Table 7. Hired Farm Labor - Workers and Payroll: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Beaufort 
Bertie 
Bladen 
Brunswick 
Buncombe 
Burke 
Cabarrus 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
126 
145 
201 
86 
236 
117 
119 
workers 
644 
734 
1,845 
727 
1,763 
569 
601 
$1 ,000 payroll 
8,659 
9,516 
13,508 
(D) 
13,852 
4,986 
3,903 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
37 
25 
63 
40 
77 
47 
45 
workers 
37 
25 
63 
40 
77 
47 
45 
2 workers 
farms 
22 
20 
52 
15 
49 
15 
21 
workers 
44 
40 
104 
30 
98 
30 
42 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
25 
42 
40 
11 
61 
21 
19 
workers 
87 
147 
131 
34 
214 
71 
65 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
21 
46 
18 
14 
30 
21 
22 
workers 
128 
290 
117 
106 
202 
122 
133 
10 workers or more 
farms 
21 
12 
28 
6 
19 
13 
12 
workers 
348 
232 
1,430 
517 
1,172 
299 
316 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
88 
98 
98 
36 
96 
59 
51 
workers 
286 
303 
487 
174 
1,174 
290 
163 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
28 
29 
44 
16 
37 
29 
19 
workers 
28 
29 
44 
16 
37 
29 
19 
2 workers 
farms 
26 
21 
23 
4 
26 
14 
18 
workers 
52 
42 
46 
8 
52 
28 
36 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
17 
37 
13 
4 
16 
7 
6 
workers 
61 
124 
43 
13 
55 
22 
18 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
12 
7 
7 
9 
11 
5 
3 
workers 
63 
47 
43 
58 
74 
32 
22 
10 workers or more 
farms 
5 
4 
11 
3 
6 
4 
5 
workers 
82 
61 
311 
79 
956 
179 
68 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
78 
108 
147 
66 
184 
89 
97 
workers 
358 
431 
1,358 
553 
589 
279 
438 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
25 
23 
44 
34 
59 
33 
37 
workers 
25 
23 
44 
34 
59 
33 
37 
2 workers 
farms 
9 
20 
40 
14 
47 
16 
24 
workers 
18 
40 
80 
28 
94 
32 
48 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
18 
34 
33 
8 
45 
22 
13 
workers 
67 
113 
103 
25 
148 
74 
43 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
17 
25 
13 
8 
25 
12 
15 
workers 
107 
150 
86 
(D) 
159 
75 
90 
10 workers or more 
farms 
9 
6 
17 
2 
8 
6 
8 
workers 
141 
105 
1,045 
(D) 
129 
65 
220 
Reported only workers working 
150 days or more 
farms 
48 
37 
54 
20 
52 
28 
22 
workers 
154 
103 
155 
118 
289 
213 
60 
$1 ,000 payroll 
3,226 
2,749 
3,117 
1,482 
5,614 
3,001 
1,172 
Reported only workers working 
less than 150 days 
farms 
38 
47 
103 
50 
140 
58 
68 
workers 
96 
147 
306 
102 
385 
139 
314 
$1 ,000 payroll 
407 
464 
1,448 
426 
867 
438 
496 
Reported both - workers working 150 
days or more and workers 
working less than 150 days 
farms 
40 
61 
44 
16 
44 
31 
29 
1 50 days or more, workers 
132 
200 
332 
(D) 
885 
77 
103 
less than 150 days, workers 
262 
284 
1,052 
(D) 
204 
140 
124 
$1 ,000 payroll 
5,025 
6,303 
8,943 
(D) 
7,371 
1,547 
2,235 
Total migrant workers (see text) 
farms 
13 
20 
27 
5 
15 
12 
6 
workers 
144 
222 
2,244 
(D) 
111 
69 
52 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired labor 
farms 
11 
20 
24 
5 
14 
10 
6 
workers 
(D) 
222 
2,074 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
52 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting only 
contract labor 
farms 
2 
- 
3 
- 
1 
2 
- 
workers 
(D) 
- 
170 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
81 
75 
196 
114 
488 
249 
270 
workers 
168 
128 
372 
220 
1,152 
585 
678 
-continued 
320 North Carolina 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
