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 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
43,563 
2,141 
1,078 
1,089 
1,430 
1,603 
acres 
5,566,945 
1,354,604 
561,539 
430,269 
408,506 
306,099 
Partnership 
farms 
3,132 
572 
191 
150 
175 
157 
acres 
1,381,005 
831,689 
163,361 
81,544 
65,976 
34,435 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,199 
449 
145 
104 
129 
116 
acres 
1,079,866 
668,944 
131,968 
56,630 
49,997 
24,544 
Corporation 
farms 
3,035 
826 
248 
171 
212 
171 
acres 
1,392,032 
920,369 
157,192 
60,048 
62,640 
29,259 
Family held 
farms 
2,715 
761 
226 
160 
191 
159 
acres 
1,253,748 
832,938 
139,170 
58,815 
58,014 
27,305 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
46 
19 
1 
- 
3 
6 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
2,669 
742 
225 
160 
188 
153 
Other than family held 
farms 
320 
65 
22 
11 
21 
12 
acres 
138,284 
87,431 
18,022 
1,233 
4,626 
1,954 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
27 
9 
3 
- 
- 
7 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
293 
56 
19 
11 
21 
5 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
488 
11 
8 
10 
19 
15 
acres 
74,774 
11,233 
7,904 
5,684 
9,157 
4,817 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
14,469 
2,876 
1,107 
1,006 
1,159 
811 
workers 
78,012 
34,941 
7,070 
5,883 
5,520 
3,147 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
7,022 
2,442 
822 
672 
634 
349 
workers 
30,165 
18,336 
2,968 
2,047 
1,839 
729 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
10,548 
1,623 
668 
689 
837 
621 
workers 
47,847 
16,605 
4,102 
3,836 
3,681 
2,418 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
1,605 
597 
233 
217 
245 
76 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
199 
26 
23 
16 
29 
42 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
21,730 
1,064 
494 
510 
717 
806 
workers 
48,608 
2,066 
948 
1,026 
1,455 
1,848 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
4,155 
74 
60 
69 
68 
82 
1 0 to 49 acres 
20,014 
568 
250 
177 
198 
337 
50 to 69 acres 
5,596 
201 
105 
58 
68 
161 
70 to 99 acres 
5,276 
216 
76 
61 
138 
183 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
4,062 
274 
72 
82 
148 
268 
140 to 179 acres 
2,326 
185 
49 
60 
125 
207 
180 to 219 acres 
1,604 
131 
43 
44 
157 
150 
220 to 259 acres 
1,055 
95 
39 
38 
172 
118 
260 to 499 acres 
2,728 
329 
147 
351 
478 
333 
500 to 999 acres 
1,706 
421 
345 
394 
217 
74 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,067 
548 
284 
72 
51 
24 
2,000 acres or more 
629 
508 
55 
14 
16 
9 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
5,723 
384 
334 
410 
610 
627 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
2,022 
75 
24 
44 
76 
87 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
1,494 
14 
8 
26 
57 
57 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (11 14) 
3,072 
102 
62 
120 
278 
300 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
12,039 
495 
334 
338 
415 
322 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
1,046 
203 
173 
184 
199 
129 
Cotton farming (11192) 
528 
64 
70 
78 
128 
61 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (11193,11194,11199) 
10,465 
228 
91 
76 
88 
132 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
13,909 
42 
29 
70 
210 
370 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
10 
- 
2 
- 
2 
4 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
263 
49 
54 
51 
40 
21 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
1,170 
710 
151 
50 
31 
6 
Poultry and egg production (1 123) 
3,404 
1,651 
516 
295 
66 
21 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,922 
- 
- 
- 
2 
8 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
5,190 
28 
11 
16 
49 
123 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
19,548 
1,091 
480 
431 
526 
714 
number 
829,717 
199,101 
75,452 
53,874 
71,121 
62,974 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
5,737 
58 
34 
30 
38 
53 
10 to 49 
10,059 
382 
161 
142 
133 
203 
50 to 99 
2,126 
223 
88 
86 
113 
238 
100 to 199 
945 
178 
77 
95 
118 
152 
200 to 499 
506 
140 
91 
71 
104 
60 
500 or more 
175 
110 
29 
7 
20 
8 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
16,361 
979 
403 
360 
400 
535 
number 
394,156 
91,420 
28,328 
21,022 
29,840 
28,233 
Beef cows 
farms 
16,059 
922 
365 
319 
371 
521 
number 
348,196 
62,293 
19,954 
16,075 
27,689 
27,716 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
7,151 
101 
58 
49 
42 
70 
1 0 to 49 
7,338 
444 
187 
161 
150 
230 
50 to 99 
1,040 
197 
65 
64 
86 
133 
100 to 199 
401 
125 
37 
35 
59 
80 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
98 North Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
