Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
43,765 
3,388 
1,442 
1,366 
1,754 
1,872 
Female 
6,453 
189 
85 
93 
108 
136 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
24,574 
3,184 
1,346 
1,263 
1,427 
1,298 
Other 
25,644 
393 
181 
196 
435 
710 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
39,098 
2,494 
1,148 
1,099 
1,325 
1,519 
Not on farm operated 
11,120 
1,083 
379 
360 
537 
489 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
20,047 
2,522 
1,019 
979 
1,066 
921 
Any 
30,171 
1,055 
508 
480 
796 
1,087 
1 to 49 days 
3,864 
144 
52 
78 
133 
157 
50 to 99 days 
2,364 
59 
37 
38 
80 
112 
100 to 199 days 
4,390 
119 
71 
67 
139 
188 
200 days or more 
19,553 
733 
348 
297 
444 
630 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,659 
101 
21 
31 
28 
55 
3 or 4 years 
2,459 
91 
37 
53 
62 
86 
5 to 9 years 
6,909 
346 
119 
108 
172 
220 
10 years or more 
39,191 
3,039 
1,350 
1,267 
1,600 
1,647 
Average years on present farm 
23.1 
25.1 
26.7 
27.6 
27.4 
26.3 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,298 
87 
15 
23 
24 
32 
3 or 4 years 
2,030 
67 
27 
31 
48 
60 
5 to 9 years 
5,935 
298 
96 
97 
139 
193 
10 years or more 
40,955 
3,125 
1,389 
1,308 
1,651 
1,723 
Average years operating any farm 
25.0 
27.0 
28.3 
29.3 
29.4 
28.4 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
220 
20 
5 
9 
15 
20 
25 to 34 years 
2,101 
163 
75 
94 
139 
129 
35 to 44 years 
4,932 
492 
181 
166 
191 
233 
45 to 49 years 
4,245 
427 
172 
144 
159 
157 
50 to 54 years 
6,146 
594 
247 
212 
252 
203 
55 to 59 years 
7,306 
614 
275 
280 
274 
304 
60 to 64 years 
7,818 
527 
235 
205 
286 
292 
65 to 69 years 
6,755 
336 
153 
163 
212 
236 
70 years and over 
10,695 
404 
184 
186 
334 
434 
Average age 
58.9 
54.9 
55.6 
55.5 
56.8 
57.8 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
493 
38 
12 
17 
34 
14 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
596 
42 
9 
22 
25 
24 
Asian 
179 
53 
12 
9 
1 
10 
Black or African American 
1,637 
26 
18 
38 
54 
88 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
47,627 
3,453 
1,487 
1,389 
1,779 
1,878 
More than one race reported 
179 
3 
1 
1 
3 
8 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
6,809 
316 
144 
169 
196 
253 
2 people 
27,084 
1,583 
720 
681 
987 
1,082 
3 people 
7,781 
629 
297 
266 
334 
315 
4 people 
5,942 
689 
248 
253 
266 
237 
5 or more people 
2,602 
360 
118 
90 
79 
121 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
37,398 
551 
236 
311 
550 
890 
25 to 49 percent 
3,483 
329 
150 
152 
254 
360 
50 to 74 percent 
3,963 
723 
404 
354 
447 
419 
75 to 99 percent 
2,639 
946 
336 
276 
328 
185 
1 00 percent 
2,735 
1,028 
401 
366 
283 
154 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,434 
433 
135 
121 
115 
56 
acres 
841,175 
548,811 
103,599 
52,261 
41,514 
16,271 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
34,814 
2,970 
1,169 
1,032 
1,332 
1,391 
Dial-up service 
2,587 
220 
79 
98 
108 
108 
DSL service 
18,475 
1,634 
676 
603 
741 
739 
Cable modem service 
7,092 
452 
179 
161 
240 
277 
Fiber-optic service 
1,549 
131 
39 
35 
59 
63 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
4,924 
520 
221 
163 
189 
233 
Satellite service 
3,330 
352 
124 
105 
144 
124 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
732 
51 
14 
20 
29 
31 
Other Internet service 
290 
33 
4 
1 
17 
8 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
39,916 
2,167 
1,008 
1,046 
1,325 
1,485 
2 households 
8,051 
928 
355 
316 
420 
390 
3 households 
1,413 
302 
109 
58 
66 
83 
4 households 
579 
111 
39 
26 
36 
32 
5 or more households 
259 
69 
16 
13 
15 
18 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
122 North Carolina 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
