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 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
39,098 
3,167 
15,990 
4,310 
4,049 
3,135 
Not on farm operated 
11,120 
988 
4,024 
1,286 
1,227 
927 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
20,047 
1,327 
6,536 
2,138 
2,102 
1,734 
Any 
30,171 
2,828 
13,478 
3,458 
3,174 
2,328 
1 to 49 days 
3,864 
323 
1,599 
438 
444 
357 
50 to 99 days 
2,364 
242 
995 
249 
284 
155 
100 to 199 days 
4,390 
391 
1,884 
559 
461 
331 
200 days or more 
19,553 
1,872 
9,000 
2,212 
1,985 
1,485 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,659 
246 
795 
127 
158 
130 
3 or 4 years 
2,459 
361 
1,231 
240 
224 
136 
5 to 9 years 
6,909 
878 
3,471 
737 
571 
441 
10 years or more 
39,191 
2,670 
14,517 
4,492 
4,323 
3,355 
Average years on present farm 
23.1 
16.9 
19.8 
24.0 
25.1 
25.7 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,298 
200 
617 
89 
135 
113 
3 or 4 years 
2,030 
319 
1,030 
187 
180 
101 
5 to 9 years 
5,935 
802 
3,030 
616 
480 
363 
10 years or more 
40,955 
2,834 
15,337 
4,704 
4,481 
3,485 
Average years operating any farm 
25.0 
18.6 
21.7 
26.0 
27.2 
27.8 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
220 
24 
101 
11 
18 
28 
25 to 34 years 
2,101 
226 
946 
193 
207 
141 
35 to 44 years 
4,932 
579 
2,171 
503 
389 
319 
45 to 49 years 
4,245 
417 
1,891 
419 
359 
304 
50 to 54 years 
6,146 
561 
2,592 
583 
567 
448 
55 to 59 years 
7,306 
660 
2,894 
755 
710 
553 
60 to 64 years 
7,818 
598 
3,035 
948 
887 
607 
65 to 69 years 
6,755 
459 
2,656 
796 
769 
621 
70 years and over 
10,695 
631 
3,728 
1,388 
1,370 
1,041 
Average age 
58.9 
56.1 
57.8 
60.4 
60.8 
60.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
493 
30 
231 
55 
46 
34 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
596 
51 
291 
50 
42 
39 
Asian 
179 
28 
95 
24 
8 
15 
Black or African American 
1,637 
148 
688 
215 
194 
141 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
47,627 
3,909 
18,851 
5,288 
5,025 
3,850 
More than one race reported 
179 
19 
89 
19 
7 
17 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
6,809 
597 
2,674 
750 
798 
602 
2 people 
27,084 
2,077 
10,621 
3,142 
2,997 
2,259 
3 people 
7,781 
705 
3,202 
849 
749 
582 
4 people 
5,942 
517 
2,440 
604 
528 
431 
5 or more people 
2,602 
259 
1,077 
251 
204 
188 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
37,398 
3,532 
17,427 
4,503 
4,155 
2,888 
25 to 49 percent 
3,483 
184 
897 
392 
403 
376 
50 to 74 percent 
3,963 
197 
829 
359 
341 
393 
75 to 99 percent 
2,639 
126 
443 
179 
197 
210 
1 00 percent 
2,735 
116 
418 
163 
180 
195 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,434 
125 
324 
138 
105 
94 
acres 
841,175 
492 
8,193 
7,969 
8,587 
10,838 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
34,814 
3,079 
13,982 
3,689 
3,453 
2,708 
Dial-up service 
2,587 
188 
905 
309 
263 
237 
DSL service 
18,475 
1,525 
7,598 
1,916 
1,824 
1,409 
Cable modem service 
7,092 
798 
2,977 
717 
654 
513 
Fiber-optic service 
1,549 
124 
559 
205 
167 
141 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
4,924 
413 
1,809 
578 
515 
421 
Satellite service 
3,330 
258 
1,236 
334 
372 
273 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
732 
61 
282 
69 
89 
58 
Other Internet service 
290 
29 
116 
23 
24 
41 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
39,916 
3,537 
16,705 
4,531 
4,224 
3,201 
2 households 
8,051 
485 
2,762 
871 
856 
663 
3 households 
1,413 
85 
347 
123 
122 
106 
4 households 
579 
38 
149 
51 
49 
70 
5 or more households 
259 
10 
51 
20 
25 
22 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption farms 
48,594 
4,026 
19,593 
5,429 
5,134 
3,885 
acres 
7,674,251 
19,120 
516,547 
314,808 
423,638 
448,912 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
70 North Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
