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 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1. 
2012 
193 
173 
191 
80 
381 
198 
241 
2007 
167 
148 
201 
105 
354 
136 
183 
Any 
2012 
171 
152 
301 
174 
679 
288 
348 
2007 
202 
131 
299 
159 
723 
345 
428 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
24 
17 
27 
13 
66 
40 
48 
2007 
50 
25 
46 
20 
143 
60 
43 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
15 
10 
20 
9 
61 
21 
20 
2007 
12 
6 
54 
12 
74 
30 
32 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
12 
15 
54 
41 
172 
34 
47 
2007 
34 
28 
46 
32 
99 
48 
71 
200 days or more 
2012 
120 
110 
200 
111 
380 
193 
233 
2007 
106 
72 
153 
95 
407 
207 
282 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
9 
29 
16 
12 
33 
16 
17 
2007 
27 
7 
21 
5 
27 
26 
12 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
31 
14 
34 
5 
56 
43 
28 
2007 
22 
10 
30 
28 
82 
38 
42 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
50 
35 
88 
34 
136 
83 
60 
2007 
62 
47 
79 
37 
164 
101 
109 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
274 
247 
354 
203 
835 
344 
484 
2007 
258 
215 
370 
194 
804 
316 
448 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
21.2 
22,5 
21.2 
20.9 
23.4 
20.5 
24.5 
2007 
20.1 
24.1 
20.6 
20.7 
22.3 
17.9 
23.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
6 
27 
12 
12 
26 
13 
10 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
28 
12 
22 
2 
43 
39 
20 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
41 
21 
79 
28 
110 
74 
61 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
289 
265 
379 
212 
881 
360 
498 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
23.3 
24.8 
23.4 
22.9 
25.2 
22.2 
25.8 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
. 
11 
3 
4 
3 
. 
. 
2007 
- 
- 
4 
- 
4 
13 
- 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
10 
13 
24 
3 
51 
14 
27 
2007 
14 
7 
27 
11 
39 
13 
30 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
42 
20 
43 
13 
109 
77 
46 
2007 
34 
20 
38 
52 
137 
62 
100 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
78 
92 
96 
65 
157 
101 
142 
2007 
114 
88 
123 
61 
238 
139 
136 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
61 
64 
73 
45 
129 
68 
86 
2007 
53 
47 
74 
42 
150 
73 
85 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
42 
44 
73 
47 
150 
81 
82 
2007 
51 
39 
96 
35 
198 
49 
57 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
45 
28 
81 
35 
195 
54 
77 
2007 
44 
17 
71 
21 
100 
60 
74 
70 years and over 
2012 
86 
53 
99 
42 
266 
91 
129 
2007 
59 
61 
67 
42 
211 
72 
129 
Average age 
2012 
59.6 
56.4 
58.7 
58.9 
60.4 
57.4 
59.5 
2007 
57.0 
58.0 
57.3 
55.0 
57.8 
55.4 
57.4 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
257 
211 
315 
197 
774 
350 
432 
2007 
187 
148 
252 
125 
605 
290 
323 
Dial-up service 
.farms, 2012 
14 
26 
13 
1 
33 
25 
29 
DSL service 
.farms, 2012 
175 
112 
171 
149 
378 
161 
266 
Cable modem service 
.farms, 2012 
47 
39 
67 
23 
250 
87 
70 
Fiber-optic service 
.farms, 2012 
4 
7 
16 
14 
21 
11 
6 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
.farms, 2012 
21 
28 
49 
14 
84 
53 
38 
Satellite service 
.farms, 2012 
19 
27 
28 
4 
43 
33 
18 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
.farms, 2012 
1 
- 
12 
1 
10 
9 
26 
Other Internet service 
.farms, 2012 
2 
- 
1 
2 
4 
4 
2 
TYPE OF ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with over 50 percent ownership interest held 
by operator and/or persons related to operator by 
blood/marriage/adoption farms, 2012 
340 
314 
476 
245 
1,022 
463 
570 
acres, 2012 
133,978 
138,707 
104,889 
42,996 
58,807 
31,823 
63,255 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.farms, 2012 
11 
8 
18 
15 
42 
30 
36 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
4,015 
3,568 
3,989 
4,318 
2,837 
13,376 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.farms, 2012 
283 
247 
409 
209 
925 
412 
519 
2007 
283 
213 
426 
217 
941 
421 
550 
acres, 2012 
71,620 
74,442 
(D) 
27,080 
49,114 
26,603 
50,527 
2007 
78,761 
(D) 
75,922 
31,048 
51,393 
(D) 
(D) 
Partnership 
.farms, 2012 
23 
29 
30 
18 
49 
37 
31 
2007 
38 
36 
37 
28 
86 
28 
40 
acres, 2012 
36,425 
34,818 
13,010 
9,608 
12,463 
3,311 
11,171 
2007 
51,111 
39,846 
28,644 
8,225 
13,628 
2,468 
12,122 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
.farms, 2012 
46 
46 
45 
24 
56 
36 
28 
2007 
38 
29 
30 
15 
30 
24 
20 
acres, 2012 
37,981 
36,692 
25,128 
7,329 
5,387 
(D) 
3,934 
2007 
27,893 
29,090 
20,258 
3,788 
3,054 
3,175 
3,180 
Other than family held 
.farms, 2012 
4 
2 
6 
3 
7 
1 
3 
2007 
7 
- 
7 
4 
7 
7 
1 
acres, 2012 
1,452 
(D) 
1,206 
1,425 
730 
(D) 
31 
2007 
2,264 
2,347 
1,023 
107 
480 
(D) 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
.farms, 2012 
8 
1 
2 
23 
8 
2007 
3 
1 
- 
- 
13 
1 
- 
acres, 2012 
808 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
3,786 
- 
578 
2007 
314 
(D) 
- 
3,905 
(D) 
- 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data North Carolina 657 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
