Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
39,098 
2,471 
1,148 
1,069 
1,319 
1,458 
Not on farm operated 
11,120 
1,079 
377 
351 
517 
488 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
20,047 
2,496 
1,022 
959 
1,049 
903 
Any 
30,171 
1,054 
503 
461 
787 
1,043 
1 to 49 days 
3,864 
144 
51 
69 
135 
155 
50 to 99 days 
2,364 
59 
37 
35 
75 
108 
100 to 199 days 
4,390 
119 
69 
66 
139 
178 
200 days or more 
19,553 
732 
346 
291 
438 
602 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,659 
100 
22 
29 
29 
47 
3 or 4 years 
2,459 
91 
35 
52 
65 
86 
5 to 9 years 
6,909 
346 
118 
104 
165 
217 
1 0 years or more 
39,191 
3,013 
1,350 
1,235 
1,577 
1,596 
Average years on present farm 
23.1 
25.0 
26.7 
27.7 
27.2 
26.2 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,298 
86 
16 
21 
25 
33 
3 or 4 years 
2,030 
67 
25 
33 
48 
58 
5 to 9 years 
5,935 
298 
96 
90 
137 
187 
10 years or more 
40,955 
3,099 
1,388 
1,276 
1,626 
1,668 
Average years operating any farm 
25.0 
27.0 
28.4 
29.3 
29.2 
28.2 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
220 
20 
3 
11 
15 
20 
25 to 34 years 
2,101 
161 
77 
84 
143 
133 
35 to 44 years 
4,932 
488 
183 
165 
190 
229 
45 to 49 years 
4,245 
423 
174 
140 
151 
163 
50 to 54 years 
6,146 
589 
245 
208 
255 
200 
55 to 59 years 
7,306 
608 
277 
270 
280 
290 
60 to 64 years 
7,818 
526 
231 
197 
283 
276 
65 to 69 years 
6,755 
332 
151 
164 
200 
225 
70 years and over 
10,695 
403 
184 
181 
319 
410 
Average age 
58.9 
54.9 
55.6 
55.6 
56.6 
57.4 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
493 
38 
12 
17 
32 
16 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
596 
42 
8 
21 
26 
23 
Asian 
179 
53 
12 
9 
1 
7 
Black or African American 
1,637 
26 
18 
37 
53 
74 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
~ 
- 
- 
White 
47,627 
3,426 
1,486 
1,352 
1,753 
1,835 
More than one race reported 
179 
3 
1 
1 
3 
7 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
6,809 
308 
147 
165 
192 
252 
2 people 
27,084 
1,575 
716 
656 
965 
1,042 
3 people 
7,781 
625 
293 
264 
331 
304 
4 people 
5,942 
684 
249 
247 
272 
233 
5 or more people 
2,602 
358 
120 
88 
76 
115 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
37,398 
549 
237 
301 
543 
841 
25 to 49 percent 
3,483 
329 
141 
154 
242 
334 
50 to 74 percent 
3,963 
720 
404 
336 
444 
422 
75 to 99 percent 
2,639 
937 
337 
272 
319 
189 
1 00 percent 
2,735 
1,015 
406 
357 
288 
160 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,434 
432 
136 
120 
116 
50 
acres 
841,175 
545,791 
106,619 
51,711 
42,064 
15,210 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
34,814 
2,946 
1,169 
1,018 
1,304 
1,360 
Dial-up service 
2,587 
219 
78 
98 
104 
102 
DSL service 
18,475 
1,619 
681 
592 
727 
734 
Cable modem service 
7,092 
449 
175 
160 
237 
265 
Fiber-optic service 
1,549 
131 
38 
36 
53 
66 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
4,924 
514 
227 
157 
189 
219 
Satellite service 
3,330 
349 
123 
105 
137 
127 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
732 
51 
14 
14 
35 
27 
Other Internet service 
290 
33 
4 
1 
17 
7 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
39,916 
2,151 
1,002 
1,017 
1,311 
1,440 
2 households 
8,051 
920 
359 
307 
407 
385 
3 households 
1,413 
299 
109 
59 
67 
76 
4 households 
579 
111 
39 
25 
35 
31 
5 or more households 
259 
69 
16 
12 
16 
14 
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 
3,245 
1,432 
1,347 
1,736 
1,869 
acres 
7,674,251 
2,664,754 
804,112 
539,893 
512,264 
355,929 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
2,474 
361 
118 
115 
160 
152 
acres 
687,066 
311,431 
80,467 
41,281 
54,388 
35,169 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
96 North Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
