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 
f arms Mid-size 
family 
Low Moderate farms - 
sales -GCFI sales - GCFI GCFI 
Off-farm less than $150,000 $350,000 
Item All farms Retirement occupation $150,000 to $349,999 to $999,999 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
65 to 69 years 6,755 
70 years and over 10,695 
Average age 58.9 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 493 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 596 
Asian 179 
Black or African American 1,637 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
White 47,627 
More than one race reported 179 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 6,809 
2 people 27,084 
3 people 7,781 
4 people 5,942 
5 or more people 2,602 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 37,398 
25 to 49 percent 3,483 
50 to 74 percent 3,963 
75 to 99 percent 2,639 
100 percent 2,735 
Operator is a hired manager farms 1 ,434 
acres 841,175 
Farms with- 
Internet access 34,814 
Dial-up service 2,587 
DSL service 18,475 
Cable modem service 7,092 
Fiber-optic service 1,549 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 4,924 
Satellite service 3,330 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 732 
Other Internet service 290 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 39,916 
2 households 8,051 
3 households 1,413 
4 households 579 
5 or more households 259 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption 
. farms 
48,594 
acres 
7,674,251 
Limited Liability Corporation 
. farms 
2,474 
acres 
687,066 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
. farms 
43,563 
acres 
5,566,945 
Partnership 
. farms 
3,132 
acres 
1,381,005 
Registered under state law 
. farms 
2,199 
acres 
1,079,866 
Corporation 
. farms 
3,035 
acres 
1,392,032 
Family held 
. farms 
2,715 
acres 
1,253,748 
More than 10 stockholders 
. farms 
46 
10 or less stockholders 
. farms 
2,669 
Other than family held 
. farms 
320 
acres 
138,284 
More than 10 stockholders 
. farms 
27 
10 or less stockholders 
. farms 
293 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
. farms 
488 
acres 
74,774 
4,073 
1,307 
696 
165 
168 
7,553 
1,292 
955 
181 
204 
68.9 
53.3 
54.2 
53.4 
55.2 
108 
207 
100 
34 
15 
206 
192 
120 
18 
25 
27 
53 
57 
26 
5 
675 
504 
313 
31 
34 
15,629 
17,648 
7,848 
1,873 
1,818 
57 
80 
34 
3 
3 
2,878 
1,983 
1,177 
215 
205 
11,643 
8,248 
4,024 
803 
874 
1,482 
3,554 
1,550 
394 
333 
415 
3,325 
1,086 
388 
327 
176 
1,367 
535 
151 
146 
14,009 
16,625 
5,045 
289 
236 
1,125 
963 
843 
172 
163 
968 
633 
1,067 
405 
428 
359 
159 
695 
493 
446 
133 
97 
722 
592 
612 
154 
201 
310 
158 
182 
16,506 
23,931 
39,530 
38,065 
118,557 
9,642 
14,113 
5,831 
1,485 
1,505 
921 
820 
479 
114 
111 
4,827 
7,673 
3,135 
828 
847 
2,174 
2,990 
1,059 
234 
234 
511 
609 
203 
43 
46 
1,044 
2,080 
897 
284 
254 
997 
1,142 
567 
153 
197 
238 
243 
138 
41 
28 
64 
130 
45 
17 
5 
13,233 
15,662 
6,748 
1,423 
1,262 
2,866 
2,171 
1,330 
380 
412 
333 
384 
174 
95 
124 
113 
199 
82 
29 
62 
49 
61 
38 
24 
25 
16,594 
18,477 
8,372 
1,951 
1,885 
,442,115 
1,333,914 
791,035 
534,322 
1,277,660 
567 
781 
460 
172 
174 
79,395 
84,369 
54,330 
46,711 
110,475 
15,450 
17,091 
7,473 
1,566 
1,334 
,292,672 
1,178,541 
679,765 
420,722 
912,163 
585 
652 
375 
140 
228 
77,614 
71,063 
54,751 
54,795 
167,727 
399 
490 
273 
103 
174 
57,007 
52,559 
39,996 
38,397 
129,407 
449 
617 
469 
239 
321 
64,255 
73,598 
(D) 
57,167 
(D) 
404 
554 
426 
224 
297 
58,001 
68,685 
48,345 
54,620 
183,835 
7 
3 
8 
2 
1 
397 
551 
418 
222 
296 
45 
63 
43 
15 
24 
6,254 
4,913 
(D) 
2,547 
(D) 
6 
- 
3 
- 
1 
39 
63 
40 
15 
23 
110 
117 
55 
6 
2 
7,574 
10,712 
(D) 
1,638 
(D) 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Non-family 
farms 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
118 
8 
220 
151 
21 
338 
56.3 
57.0 
58.2 
15 
1 
13 
10 
25 
- 
- 
11 
8 
- 
72 
1,188 
108 
1,515 
1 
1 
106 
9 
236 
577 
60 
855 
206 
11 
251 
204 
14 
183 
114 
14 
99 
135 
12 
1,047 
75 
8 
134 
247 
10 
205 
335 
48 
104 
415 
30 
134 
140 
37 
252 
217,275 
106,059 
281,252 
1,045 
106 
1,087 
64 
2 
76 
604 
42 
519 
146 
27 
228 
51 
16 
70 
170 
28 
167 
134 
15 
125 
16 
- 
28 
9 
5 
15 
638 
43 
907 
374 
32 
486 
130 
26 
147 
39 
2 
53 
26 
5 
31 
1,207 
108 
1,965,073 
330,132 
- 
132 
12 
176 
206,455 
47,901 
57,430 
616 
33 
1,001,149 
81,933 
- 
254 
19 
879 
513,787 
100,084 
341,184 
200 
15 
545 
427,371 
87,954 
247,175 
334 
56 
550 
(D) 
148,115 
353,734 
320 
48 
442 
424,423 
144,010 
271,829 
5 
3 
17 
315 
45 
425 
14 
8 
108 
(D) 
4,105 
81,905 
1 
3 
13 
13 
5 
95 
3 
195 
(D) 
- 
45,587 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 469 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
