Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
3,577 
1,527 
1,459 
1,862 
2,008 
percent 
100.0 
7.1 
3.0 
2.9 
3.7 
4.0 
Land in farms 
acres 
8,414,756 
3,155,181 
875,306 
585,049 
550,757 
377,585 
Average size of farm 
acres 
168 
882 
573 
401 
296 
188 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
50,218 
3,577 
1,527 
1,459 
1,862 
2,008 
$1,000 
12,708,271 
10,349,604 
1,111,063 
530,328 
297,559 
140,244 
Average per farm 
dollars 
253,062 
2,893,375 
727,612 
363,487 
159,806 
69,843 
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 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,008 
$100,000 to $249,999 
1,862 
- 
- 
- 
1,862 
- 
$250,000 to $499,999 
1,459 
- 
1,459 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
1,527 
_ 
1,527 
- 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
3,577 
3,577 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
2,518 
2,518 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
690 
690 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
369 
369 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
50,218 
3,577 
1,527 
1,459 
1,862 
2,008 
$1,000 
12,588,142 
10,299,093 
1,093,453 
517,024 
286,152 
134,435 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
9,685 
1,811 
823 
826 
975 
916 
$1,000 
1,774,127 
1,165,027 
267,024 
156,018 
95,212 
43,845 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
3,919 
1,471 
660 
625 
685 
478 
$1,000 
1,694,803 
1,157,874 
263,294 
151,432 
89,182 
33,021 
Corn 
farms 
5,641 
1,274 
553 
502 
598 
537 
$1,000 
656,973 
456,725 
92,060 
49,363 
30,857 
13,229 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,957 
933 
388 
327 
255 
54 
$1,000 
610,141 
449,517 
88,460 
46,003 
22,803 
3,358 
Wheat 
farms 
4,146 
1,227 
521 
514 
510 
450 
$1,000 
285,459 
188,858 
42,438 
26,436 
14,929 
7,113 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,482 
859 
319 
222 
73 
9 
$1,000 
242,928 
180,827 
37,914 
18,812 
4,717 
659 
Soybeans 
farms 
7,006 
1,607 
700 
728 
796 
715 
$1,000 
799,769 
502,244 
126,640 
76,210 
47,371 
22,174 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2,916 
1,260 
564 
526 
427 
139 
$1,000 
736,021 
494,743 
123,607 
71,514 
37,603 
8,552 
Sorghum 
farms 
639 
204 
101 
85 
82 
54 
$1,000 
20,911 
10,818 
3,970 
2,991 
1,461 
793 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
129 
75 
30 
19 
4 
1 
$1,000 
12,793 
8,131 
2,561 
1,686 
(D) 
(D) 
Barley 
farms 
243 
56 
49 
25 
29 
29 
$1,000 
3,460 
1,727 
803 
397 
197 
214 
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 
167 
80 
58 
58 
62 
$1,000 
7,556 
4,656 
1,113 
621 
398 
321 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
22 
17 
5 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
3,068 
2,765 
303 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
1,681 
571 
263 
281 
233 
143 
$1,000 
732,772 
517,673 
109,520 
64,264 
30,120 
7,997 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,400 
554 
259 
271 
217 
99 
$1,000 
726,964 
517,229 
109,406 
63,997 
29,791 
6,542 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
1,430 
532 
235 
221 
207 
100 
$1,000 
403,366 
281,814 
63,212 
32,387 
19,450 
4,269 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,096 
499 
216 
193 
155 
33 
$1,000 
395,679 
281,104 
62,783 
31,527 
17,969 
2,295 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
3,304 
296 
124 
115 
189 
185 
$1,000 
434,974 
352,147 
27,394 
16,636 
13,407 
6,182 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
566 
256 
84 
75 
89 
62 
$1,000 
410,103 
351,276 
26,749 
16,009 
11,905 
4,163 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
2,151 
85 
52 
68 
123 
116 
$1,000 
85,150 
42,681 
6,646 
10,905 
9,529 
3,650 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
206 
37 
18 
35 
71 
45 
$1,000 
70,275 
41,856 
6,198 
10,432 
8,887 
2,902 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
1,230 
34 
21 
29 
77 
71 
$1,000 
30,728 
5,284 
1,997 
6,100 
7,188 
2,759 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
119 
8 
4 
19 
53 
35 
$1,000 
21,669 
4,967 
1,690 
5,974 
6,833 
2,205 
Berries 
farms 
1,176 
69 
42 
46 
72 
55 
$1,000 
54,421 
37,397 
4,649 
4,805 
2,340 
891 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
84 
30 
15 
17 
14 
8 
$1,000 
47,588 
36,713 
4,313 
4,400 
1,577 
586 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
2,475 
158 
87 
132 
250 
267 
$1,000 
580,230 
447,998 
33,016 
34,589 
31,261 
15,747 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
699 
112 
57 
111 
211 
208 
$1,000 
558,671 
447,159 
32,430 
34,190 
30,543 
14,348 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
108 North Carolina 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
