Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
2,870 
5,579 
6,307 
5,891 
5,457 
13,837 
percent 
5.7 
11.1 
12.6 
11.7 
10.9 
27.6 
Land in farms 
acres 
418,326 
552,364 
438,242 
321,508 
232,815 
945,176 
Average size of farm 
acres 
146 
99 
69 
55 
43 
68 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
2,870 
5,579 
6,307 
5,891 
5,457 
13,837 
$1,000 
104,645 
91,502 
46,344 
22,640 
10,100 
14,064 
Average per farm 
dollars 
36,462 
16,401 
7,348 
3,843 
1,851 
1,016 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
10,924 
$1,000 to $2,499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5,212 
1,531 
$2,500 to $4,999 
- 
- 
- 
5,658 
154 
794 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
- 
6,063 
166 
56 
402 
$10,000 to $24,999 
- 
5,372 
231 
54 
28 
155 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,733 
196 
12 
13 
7 
24 
$50,000 to $99,999 
128 
9 
1 
- 
- 
6 
$100,000 to $249,999 
9 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
$250,000 to $499,999 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
2,870 
5,579 
6,307 
5,891 
5,457 
13,837 
$1,000 
100,159 
87,145 
44,434 
21,170 
8,957 
2,145 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
977 
1,246 
993 
607 
356 
240 
$1,000 
27,013 
15,175 
5,401 
1,702 
493 
122 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn 
farms 
526 
584 
488 
304 
180 
144 
$1,000 
8,740 
4,214 
1,728 
611 
223 
69 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat 
farms 
327 
347 
145 
78 
42 
14 
$1,000 
3,452 
1,973 
485 
165 
56 
7 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
726 
795 
542 
271 
129 
64 
$1,000 
14,063 
8,619 
2,968 
836 
185 
40 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
42 
35 
23 
13 
3 
- 
$1,000 
569 
165 
116 
47 
4 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
8 
33 
9 
6 
- 
- 
$1,000 
17 
67 
28 
10 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
41 
76 
76 
37 
34 
24 
$1,000 
170 
136 
75 
33 
26 
7 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
85 
75 
23 
10 
4 
2 
$1,000 
2,354 
918 
148 
32 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
57 
46 
19 
17 
2 
- 
$1,000 
1,575 
681 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
352 
614 
678 
443 
228 
92 
$1,000 
7,837 
6,772 
3,219 
1,207 
297 
38 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
213 
466 
424 
274 
209 
133 
$1,000 
4,224 
4,808 
1,950 
665 
262 
59 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
134 
276 
251 
183 
103 
61 
$1,000 
2,891 
2,809 
1,238 
478 
146 
19 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Berries 
farms 
114 
271 
205 
116 
117 
74 
$1,000 
1,334 
2,000 
712 
187 
117 
39 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
336 
488 
341 
193 
151 
75 
$1,000 
9,360 
5,776 
1,786 
544 
217 
36 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
North Carolina 83 
