Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
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 
31,970 
13,720 
2,904 
29,935 
18,659 
acres 
7,674,251 
2,640,527 
4,518,664 
515,060 
4,589,772 
3,084,479 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
2,474 
1,570 
723 
181 
1,236 
1,238 
acres 
687,066 
213,025 
425,966 
48,075 
316,414 
370,652 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
43,563 
29,071 
12,037 
2,455 
27,832 
15,731 
acres 
5,566,945 
2,129,841 
3,149,301 
287,803 
3,881,706 
1,685,239 
Partnership 
farms 
3,132 
1,724 
1,121 
287 
1,127 
2,005 
acres 
1,381,005 
307,422 
924,061 
149,522 
353,456 
1,027,549 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,199 
1,240 
749 
210 
781 
1,418 
acres 
1,079,866 
244,101 
703,107 
132,658 
251,522 
828,344 
Corporation 
farms 
3,035 
1,766 
986 
283 
1,442 
1,593 
acres 
1,392,032 
394,480 
863,911 
133,641 
577,962 
814,070 
Family held 
farms 
2,715 
1,553 
909 
253 
1,265 
1,450 
acres 
1,253,748 
338,121 
789,341 
126,286 
484,778 
768,970 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
46 
38 
8 
- 
17 
29 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
2,669 
1,515 
901 
253 
1,248 
1,421 
Other than family held 
farms 
320 
213 
77 
30 
177 
143 
acres 
138,284 
56,359 
74,570 
7,355 
93,184 
45,100 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
27 
22 
3 
2 
19 
8 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
293 
191 
74 
28 
158 
135 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
488 
375 
77 
36 
256 
232 
acres 
74,774 
52,173 
20,042 
2,559 
39,836 
34,938 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
14,469 
7,505 
5,910 
1,054 
8,368 
6,101 
workers 
78,012 
32,033 
38,554 
7,425 
39,671 
38,341 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
7,022 
3,215 
3,260 
547 
3,695 
3,327 
workers 
30,165 
13,267 
14,056 
2,842 
14,138 
16,027 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
10,548 
5,520 
4,231 
797 
6,271 
4,277 
workers 
47,847 
18,766 
24,498 
4,583 
25,533 
22,314 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
1,605 
354 
1,081 
170 
940 
665 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
199 
73 
96 
30 
109 
90 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
21,730 
14,520 
6,012 
1,198 
10,880 
10,850 
workers 
48,608 
32,362 
13,542 
2,704 
21,434 
27,174 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
4,155 
3,438 
260 
457 
2,423 
1,732 
1 0 to 49 acres 
20,014 
15,773 
3,179 
1,062 
11,688 
8,326 
50 to 69 acres 
5,596 
3,863 
1,436 
297 
3,499 
2,097 
70 to 99 acres 
5,276 
3,325 
1,687 
264 
3,408 
1,868 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
4,062 
2,478 
1,341 
243 
2,621 
1,441 
140 to 179 acres 
2,326 
1,256 
953 
117 
1,545 
781 
180 to 219 acres 
1,604 
754 
749 
101 
1,062 
542 
220 to 259 acres 
1,055 
449 
551 
55 
646 
409 
260 to 499 acres 
2,728 
964 
1,567 
197 
1,788 
940 
500 to 999 acres 
1,706 
344 
1,226 
136 
1,073 
633 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,067 
189 
804 
74 
615 
452 
2,000 acres or more 
629 
103 
468 
58 
289 
340 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
5,723 
2,067 
2,917 
739 
4,246 
1,477 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
2,022 
1,372 
465 
185 
1,072 
950 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
1,494 
1,282 
153 
59 
724 
770 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
3,072 
2,306 
512 
254 
1,781 
1,291 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
12,039 
8,274 
3,124 
641 
7,938 
4,101 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
1,046 
197 
712 
137 
699 
347 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
528 
131 
291 
106 
350 
178 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
10,465 
7,946 
2,121 
398 
6,889 
3,576 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
13,909 
8,733 
4,467 
709 
8,947 
4,962 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
10 
5 
5 
- 
5 
5 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
263 
73 
180 
10 
118 
145 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
1,170 
791 
335 
44 
706 
464 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
3,404 
2,311 
1,005 
88 
1,763 
1,641 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,922 
1,613 
248 
61 
937 
985 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
5,190 
4,109 
810 
271 
2,420 
2,770 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
19,548 
11,173 
7,440 
935 
12,046 
7,502 
number 
829,717 
271,164 
512,909 
45,644 
485,238 
344,479 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
5,737 
4,402 
1,075 
260 
3,435 
2,302 
10 to 49 
10,059 
5,690 
3,879 
490 
6,346 
3,713 
50 to 99 
2,126 
738 
1,280 
108 
1,333 
793 
100 to 199 
945 
222 
689 
34 
562 
383 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
224 North Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
