Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Pamlico 
Pasquotank 
Pender 
Perquimans 
Person 
Pitt 
Polk 
Randolph 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
37 
67 
109 
94 
156 
196 
117 
494 
2007 
34 
71 
129 
89 
128 
184 
119 
547 
Any 
2012 
43 
69 
226 
91 
239 
195 
173 
992 
2007 
51 
73 
228 
82 
275 
251 
190 
954 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
2 
7 
42 
27 
23 
23 
24 
91 
2007 
17 
11 
50 
15 
50 
51 
28 
82 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
5 
- 
18 
1 
23 
13 
13 
51 
2007 
4 
6 
20 
3 
26 
23 
15 
95 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
9 
11 
51 
5 
66 
26 
31 
146 
2007 
9 
18 
22 
17 
52 
40 
19 
128 
200 days or more 
2012 
27 
51 
115 
58 
127 
133 
105 
704 
2007 
21 
38 
136 
47 
147 
137 
128 
649 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
4 
3 
22 
1 
12 
7 
4 
27 
2007 
3 
4 
26 
7 
9 
13 
18 
62 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
4 
10 
24 
7 
33 
27 
13 
74 
2007 
6 
12 
37 
6 
36 
26 
19 
76 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
18 
5 
48 
26 
42 
34 
65 
187 
2007 
10 
7 
64 
18 
89 
85 
88 
241 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
54 
118 
241 
151 
308 
323 
208 
1,198 
2007 
66 
121 
230 
140 
269 
311 
184 
1,122 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
19.9 
28.4 
20.0 
24.2 
23.6 
22.2 
19.5 
23.9 
2007 
19.5 
24.4 
17.6 
24.8 
21.5 
20.4 
15.1 
22.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
3 
14 
1 
8 
5 
2 
22 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
2 
8 
25 
5 
16 
21 
12 
66 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
16 
5 
37 
28 
46 
31 
56 
163 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
62 
120 
259 
151 
325 
334 
220 
1,235 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
22.3 
29.2 
22.6 
25.1 
25.3 
24.0 
22.4 
25.6 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
. 
. 
. 
. 
1 
3 
. 
5 
2007 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
- 
5 
17 
23 
25 
19 
8 
80 
2007 
- 
8 
13 
9 
11 
13 
11 
99 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
9 
14 
39 
27 
34 
32 
22 
188 
2007 
16 
18 
41 
24 
35 
60 
32 
180 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
17 
35 
69 
44 
71 
97 
55 
277 
2007 
16 
44 
121 
50 
115 
123 
73 
378 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
14 
17 
44 
28 
64 
67 
37 
221 
2007 
22 
14 
54 
24 
79 
96 
46 
225 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
23 
11 
64 
19 
73 
66 
48 
271 
2007 
9 
33 
55 
23 
79 
65 
65 
176 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
10 
28 
50 
15 
63 
60 
47 
129 
2007 
12 
14 
30 
23 
33 
44 
49 
159 
70 years and over 
2012 
7 
26 
52 
29 
64 
47 
73 
315 
2007 
10 
13 
43 
18 
51 
34 
33 
278 
Average age 
2012 
58.2 
58.8 
57.3 
54.1 
58.0 
56.5 
60.4 
57.9 
2007 
56.7 
55.2 
55.7 
55.2 
57.1 
55.2 
57.1 
56.5 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
68 
107 
248 
145 
282 
273 
225 
969 
2007 
54 
82 
228 
108 
239 
231 
205 
765 
Dial-up service 
farms, 2012 
3 
5 
17 
2 
21 
15 
14 
68 
DSL service 
farms, 2012 
46 
39 
77 
55 
166 
144 
163 
628 
Cable modem service 
farms, 2012 
9 
41 
70 
26 
53 
51 
15 
153 
Fiber-optic service 
farms, 2012 
- 
1 
14 
8 
10 
4 
2 
23 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
farms, 2012 
15 
18 
53 
39 
37 
45 
26 
128 
Satellite service 
farms, 2012 
3 
12 
44 
29 
42 
26 
39 
41 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
farms, 2012 
2 
5 
4 
9 
3 
8 
5 
37 
Other Internet service 
farms, 2012 
- 
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2 
5 
1 
2 
6 
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 
75 
131 
329 
179 
383 
373 
284 
1,462 
acres, 2012 
35,595 
61,658 
52,347 
76,865 
89,746 
148,884 
23,437 
153,180 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms, 2012 
8 
9 
26 
15 
27 
26 
26 
49 
acres, 2012 
7,148 
6,183 
4,003 
5,445 
10,960 
20,854 
2,066 
6,915 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms, 2012 
58 
114 
272 
147 
345 
298 
245 
1,357 
2007 
62 
120 
295 
136 
349 
336 
277 
1,363 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
59,144 
67,170 
90,666 
19,856 
129,161 
2007 
13,138 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
69,443 
(D) 
17,612 
125,308 
Partnership 
farms, 2012 
8 
9 
24 
17 
14 
33 
26 
79 
2007 
10 
16 
35 
24 
33 
42 
9 
102 
acres, 2012 
11,041 
9,231 
9,317 
11,004 
10,847 
31,368 
2,560 
14,583 
2007 
16,247 
8,219 
6,763 
22,038 
15,180 
29,571 
1,428 
15,371 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
farms, 2012 
12 
9 
29 
10 
27 
49 
16 
34 
2007 
13 
6 
20 
9 
17 
51 
17 
30 
acres, 2012 
15,655 
21,169 
11,545 
9,392 
15,835 
45,755 
1,610 
11,777 
2007 
16,740 
12,162 
11,303 
6,696 
12,511 
33,908 
1,519 
6,143 
Other than family held 
farms, 2012 
- 
4 
8 
5 
2 
6 
1 
5 
2007 
- 
1 
6 
1 
4 
4 
5 
6 
acres, 2012 
- 
(D) 
1,582 
321 
(D) 
3,872 
(D) 
123 
2007 
- 
(D) 
670 
(D) 
1,387 
1,068 
(D) 
494 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
farms, 2012 
2 
2 
6 
7 
5 
2 
11 
2007 
- 
1 
1 
1 
- 
2 
1 
- 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
255 
(D) 
160 
(D) 
1,169 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
" 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data North Carolina 665 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
