Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Total farming 
and other 
occupations 
Farming 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
506 
423 
2 
14 
34 
84 
168 
121 
500 or more 
175 
162 
" 
2 
26 
42 
45 
47 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
16,361 
8,314 
27 
260 
525 
1,197 
2,148 
4,157 
number 
394,156 
275,274 
380 
6,947 
27,271 
43,453 
84,310 
112,913 
Beef cows 
farms 
16,059 
8,098 
24 
247 
499 
1,151 
2,062 
4,115 
number 
348,196 
231,269 
362 
5,664 
17,057 
38,548 
67,547 
102,091 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
7,151 
2,881 
11 
111 
171 
428 
697 
1,463 
1 0 to 49 
7,338 
4,047 
13 
106 
225 
504 
1,016 
2,183 
50 to 99 
1,040 
725 
- 
14 
64 
119 
199 
329 
100 to 199 
401 
330 
- 
13 
29 
75 
112 
101 
200 to 499 
112 
98 
- 
3 
9 
23 
29 
34 
500 or more 
17 
17 
- 
- 
1 
2 
9 
5 
Milk cows 
farms 
571 
393 
3 
17 
37 
76 
156 
104 
number 
45,960 
44,005 
18 
1,283 
10,214 
4,905 
16,763 
10,822 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
322 
174 
3 
8 
18 
40 
59 
46 
1 0 to 49 
70 
48 
- 
3 
2 
7 
22 
14 
50 to 99 
55 
52 
- 
2 
5 
10 
22 
13 
1 00 to 1 99 
63 
59 
- 
1 
3 
10 
31 
14 
200 to 499 
45 
44 
- 
3 
3 
9 
16 
13 
500 or more 
16 
16 
- 
6 
- 
6 
4 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
15,798 
7,989 
18 
239 
562 
1,169 
2,071 
3,930 
number 
435,561 
309,000 
623 
7,728 
33,842 
60,672 
91,980 
114,155 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
15,312 
7,957 
21 
246 
514 
1,102 
2,034 
4,040 
number 
435,411 
323,094 
658 
9,504 
37,320 
57,147 
89,764 
128,701 
$1,000 
332,733 
252,076 
602 
8,868 
27,273 
42,188 
68,322 
104,823 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
8,542 
4,491 
12 
138 
276 
611 
1,122 
2,332 
number 
108,585 
75,197 
97 
1,073 
7,976 
14,843 
22,564 
28,644 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
12,974 
6,831 
15 
207 
444 
922 
1,764 
3,479 
number 
326,826 
247,897 
561 
8,431 
29,344 
42,304 
67,200 
100,057 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
15 
11 
- 
- 
- 
5 
1 
5 
number 
2,428 
2,018 
- 
- 
- 
1,110 
(D) 
(D) 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
2,217 
1,488 
7 
81 
184 
419 
405 
392 
number 
8,901,434 
7,686,018 
15,904 
222,611 
615,374 
2,020,800 
2,385,468 
2,425,861 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
987 
491 
3 
51 
77 
123 
115 
122 
25 to 49 
78 
55 
- 
1 
8 
5 
17 
24 
50 to 99 
60 
29 
- 
4 
2 
3 
14 
6 
100 to 199 
25 
23 
- 
- 
5 
9 
3 
6 
200 to 499 
25 
24 
- 
3 
1 
2 
11 
7 
500 or more 
1,042 
866 
4 
22 
91 
277 
245 
227 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
838 
514 
3 
29 
55 
152 
148 
127 
number 
896,231 
764,963 
21 
(D) 
(D) 
229,952 
259,147 
189,960 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
2,040 
1,400 
7 
78 
175 
392 
375 
373 
number 
8,005,203 
6,921,055 
15,883 
(D) 
(D) 
1,790,848 
2,126,321 
2,235,901 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
1,833 
1,331 
7 
65 
159 
379 
361 
360 
number 
34,456,613 
29,040,100 
27,760 
474,275 
3,227,230 
9,045,521 
9,489,646 
6,775,668 
$1,000 
2,873,988 
2,461,405 
3,545 
43,870 
220,224 
731,278 
729,898 
732,589 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
1,311 
588 
4 
42 
57 
122 
176 
187 
number 
29,224 
1 5,566 
32 
572 
1,236 
2,342 
6,566 
4,818 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
923 
415 
4 
18 
39 
80 
137 
137 
number 
15,633 
8,436 
20 
273 
723 
1,119 
3,606 
2,695 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
752 
345 
- 
32 
22 
72 
104 
115 
number 
14,523 
8,124 
- 
859 
197 
1,429 
3,294 
2,345 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
10,261 
4,275 
9 
121 
406 
857 
1,348 
1,534 
number 
66,870 
33,228 
73 
782 
3,542 
7,371 
10,900 
10,560 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
9,785 
4,047 
9 
118 
390 
814 
1,304 
1,412 
number 
55,143 
25,573 
73 
570 
2,648 
5,474 
8,596 
8,212 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
1,955 
946 
6 
29 
131 
219 
281 
280 
number 
7,037 
3,749 
18 
56 
383 
997 
1,270 
1,025 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
4,387 
1,708 
5 
87 
178 
341 
528 
569 
number 
66,367 
29,947 
136 
841 
2,359 
6,280 
10,885 
9,446 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
2,346 
959 
3 
54 
95 
179 
316 
312 
number 
30,589 
15,246 
30 
692 
1,393 
3,149 
5,454 
4,528 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
4,996 
2,227 
2 
133 
273 
500 
627 
692 
number 
13,091,384 
12,029,838 
(D) 
(D) 
1,253,340 
1,907,489 
2,921,246 
5,206,781 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
4,605 
1,890 
97 
225 
409 
535 
624 
400 to 3,199 
40 
27 
- 
10 
4 
7 
1 
5 
3,200 to 9,999 
74 
65 
- 
3 
2 
19 
14 
27 
10,000 to 19,999 
101 
90 
- 
8 
15 
26 
28 
13 
20,000 to 49,999 
148 
129 
2 
15 
23 
33 
38 
18 
50,000 to 99,999 
23 
22 
- 
- 
4 
6 
10 
2 
100,000 or more 
5 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
3 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
763 
428 
3 
22 
54 
95 
128 
126 
number 
6,239,251 
4,961,351 
83,602 
61,940 
700,741 
1,058,749 
1,281,608 
1,774,711 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
208 North Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
