Table 47. Women Operators: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
All farms with a woman operator 
Farms with a woman principal operator 
Farms 
Women 
operators 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
Farms 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
Counties - Con. 
Surry 
483 
505 
43,072 
109 
8,336 
Swain 
35 
37 
2,327 
9 
(D) 
Transylvania 
76 
80 
4,509 
29 
2,016 
Tyrrell 
15 
15 
8,886 
2 
(D) 
Union 
431 
441 
57,303 
168 
6,660 
Vance 
86 
92 
13,813 
48 
7,331 
Wake 
334 
372 
20,648 
133 
8,064 
Warren 
106 
113 
14,279 
29 
3,565 
Washington 
33 
34 
25,946 
11 
3,596 
Watauga 
173 
179 
10,412 
54 
3,068 
Wayne 
150 
156 
34,795 
46 
12,339 
Wilkes 
307 
317 
25,221 
67 
4,149 
Wilson 
88 
93 
23,635 
38 
10,269 
Yadkin 
332 
342 
20,688 
87 
3,639 
Yancey 
150 
158 
8,221 
27 
1,301 
1 Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm. 
672 North Carolina 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
