37 



42 



20 



24 



13 



47 



15 



4 



1 



49 



227 



4 



198 



85 

 2 918 



68 



1 396 



54 



749 



17 

 647 



60 

 746 



59 

 776 



78 



1 472 



504 



50 

 616 

 128 



61 



856 



376 



8 



109 



65 



307 

 615 

 244 

 230 

 251 

 181 

 163 

 137 

 380 

 258 

 72 

 20 



325 



1 337 



23 



1 170 



59 



57 



81 



154 



337 

 117 



90 



353 



57 



620 

 31 039 



165 



256 



106 



71 



21 



1 



544 



16 639 



438 



8 638 



192 



210 



27 



8 



1 



128 



001 



32 



347 

 972 

 369 

 357 

 346 

 321 

 215 

 217 

 689 

 504 

 199 

 74 



481 

 2 032 



25 



1 831 



109 



65 



135 



244 



615 

 268 



202 

 603 



114 



347 

 032 

 440 

 491 

 511 

 378 

 331 

 255 

 788 

 562 

 240 

 82 



519 



2 546 



12 



2 334 



200 



91 



89 



124 



294 



799 

 379 



254 



637 



87 



433 



1 600 



676 



856 



883 



636 



484 



338 



1 100 



629 



229 



66 



887 



3 467 



26 



3 064 



146 

 149 



136 

 415 



1 655 

 1 039 



296 



685 



73 



74 NORTH CAROLINA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



