Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
50,218 
3,550 
1,525 
1,420 
1,836 
1,946 
percent 
100.0 
7.1 
3.0 
2.8 
3.7 
3.9 
Land in farms 
acres 
8,414,756 
3,117,895 
889,996 
577,545 
546,279 
374,610 
Average size of farm 
acres 
168 
878 
584 
407 
298 
193 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
50,218 
3,550 
1,525 
1,420 
1,836 
1,946 
$1,000 
12,708,271 
10,322,000 
1,123,572 
527,432 
304,710 
141,262 
Average per farm 
dollars 
253,062 
2,907,606 
736,769 
371,431 
165,964 
72,591 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
10,924 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
$1,000 to $2,499 
6,743 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
6,606 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
6,687 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
5,840 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,985 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 to $99,999 
2,008 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,864 
$100,000 to $249,999 
1,862 
- 
- 
- 
1,768 
82 
$250,000 to $499,999 
1,459 
- 
- 
1,391 
68 
$500,000 to $999,999 
1,527 
_ 
1,498 
29 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
3,577 
3,550 
27 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
2,518 
2,491 
27 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
690 
690 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
369 
369 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
50,218 
3,550 
1,525 
1,420 
1,836 
1,946 
$1,000 
12,588,142 
10,272,878 
1,105,886 
514,610 
294,634 
136,124 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
9,685 
1,787 
824 
790 
968 
897 
$1,000 
1,774,127 
1,152,526 
271,986 
156,221 
99,017 
44,470 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
3,919 
1,448 
664 
602 
693 
512 
$1,000 
1,694,803 
1,145,373 
268,370 
151,992 
93,175 
35,891 
Corn 
farms 
5,641 
1,255 
552 
488 
597 
523 
$1,000 
656,973 
452,807 
93,260 
49,997 
31,913 
13,411 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,957 
919 
388 
324 
264 
62 
$1,000 
610,141 
445,729 
89,640 
46,872 
24,063 
3,836 
Wheat 
farms 
4,146 
1,209 
525 
491 
524 
444 
$1,000 
285,459 
187,052 
43,463 
26,121 
15,638 
7,047 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,482 
846 
326 
220 
81 
9 
$1,000 
242,928 
179,171 
38,952 
18,946 
5,199 
659 
Soybeans 
farms 
7,006 
1,583 
703 
693 
804 
696 
$1,000 
799,769 
495,519 
129,460 
76,265 
49,165 
22,649 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2,916 
1,237 
571 
510 
443 
155 
$1,000 
736,021 
488,019 
126,558 
71,947 
39,754 
9,743 
Sorghum 
farms 
639 
203 
99 
78 
89 
54 
$1,000 
20,911 
10,793 
3,878 
2,808 
1,712 
818 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
129 
75 
29 
19 
5 
1 
$1,000 
12,793 
8,131 
2,490 
1,694 
(D) 
(D) 
Barley 
farms 
243 
55 
50 
25 
29 
28 
$1,000 
3,460 
1,707 
823 
397 
197 
213 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
15 
12 
3 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
1,343 
1,158 
184 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
712 
165 
81 
58 
56 
64 
$1,000 
7,556 
4,649 
1,103 
633 
393 
331 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
22 
17 
5 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
3,068 
2,765 
303 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
1,681 
561 
271 
268 
238 
144 
$1,000 
732,772 
513,531 
112,712 
62,817 
31,833 
8,423 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,400 
544 
267 
258 
224 
107 
$1,000 
726,964 
513,086 
112,598 
62,549 
31,555 
7,176 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
1,430 
519 
237 
200 
226 
107 
$1,000 
403,366 
276,531 
65,458 
32,062 
22,271 
4,580 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,096 
486 
218 
178 
174 
40 
$1,000 
395,679 
275,821 
65,029 
31,337 
20,800 
2,692 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
3,304 
294 
126 
110 
184 
183 
$1,000 
434,974 
351,998 
27,543 
16,283 
13,376 
6,405 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
566 
254 
86 
74 
87 
65 
$1,000 
410,103 
351,127 
26,899 
15,762 
1 1 ,923 
4,392 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
2,151 
82 
55 
66 
110 
119 
$1,000 
85,150 
42,599 
6,728 
10,666 
9,052 
4,136 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
206 
36 
19 
34 
64 
53 
$1,000 
70,275 
41,801 
6,253 
10,221 
8,459 
3,541 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
1,230 
32 
23 
27 
71 
69 
$1,000 
30,728 
5,231 
2,050 
5,871 
6,906 
3,090 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
119 
8 
4 
18 
48 
41 
$1,000 
21,669 
4,967 
1,690 
5,763 
6,545 
2,706 
Berries 
farms 
1,176 
67 
44 
45 
64 
59 
$1,000 
54,421 
37,368 
4,679 
4,795 
2,146 
1,046 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
84 
30 
15 
17 
12 
10 
$1,000 
47,588 
36,713 
4,313 
4,400 
1,474 
689 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
2,475 
156 
88 
132 
249 
266 
$1,000 
580,230 
447,970 
32,982 
34,446 
31,429 
15,685 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
699 
112 
56 
111 
212 
208 
$1,000 
558,671 
447,159 
32,368 
34,047 
30,748 
14,348 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
82 North Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
