Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Chowan 
Clay 
Cleveland 
Columbus 
Craven 
Cumberland 
Currituck 
Dare 
Farms 
number 
141 
154 
1,036 
731 
256 
389 
82 
9 
Land in farms 
acres 
58,146 
11,752 
116,651 
159,227 
70,632 
82,317 
35,356 
(D) 
Average size of farm 
acres 
412 
76 
113 
218 
276 
212 
431 
(D) 
Median size of farm 
acres 
108 
41 
56 
65 
62 
67 
50 
(D) 
Estimated market value of land and buildings: 
Average per farm 
dollars 
1,307,024 
380,759 
463,429 
660,404 
853,684 
660,437 
1,762,454 
1,553,310 
Average per acre 
dollars 
3,169 
4,990 
4,116 
3,032 
3,094 
3,121 
4,088 
3,858 
Estimated market value of all machinery and 
equipment 
$1,000 
48,437 
5,985 
60,468 
96,510 
38,414 
46,353 
20,028 
1,432 
Average per farm 
dollars 
343,522 
38,865 
58,367 
132,024 
150,053 
119,161 
244,238 
159,057 
Farms by size: 
1 to 9 acres 
6 
8 
38 
45 
27 
49 
11 
1 
1 0 to 49 acres 
40 
79 
411 
259 
89 
112 
27 
4 
50 to 179 acres 
35 
52 
432 
266 
63 
139 
16 
2 
180 to 499 acres 
21 
14 
117 
78 
41 
47 
5 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
20 
- 
31 
37 
15 
18 
13 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
19 
1 
7 
46 
21 
24 
10 
2 
Total cropland 
farms 
132 
112 
749 
586 
181 
268 
69 
6 
acres 
47,527 
4,321 
47,173 
116,272 
51,475 
47,742 
32,144 
(D) 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
120 
96 
621 
512 
143 
226 
61 
6 
acres 
46,299 
4,022 
40,852 
107,970 
49,222 
43,649 
31,292 
(D) 
Irrigated land 
farms 
38 
3 
34 
65 
34 
44 
11 
4 
acres 
4,970 
162 
164 
2,362 
910 
3,357 
167 
6 
Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) .... 
$1,000 
70,723 
3,178 
127,735 
196,518 
55,506 
104,790 
25,874 
1,128 
Average per farm 
dollars 
501,581 
20,634 
123,297 
268,834 
216,819 
269,382 
315,533 
125,307 
Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops 
$1,000 
57,557 
2,551 
21,948 
82,765 
37,742 
42,275 
25,836 
(D) 
Livestock, poultry, and their products 
$1,000 
13,166 
627 
105,788 
113,753 
17,764 
62,515 
38 
(D) 
Farms by value of sales: 
Less than $2,500 
26 
73 
475 
269 
108 
152 
22 
1 
$2,500 to $4,999 
7 
25 
121 
64 
15 
35 
12 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
9 
25 
122 
58 
21 
46 
6 
4 
$10,000 to $24,999 
17 
14 
107 
83 
23 
41 
5 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
11 
13 
62 
69 
12 
23 
8 
- 
$50,000 to $99,999 
6 
- 
32 
44 
13 
22 
6 
2 
$100,000 or more 
65 
4 
117 
144 
64 
70 
23 
2 
Government payments 
farms 
102 
41 
244 
409 
143 
151 
40 
2 
$1,000 
1,586 
209 
834 
3,374 
1,471 
1,021 
507 
(D) 
Total income from farm-related sources, 
gross before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
64 
26 
293 
280 
106 
159 
35 
2 
$1,000 
1,001 
(D) 
1,683 
3,879 
2,099 
2,454 
247 
(D) 
Total farm production expenses 
$1,000 
51,237 
(D) 
110,447 
162,379 
47,018 
84,515 
18,324 
1,177 
Average per farm 
dollars 
363,385 
(D) 
106,609 
222,133 
183,665 
217,263 
223,466 
130,731 
Net cash farm income of operation (see text) 
farms 
141 
154 
1,036 
731 
256 
389 
82 
9 
$1,000 
22,072 
473 
19,805 
41,392 
12,058 
23,749 
8,304 
(D) 
Average per farm 
dollars 
156,540 
3,070 
19,117 
56,623 
47,101 
61,053 
101,263 
(D) 
Principal operator by primary occupation: 
Farming 
number 
103 
82 
366 
352 
153 
178 
46 
8 
Other 
number 
38 
72 
670 
379 
103 
211 
36 
1 
Principal operator by days worked off farm: 
Any 
number 
68 
93 
667 
432 
122 
232 
44 
6 
200 days or more 
number 
42 
57 
421 
288 
80 
160 
31 
5 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
19 
84 
509 
176 
38 
100 
12 
1 
number 
1,293 
1,691 
20,243 
8,815 
1,029 
2,912 
158 
(D) 
Beef cows 
farms 
12 
71 
415 
147 
33 
85 
3 
number 
(D) 
(D) 
9,516 
(D) 
632 
1,850 
(D) 
- 
Milk cows 
farms 
2 
1 
8 
1 
4 
- 
- 
number 
(D) 
(D) 
563 
(D) 
10 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
13 
70 
397 
118 
25 
68 
6 
- 
number 
421 
861 
9,506 
2,613 
421 
1,518 
46 
- 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
7 
6 
26 
44 
12 
21 
- 
- 
number 
6,220 
24 
154 
317,515 
51,310 
119,242 
- 
- 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
6 
2 
18 
49 
13 
20 
3 
- 
number 
20,400 
(D) 
152 
1,409,552 
337,451 
636,621 
9 
- 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
farms 
2 
1 
18 
4 
7 
8 
- 
1 
number 
(D) 
(D) 
269 
(D) 
34 
121 
- 
(D) 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
12 
23 
85 
61 
20 
31 
10 
1 
number 
440 
438 
(D) 
2,188 
529 
778 
152 
(D) 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold 
farms 
7 
- 
54 
11 
- 
6 
- 
number 
2,582,735 
- 
22,172,855 
2,970,625 
2,124,212 
- 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
41 
7 
42 
250 
67 
51 
32 
1 
acres 
6,206 
730 
3,377 
34,430 
16,276 
8,935 
14,066 
(D) 
bushels 
838,115 
(D) 
319,767 
3,484,072 
1,728,958 
973,083 
2,007,046 
(D) 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
2 
12 
1 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
848 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
tons 
(D) 
- 
11,545 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
58 
- 
79 
123 
34 
37 
19 
1 
acres 
7,967 
- 
10,234 
19,253 
7,177 
6,838 
10,314 
(D) 
bushels 
580,500 
- 
555,314 
888,838 
441,615 
333,974 
669,648 
(D) 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
58 
- 
79 
123 
34 
37 
19 
1 
acres 
7,967 
- 
10,234 
19,253 
7,177 
6,838 
10,314 
(D) 
bushels 
580,500 
- 
555,314 
888,838 
441,615 
333,974 
669,648 
(D) 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
-continued 
232 North Carolina 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
