Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Biodiesel 
.... farms 
143 
23 
19 
9 
10 
27 
1 
Ethanol 
.... farms 
86 
18 
4 
4 
2 
27 
4 
Other 
.... farms 
22 
" 
5 
2 
2 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
.... farms 
32 
12 
3 
- 
2 
2 
1 
TENURE 
Full owners 
.... farms 
32,936 
2,067 
1,372 
1,282 
2,306 
8,274 
197 
Part owners 
.... farms 
14,221 
2,917 
465 
153 
512 
3,124 
712 
Tenants 
.... farms 
3,061 
739 
185 
59 
254 
641 
137 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
.... farms 
47,241 
5,016 
1,842 
1,437 
2,826 
11,421 
910 
acres 
5,253,410 
1,080,591 
149,363 
106,232 
169,539 
1,730,923 
211,515 
Owned land in farms 
.... farms 
47,157 
4,984 
1,837 
1,435 
2,818 
11,398 
909 
acres 
4,836,861 
1,018,690 
141,303 
96,233 
161,261 
1,552,041 
193,289 
Land rented or leased from others 
.... farms 
17,427 
3,689 
660 
216 
767 
3,805 
860 
acres 
3,611,759 
1,324,955 
112,328 
15,900 
46,503 
1,267,529 
408,387 
Rented or leased land in farms 
.... farms 
17,282 
3,656 
650 
212 
766 
3,765 
849 
acres 
3,577,895 
1,319,013 
111,035 
15,463 
44,877 
1,252,803 
402,346 
Land rented or leased to others 
.... farms 
6,728 
939 
256 
226 
261 
2,323 
150 
acres 
450,413 
67,843 
9,353 
10,436 
9,904 
193,608 
24,267 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
. number 
73,846 
7,568 
3,166 
2,409 
4,784 
17,052 
1,502 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
30,657 
4,246 
1,072 
724 
1,781 
7,938 
699 
2 operators 
16,435 
1,164 
804 
662 
1,044 
3,403 
261 
3 operators 
2,522 
263 
111 
78 
186 
560 
71 
4 operators 
468 
45 
27 
25 
41 
97 
10 
5 or more operators 
136 
5 
8 
5 
20 
41 
5 
Total women operators 
. number 
19,975 
962 
970 
833 
1,331 
4,229 
171 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
17,451 
883 
824 
696 
1,119 
3,707 
161 
2 operators 
1,077 
35 
61 
64 
95 
220 
5 
3 operators 
107 
3 
8 
3 
6 
23 
- 
4 operators 
11 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
- 
5 or more operators 
1 
" 
- 
- 
“ 
1 
- 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
43,765 
5,477 
1,767 
1,268 
2,645 
10,491 
1,013 
Female 
6,453 
246 
255 
226 
427 
1,548 
33 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
24,574 
3,521 
1,116 
706 
1,563 
5,215 
902 
Other 
25,644 
2,202 
906 
788 
1,509 
6,824 
144 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
39,098 
4,166 
1,617 
1,113 
2,095 
8,704 
789 
Not on farm operated 
11,120 
1,557 
405 
381 
977 
3,335 
257 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
20,047 
2,621 
801 
523 
1,203 
5,035 
726 
Any 
30,171 
3,102 
1,221 
971 
1,869 
7,004 
320 
1 to 49 days 
3,864 
473 
178 
125 
347 
1,081 
47 
50 to 99 days 
2,364 
296 
145 
110 
195 
504 
31 
100 to 199 days 
4,390 
466 
203 
174 
247 
971 
45 
200 days or more 
19,553 
1,867 
695 
562 
1,080 
4,448 
197 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,659 
209 
119 
71 
63 
390 
13 
3 or 4 years 
2,459 
305 
207 
131 
94 
500 
38 
5 to 9 years 
6,909 
553 
324 
301 
395 
1,457 
101 
10 years or more 
39,191 
4,656 
1,372 
991 
2,520 
9,692 
894 
Average years on present farm 
23.1 
26.8 
19.7 
18.3 
22.2 
24.1 
27.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,298 
163 
87 
55 
39 
308 
9 
3 or 4 years 
2,030 
243 
172 
107 
86 
424 
23 
5 to 9 years 
5,935 
475 
286 
278 
334 
1,224 
76 
10 years or more 
40,955 
4,842 
1,477 
1,054 
2,613 
10,083 
938 
Average years operating any farm 
25.0 
28.7 
22.1 
20.3 
24.0 
26.0 
29.8 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
220 
65 
9 
- 
6 
26 
8 
25 to 34 years 
2,101 
354 
136 
43 
96 
397 
100 
35 to 44 years 
4,932 
543 
210 
134 
288 
889 
113 
45 to 49 years 
4,245 
452 
179 
120 
284 
875 
107 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
174 North Carolina 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
