Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
10 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
1 00 to 1 39 
acres 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
2,474 
205 
797 
216 
244 
203 
acres 
687,066 
867 
20,852 
12,476 
20,213 
23,209 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
43,563 
3,652 
18,201 
5,003 
4,702 
3,577 
acres 
5,566,945 
17,381 
479,633 
290,244 
387,735 
413,669 
Partnership 
farms 
3,132 
202 
854 
284 
282 
220 
acres 
1,381,005 
937 
22,819 
16,486 
23,241 
25,416 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,199 
150 
596 
178 
180 
148 
acres 
1,079,866 
669 
15,997 
10,280 
14,956 
17,025 
Corporation 
farms 
3,035 
225 
780 
251 
240 
232 
acres 
1,392,032 
1,020 
20,735 
(D) 
19,814 
26,405 
Family held 
farms 
2,715 
189 
668 
225 
226 
207 
acres 
1,253,748 
843 
17,599 
12,900 
18,697 
23,667 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
46 
- 
7 
6 
6 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
2,669 
189 
661 
219 
220 
207 
Other than family held 
farms 
320 
36 
112 
26 
14 
25 
acres 
138,284 
177 
3,136 
(D) 
1,117 
2,738 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
27 
1 
7 
2 
- 
8 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
293 
35 
105 
24 
14 
17 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
488 
76 
179 
58 
52 
33 
acres 
74,774 
299 
4,647 
(D) 
4,408 
3,686 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
14,469 
929 
3,956 
1,290 
1,266 
1,181 
workers 
78,012 
3,131 
13,122 
5,467 
4,432 
4,851 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
7,022 
413 
1,425 
472 
481 
512 
workers 
30,165 
1,204 
3,954 
1,909 
1,336 
1,704 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
10,548 
704 
3,074 
974 
956 
870 
workers 
47,847 
1,927 
9,168 
3,558 
3,096 
3,147 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
1,605 
36 
157 
88 
96 
99 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
199 
6 
53 
22 
10 
22 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
21,730 
1,814 
9,239 
2,451 
2,309 
1,684 
workers 
48,608 
4,266 
21,016 
5,346 
5,109 
3,859 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
4,155 
4,155 
1 0 to 49 acres 
20,014 
- 
20,014 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 69 acres 
5,596 
- 
- 
5,596 
- 
- 
70 to 99 acres 
5,276 
- 
- 
- 
5,276 
- 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
4,062 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4,062 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
2,326 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
180 to 219 acres 
1,604 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
1,055 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
2,728 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
1,706 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,067 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
629 
- 
- 
- 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
5,723 
127 
1,241 
572 
589 
565 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
2,022 
339 
1,050 
203 
139 
85 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
1,494 
272 
711 
131 
142 
89 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
3,072 
816 
1,276 
298 
236 
152 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
12,039 
245 
4,292 
1,479 
1,545 
1,141 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
1,046 
25 
119 
50 
85 
77 
Cotton farming (11192) 
528 
5 
45 
25 
29 
23 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) . 
10,465 
215 
4,128 
1,404 
1,431 
1,041 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
13,909 
658 
5,595 
1,926 
1,826 
1,333 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
10 
2 
1 
2 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
263 
10 
37 
7 
7 
21 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
1,170 
87 
282 
77 
105 
113 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
3,404 
365 
1,285 
323 
262 
305 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,922 
382 
1,187 
155 
91 
57 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
5,190 
852 
3,057 
423 
334 
201 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
19,548 
771 
6,938 
2,453 
2,460 
1,935 
number 
829,717 
6,240 
85,022 
50,105 
62,056 
66,095 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
5,737 
608 
3,505 
636 
485 
258 
1 0 to 49 
10,059 
155 
3,336 
1,690 
1,753 
1,257 
50 to 99 
2,126 
7 
85 
105 
191 
359 
100 to 199 
945 
- 
8 
14 
24 
54 
200 to 499 
506 
1 
2 
8 
1 
5 
500 or more 
175 
- 
2 
- 
6 
2 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
16,361 
587 
5,415 
2,098 
2,132 
1,694 
number 
394,156 
3,245 
42,761 
24,977 
29,884 
35,360 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
72 North Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
