Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Mitchell 
Montgomery 
Moore 
Nash 
New Hanover 
Northampton 
Onslow 
Orange 
FARMS 
Land in farms 
farms, 2012 
286 
250 
718 
430 
50 
319 
347 
645 
2007 
314 
289 
804 
487 
73 
340 
401 
604 
acres, 2012 
19,322 
35,047 
82,462 
140,620 
2,881 
162,758 
57,643 
56,666 
2007 
22,787 
42,523 
80,075 
153,544 
4,416 
155,576 
55,211 
60,057 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
204 
150 
374 
236 
35 
202 
195 
453 
2007 
229 
160 
391 
261 
50 
217 
228 
389 
acres, 2012 
3,227 
8,597 
15,161 
84,803 
(D) 
104,567 
36,671 
17,854 
TENURE 
2007 
3,612 
6,421 
15,401 
79,703 
2,593 
100,954 
34,078 
18,447 
Full owners 
farms, 2012 
205 
187 
545 
251 
37 
155 
246 
483 
2007 
216 
193 
623 
306 
59 
185 
279 
425 
acres, 2012 
9,490 
21,251 
43,430 
26,885 
2,108 
41,006 
23,271 
28,751 
2007 
13,026 
22,661 
51,097 
39,074 
2,108 
36,922 
18,606 
24,138 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
136 
100 
237 
83 
22 
52 
115 
312 
2007 
145 
81 
251 
107 
39 
76 
131 
244 
acres, 2012 
1,229 
3,066 
4,739 
2,685 
375 
10,940 
7,916 
5,123 
2007 
1,474 
1,818 
4,504 
9,947 
(D) 
9,770 
3,725 
3,743 
Part owners 
farms, 2012 
63 
51 
144 
126 
5 
125 
81 
136 
2007 
85 
83 
154 
142 
10 
136 
97 
157 
acres, 2012 
8,775 
13,008 
38,106 
90,553 
527 
111,719 
29,183 
25,637 
2007 
9,094 
16,239 
27,550 
94,927 
1,248 
113,781 
32,654 
33,884 
Owned land in farms 
acres, 2012 
4,663 
6,357 
16,010 
33,357 
(D) 
40,804 
7,283 
11,691 
2007 
4,927 
9,286 
14,357 
38,657 
368 
32,445 
9,766 
14,180 
Rented land in farms 
acres, 2012 
4,112 
6,651 
22,096 
57,196 
(D) 
70,915 
21,900 
13,946 
2007 
4,167 
6,953 
13,193 
56,270 
880 
81,336 
22,888 
19,704 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
56 
46 
115 
108 
5 
117 
66 
119 
2007 
78 
71 
127 
123 
8 
123 
80 
128 
acres, 2012 
1,875 
5,462 
10,075 
62,349 
475 
84,072 
23,876 
11,655 
2007 
2,068 
3,540 
10,666 
55,088 
946 
86,585 
26,810 
14,173 
Tenants 
farms, 2012 
18 
12 
29 
53 
8 
39 
20 
26 
2007 
13 
13 
27 
39 
4 
19 
25 
22 
acres, 2012 
1,057 
788 
926 
23,182 
246 
10,033 
5,189 
2,278 
2007 
667 
3,623 
1,428 
19,543 
1,060 
4,873 
3,951 
2,035 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
12 
4 
22 
45 
8 
33 
14 
22 
2007 
6 
8 
13 
31 
3 
18 
17 
17 
acres, 2012 
123 
69 
347 
19,769 
(D) 
9,555 
4,879 
1,076 
2012 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
2007 
70 
1,063 
231 
14,668 
(D) 
4,599 
3,543 
531 
Total operators 
number 
423 
376 
1,095 
625 
66 
436 
479 
1,020 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
173 
145 
393 
287 
36 
222 
234 
334 
2 operators 
96 
89 
292 
106 
12 
80 
98 
258 
3 operators 
12 
11 
27 
27 
2 
14 
11 
47 
4 operators 
3 
5 
3 
6 
- 
3 
4 
1 
5 or more operators 
2 
3 
4 
" 
5 
Total women operators 
number 
118 
118 
353 
154 
22 
89 
120 
377 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
94 
96 
312 
123 
22 
77 
116 
329 
2 operators 
12 
8 
15 
11 
- 
4 
2 
21 
3 operators 
- 
2 
2 
3 
- 
- 
- 
2 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
" 
1 
- 
" 
- 
" 
2007 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
460 
439 
1,168 
703 
108 
458 
555 
913 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
197 
172 
478 
324 
48 
247 
272 
337 
2 operators 
92 
89 
295 
127 
17 
77 
109 
228 
3 operators 
21 
23 
28 
24 
6 
15 
15 
36 
4 operators 
4 
5 
1 
8 
2 
- 
5 
3 
5 or more operators 
- 
2 
4 
" 
1 
" 
- 
Total women operators 
number 
120 
107 
386 
186 
31 
84 
150 
325 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
118 
95 
360 
165 
27 
78 
130 
276 
2 operators 
1 
6 
11 
9 
2 
3 
10 
20 
3 operators 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
3 
4 operators 
" 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
farms, 2012 
254 
207 
601 
382 
34 
279 
294 
468 
2007 
274 
257 
643 
410 
55 
307 
343 
455 
acres, 2012 
18,448 
29,927 
76,587 
128,416 
1,584 
153,529 
53,319 
49,112 
2007 
21,249 
39,270 
73,400 
143,366 
(D) 
149,361 
50,974 
54,030 
Female 
farms, 2012 
32 
43 
117 
48 
16 
40 
53 
177 
2007 
40 
32 
161 
77 
18 
33 
58 
149 
acres, 2012 
874 
5,120 
5,875 
12,204 
1,297 
9,229 
4,324 
7,554 
Primary occupation: 
2007 
1,538 
3,253 
6,675 
10,178 
(D) 
6,215 
4,237 
6,027 
Farming 
2012 
106 
159 
344 
243 
26 
210 
188 
308 
2007 
118 
143 
387 
247 
31 
162 
237 
263 
Other 
2012 
180 
91 
374 
187 
24 
109 
159 
337 
Place of residence: 
2007 
196 
146 
417 
240 
42 
178 
164 
341 
On farm operated 
2012 
217 
217 
621 
286 
30 
145 
265 
564 
2007 
255 
222 
661 
343 
33 
206 
322 
522 
Not on farm operated 
2012 
69 
33 
97 
144 
20 
174 
82 
81 
2007 
59 
67 
143 
144 
40 
134 
79 
82 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data North Carolina 651 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
