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 
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 
3,271 
1,435 
1,385 
1,754 
1,933 
acres 
7,674,251 
2,701,040 
790,422 
547,333 
515,432 
359,917 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
2,474 
365 
119 
113 
167 
154 
acres 
687,066 
316,216 
78,927 
38,982 
55,691 
35,122 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
43,563 
2,158 
1,082 
1,120 
1,455 
1,657 
acres 
5,566,945 
1,377,560 
553,904 
437,356 
417,341 
301,143 
Partnership 
farms 
3,132 
579 
188 
152 
182 
154 
acres 
1,381,005 
841,884 
157,653 
80,243 
65,483 
34,430 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,199 
454 
143 
103 
138 
112 
acres 
1,079,866 
675,809 
127,887 
56,046 
50,156 
24,185 
Corporation 
farms 
3,035 
829 
249 
176 
206 
183 
acres 
1,392,032 
924,504 
155,845 
61,702 
58,424 
37,611 
Family held 
farms 
2,715 
764 
227 
165 
185 
169 
acres 
1,253,748 
837,073 
137,823 
60,469 
53,798 
35,413 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
46 
19 
1 
- 
3 
6 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
2,669 
745 
226 
165 
182 
163 
Other than family held 
farms 
320 
65 
22 
11 
21 
14 
acres 
138,284 
87,431 
18,022 
1,233 
4,626 
2,198 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
27 
9 
3 
- 
- 
7 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
293 
56 
19 
11 
21 
7 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
488 
11 
8 
11 
19 
14 
acres 
74,774 
1 1 ,233 
7,904 
5,748 
9,509 
4,401 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
14,469 
2,902 
1,102 
1,026 
1,165 
827 
workers 
78,012 
35,118 
6,962 
5,956 
5,607 
3,272 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
7,022 
2,465 
818 
673 
641 
345 
workers 
30,165 
18,437 
2,906 
2,050 
1,860 
844 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
10,548 
1,640 
662 
706 
843 
633 
workers 
47,847 
16,681 
4,056 
3,906 
3,747 
2,428 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
1,605 
602 
230 
227 
239 
77 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
199 
26 
23 
17 
33 
39 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
21,730 
1,067 
498 
530 
729 
832 
workers 
48,608 
2,070 
955 
1,062 
1,494 
1,929 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
4,155 
74 
62 
67 
69 
81 
1 0 to 49 acres 
20,014 
568 
250 
177 
203 
347 
50 to 69 acres 
5,596 
201 
105 
59 
78 
165 
70 to 99 acres 
5,276 
216 
76 
62 
141 
203 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
4,062 
274 
72 
84 
155 
284 
140 to 179 acres 
2,326 
185 
49 
62 
137 
205 
180 to 219 acres 
1,604 
131 
46 
43 
175 
155 
220 to 259 acres 
1,055 
95 
39 
41 
175 
121 
260 to 499 acres 
2,728 
331 
148 
385 
456 
339 
500 to 999 acres 
1,706 
423 
357 
397 
204 
75 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,067 
568 
271 
68 
50 
25 
2,000 acres or more 
629 
511 
52 
14 
19 
8 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
5,723 
396 
337 
420 
622 
657 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
2,022 
75 
24 
45 
78 
86 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
1,494 
14 
8 
27 
66 
56 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
3,072 
102 
62 
121 
278 
303 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
12,039 
507 
333 
365 
406 
322 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
1,046 
207 
171 
193 
196 
127 
Cotton farming (11192) 
528 
69 
74 
86 
118 
59 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
10,465 
231 
88 
86 
92 
136 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
13,909 
42 
29 
70 
224 
394 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
10 
- 
2 
- 
2 
4 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
263 
52 
52 
50 
40 
21 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
1,170 
710 
151 
52 
29 
6 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
3,404 
1,651 
518 
293 
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 
130 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
19,548 
1,100 
478 
435 
547 
750 
number 
829,717 
201,364 
73,817 
53,978 
72,718 
64,591 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
5,737 
59 
33 
32 
41 
56 
10 to 49 
10,059 
384 
161 
144 
138 
213 
50 to 99 
2,126 
224 
91 
83 
122 
261 
100 to 199 
945 
179 
76 
98 
122 
153 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
124 North Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
