Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Chowan 
Clay 
Cleveland 
Columbus 
Craven 
Cumberland 
Currituck 
Dare 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
73 
61 
369 
299 
134 
157 
38 
3 
2007 
76 
47 
448 
297 
133 
187 
41 
5 
Any 
2012 
68 
93 
667 
432 
122 
232 
44 
6 
2007 
114 
90 
740 
480 
153 
313 
39 
2 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
15 
8 
104 
43 
12 
31 
7 
1 
2007 
20 
22 
134 
84 
22 
52 
12 
- 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
5 
5 
43 
39 
9 
14 
2 
- 
2007 
8 
3 
96 
28 
8 
22 
2 
- 
100 to 199 days 
2012 
6 
23 
99 
62 
21 
27 
4 
- 
2007 
18 
11 
78 
88 
12 
36 
3 
- 
200 days or more 
2012 
42 
57 
421 
288 
80 
160 
31 
5 
2007 
68 
54 
432 
280 
111 
203 
22 
2 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
5 
1 
39 
24 
5 
13 
15 
2007 
4 
7 
67 
37 
6 
29 
4 
- 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
7 
5 
49 
46 
11 
11 
5 
2 
2007 
6 
16 
63 
39 
18 
40 
5 
- 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
18 
27 
142 
90 
38 
47 
5 
- 
2007 
22 
16 
188 
86 
45 
77 
6 
2 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
111 
121 
806 
571 
202 
318 
57 
7 
2007 
158 
98 
870 
615 
217 
354 
65 
5 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
25.0 
22.2 
23.4 
23.4 
21.7 
21.9 
21.0 
18.0 
2007 
25.7 
22.7 
22.2 
23.3 
22.5 
21.6 
22.6 
20.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
1 
24 
18 
5 
11 
7 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
3 
3 
51 
39 
10 
9 
5 
2 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
17 
20 
115 
76 
31 
46 
5 
- 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
120 
131 
846 
598 
210 
323 
65 
7 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
26.8 
24.9 
25.5 
25.8 
23.7 
24.0 
23.5 
18.7 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
5 
. 
6 
6 
. 
. 
. 
. 
2007 
- 
1 
8 
5 
- 
3 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
2 
13 
36 
32 
11 
4 
8 
- 
2007 
4 
2 
44 
38 
8 
31 
4 
- 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
23 
23 
115 
75 
11 
48 
8 
2 
2007 
14 
10 
133 
88 
22 
59 
13 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
37 
20 
198 
156 
45 
95 
17 
3 
2007 
74 
40 
254 
197 
77 
119 
21 
1 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
16 
22 
135 
129 
42 
46 
19 
1 
2007 
27 
18 
158 
109 
55 
66 
9 
2 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
19 
14 
132 
100 
51 
56 
3 
- 
2007 
26 
20 
181 
113 
47 
84 
18 
3 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
14 
23 
129 
76 
48 
57 
9 
2 
2007 
15 
11 
129 
103 
17 
42 
6 
1 
70 years and over 
2012 
25 
39 
285 
157 
48 
83 
18 
1 
2007 
30 
35 
281 
124 
60 
96 
9 
- 
Average age 
2012 
55.5 
58.5 
59.9 
58.0 
60.5 
59.5 
56.6 
54.0 
2007 
56.9 
59.6 
58.9 
56.8 
58.2 
56.7 
54.8 
58.7 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
95 
93 
646 
518 
167 
286 
71 
6 
2007 
127 
77 
601 
382 
148 
266 
70 
7 
Dial-up service 
farms, 2012 
11 
17 
57 
60 
9 
16 
11 
- 
DSL service 
farms, 2012 
45 
60 
216 
228 
95 
129 
36 
3 
Cable modem service 
farms, 2012 
12 
1 
206 
94 
25 
78 
14 
1 
Fiber-optic service 
farms, 2012 
- 
2 
5 
36 
2 
10 
1 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
farms, 2012 
11 
11 
141 
92 
24 
46 
7 
1 
Satellite service 
farms, 2012 
11 
4 
47 
56 
19 
40 
5 
2 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
farms, 2012 
2 
2 
2 
6 
11 
5 
1 
- 
Other Internet service 
farms, 2012 
8 
2 
5 
5 
1 
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 
130 
148 
1,012 
699 
243 
364 
80 
7 
acres, 2012 
46,659 
1 1 ,224 
112,919 
152,999 
64,070 
66,646 
32,419 
(D) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms, 2012 
8 
10 
32 
30 
15 
20 
4 
acres, 2012 
4,379 
737 
8,439 
8,269 
5,258 
5,198 
(D) 
- 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms, 2012 
104 
135 
944 
629 
194 
320 
67 
6 
2007 
131 
116 
1,055 
662 
224 
430 
60 
4 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
8,117 
95,920 
122,814 
34,307 
48,202 
15,017 
(D) 
2007 
39,530 
(D) 
91,520 
120,370 
(D) 
51,923 
11,552 
(D) 
Partnership 
farms, 2012 
13 
13 
55 
48 
32 
28 
4 
1 
2007 
40 
17 
87 
75 
28 
38 
10 
1 
acres, 2012 
8,920 
2,994 
14,219 
15,637 
22,962 
17,809 
8,881 
(D) 
2007 
17,331 
2,118 
18,605 
18,992 
18,567 
20,885 
11,787 
(D) 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
farms, 2012 
20 
3 
24 
37 
23 
30 
11 
2007 
19 
4 
29 
30 
28 
27 
10 
- 
acres, 2012 
21,322 
367 
4,457 
18,427 
12,721 
15,307 
11,458 
- 
2007 
17,828 
(D) 
4,088 
9,760 
15,455 
14,550 
4,237 
- 
Other than family held 
farms, 2012 
2 
1 
5 
7 
2 
3 
- 
- 
2007 
- 
- 
7 
7 
4 
3 
- 
- 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
(D) 
1,454 
1,311 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
2007 
667 
2,951 
155 
(D) 
- 
- 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
farms, 2012 
2 
2 
8 
10 
5 
8 
2 
2007 
- 
- 
10 
3 
2 
2 
- 
2 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
(D) 
601 
1,038 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
2007 
" 
- 
757 
314 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data North Carolina 659 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
