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 
individual 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
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 
43,563 
2,253 
1,654 
acres 
7,674,251 
5,566,945 
1,039,821 
832,691 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
2,474 
1,513 
916 
860 
acres 
687,066 
338,945 
339,131 
321,407 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
43,563 
43,563 
- 
- 
acres 
5,566,945 
5,566,945 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
3,132 
- 
3,132 
2,199 
acres 
1,381,005 
- 
1,381,005 
1,079,866 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,199 
- 
2,199 
2,199 
acres 
1,079,866 
1,079,866 
1,079,866 
Corporation 
farms 
3,035 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
1,392,032 
- 
- 
- 
Family held 
farms 
2,715 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
1,253,748 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
46 
- 
- 
- 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
2,669 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
320 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
138,284 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
27 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
293 
- 
- 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
488 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
74,774 
- 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
14,469 
10,891 
1,495 
1,134 
workers 
78,012 
42,186 
10,517 
7,722 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
7,022 
4,415 
1,001 
790 
workers 
30,165 
11,729 
4,521 
3,521 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
10,548 
8,367 
938 
698 
workers 
47,847 
30,457 
5,996 
4,201 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
1,605 
1,100 
210 
152 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
199 
137 
39 
27 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
21,730 
19,022 
1,332 
935 
workers 
48,608 
42,139 
3,216 
2,215 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
4,155 
3,652 
202 
150 
1 0 to 49 acres 
20,014 
18,201 
854 
596 
50 to 69 acres 
5,596 
5,003 
284 
178 
70 to 99 acres 
5,276 
4,702 
282 
180 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
4,062 
3,577 
220 
148 
140 to 179 acres 
2,326 
2,007 
167 
116 
180 to 219 acres 
1,604 
1,344 
105 
81 
220 to 259 acres 
1,055 
857 
100 
70 
260 to 499 acres 
2,728 
2,166 
266 
183 
500 to 999 acres 
1,706 
1,161 
251 
187 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,067 
620 
214 
153 
2,000 acres or more 
629 
273 
187 
157 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
5,723 
4,872 
451 
296 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
2,022 
1,778 
103 
71 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
1,494 
1,222 
117 
103 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
3,072 
2,321 
244 
180 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
12,039 
10,479 
846 
603 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
1,046 
856 
101 
61 
Cotton farming (11192) 
528 
401 
66 
45 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
10,465 
9,222 
679 
497 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
13,909 
12,884 
596 
347 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
10 
8 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
263 
168 
48 
37 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
1,170 
707 
148 
116 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
3,404 
2,853 
255 
200 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,922 
1,820 
37 
15 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
5,190 
4,451 
287 
231 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
19,548 
17,560 
1,072 
679 
number 
829,717 
620,255 
101,709 
65,420 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
5,737 
5,385 
178 
96 
1 0 to 49 
10,059 
9,236 
484 
287 
50 to 99 
2,126 
1,807 
178 
129 
100 to 199 
945 
716 
111 
77 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
150 North Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
