Table 8. Land: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
LAND USE 
LAND USE - Con. 
Farms 
.number 
50,218 
100.0 
52,913 
Total cropland - Con. 
Land in farms 
.... acres 
8,414,756 
100.0 
8,474,671 
Other cropland - Con. 
Total cropland 
....farms 
37,247 
74.2 
39,879 
Cropland in cultivated 
acres 
4,745,014 
56.4 
4,895,204 
summer fallow 
farms 
1,647 
3.3 
1,788 
Harvested cropland 
....farms 
32,802 
65.3 
32,803 
acres 
42,173 
0.5 
47,570 
acres 
4,378,097 
52.0 
4,188,658 
Farms by acres harvested: 
Total woodland 
farms 
31,295 
62.3 
32,241 
1 to 49 acres 
23,569 
46.9 
23,032 
acres 
2,145,710 
25.5 
2,201,609 
1 to 9 acres 
9,096 
18.1 
8,789 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
12,675 
25.2 
13,214 
1 0 to 1 9 acres 
6,812 
13.6 
6,647 
acres 
270,242 
3.2 
287,543 
20 to 29 acres 
3,990 
7.9 
3,702 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
24,918 
49.6 
25,343 
30 to 49 acres 
3,671 
7.3 
3,894 
acres 
1,875,468 
22.3 
1,914,066 
50 to 99 acres 
3,360 
6.7 
3,604 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
100 to 199 acres 
1,953 
3.9 
2,189 
other than cropland and woodland 
200 to 499 acres 
1,738 
3.5 
1,845 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
28,223 
56.2 
26,671 
500 to 999 acres 
1,043 
2.1 
1,075 
acres 
1,051,041 
12.5 
941,609 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
752 
1.5 
744 
2,000 acres or more 
387 
0.8 
314 
Land in farmsteads, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, 
Other pasture and grazing land that 
roads, wasteland, etc 
farms 
33,122 
66.0 
28,328 
could have been used for crops without 
acres 
472,991 
5.6 
436,249 
additional improvement (see text)... 
....farms 
3,161 
6.3 
9,846 
acres 
95,603 
1.1 
338,605 
CONSERVATION AND CROP 
INSURANCE 
Other cropland 
....farms 
9,063 
18.0 
10,730 
acres 
271,314 
3.2 
367,941 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands 
Cropland idle or used for 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
cover crops or soil-improvement 
Programs 
farms 
3,240 
(X) 
4,181 
but not harvested and not 
acres 
105,906 
(X) 
163,676 
pastured or grazed 
....farms 
6,846 
13.6 
7,230 
acres 
197,573 
2.3 
225,038 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
Cropland on which all crops failed 
programs 
farms 
5,615 
(X) 
5,809 
or were abandoned 
....farms 
1,670 
3.3 
3,447 
acres 
2,819,750 
(X) 
2,538,638 
acres 
31,568 
0.4 
95,333 
16 North Carolina 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
