Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
.. farms 
37,247 
5,723 
2,022 
1,494 
3,072 
10,878 
1,046 
acres 
4,745,014 
1,873,688 
168,232 
28,647 
96,750 
1,661,180 
420,391 
Harvested cropland 
.. farms 
32,802 
5,723 
2,022 
1,494 
3,072 
8,513 
1,046 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
4,378,097 
1,827,092 
155,904 
22,103 
84,132 
1,473,015 
389,069 
1 to 49 acres 
23,569 
2,455 
1,831 
1,407 
2,776 
5,907 
314 
50 to 99 acres 
3,360 
893 
59 
50 
129 
862 
125 
100 to 199 acres 
1,953 
660 
31 
22 
86 
472 
136 
200 to 499 acres 
1,738 
753 
39 
11 
49 
461 
209 
500 to 999 acres 
1,043 
427 
22 
4 
23 
382 
148 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
752 
344 
21 
- 
8 
287 
93 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
387 
191 
19 
1 
142 
21 
improvements (see text) 
.. farms 
3,161 
208 
107 
89 
104 
687 
55 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
95,603 
9,480 
1,539 
875 
1,334 
26,668 
3,457 
were abandoned 
.. farms 
1,670 
324 
182 
90 
159 
550 
57 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
acres 
31,568 
7,815 
1,196 
783 
1,374 
15,827 
5,359 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
.. farms 
6,846 
625 
518 
327 
536 
3,158 
230 
acres 
197,573 
18,806 
6,877 
4,645 
8,946 
126,151 
17,064 
In cultivated summer fallow 
.. farms 
1,647 
339 
230 
36 
97 
552 
116 
acres 
42,173 
10,495 
2,716 
241 
964 
19,519 
5,442 
Total woodland 
.. farms 
31,295 
3,013 
1,234 
986 
1,514 
8,024 
594 
acres 
2,145,710 
327,382 
57,835 
63,548 
72,342 
832,137 
122,254 
Woodland pastured 
.. farms 
12,675 
621 
319 
138 
214 
2,150 
163 
acres 
270,242 
20,564 
4,685 
1,378 
3,878 
61,503 
12,005 
Woodland not pastured 
.. farms 
24,918 
2,788 
1,111 
937 
1,413 
7,039 
532 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
acres 
1,875,468 
306,818 
53,150 
62,170 
68,464 
770,634 
110,249 
pastured (see text) 
.. farms 
28,223 
1,449 
707 
380 
534 
4,354 
286 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
acres 
1,051,041 
65,807 
10,329 
5,259 
10,688 
163,236 
23,343 
wasteland, etc 
.. farms 
33,122 
3,006 
1,389 
1,103 
1,940 
7,532 
645 
acres 
472,991 
70,826 
15,942 
14,242 
26,358 
148,291 
29,647 
Irrigated land 
.. farms 
4,699 
319 
814 
507 
1,391 
724 
329 
acres 
174,526 
32,117 
19,374 
5,956 
15,835 
58,827 
24,474 
Harvested cropland 
.. farms 
4,520 
317 
809 
505 
1,388 
710 
329 
acres 
164,414 
32,049 
19,187 
5,933 
15,741 
58,200 
(D) 
Pastureland and other land 
.. farms 
313 
7 
20 
10 
10 
19 
1 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
acres 
10,112 
68 
187 
23 
94 
627 
(D) 
Programs 
.. farms 
3,240 
322 
37 
50 
27 
2,391 
54 
acres 
105,906 
8,480 
697 
808 
448 
86,066 
1,819 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
.. farms 
5,615 
2,500 
147 
193 
121 
1,733 
727 
acres 
2,819,750 
1,328,589 
74,397 
9,561 
15,781 
1,042,704 
307,349 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) 
.. farms 
220 
7 
90 
25 
31 
39 
21 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
$1,000 
15,563 
767 
5,035 
54 
201 
8,005 
6,288 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings 
.. farms 
50,218 
5,723 
2,022 
1,494 
3,072 
12,039 
1,046 
$1,000 
36,505,652 
7,780,878 
1,321,609 
749,545 
1,572,561 
10,640,366 
2,764,943 
Average per farm 
.dollars 
726,944 
1,359,580 
653,614 
501,704 
511,901 
883,825 
2,643,349 
Average per acre 
.dollars 
4,338 
3,328 
5,237 
6,711 
7,629 
3,794 
4,642 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
4,101 
414 
257 
162 
393 
891 
34 
$50,000 to $99,999 
4,249 
460 
214 
146 
297 
1,001 
37 
$100,000 to $199,999 
8,733 
761 
448 
312 
555 
2,109 
99 
$200,000 to $499,999 
16,897 
1,402 
678 
531 
1,063 
4,021 
216 
$500,000 to $999,999 
8,599 
923 
269 
207 
487 
1,956 
133 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
4,064 
741 
71 
91 
163 
962 
169 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
2,495 
657 
42 
32 
84 
676 
182 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
754 
259 
19 
8 
24 
284 
112 
$10,000,000 or more 
326 
106 
24 
5 
6 
139 
64 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
170 North Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
