Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative, 
Total 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
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 
2,485 
2,273 
2,244 
212 
198 
293 
acres 
1,038,298 
981,919 
965,996 
56,379 
54,963 
29,187 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
45 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
8,990 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
~ 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Registered under state law 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
" 
" 
" 
- 
“ 
Corporation 
farms 
3,035 
2,715 
2,669 
320 
293 
- 
acres 
1,392,032 
1,253,748 
1,220,329 
138,284 
93,328 
- 
Family held 
farms 
2,715 
2,715 
2,669 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
1,253,748 
1,253,748 
1,220,329 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
46 
46 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
2,669 
2,669 
2,669 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
320 
- 
- 
320 
293 
- 
acres 
138,284 
- 
- 
138,284 
93,328 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
27 
- 
- 
27 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
293 
- 
" 
293 
293 
" 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
488 
acres 
" 
- 
- 
- 
74,774 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
1,893 
1,725 
1,698 
168 
154 
190 
workers 
24,246 
22,167 
20,651 
2,079 
1,830 
1,063 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
1,486 
1,357 
1,337 
129 
116 
120 
workers 
13,384 
12,315 
11,369 
1,069 
853 
531 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
1,118 
1,018 
1,004 
100 
91 
125 
workers 
10,862 
9,852 
9,282 
1,010 
977 
532 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
290 
269 
268 
21 
20 
5 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
23 
23 
23 
- 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
1,151 
1,044 
1,031 
107 
96 
225 
workers 
2,623 
2,347 
2,307 
276 
254 
630 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
225 
189 
189 
36 
35 
76 
1 0 to 49 acres 
780 
668 
661 
112 
105 
179 
50 to 69 acres 
251 
225 
219 
26 
24 
58 
70 to 99 acres 
240 
226 
220 
14 
14 
52 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
232 
207 
207 
25 
17 
33 
140 to 1 79 acres 
134 
121 
120 
13 
13 
18 
180 to 219 acres 
140 
128 
126 
12 
12 
15 
220 to 259 acres 
96 
92 
90 
4 
4 
2 
260 to 499 acres 
274 
246 
242 
28 
26 
22 
500 to 999 acres 
281 
260 
255 
21 
20 
13 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
218 
203 
195 
15 
14 
15 
2,000 acres or more 
164 
150 
145 
14 
9 
5 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
368 
340 
333 
28 
27 
32 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
120 
108 
107 
12 
12 
21 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
138 
127 
127 
11 
11 
17 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
444 
395 
391 
49 
48 
63 
Other crop farming (1119) 
571 
499 
484 
72 
60 
143 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
86 
74 
74 
12 
12 
3 
Cotton farming (11192) 
58 
52 
51 
6 
3 
3 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
427 
373 
359 
54 
45 
137 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
346 
314 
309 
32 
26 
83 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
2 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
44 
44 
44 
- 
- 
3 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
307 
283 
275 
24 
23 
8 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
285 
263 
259 
22 
19 
11 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
41 
39 
39 
2 
2 
24 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
369 
301 
299 
68 
65 
83 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
802 
746 
735 
56 
49 
114 
number 
101,831 
93,170 
92,882 
8,661 
(D) 
5,922 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
132 
126 
126 
6 
6 
42 
10 to 49 
288 
263 
254 
25 
25 
51 
50 to 99 
134 
121 
119 
13 
6 
7 
1 00 to 1 99 
113 
108 
108 
5 
5 
5 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data North Carolina 151 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
