Table 47. Women Operators: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms with a woman operator 1 
Farms with a woman principal operator 
Geographic area 
Farms 
Women 
operators 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
Farms 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
State Total 
North Carolina.... 
18,573 
19,645 
1,965,507 
6,453 
510,008 
Counties 
Alamance 
328 
363 
27,713 
119 
7,506 
Alexander 
251 
258 
23,248 
97 
7,186 
Alleghany 
226 
231 
26,007 
59 
7,147 
Anson 
134 
139 
22,961 
47 
7,890 
Ashe 
388 
404 
33,531 
119 
7,887 
Avery 
125 
125 
6,994 
27 
1,462 
Beaufort 
99 
108 
20,059 
40 
3,996 
Bertie 
91 
109 
31,272 
43 
6,697 
Bladen 
157 
166 
31,495 
54 
13,177 
Brunswick 
80 
85 
7,037 
42 
2,048 
Buncombe 
503 
532 
25,935 
214 
8,068 
Burke 
216 
244 
13,402 
75 
3,441 
Cabarrus 
234 
248 
16,879 
93 
6,246 
Caldwell 
141 
152 
8,746 
35 
1,274 
Camden 
21 
28 
9,768 
10 
207 
Carteret 
50 
54 
(D) 
17 
193 
Caswell 
185 
192 
24,132 
91 
9,263 
Catawba 
280 
292 
19,480 
108 
6,509 
Chatham 
547 
603 
45,700 
231 
14,523 
Cherokee 
113 
113 
6,886 
29 
1,299 
Chowan 
26 
27 
14,342 
7 
589 
Clay 
55 
57 
3,487 
15 
579 
Cleveland 
395 
418 
26,523 
127 
8,074 
Columbus 
174 
188 
14,097 
72 
4,411 
Craven 
93 
99 
13,960 
31 
3,304 
Cumberland 
150 
153 
15,996 
50 
3,618 
Currituck 
28 
31 
4,727 
5 
534 
Dare 
4 
4 
(D) 
3 
28 
Davidson 
413 
439 
23,245 
97 
5,146 
Davie 
278 
293 
18,229 
83 
4,030 
Duplin 
234 
248 
51,834 
65 
5,148 
Durham 
124 
131 
7,843 
56 
3,183 
Edgecombe 
73 
80 
20,942 
28 
3,352 
Forsyth 
304 
312 
12,548 
120 
5,539 
Franklin 
235 
252 
29,218 
98 
7,631 
Gaston 
196 
206 
56 
2,806 
Gates 
73 
87 
34 
2,815 
Graham 
51 
57 
' mm 
7 
366 
Granville 
235 
242 
29,394 
108 
9,640 
Greene 
60 
64 
10,488 
27 
2,653 
Guilford 
426 
456 
28,915 
134 
6,358 
Halifax 
80 
86 
30,306 
30 
8,564 
Harnett 
279 
293 
20,605 
105 
6,018 
Haywood 
178 
182 
12,194 
51 
2,284 
Henderson 
206 
221 
11,004 
63 
2,101 
Hertford 
38 
41 
5,715 
18 
961 
Hoke 
95 
102 
10,068 
53 
5,035 
Hyde 
57 
74 
26,731 
41 
2,497 
Iredell 
485 
501 
43,708 
158 
11,703 
Jackson 
102 
113 
6,502 
11 
704 
Johnston 
408 
441 
44,657 
140 
12,401 
Jones 
57 
57 
22,533 
14 
8,419 
Lee 
105 
108 
13,712 
41 
4,701 
Lenoir 
97 
104 
17,300 
33 
4,926 
Lincoln 
248 
254 
15,180 
67 
3,801 
McDowell 
133 
138 
7,622 
45 
2,140 
Macon 
129 
142 
6,314 
33 
1,095 
Madison 
272 
288 
18,982 
86 
6,291 
Martin 
67 
73 
15,338 
41 
4,885 
Mecklenburg 
102 
114 
5,357 
40 
2,130 
Mitchell 
106 
114 
4,908 
32 
874 
Montgomery 
105 
117 
14,031 
43 
5,120 
Moore 
328 
345 
33,089 
117 
5,875 
Nash 
137 
148 
40,065 
48 
12,204 
New Hanover 
22 
22 
1,349 
16 
1,297 
Northampton 
82 
88 
29,311 
40 
9,229 
Onslow 
118 
120 
12,334 
53 
4,324 
Orange 
351 
374 
21,659 
177 
7,554 
Pamlico 
23 
23 
5,919 
8 
160 
Pasquotank 
29 
29 
17,606 
10 
1,189 
Pender 
113 
120 
9,791 
42 
1,938 
Perquimans 
26 
26 
2,893 
6 
102 
Person 
129 
136 
17,463 
40 
2,698 
Pitt 
126 
132 
22,682 
46 
4,562 
Polk 
180 
191 
11,390 
93 
5,247 
Randolph 
574 
599 
51,810 
182 
12,662 
Richmond 
97 
97 
8,921 
31 
2,984 
Robeson 
262 
275 
49,280 
111 
13,406 
Rockingham 
330 
352 
33,014 
104 
7,996 
Rowan 
404 
419 
34,848 
123 
7,544 
Rutherford 
315 
363 
23,104 
128 
8,631 
Sampson 
270 
275 
55,004 
85 
15,476 
Scotland 
49 
49 
10,078 
11 
4,137 
Stanly 
277 
283 
16,821 
79 
4,682 
Stokes 
387 
392 
32,540 
128 
7,912 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data North Carolina 671 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
