Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Beaufort 
Bertie 
Bladen 
Brunswick 
Buncombe 
Burke 
Cabarrus 
FARMS 
Land in farms 
farms, 2012 
364 
325 
492 
254 
1,060 
486 
589 
2007 
369 
279 
500 
264 
1,077 
481 
611 
acres, 2012 
148,286 
146,754 
117,323 
45,442 
71,480 
34,387 
66,241 
2007 
160,343 
147,353 
127,171 
44,084 
72,087 
29,068 
66,780 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
203 
230 
322 
146 
718 
329 
417 
2007 
215 
185 
329 
161 
666 
289 
355 
acres, 2012 
125,583 
93,224 
46,976 
24,761 
15,247 
11,599 
28,005 
TENURE 
2007 
130,240 
90,193 
59,896 
24,193 
14,768 
10,385 
27,912 
Full owners 
farms, 2012 
217 
149 
311 
164 
726 
318 
426 
2007 
240 
128 
326 
191 
751 
310 
430 
acres, 2012 
32,772 
21,194 
59,691 
10,950 
32,270 
18,430 
28,988 
2007 
42,158 
26,917 
63,466 
14,304 
33,179 
13,125 
30,330 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
64 
61 
171 
74 
455 
194 
268 
2007 
91 
47 
184 
105 
407 
138 
218 
acres, 2012 
19,797 
6,114 
7,956 
1,467 
5,024 
3,304 
8,897 
2007 
20,604 
7,945 
16,301 
4,150 
5,407 
1,879 
8,302 
Part owners 
farms, 2012 
109 
139 
138 
68 
283 
146 
133 
2007 
104 
113 
145 
60 
267 
147 
146 
acres, 2012 
96,251 
104,763 
51,381 
32,684 
35,965 
14,383 
33,762 
2007 
102,893 
105,621 
57,085 
29,232 
35,361 
13,718 
33,060 
Owned land in farms 
acres, 2012 
29,897 
51,118 
23,349 
15,001 
17,191 
6,458 
13,863 
2007 
28,962 
48,752 
21,321 
12,253 
17,933 
6,503 
14,393 
Rented land in farms 
acres, 2012 
66,354 
53,645 
28,032 
17,683 
18,774 
7,925 
19,899 
2007 
73,931 
56,869 
35,764 
16,979 
17,428 
7,215 
18,667 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
107 
133 
124 
57 
221 
121 
122 
2007 
102 
101 
126 
51 
215 
127 
116 
acres, 2012 
86,645 
67,859 
33,301 
22,296 
9,026 
6,974 
16,609 
2007 
94,435 
68,096 
37,786 
19,649 
8,172 
7,071 
17,894 
Tenants 
farms, 2012 
38 
37 
43 
22 
51 
22 
30 
2007 
25 
38 
29 
13 
59 
24 
35 
acres, 2012 
19,263 
20,797 
6,251 
1,808 
3,245 
1,574 
3,491 
2007 
15,292 
14,815 
6,620 
548 
3,547 
2,225 
3,390 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
32 
36 
27 
15 
42 
14 
27 
2007 
22 
37 
19 
5 
44 
24 
21 
acres, 2012 
19,141 
19,251 
5,719 
998 
1,197 
1,321 
2,499 
2012 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
2007 
15,201 
14,152 
5,809 
394 
1,189 
1,435 
1,716 
Total operators 
number 
510 
466 
725 
333 
1,676 
750 
877 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
242 
224 
311 
185 
563 
274 
339 
2 operators 
102 
69 
138 
59 
406 
167 
221 
3 operators 
17 
25 
38 
10 
77 
38 
22 
4 operators 
2 
6 
3 
- 
7 
7 
6 
5 or more operators 
1 
1 
2 
" 
7 
" 
1 
Total women operators 
number 
109 
113 
169 
85 
544 
246 
254 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
91 
74 
145 
75 
477 
193 
220 
2 operators 
9 
18 
12 
5 
29 
22 
11 
3 operators 
- 
1 
- 
- 
3 
3 
4 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2007 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
509 
404 
685 
372 
1,677 
731 
893 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
265 
180 
338 
172 
586 
302 
372 
2 operators 
76 
80 
142 
76 
412 
145 
217 
3 operators 
20 
12 
17 
16 
68 
21 
18 
4 operators 
8 
7 
3 
- 
5 
5 
2 
5 or more operators 
" 
" 
" 
" 
6 
8 
2 
Total women operators 
number 
110 
76 
180 
103 
570 
229 
256 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
70 
69 
172 
93 
495 
161 
233 
2 operators 
17 
2 
4 
5 
34 
28 
7 
3 operators 
2 
1 
- 
- 
1 
4 
1 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
1 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
farms, 2012 
324 
282 
438 
212 
846 
411 
496 
2007 
324 
250 
439 
225 
865 
404 
510 
acres, 2012 
144,290 
140,057 
104,146 
43,394 
63,412 
30,946 
59,995 
2007 
155,845 
136,609 
120,156 
42,276 
63,851 
26,167 
59,678 
Female 
farms, 2012 
40 
43 
54 
42 
214 
75 
93 
2007 
45 
29 
61 
39 
212 
77 
101 
acres, 2012 
3,996 
6,697 
13,177 
2,048 
8,068 
3,441 
6,246 
Primary occupation: 
2007 
4,498 
10,744 
7,015 
1,808 
8,236 
2,901 
7,102 
Farming 
2012 
184 
208 
262 
109 
541 
246 
295 
2007 
188 
180 
254 
144 
392 
220 
222 
Other 
2012 
180 
117 
230 
145 
519 
240 
294 
Place of residence: 
2007 
181 
99 
246 
120 
685 
261 
389 
On farm operated 
2012 
242 
192 
319 
184 
903 
365 
496 
2007 
231 
173 
364 
197 
940 
403 
502 
Not on farm operated 
2012 
122 
133 
173 
70 
157 
121 
93 
2007 
138 
106 
136 
67 
137 
78 
109 
-continued 
644 North Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
