Table 56. Women Principal Operators - Selected Farm Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Characteristics 
Principal operator 
Characteristics 
Principal operator 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) - Con. 
Farms number 
6,453 
7,016 
Land in farms acres 
510,008 
514,123 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
891 
1,133 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
1,485 
1,449 
1 0 to 49 acres 
3,144 
3,376 
50 to 1 79 acres 
1,898 
2,000 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
1,135 
1,270 
180 to 499 acres 
391 
381 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
129 
126 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
20 
25 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
108 
107 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
432 
589 
Owned land in farms farms 
6,148 
6,686 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
484 
586 
acres 
416,157 
409,336 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
1,029 
1,231 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,572 
1,795 
acres 
93,851 
104,787 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
5,424 
5,785 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
349,647 
345,514 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
724 
901 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
131,821 
131,470 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
6,281 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
305 
330 
acres 
28,540 
37,139 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
412 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
5,564 
6,039 
Total farms 
6,453 
7,016 
Partnerships 
338 
525 
$1,000 
683,823 
609,726 
Corporations 
421 
380 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
130 
72 
sold farms 
6,453 
7,016 
$1,000 
677,844 
603,564 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
3,065 
3,922 
and greenhouse crops farms 
2,120 
1,952 
2 operators 
2,816 
2,634 
$1,000 
124,330 
83,971 
3 operators 
448 
346 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
112 
82 
their products farms 
2,885 
3,234 
5 or more operators 
12 
32 
$1,000 
553,514 
519,593 
Government payments farms 
1,463 
1,410 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
5,979 
6,162 
1 operator 
5,807 
6,406 
2 operators 
576 
560 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
68 
38 
4 operators 
2 
8 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,086 
2,608 
5 or more operators 
- 
4 
$1,000 to $2,499 
1,107 
1,389 
$2,500 to $4,999 
899 
823 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
829 
702 
Internet access 
4,885 
3,932 
$10,000 to $24,999 
639 
537 
Dial-up service 
308 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
282 
252 
DSL service 
2,748 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
611 
705 
Cable modem service 
952 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
185 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
723 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
475 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
8 
29 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
98 
(NA) 
$1,000 
382 
1,838 
Other Internet service 
58 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
135 
169 
Programs payments farms 
671 
843 
acres 
19,683 
16,832 
$1,000 
1,292 
1,647 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
1,122 
870 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
4,687 
4,515 
1 household 
5,469 
5,846 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
753 
954 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
135 
122 
4 households 
79 
73 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
246 
258 
5 or more households 
17 
21 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
255 
263 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
226 
179 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1 1 14) 
427 
398 
Less than 25 percent 
5,297 
5,749 
25 to 49 percent 
347 
401 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
1,548 
1,546 
50 to 74 percent 
342 
383 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
33 
74 
75 to 99 percent 
236 
228 
Cotton farming (11192) 
30 
23 
1 00 percent 
231 
255 
44 North Carolina 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
