Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Partnership 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
Registered 
individual 
Total 
under 
state law 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains 2 - Con. 
Gain of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,327 
2,129 
106 
58 
$1,000 to $4,999 
4,863 
4,434 
224 
161 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,722 
2,410 
193 
124 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,254 
2,849 
161 
102 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,448 
2,041 
173 
111 
$50,000 or more 
5,879 
4,005 
823 
638 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
28,725 
25,695 
1,452 
1,005 
Average net loss 
dollars 
20,346 
15,578 
61,641 
70,864 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,978 
2,816 
80 
54 
$1,000 to $4,999 
9,854 
9,152 
360 
232 
$5,000 to $9,999 
6,284 
5,748 
255 
169 
$10,000 to $24,999 
5,640 
4,961 
356 
235 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,260 
1,879 
159 
129 
$50,000 or more 
1,709 
1,139 
242 
186 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
286 
203 
43 
31 
$1,000 
22,797 
12,646 
5,266 
4,278 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
16,809 
13,985 
1,323 
953 
$1,000 
217,404 
135,107 
32,333 
27,097 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
2,495 
2,067 
197 
133 
$1,000 
31,345 
19,641 
4,650 
3,551 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
6,073 
5,087 
485 
356 
$1,000 
28,536 
20,323 
2,931 
2,429 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
2,009 
1,739 
121 
92 
$1,000 
38,578 
27,983 
5,737 
4,823 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
1,135 
845 
104 
89 
$1,000 
17,625 
6,868 
2,956 
2,925 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
4,505 
3,669 
408 
310 
$1,000 
10,343 
6,737 
1,824 
1,498 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
1,294 
958 
191 
145 
$1,000 
43,684 
23,457 
10,806 
8,971 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
611 
509 
49 
36 
$1,000 
3,371 
2,470 
250 
182 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
2,394 
1,961 
161 
112 
$1,000 
43,922 
27,629 
3,179 
2,718 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
37,247 
31,973 
2,532 
1,754 
acres 
4,745,014 
2,816,721 
973,772 
775,168 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
32,802 
28,068 
2,272 
1,572 
acres 
4,378,097 
2,542,256 
928,386 
743,688 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
23,569 
21,100 
1,181 
793 
50 to 99 acres 
3,360 
2,843 
249 
166 
100 to 199 acres 
1,953 
1,586 
170 
106 
200 to 499 acres 
1,738 
1,303 
196 
141 
500 to 999 acres 
1,043 
696 
166 
126 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
752 
395 
180 
131 
2,000 acres or more 
387 
145 
130 
109 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
3,161 
2,767 
191 
145 
acres 
95,603 
66,680 
12,528 
7,977 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
1,670 
1,452 
118 
81 
acres 
31,568 
24,462 
4,229 
3,269 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
6,846 
5,854 
489 
341 
acres 
197,573 
152,196 
22,448 
16,718 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
1,647 
1,417 
121 
78 
acres 
42,173 
31,127 
6,181 
3,516 
Total woodland 
farms 
31,295 
27,343 
1,879 
1,312 
acres 
2,145,710 
1,542,096 
262,244 
200,272 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
12,675 
11,360 
682 
415 
acres 
270,242 
223,936 
24,390 
15,008 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
24,918 
21,584 
1,553 
1,115 
acres 
1,875,468 
1,318,160 
237,854 
185,264 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
142 North Carolina 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
