Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
1 0 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
1 00 to 1 39 
acres 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains 2 - Con. 
Gain of- - Con. 
$1,000 to $4,999 
4,863 
475 
2,087 
650 
631 
405 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,722 
217 
894 
403 
385 
266 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,254 
253 
931 
376 
425 
360 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,448 
140 
677 
228 
256 
293 
$50,000 or more 
5,879 
155 
783 
280 
338 
391 
Operators reporting net losses 
.. farms 
28,725 
2,613 
13,518 
3,393 
2,973 
2,166 
Average net loss 
Loss of- 
.dollars 
20,346 
12,382 
11,085 
11,967 
14,278 
19,620 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,978 
351 
1,572 
360 
276 
202 
$1,000 to $4,999 
9,854 
1,073 
5,216 
1,203 
996 
625 
$5,000 to $9,999 
6,284 
530 
3,131 
749 
715 
483 
$10,000 to $24,999 
5,640 
436 
2,473 
694 
638 
520 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,260 
141 
796 
277 
240 
201 
$50,000 or more 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
1,709 
82 
330 
110 
108 
135 
Total 
.. farms 
286 
- 
16 
6 
10 
17 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
$1,000 
22,797 
123 
50 
64 
134 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
.. farms 
16,809 
997 
5,468 
1,839 
1,756 
1,517 
Customwork and other agricultural 
$1,000 
217,404 
5,054 
39,801 
15,142 
13,270 
14,448 
services 
.. farms 
2,495 
116 
604 
259 
260 
198 
$1,000 
31,345 
831 
3,586 
2,301 
1,418 
2,301 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
.. farms 
6,073 
320 
1,925 
746 
730 
663 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
$1,000 
28,536 
894 
5,298 
1,707 
2,193 
2,742 
crops, and maple products 
.. farms 
2,009 
35 
578 
228 
237 
199 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
$1,000 
38,578 
55 
2,406 
2,455 
2,371 
3,335 
(see text) 
.. farms 
1,135 
137 
387 
113 
90 
89 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
$1,000 
17,625 
712 
4,816 
2,306 
1,646 
1,228 
from cooperatives 
.. farms 
4,505 
216 
1,272 
378 
378 
404 
Crop and livestock insurance 
$1,000 
10,343 
259 
1,760 
540 
459 
1,216 
payments received 
.. farms 
1,294 
22 
131 
63 
87 
65 
Amount from state and local government 
$1,000 
43,684 
70 
1,296 
760 
1,350 
794 
agricultural program payments 
.. farms 
611 
23 
168 
64 
79 
77 
Other farm-related income 
$1,000 
3,371 
38 
454 
422 
431 
374 
sources (see text) 
.. farms 
2,394 
233 
1,125 
277 
214 
129 
LAND USE 
$1,000 
43,922 
2,195 
20,186 
4,649 
3,401 
2,458 
Total cropland 
.. farms 
37,247 
2,111 
13,160 
4,386 
4,275 
3,340 
acres 
4,745,014 
6,810 
174,832 
110,926 
143,293 
160,608 
Harvested cropland 
.. farms 
32,802 
1,919 
11,135 
3,812 
3,736 
2,904 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
4,378,097 
5,555 
127,368 
82,625 
112,255 
125,864 
1 to 49 acres 
23,569 
1,919 
11,135 
3,414 
2,976 
1,905 
50 to 99 acres 
3,360 
- 
- 
398 
760 
678 
100 to 199 acres 
1,953 
- 
- 
- 
- 
321 
200 to 499 acres 
1,738 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
1,043 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
752 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
387 
improvements (see text) 
.. farms 
3,161 
137 
1,273 
383 
345 
298 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
95,603 
412 
11,571 
5,869 
6,341 
7,230 
were abandoned 
.. farms 
1,670 
40 
675 
199 
186 
141 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
acres 
31,568 
68 
5,283 
2,005 
1,943 
1,919 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
.. farms 
6,846 
229 
2,405 
925 
890 
735 
acres 
197,573 
743 
26,977 
17,762 
19,291 
21,451 
In cultivated summer fallow 
.. farms 
1,647 
22 
507 
235 
234 
169 
acres 
42,173 
32 
3,633 
2,665 
3,463 
4,144 
Total woodland 
.. farms 
31,295 
754 
11,457 
4,050 
4,048 
3,093 
acres 
2,145,710 
2,137 
132,478 
101,411 
154,419 
166,431 
Woodland pastured 
.. farms 
12,675 
343 
4,688 
1,695 
1,616 
1,338 
acres 
270,242 
794 
29,054 
20,114 
25,397 
28,125 
Woodland not pastured 
.. farms 
24,918 
482 
8,595 
3,188 
3,337 
2,523 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
acres 
1,875,468 
1,343 
103,424 
81,297 
129,022 
138,306 
pastured (see text) 
.. farms 
28,223 
1,452 
11,932 
3,398 
3,243 
2,438 
acres 
1,051,041 
5,512 
153,012 
80,115 
100,011 
101,672 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
64 North Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
