Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
item 
Caldwell 
Camden 
Carteret 
Caswell 
Catawba 
Chatham 
Cherokee 
FARMS 
Land in farms 
farms, 2012 
411 
60 
125 
543 
698 
1,138 
255 
2007 
459 
76 
159 
562 
737 
1,089 
288 
acres, 2012 
32,057 
49,310 
62,836 
97,060 
67,098 
111,778 
21,453 
2007 
32,593 
55,181 
55,387 
102,299 
71,906 
104,171 
20,423 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
280 
43 
66 
333 
449 
597 
149 
2007 
258 
57 
59 
404 
438 
573 
150 
acres, 2012 
10,367 
46,537 
44,851 
15,152 
26,641 
21,708 
6,913 
TENURE 
2007 
8,477 
47,473 
36,336 
18,676 
28,798 
22,335 
4,663 
Full owners 
farms, 2012 
252 
19 
77 
395 
446 
821 
183 
2007 
280 
22 
84 
388 
467 
774 
184 
acres, 2012 
14,109 
2,103 
(D) 
50,565 
24,346 
60,953 
9,933 
2007 
17,771 
1 ,656 
(D) 
52,394 
28,272 
56,359 
9,765 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
146 
5 
39 
203 
255 
368 
98 
2007 
139 
14 
27 
246 
222 
350 
83 
acres, 2012 
2,831 
(D) 
(D) 
4,089 
4,779 
6,532 
1,239 
2007 
3,160 
604 
(D) 
5,565 
5,475 
7,438 
1,214 
Part owners 
farms, 2012 
131 
33 
24 
129 
200 
268 
62 
2007 
150 
42 
28 
164 
234 
260 
94 
acres, 2012 
16,800 
37,575 
8,642 
43,847 
37,814 
48,874 
11,281 
2007 
14,213 
42,730 
(D) 
48,951 
40,808 
44,360 
10,400 
Owned land in farms 
acres, 2012 
8,879 
16,867 
3,345 
17,743 
16,399 
26,081 
6,496 
2007 
7,377 
20,004 
2,863 
22,629 
18,485 
25,068 
4,979 
Rented land in farms 
acres, 2012 
7,921 
20,708 
5,297 
26,104 
21,415 
22,793 
4,785 
2007 
6,836 
22,726 
(D) 
26,322 
22,323 
19,292 
5,421 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
116 
30 
15 
113 
161 
195 
47 
2007 
108 
31 
23 
148 
196 
197 
59 
acres, 2012 
7,184 
35,622 
7,226 
10,308 
20,194 
14,566 
5,545 
2007 
5,048 
36,083 
(D) 
12,832 
22,416 
14,141 
3,329 
Tenants 
farms, 2012 
28 
8 
24 
19 
52 
49 
10 
2007 
29 
12 
47 
10 
36 
55 
10 
acres, 2012 
1,148 
9,632 
(D) 
2,648 
4,938 
1,951 
239 
2007 
609 
10,795 
2,947 
954 
2,826 
3,452 
258 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
18 
8 
12 
17 
33 
34 
4 
2007 
11 
12 
9 
10 
20 
26 
8 
acres, 2012 
352 
(D) 
(D) 
755 
1,668 
610 
129 
2012 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
2007 
269 
10,786 
2,324 
279 
907 
756 
120 
Total operators 
number 
616 
95 
195 
776 
1,035 
1,741 
361 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
244 
32 
69 
339 
409 
611 
153 
2 operators 
133 
21 
45 
176 
246 
463 
98 
3 operators 
30 
7 
8 
27 
38 
57 
4 
4 operators 
4 
- 
3 
1 
5 
4 
- 
5 or more operators 
" 
" 
" 
" 
3 
" 
Total women operators 
number 
152 
28 
56 
192 
297 
615 
113 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
130 
14 
46 
179 
268 
492 
113 
2 operators 
11 
7 
2 
5 
7 
56 
- 
3 operators 
- 
- 
2 
1 
5 
1 
- 
4 operators 
" 
- 
" 
- 
- 
2 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
" 
- 
" 
" 
2007 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
704 
118 
238 
802 
1,143 
1,602 
405 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
269 
49 
92 
357 
409 
647 
186 
2 operators 
146 
20 
55 
174 
268 
384 
89 
3 operators 
34 
2 
12 
27 
46 
47 
11 
4 operators 
9 
2 
- 
4 
11 
9 
2 
5 or more operators 
1 
3 
- 
" 
3 
2 
- 
Total women operators 
number 
209 
24 
76 
205 
329 
541 
115 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
173 
10 
66 
189 
295 
453 
115 
2 operators 
18 
7 
5 
8 
15 
40 
- 
3 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
- 
5 or more operators 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
farms, 2012 
376 
50 
108 
452 
590 
907 
226 
2007 
400 
67 
130 
496 
634 
854 
260 
acres, 2012 
30,783 
49,103 
62,643 
87,797 
60,589 
97,255 
20,154 
2007 
30,265 
55,026 
54,746 
96,306 
66,929 
89,070 
18,560 
Female 
farms, 2012 
35 
10 
17 
91 
108 
231 
29 
2007 
59 
9 
29 
66 
103 
235 
28 
acres, 2012 
1,274 
207 
193 
9,263 
6,509 
14,523 
1,299 
Primary occupation: 
2007 
2,328 
155 
641 
5,993 
4,977 
15,101 
1,863 
Farming 
2012 
184 
39 
61 
271 
292 
514 
139 
2007 
158 
41 
53 
265 
268 
488 
138 
Other 
2012 
227 
21 
64 
272 
406 
624 
116 
Place of residence: 
2007 
301 
35 
106 
297 
469 
601 
150 
On farm operated 
2012 
329 
41 
98 
444 
535 
994 
199 
2007 
379 
49 
97 
469 
570 
933 
253 
Not on farm operated 
2012 
82 
19 
27 
99 
163 
144 
56 
2007 
80 
27 
62 
93 
167 
156 
35 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data North Carolina 645 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
