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 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Item 
All farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
Non-family 
farms 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems ■ 
Ethanol 
■ Con. 
farms 
86 
35 
26 
10 
5 
1 
8 
1 
Other 
farms 
22 
5 
7 
9 
- 
- 
" 
" 
1 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
32 
11 
5 
3 
6 
4 
2 
- 
1 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
32,936 
12,756 
12,720 
5,175 
713 
379 
183 
44 
966 
Part owners 
farms 
14,221 
3,340 
4,577 
2,448 
1,039 
1,348 
915 
53 
501 
Tenants 
farms 
3,061 
498 
1,180 
749 
199 
158 
109 
11 
157 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
47,241 
16,128 
17,315 
7,634 
1,762 
1,731 
1,103 
97 
1,471 
acres 
5,253,410 
1,351,886 
1,111,450 
585,719 
291,024 
555,574 
705,701 
178,865 
473,191 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
47,157 
16,096 
17,297 
7,623 
1,752 
1,727 
1,098 
97 
1,467 
acres 
4,836,861 
1,211,416 
1,008,020 
532,850 
265,068 
531,509 
681,892 
172,403 
433,703 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
17,427 
3,879 
5,796 
3,230 
1,249 
1,509 
1,029 
64 
671 
acres 
3,611,759 
238,480 
329,572 
262,349 
272,382 
748,349 
1,289,247 
160,174 
311,206 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
17,282 
3,838 
5,757 
3,197 
1,238 
1,506 
1,024 
64 
658 
acres 
3,577,895 
230,699 
325,894 
258,185 
269,254 
746,151 
1,283,181 
157,729 
306,802 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
6,728 
2,715 
2,128 
1,050 
237 
192 
113 
13 
280 
acres 
450,413 
148,251 
107,108 
57,033 
29,084 
26,263 
29,875 
8,907 
43,892 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
... number 
73,846 
23,003 
27,732 
12,341 
2,707 
2,810 
2,076 
268 
2,909 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
30,657 
11,104 
10,615 
5,035 
1,313 
1,195 
624 
49 
722 
2 operators 
16,435 
4,732 
6,798 
2,837 
532 
504 
388 
24 
620 
3 operators 
2,522 
629 
878 
391 
94 
149 
144 
18 
219 
4 operators 
468 
109 
140 
93 
12 
29 
30 
10 
45 
5 or more operators 
136 
20 
46 
16 
- 
8 
21 
7 
18 
Total women operators 
... number 
19,975 
6,040 
8,374 
3,736 
534 
384 
268 
41 
598 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
17,451 
5,415 
7,322 
3,243 
470 
320 
229 
29 
423 
2 operators 
1,077 
290 
458 
184 
32 
29 
16 
3 
65 
3 operators 
107 
12 
36 
39 
- 
2 
1 
2 
15 
4 operators 
11 
1 
7 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
1 
1 
" 
" 
" 
" 
" 
- 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
43,765 
14,557 
16,082 
6,737 
1,843 
1,820 
1,170 
104 
1,452 
Female 
6,453 
2,037 
2,395 
1,635 
108 
65 
37 
4 
172 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
24,574 
10,308 
- 
8,372 
1,951 
1,735 
1,140 
99 
969 
Other 
25,644 
6,286 
18,477 
- 
- 
150 
67 
9 
655 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
39,098 
13,565 
14,231 
6,516 
1,478 
1,434 
853 
66 
955 
Not on farm operated 
11,120 
3,029 
4,246 
1,856 
473 
451 
354 
42 
669 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
20,047 
10,929 
869 
3,635 
1,406 
1,370 
978 
92 
768 
Any 
30,171 
5,665 
17,608 
4,737 
545 
515 
229 
16 
856 
1 to 49 days 
3,864 
1,666 
987 
853 
110 
72 
36 
6 
134 
50 to 99 days 
2,364 
952 
628 
577 
60 
50 
15 
1 
81 
100 to 199 days 
4,390 
1,190 
2,004 
908 
85 
67 
19 
1 
116 
200 days or more 
19,553 
1,857 
13,989 
2,399 
290 
326 
159 
8 
525 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,659 
288 
868 
339 
51 
24 
18 
1 
70 
3 or 4 years 
2,459 
454 
1,220 
578 
70 
37 
12 
6 
82 
5 to 9 years 
6,909 
1,418 
3,545 
1,345 
217 
143 
52 
7 
182 
10 years or more 
39,191 
14,434 
12,844 
6,110 
1,613 
1,681 
1,125 
94 
1,290 
Average years on present farm 
23.1 
28.4 
18.1 
20.7 
24.8 
28.3 
29.7 
29.5 
22.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,298 
232 
710 
226 
46 
17 
12 
1 
54 
3 or 4 years 
2,030 
356 
1,026 
512 
49 
26 
6 
5 
50 
5 to 9 years 
5,935 
1,197 
3,086 
1,163 
191 
108 
37 
5 
148 
10 years or more 
40,955 
14,809 
13,655 
6,471 
1 ,665 
1,734 
1,152 
97 
1,372 
Average years operating any farm ... 
25.0 
30.7 
19.8 
22.6 
26.7 
29.8 
31.8 
30.6 
25.4 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
220 
- 
98 
80 
17 
6 
2 
4 
13 
25 to 34 years 
2,101 
- 
1,123 
615 
162 
96 
38 
1 
66 
35 to 44 years 
4,932 
103 
2,841 
1,164 
280 
223 
138 
11 
172 
45 to 49 years 
4,245 
289 
2,313 
911 
231 
204 
139 
13 
145 
50 to 54 years 
6,146 
526 
3,226 
1,312 
314 
317 
193 
16 
242 
55 to 59 years 
7,306 
1,111 
3,561 
1,470 
323 
367 
236 
19 
219 
60 to 64 years 
7,818 
2,939 
2,716 
1,169 
278 
300 
192 
15 
209 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
468 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
