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 
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 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
....farms 
14,469 
3,267 
3,585 
2,677 
1,342 
1,564 
1,135 
98 
workers 
78,012 
9,008 
11,115 
8,243 
5,989 
10,625 
14,914 
7,800 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
....farms 
7,022 
892 
1,149 
1,131 
874 
1,240 
1,051 
97 
workers 
30,165 
1,807 
2,313 
2,366 
2,141 
4,384 
6,875 
4,849 
Less than 150 days 
....farms 
10,548 
2,667 
2,849 
1,971 
901 
954 
685 
66 
workers 
47,847 
7,201 
8,802 
5,877 
3,848 
6,241 
8,039 
2,951 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
....farms 
1,605 
137 
142 
161 
211 
396 
406 
32 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
....farms 
199 
39 
28 
43 
28 
33 
13 
1 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
....farms 
21,730 
6,846 
8,864 
3,890 
749 
547 
251 
7 
workers 
48,608 
14,428 
21,009 
8,793 
1,543 
1,004 
427 
14 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
4,155 
1,258 
1,863 
811 
57 
19 
9 
9 
1 0 to 49 acres 
20,014 
6,851 
9,008 
3,326 
293 
79 
29 
7 
50 to 69 acres 
5,596 
2,150 
2,117 
993 
119 
37 
5 
8 
70 to 99 acres 
5,276 
2,158 
1,903 
861 
142 
53 
14 
3 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
4,062 
1,534 
1,369 
724 
172 
68 
17 
1 
140 to 179 acres 
2,326 
855 
711 
477 
150 
39 
13 
3 
180 to 219 acres 
1,604 
554 
462 
345 
114 
71 
6 
1 
220 to 259 acres 
1,055 
362 
277 
188 
135 
37 
12 
4 
260 to 499 acres 
2,728 
619 
574 
498 
483 
366 
64 
5 
500 to 999 acres 
1,706 
189 
134 
112 
233 
729 
192 
4 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,067 
51 
46 
26 
39 
335 
459 
10 
2,000 acres or more 
629 
13 
13 
11 
14 
52 
387 
53 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
5,723 
1,445 
1,641 
1,131 
375 
527 
345 
8 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) .... 
2,022 
649 
683 
470 
61 
41 
41 
16 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
1,494 
509 
597 
267 
35 
30 
12 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (11 14) 
3,072 
929 
1,040 
621 
129 
97 
69 
7 
Other crop farming (1119) 
12,039 
4,549 
4,257 
1,511 
329 
510 
443 
25 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
1,046 
98 
94 
163 
189 
249 
188 
12 
Cotton farming (11192) 
528 
60 
73 
112 
80 
121 
58 
1 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
10,465 
4,391 
4,090 
1,236 
60 
140 
197 
12 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
13,909 
5,658 
5,873 
1,921 
82 
43 
32 
- 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
10 
3 
4 
1 
- 
2 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
263 
35 
27 
25 
29 
81 
45 
7 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
1,170 
130 
204 
258 
165 
172 
117 
23 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
3,404 
536 
736 
864 
703 
353 
87 
21 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,922 
572 
1,027 
306 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
5,190 
1,579 
2,388 
997 
42 
29 
16 
1 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
....farms 
19,548 
7,015 
7,474 
3,067 
612 
579 
315 
22 
number 
829,717 
191,916 
175,842 
119,444 
69,752 
112,340 
99,957 
23,250 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
5,737 
1,992 
2,788 
812 
39 
26 
5 
1 0 to 49 
10,059 
4,032 
3,855 
1,543 
229 
122 
53 
1 
50 to 99 
2,126 
729 
597 
431 
129 
115 
56 
- 
100 to 199 
945 
199 
181 
201 
105 
144 
56 
7 
200 to 499 
506 
59 
49 
71 
96 
118 
81 
2 
500 or more 
175 
4 
4 
9 
14 
54 
64 
12 
Cows and heifers that calved 
....farms 
16,361 
5,994 
6,045 
2,601 
541 
500 
272 
22 
number 
394,156 
101,772 
87,869 
58,653 
30,161 
42,406 
42,618 
14,417 
Beef cows 
....farms 
16,059 
5,954 
5,991 
2,548 
512 
440 
226 
15 
number 
348,196 
100,827 
87,146 
57,856 
27,881 
31,896 
24,292 
3,580 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
7,151 
2,707 
3,180 
1,045 
65 
38 
5 
1 0 to 49 
7,338 
2,886 
2,519 
1,212 
265 
189 
86 
2 
50 to 99 
1,040 
280 
237 
207 
104 
104 
61 
5 
100 to 199 
401 
72 
46 
71 
56 
76 
48 
3 
200 to 499 
112 
9 
9 
13 
20 
31 
18 
1 
500 or more 
17 
- 
- 
- 
2 
2 
8 
4 
Milk cows 
....farms 
571 
121 
127 
105 
48 
85 
54 
8 
number 
45,960 
945 
723 
797 
2,280 
10,510 
18,326 
10,837 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
322 
100 
112 
86 
11 
2 
2 
1 0 to 49 
70 
18 
13 
17 
13 
4 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
55 
3 
2 
2 
19 
22 
4 
- 
100 to 199 
63 
- 
- 
- 
5 
48 
7 
- 
200 to 499 
45 
- 
- 
- 
- 
9 
32 
1 
500 or more 
16 
- 
- 
- 
- 
9 
7 
Other cattle (see text) 
....farms 
15,798 
5,611 
5,987 
2,487 
527 
519 
292 
21 
number 
435,561 
90,144 
87,973 
60,791 
39,591 
69,934 
57,339 
8,833 
Cattle and calves sold 
....farms 
15,312 
5,601 
5,619 
2,421 
508 
486 
279 
19 
number 
435,411 
87,305 
76,267 
53,592 
36,821 
68,794 
72,573 
12,026 
$1,000 
332,733 
61,534 
52,132 
35,381 
27,464 
57,956 
68,181 
6,643 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
Non-family 
farms 
801 
10,318 
588 
5,430 
455 
4,888 
120 
14 
576 
1,390 
129 
421 
167 
142 
177 
78 
51 
40 
119 
113 
101 
86 
251 
61 
44 
180 
415 
53 
23 
339 
300 
14 
101 
104 
16 
138 
464 
37,216 
75 
224 
69 
52 
30 
14 
386 
16,260 
373 
14,718 
111 
179 
42 
29 
11 
1 
23 
1,542 
9 
5 
3 
3 
3 
20,956 
379 
28,033 
23,443 
-continued 
470 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
