Table 1. Historical Highlights: 2012 and Earlier Census Years (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
2002 
1997 
Not adjusted for coverage 
1997 
1992 
1987 
1982 
Livestock and poultry: - Con. 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
4,996 
3,736 
2,571 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
number 
13,091,384 
12,748,275 
10,150,213 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Broilers and other meat- 
type chickens sold 
farms 
1,969 
1,948 
2,444 
2,414 
2,086 
2,116 
2,153 
2,195 
number 
801,883,037 
781,416,896 
739,566,977 
663,439,144 
591,248,423 
499,071,743 
408,721,082 
348,434,068 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
5,366 
6,324 
6,096 
9,525 
8,862 
13,052 
21,000 
30,193 
acres 
803,020 
965,426 
700,045 
820,916 
821,039 
1,019,871 
1,056,000 
1,393,496 
bushels 
93,402,417 
98,245,673 
58,918,039 
74,291,257 
74,423,999 
96,617,840 
71,795,021 
133,576,411 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
602 
733 
868 
1,260 
1,212 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
46,650 
56,886 
73,309 
80,124 
80,164 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons 
732,594 
631,752 
873,097 
1,127,700 
1,128,059 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
4,156 
3,184 
3,488 
6,099 
5,949 
6,883 
7,747 
11,950 
acres 
753,713 
511,713 
446,438 
612,866 
616,397 
490,214 
378,744 
597,539 
bushels 
42,625,819 
19,917,842 
18,926,777 
30,172,848 
30,357,728 
23,164,935 
15,091,015 
20,682,804 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
4,149 
3,184 
3,488 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
753,489 
511,713 
446,438 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
42,616,223 
19,917,842 
18,926,777 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
10 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
224 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
9,596 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Oats for grain 
farms 
443 
556 
930 
1,148 
1,059 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
13,390 
14,337 
22,293 
22,147 
21,870 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
1,043,595 
787,753 
1,196,859 
1,400,787 
1,401,369 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Barley for grain 
farms 
250 
236 
324 
418 
412 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
16,695 
13,728 
15,664 
16,628 
16,838 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
985,012 
667,667 
934,962 
1,097,770 
1,110,796 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
594 
210 
128 
232 
210 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
49,819 
8,635 
7,805 
8,651 
8,344 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
3,007,013 
394,040 
328,816 
414,191 
404,508 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sorghum for silage or greenchop 
farms 
78 
86 
130 
19 
19 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
4,313 
2,748 
4,407 
761 
763 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons 
53,630 
28,856 
30,493 
9,571 
9,580 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
7,021 
6,896 
7,596 
10,478 
9,933 
13,080 
17,409 
26,324 
acres 
1,564,806 
1,380,792 
1,314,672 
1,279,725 
1,280,412 
1,287,573 
1,273,278 
1,746,774 
bushels 
60,635,686 
29,142,115 
31,026,968 
35,744,328 
35,785,336 
34,176,793 
31,368,069 
42,285,536 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
10 
- 
1 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
95 
- 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
cwt 
1,707 
- 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Cotton, all 
farms 
1,432 
1,308 
2,091 
2,426 
2,320 
2,035 
981 
620 
acres 
580,801 
526,060 
924,097 
687,474 
677,541 
357,766 
94,186 
68,760 
bales 
1,134,034 
785,557 
802,472 
930,439 
916,278 
445,466 
93,720 
92,248 
Tobacco 
farms 
1,682 
2,622 
7,850 
12,586 
12,095 
17,625 
22,260 
29,489 
acres 
167,443 
170,083 
167,677 
317,994 
320,599 
283,900 
239,343 
337,696 
pounds 
391,710,625 
365,958,031 
353,125,841 
696,352,165 
703,559,462 
604,014,807 
478,051,423 
690,142,724 
Forage-land used for all hay and 
haylage, grass silage, and greenchop 
(see text) 
farms 
19,562 
19,432 
21,322 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
643,186 
687,650 
715,519 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons, dry 
1,509,153 
1,170,258 
1,370,181 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
41 
29 
94 
20 
18 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
858 
402 
523 
(D) 
95 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
pounds 
618,531 
383,562 
225,311 
(D) 
69,925 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
636 
699 
1,236 
1,854 
1,765 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
105,739 
89,029 
100,650 
123,469 
122,784 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
pounds 
415,209,198 
250,970,518 
219,305,939 
327,356,857 
325,662,397 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Vegetables harvested for sale 
(see text) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
farms 
3,283 
3,740 
2,550 
2,312 
2,160 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
124,936 
118,780 
66,521 
50,286 
50,079 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Potatoes 
farms 
1,263 
1,123 
504 
538 
459 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
16,293 
14,760 
19,500 
18,899 
18,806 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sweet potatoes 
farms 
415 
389 
563 
537 
512 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
59,095 
42,108 
38,745 
29,052 
29,058 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Land in orchards 
farms 
1,687 
1,551 
1,211 
1,476 
1,213 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
12,899 
13,724 
13,406 
16,864 
15,388 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 Data for 2002 and prior years are based on a sample of farms. 
2 Data for 1982 exclude abnormal farms. 
3 Data for 1997 and prior years do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 
4 Data for 1982 exclude cost of custom applications. 
5 Data for 1997 and prior years exclude cost of lime and manure. 
6 Data for 1982 do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 
7 Data for 2002 and prior years exclude potatoes, sweet potatoes, and ginseng. 
8 North Carolina 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
