Table 61. Selected Farm Characteristics by Race: 2012 
[Data were collected for a maximum of three operators. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 
Any operator reporting race as- 
Any operator 
reporting ethnicity 
as Spanish, 
Hispanic, or 
Latino origin 
Characteristics 
American Indian 
or Alaska Native 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
Asian 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
Black or African 
American 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
Native Hawaiian 
or Other Pacific 
Islander alone or 
in combination with 
other races 
White 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
. number 
874 
234 
1,744 
7 
47,968 
667 
Land in farms 
acres 
118,772 
1 1 ,520 
165,131 
952 
8,174,945 
116,005 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
81 
42 
165 
1 
3,941 
45 
1 0 to 49 acres 
432 
120 
730 
2 
19,024 
310 
50 to 1 79 acres 
236 
58 
650 
3 
16,496 
192 
1 80 to 499 acres 
75 
13 
155 
- 
5,181 
75 
500 acres or more 
50 
1 
44 
1 
3,326 
45 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
826 
225 
1,547 
7 
45,128 
644 
acres 
66,343 
10,156 
90,711 
952 
4,707,370 
71,789 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
287 
42 
718 
- 
16,414 
214 
acres 
52,429 
1,364 
74,420 
- 
3,467,575 
44,216 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
587 
192 
1,026 
7 
31,554 
453 
acres 
45,144 
8,674 
59,343 
952 
2,796,488 
48,059 
Part owners 
farms 
239 
33 
521 
- 
13,574 
191 
acres 
67,181 
2,764 
88,259 
- 
4,826,633 
66,814 
Tenants 
farms 
48 
9 
197 
- 
2,840 
23 
acres 
6,447 
82 
17,529 
- 
551,824 
1,132 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
874 
234 
1,744 
7 
47,968 
667 
$1,000 
150,121 
123,034 
131,042 
83 
12,380,121 
395,102 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
874 
234 
1,744 
7 
47,968 
667 
$1,000 
148,162 
122,884 
127,526 
83 
12,264,980 
393,711 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
461 
90 
928 
6 
23,398 
298 
$1,000 
47,114 
8,263 
61,173 
74 
4,215,628 
68,040 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
363 
131 
529 
4 
23,150 
291 
$1,000 
101,048 
114,621 
66,353 
9 
8,049,352 
325,671 
Government payments 
farms 
274 
23 
842 
_ 
13,405 
158 
$1,000 
1,959 
149 
3,516 
- 
115,141 
1,391 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
224 
41 
392 
_ 
10,434 
168 
$1,000 to $2,499 
123 
30 
260 
1 
6,428 
83 
$2,500 to $4,999 
136 
12 
230 
- 
6,298 
82 
$5,000 to $9,999 
112 
27 
266 
3 
6,376 
72 
$10,000 to $24,999 
80 
20 
199 
2 
5,601 
37 
$25,000 to $49,999 
54 
9 
146 
1 
2,803 
37 
$50,000 or more 
145 
95 
251 
- 
10,028 
188 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
8 
- 
14 
- 
266 
- 
$1,000 
255 
- 
275 
- 
22,320 
- 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
30 
3 
170 
- 
3,065 
34 
$1,000 
99 
8 
211 
- 
6,298 
53 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
260 
21 
756 
- 
12,004 
146 
$1,000 
1,860 
142 
3,305 
- 
108,843 
1,338 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
232 
1 
449 
- 
5,104 
51 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
34 
18 
134 
2 
1,873 
41 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
23 
16 
49 
2 
1,433 
54 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
25 
27 
16 
1 
3,044 
47 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
153 
25 
503 
- 
1 1 ,473 
108 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
3 
1 
46 
- 
1,007 
24 
Cotton farming (11192) 
4 
- 
34 
- 
496 
1 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
146 
24 
423 
- 
9,970 
83 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
223 
27 
325 
1 
13,463 
141 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
7 
- 
3 
- 
257 
3 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
12 
- 
41 
- 
1,128 
40 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
57 
79 
61 
- 
3,241 
58 
Sheep and goat farming (1 1 24) 
32 
15 
68 
- 
1,854 
29 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
76 
26 
95 
1 
5,088 
95 
-continued 
52 North Carolina 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
