Table 34. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - North Carolina: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Item 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operations - Con. 
Farms with net gains 2 number 
Average net gain dollars 
Gain of- 
Less than $1 ,000 ... 
$1,000 to $4,999 ... 
$5,000 to $9,999 ... 
$10,000 to $24,999 
$25,000 to $49,999 
$50,000 or more .... 
Farms with net losses number 
Average net loss dollars 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 ... 
$1,000 to $4,999 ... 
$5,000 to $9,999 ... 
$10,000 to $24,999 
$25,000 to $49,999 
$50,000 or more .... 
Net cash farm income of operators farms 
$1,000 
Average per farm dollars 
Operators reporting net gains 2 farms 
Average net gain dollars 
Gain of- 
Less than $1 ,000 ... 
$1,000 to $4,999 ... 
$5,000 to $9,999 ... 
$10,000 to $24,999 
$25,000 to $49,999 
$50,000 or more .... 
Operators reporting net losses farms 
Average net loss dollars 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
$1,000 to $4,999 
$5,000 to $9,999 
$10,000 to $24,999 
$25,000 to $49,999 
$50,000 or more 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total farms 
$1,000 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) farms 
$1,000 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services farms 
$1,000 
Gross cash rent or share payments farms 
$1,000 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products farms 
$1,000 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) farms 
$1,000 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives farms 
$1,000 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received farms 
$1,000 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments farms 
$1,000 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) farms 
$1,000 
LAND USE 
Total cropland farms 
acres 
Harvested cropland farms 
acres 
All farms 
21,700 
156,912 
2,330 
4,850 
2,673 
3,050 
2,088 
6,709 
28,518 
18,952 
2,972 
9,834 
6,294 
5,589 
2,230 
1,599 
50,218 
1,935,698 
38,546 
21,493 
117,253 
2,327 
4,863 
2,722 
3,254 
2,448 
5,879 
28,725 
20,346 
286 
22,797 
16,809 
217,404 
2,495 
31,345 
6,073 
28,536 
2,009 
38,578 
1,135 
17,625 
4,505 
10,343 
1,294 
43,684 
611 
3,371 
2,394 
43,922 
37,247 
4,745,014 
32,802 
4,378,097 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
6,394 
6,154 
30,800 
36,785 
1,002 
974 
2,073 
1,937 
1,110 
969 
1,058 
969 
566 
628 
585 
677 
10,200 
12,323 
10,889 
11,317 
1,249 
1,311 
3,826 
4,518 
2,270 
2,884 
1,871 
2,445 
705 
782 
279 
383 
16,594 
18,477 
-17,758 
-40,136 
-1,070 
-2,172 
6,353 
6,120 
15,095 
16,496 
994 
976 
2,082 
1,944 
1,113 
980 
1,094 
1,006 
609 
704 
461 
510 
10,241 
12,357 
11,098 
11,418 
1,266 
1,306 
3,815 
4,536 
2,271 
2,873 
1,883 
2,452 
707 
795 
299 
395 
20 
24 
166 
376 
5,170 
5,242 
35,819 
33,817 
524 
699 
2,081 
2,839 
2,450 
1,869 
8,940 
6,680 
770 
679 
11,831 
7,861 
341 
385 
2,421 
2,857 
899 
1,226 
1,034 
1,572 
144 
211 
1,255 
1,225 
234 
158 
765 
727 
715 
855 
7,492 
10,056 
12,279 
12,716 
393,733 
403,117 
10,495 
10,950 
294,303 
310,449 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Low 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
3,786 
1,630 
74,558 
281,345 
280 
8 
701 
24 
472 
26 
805 
73 
598 
139 
930 
1,360 
4,586 
321 
20,972 
123,070 
354 
3 
1,262 
13 
986 
25 
1,034 
43 
565 
62 
385 
175 
8,372 
1,951 
-6,147 
114,057 
-734 
58,461 
3,729 
1,607 
24,292 
97,386 
283 
6 
695 
27 
499 
34 
901 
93 
760 
194 
591 
1,253 
4,643 
344 
20,834 
123,380 
347 
3 
1,281 
11 
981 
30 
1,042 
49 
582 
62 
410 
189 
31 
29 
194 
768 
3,039 
996 
25,874 
19,221 
480 
193 
3,020 
3,612 
964 
232 
3,738 
1,942 
303 
68 
4,195 
2,920 
240 
57 
2,561 
1,762 
790 
501 
911 
1,562 
166 
146 
1,019 
2,997 
85 
41 
271 
486 
538 
76 
10,158 
3,942 
6,266 
1,654 
299,688 
312,585 
5,650 
1,572 
251,191 
287,703 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
Mid-size 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Non-family 
farms 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
1,656 
1,078 
98 
904 
386,424 
800,083 
3,359,682 
452,602 
2 
64 
10 
- 
- 
105 
8 
2 
- 
86 
29 
5 
- 
111 
71 
9 
1 
76 
1,536 
1,062 
97 
462 
229 
129 
10 
720 
156,493 
515,641 
1,172,646 
55,803 
4 
51 
15 
3 
- 
197 
10 
2 
- 
117 
23 
1 
- 
172 
27 
13 
1 
75 
150 
110 
9 
108 
1,885 
1,207 
108 
1,624 
313,459 
659,181 
635,788 
277,254 
166,291 
546,131 
5,886,930 
170,723 
1,625 
1,069 
99 
891 
232,403 
684,337 
6,538,329 
358,788 
4 
64 
7 
1 
- 
107 
9 
1 
- 
86 
36 
9 
- 
115 
79 
10 
1 
91 
1,490 
1,048 
98 
428 
260 
138 
9 
733 
246,911 
524,464 
1,278,458 
57,879 
4 
52 
14 
- 
- 
197 
10 
- 
- 
119 
31 
4 
- 
179 
29 
13 
1 
71 
172 
121 
8 
115 
81 
70 
9 
22 
5,560 
8,830 
3,502 
3,401 
1,047 
658 
58 
599 
41,362 
37,955 
6,484 
16,872 
279 
236 
7 
77 
8,856 
9,577 
282 
1,079 
181 
107 
12 
258 
2,026 
2,687 
678 
1,845 
73 
56 
5 
55 
5,992 
3,937 
149 
1,693 
57 
8 
5 
42 
4,113 
(D) 
(D) 
3,148 
553 
360 
22 
154 
1,972 
2,027 
397 
868 
294 
227 
20 
86 
11,421 
17,215 
2,755 
5,795 
44 
18 
2 
29 
498 
(D) 
(D) 
200 
91 
45 
5 
69 
6,484 
(D) 
(D) 
2,244 
1,791 
1,169 
83 
1,289 
929,903 
1,664,489 
273,796 
467,703 
1,777 
1,161 
78 
1,119 
891,433 
1,630,655 
265,709 
446,654 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 465 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
