Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products 
Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
$500,000 to 
$250,000 to 
$100,000 to 
$50,000 to 
more 
$999,999 
$499,999 
$249,999 
$99,999 
LAND USE - Con. 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
28,223 
1,263 
555 
505 
658 
930 
acres 
1,051,041 
132,804 
54,524 
43,170 
75,828 
74,730 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
wasteland, etc 
farms 
33,122 
2,527 
1,023 
920 
1,059 
1,279 
acres 
472,991 
1 1 1 ,825 
39,398 
23,515 
32,014 
19,526 
Irrigated land 
farms 
4,699 
855 
288 
282 
390 
332 
acres 
174,526 
118,421 
19,194 
12,274 
9,326 
4,495 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
4,520 
809 
273 
279 
386 
331 
acres 
164,414 
1 1 1 ,329 
18,638 
12,040 
9,101 
4,272 
Pastureland and other land 
farms 
313 
113 
21 
11 
7 
6 
acres 
10,112 
7,092 
556 
234 
225 
223 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Programs 
farms 
3,240 
195 
79 
55 
89 
77 
acres 
105,906 
5,149 
3,665 
2,332 
11,369 
5,621 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
farms 
5,615 
1,445 
679 
740 
885 
641 
acres 
2,819,750 
1,791,233 
452,861 
280,226 
174,732 
68,056 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) 
farms 
220 
13 
5 
15 
11 
16 
$1,000 
15,563 
7,256 
2,897 
2,576 
1,333 
673 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings 
farms 
50,218 
3,577 
1,527 
1,459 
1,862 
2,008 
$1,000 
36,505,652 
11,908,785 
3,247,823 
2,214,513 
2,140,505 
1,638,272 
Average per farm 
dollars 
726,944 
3,329,266 
2,126,931 
1,517,829 
1,149,573 
815,872 
Average per acre 
dollars 
4,338 
3,774 
3,711 
3,785 
3,886 
4,339 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
4,101 
47 
23 
21 
36 
90 
$50,000 to $99,999 
4,249 
45 
21 
43 
38 
86 
$100,000 to $199,999 
8,733 
102 
89 
64 
115 
201 
$200,000 to $499,999 
16,897 
499 
277 
258 
422 
617 
$500,000 to $999,999 
8,599 
786 
292 
315 
471 
533 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
4,064 
629 
269 
371 
517 
329 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
2,495 
744 
395 
328 
221 
132 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
754 
463 
131 
55 
36 
13 
$10,000,000 or more 
326 
262 
30 
4 
6 
7 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
farms 
50,215 
3,576 
1,527 
1,459 
1,862 
2,008 
$1,000 
4,664,336 
1,953,766 
454,197 
320,679 
284,722 
180,920 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
4,475 
12 
4 
11 
20 
74 
$5,000 to $9,999 
4,787 
31 
15 
15 
36 
84 
$10,000 to $19,999 
8,491 
94 
54 
60 
88 
158 
$20,000 to $49,999 
14,870 
410 
250 
169 
299 
481 
$50,000 to $99,999 
8,424 
542 
203 
239 
437 
548 
$100,000 to $199,999 
4,465 
608 
236 
325 
550 
440 
$200,000 to $499,999 
2,906 
675 
448 
509 
340 
202 
$500,000 or more 
1,797 
1,204 
317 
131 
92 
21 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
farms 
40,049 
3,452 
1,468 
1,401 
1,772 
1,791 
number 
87,620 
18,907 
6,047 
5,247 
5,374 
4,368 
Tractors, all 
farms 
42,778 
3,463 
1,466 
1,378 
1,747 
1,828 
number 
103,667 
17,266 
6,215 
5,737 
6,413 
5,322 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
23,901 
1,642 
681 
669 
882 
937 
number 
34,572 
3,118 
1,128 
1,142 
1,495 
1,447 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
30,514 
2,935 
1,215 
1,157 
1,431 
1,511 
number 
52,001 
7,318 
2,755 
2,668 
3,173 
3,000 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
farms 
7,851 
1,885 
821 
859 
930 
604 
number 
17,094 
6,830 
2,332 
1,927 
1,745 
875 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
farms 
4,945 
1,297 
614 
583 
556 
433 
number 
5,653 
1,659 
686 
649 
625 
483 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
farms 
1,228 
490 
197 
185 
170 
67 
number 
1,629 
747 
260 
221 
192 
73 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
farms 
762 
114 
70 
53 
52 
43 
number 
879 
137 
82 
63 
60 
48 
Hay balers 
farms 
14,241 
994 
392 
391 
524 
648 
number 
18,164 
1,256 
544 
546 
720 
902 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
118 North Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
