Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Partnership 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
LAND USE - Con. 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
28,223 
25,196 
1,501 
997 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
acres 
1,051,041 
877,115 
90,487 
60,239 
wasteland, etc 
farms 
33,122 
28,819 
1,946 
1,365 
acres 
472,991 
331,013 
54,502 
44,187 
Irrigated land 
farms 
4,699 
3,295 
486 
393 
acres 
174,526 
75,773 
35,325 
29,746 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
4,520 
3,182 
467 
378 
acres 
164,414 
71,770 
(D) 
28,115 
Pastureland and other land 
farms 
313 
174 
50 
35 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
acres 
10,112 
4,003 
(D) 
1,631 
Programs 
farms 
3,240 
2,685 
291 
225 
acres 
105,906 
79,169 
12,555 
9,577 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
farms 
5,615 
4,170 
722 
534 
acres 
2,819,750 
1,497,639 
673,992 
548,214 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) 
farms 
220 
171 
19 
16 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
$1,000 
15,563 
10,092 
3,939 
(D) 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings 
farms 
50,218 
43,563 
3,132 
2,199 
$1,000 
36,505,652 
25,427,737 
5,058,913 
3,921,236 
Average per farm 
dollars 
726,944 
583,700 
1,615,234 
1,783,190 
Average per acre 
dollars 
4,338 
4,568 
3,663 
3,631 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
4,101 
3,691 
186 
114 
$50,000 to $99,999 
4,249 
3,850 
204 
137 
$100,000 to $199,999 
8,733 
7,980 
420 
276 
$200,000 to $499,999 
16,897 
15,230 
776 
536 
$500,000 to $999,999 
8,599 
7,429 
490 
343 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
4,064 
3,149 
429 
320 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
2,495 
1,689 
364 
259 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
754 
403 
176 
142 
$10,000,000 or more 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
326 
142 
87 
72 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
farms 
50,215 
43,560 
3,132 
2,199 
$1,000 
4,664,336 
3,070,693 
733,342 
569,016 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
4,475 
4,031 
227 
148 
$5,000 to $9,999 
4,787 
4,396 
187 
126 
$10,000 to $19,999 
8,491 
7,729 
378 
255 
$20,000 to $49,999 
14,870 
13,329 
761 
528 
$50,000 to $99,999 
8,424 
7,324 
527 
351 
$100,000 to $199,999 
4,465 
3,669 
304 
227 
$200,000 to $499,999 
2,906 
2,121 
366 
276 
$500,000 or more 
1,797 
961 
382 
288 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
farms 
40,049 
34,700 
2,487 
1,742 
number 
87,620 
68,418 
8,563 
6,354 
Tractors, all 
farms 
42,778 
37,068 
2,723 
1,906 
number 
103,667 
83,641 
9,590 
6,820 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
23,901 
20,775 
1,501 
1,054 
number 
34,572 
29,387 
2,438 
1,698 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
30,514 
26,208 
2,072 
1,435 
number 
52,001 
43,011 
4,321 
3,003 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
farms 
7,851 
5,934 
909 
658 
number 
17,094 
11,243 
2,831 
2,119 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
farms 
4,945 
3,756 
623 
439 
number 
5,653 
4,192 
777 
559 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
farms 
1,228 
781 
236 
180 
number 
1,629 
983 
356 
272 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
farms 
762 
581 
91 
71 
number 
879 
663 
111 
90 
Hay balers 
farms 
14,241 
12,539 
922 
592 
number 
18,164 
15,872 
1,274 
810 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
144 North Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
