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) 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Corporation - Con. 
Other than family held - Con. 
More than 10 stockholders farms 
27 
1 
_ 
_ 
1 
12 
_ 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
293 
27 
12 
11 
48 
60 
12 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc farms 
488 
32 
21 
17 
63 
143 
3 
acres 
74,774 
10,815 
1,011 
944 
2,529 
36,555 
(D) 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor farms 
14,469 
1,859 
624 
518 
1,484 
3,351 
874 
workers 
78,012 
7,428 
7,579 
4,297 
14,580 
20,349 
9,088 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more farms 
7,022 
1,013 
260 
197 
763 
1,431 
495 
workers 
30,165 
2,635 
2,077 
703 
6,778 
6,270 
2,343 
Less than 150 days farms 
10,548 
1,296 
524 
417 
1,173 
2,660 
707 
workers 
47,847 
4,793 
5,502 
3,594 
7,802 
14,079 
6,745 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) farms 
1,605 
175 
115 
74 
232 
746 
500 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) farms 
199 
13 
19 
34 
44 
57 
35 
Unpaid workers (see text) farms 
21,730 
1,720 
933 
788 
1,276 
5,042 
320 
workers 
48,608 
3,485 
2,240 
2,078 
2,868 
10,926 
691 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
4,155 
127 
339 
272 
816 
245 
25 
1 0 to 49 acres 
20,014 
1,241 
1,050 
711 
1,276 
4,292 
119 
50 to 69 acres 
5,596 
572 
203 
131 
298 
1,479 
50 
70 to 99 acres 
5,276 
589 
139 
142 
236 
1,545 
85 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
4,062 
565 
85 
89 
152 
1,141 
77 
140 to 179 acres 
2,326 
333 
47 
46 
76 
618 
44 
180 to 219 acres 
1,604 
265 
28 
30 
44 
456 
48 
220 to 259 acres 
1,055 
216 
14 
14 
34 
283 
46 
260 to 499 acres 
2,728 
654 
35 
33 
77 
751 
178 
500 to 999 acres 
1,706 
499 
28 
13 
42 
568 
193 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,067 
393 
29 
8 
18 
405 
123 
2,000 acres or more 
629 
269 
25 
5 
3 
256 
58 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
5,723 
5,723 
- 
- 
_ 
- 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
2,022 
- 
2,022 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
1,494 
- 
- 
1,494 
- 
- 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
3,072 
- 
- 
- 
3,072 
- 
- 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
12,039 
- 
- 
- 
- 
12,039 
1,046 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
1,046 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,046 
1,046 
Cotton farming (11192) 
528 
- 
- 
- 
- 
528 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
10,465 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,465 
- 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
13,909 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
263 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
1,170 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
3,404 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1 1 24) 
1,922 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
5,190 
" 
- 
- 
- 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory farms 
19,548 
1,095 
272 
103 
126 
1,848 
188 
number 
829,717 
68,860 
4,568 
(D) 
3,330 
64,397 
13,854 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
5,737 
223 
171 
69 
66 
702 
26 
1 0 to 49 
10,059 
526 
77 
26 
46 
863 
85 
50 to 99 
2,126 
167 
14 
3 
6 
162 
38 
100 to 199 
945 
107 
8 
5 
5 
72 
25 
200 to 499 
506 
56 
2 
- 
3 
36 
11 
500 or more 
175 
16 
- 
" 
" 
13 
3 
Cows and heifers that calved farms 
16,361 
954 
214 
82 
93 
1,585 
177 
number 
394,156 
30,101 
2,018 
(D) 
(D) 
35,975 
7,948 
Beef cows farms 
16,059 
934 
206 
76 
90 
1,572 
177 
number 
348,196 
29,030 
1,989 
(D) 
1,750 
35,357 
7,936 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
7,151 
293 
158 
54 
53 
766 
33 
1 0 to 49 
7,338 
476 
41 
17 
28 
650 
101 
50 to 99 
1,040 
97 
5 
5 
8 
98 
27 
1 00 to 1 99 
401 
57 
2 
- 
- 
40 
12 
200 to 499 
112 
11 
- 
- 
1 
13 
2 
500 or more 
17 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
2 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
178 North Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
