Table 58. Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino Origin Principal Operators - Selected Farm Characteristics: 
2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Characteristics 
2012 
2007 
Characteristics 
2012 
2007 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) - Con. 
Farms number 
493 
478 
Land in farms acres 
77,298 
72,351 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
30 
48 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
61 
79 
1 0 to 49 acres 
231 
226 
50 to 1 79 acres 
151 
114 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
122 
80 
1 80 to 499 acres 
51 
59 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
30 
31 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
- 
2 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
17 
22 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
31 
56 
Owned land in farms farms 
473 
427 
Sheep and goat farming (1 124) 
21 
17 
acres 
44,256 
46,204 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
174 
154 
production (1125, 1129) 
68 
64 
acres 
33,042 
26,147 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
319 
324 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
30,438 
38,003 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
154 
103 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
45,942 
26,164 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
480 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
20 
51 
acres 
918 
8,184 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
43 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
443 
418 
Total farms 
493 
478 
Partnerships 
27 
34 
$1,000 
132,823 
175,798 
Corporations 
21 
26 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
2 
- 
sold farms 
493 
478 
$1,000 
131,950 
175,032 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
267 
259 
and greenhouse crops farms 
222 
228 
2 operators 
181 
175 
$1,000 
40,453 
38,520 
3 operators 
37 
26 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
1 
10 
their products farms 
192 
217 
5 or more operators 
7 
8 
$1,000 
91,496 
136,511 
Government payments farms 
117 
122 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
874 
767 
1 operator 
187 
183 
2 operators 
12 
42 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
5 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
Less than $1 ,000 
127 
155 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
$1,000 to $2,499 
63 
78 
$2,500 to $4,999 
65 
41 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
62 
37 
Internet access 
356 
265 
$10,000 to $24,999 
33 
29 
Dial-up service 
26 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
28 
21 
DSL service 
173 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
115 
117 
Cable modem service 
68 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
22 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
61 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
54 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
- 
3 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
14 
(NA) 
$1,000 
- 
177 
Other Internet service 
4 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
32 
27 
Programs payments farms 
24 
41 
acres 
17,631 
13,479 
$1,000 
37 
57 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
109 
95 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
837 
710 
1 household 
359 
342 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
103 
99 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
18 
18 
4 households 
2 
13 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
45 
37 
5 or more households 
11 
6 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
29 
36 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
48 
37 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1 1 14) 
26 
24 
Less than 25 percent 
393 
370 
25 to 49 percent 
21 
24 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
86 
103 
50 to 74 percent 
24 
34 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
24 
19 
75 to 99 percent 
24 
22 
Cotton farming (11192) 
1 
5 
1 00 percent 
31 
28 
46 North Carolina 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
