Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Lee 
Lenoir 
Lincoln 
McDowell 
Macon 
Madison 
Martin 
Mecklenburg 
Farms 
number 
246 
401 
651 
334 
326 
719 
357 
237 
Land in farms 
acres 
39,081 
122,104 
55,570 
24,903 
22,684 
56,282 
127,187 
15,439 
Average size of farm 
acres 
159 
304 
85 
75 
70 
78 
356 
65 
Median size of farm 
acres 
50 
80 
45 
45 
38 
50 
123 
30 
Estimated market value of land and buildings: 
Average per farm 
dollars 
663,992 
1,027,629 
475,570 
430,172 
530,995 
423,822 
1,004,266 
1,341,372 
Average per acre 
dollars 
4,180 
3,375 
5,571 
5,769 
7,631 
5,414 
2,819 
20,591 
Estimated market value of all machinery and 
equipment 
$1,000 
17,619 
73,442 
35,835 
19,748 
15,765 
22,619 
68,764 
32,312 
Average per farm 
dollars 
71,621 
183,148 
55,046 
59,126 
48,359 
31,459 
192,616 
136,337 
Farms by size: 
1 to 9 acres 
16 
28 
45 
39 
35 
57 
19 
59 
1 0 to 49 acres 
101 
122 
304 
140 
167 
295 
60 
93 
50 to 179 acres 
86 
127 
240 
136 
96 
307 
121 
67 
180 to 499 acres 
26 
56 
50 
14 
26 
52 
73 
12 
500 to 999 acres 
10 
32 
7 
4 
1 
8 
44 
6 
1 ,000 acres or more 
7 
36 
5 
1 
1 
- 
40 
- 
Total cropland 
farms 
139 
304 
465 
215 
234 
542 
292 
176 
acres 
15,012 
94,240 
25,606 
6,061 
5,175 
10,226 
88,690 
5,930 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
122 
258 
419 
186 
215 
464 
253 
169 
acres 
13,450 
90,783 
23,149 
4,828 
4,501 
6,591 
86,458 
5,332 
Irrigated land 
farms 
34 
62 
45 
26 
27 
84 
12 
41 
acres 
1,255 
3,679 
169 
213 
149 
159 
767 
452 
Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) .... 
$1,000 
34,748 
312,368 
56,462 
25,181 
5,638 
5,652 
100,342 
(D) 
Average per farm 
dollars 
141,251 
778,972 
86,732 
75,392 
17,295 
7,861 
281,069 
(D) 
Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops 
$1,000 
17,204 
97,146 
9,716 
17,205 
2,027 
3,815 
84,544 
(D) 
Livestock, poultry, and their products 
$1,000 
17,543 
215,222 
46,746 
7,976 
3,611 
1,837 
15,798 
1,753 
Farms by value of sales: 
Less than $2,500 
94 
110 
283 
160 
135 
372 
94 
105 
$2,500 to $4,999 
37 
14 
87 
46 
71 
112 
23 
25 
$5,000 to $9,999 
34 
28 
101 
51 
53 
105 
21 
35 
$10,000 to $24,999 
29 
34 
75 
29 
39 
90 
29 
30 
$25,000 to $49,999 
16 
25 
38 
18 
16 
27 
22 
14 
$50,000 to $99,999 
6 
13 
18 
5 
7 
7 
33 
14 
$100,000 or more 
30 
177 
49 
25 
5 
6 
135 
14 
Government payments 
farms 
48 
258 
118 
17 
32 
249 
305 
14 
$1,000 
569 
3,454 
350 
110 
91 
859 
4,684 
(D) 
Total income from farm-related sources, 
gross before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
78 
191 
157 
92 
75 
194 
159 
77 
$1,000 
1,312 
3,318 
1,192 
654 
369 
1,078 
3,569 
1,983 
Total farm production expenses 
$1,000 
33,207 
236,623 
51,629 
24,432 
(D) 
(D) 
81,734 
(D) 
Average per farm 
dollars 
134,988 
590,081 
79,308 
73,150 
(D) 
(D) 
228,946 
(D) 
Net cash farm income of operation (see text) 
farms 
246 
401 
651 
334 
326 
719 
357 
237 
$1,000 
3,422 
82,517 
6,375 
1,513 
-295 
-605 
26,860 
(D) 
Average per farm 
dollars 
13,909 
205,778 
9,793 
4,530 
-906 
-841 
75,239 
(D) 
Principal operator by primary occupation: 
Farming 
number 
108 
258 
231 
154 
138 
276 
220 
113 
Other 
number 
138 
143 
420 
180 
188 
443 
137 
124 
Principal operator by days worked off farm: 
Any 
number 
151 
199 
466 
200 
224 
489 
154 
140 
200 days or more 
number 
115 
110 
293 
126 
126 
302 
95 
80 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
101 
65 
315 
131 
142 
330 
30 
94 
number 
3,842 
2,255 
14,179 
2,437 
2,751 
5,917 
810 
2,125 
Beef cows 
farms 
85 
55 
242 
112 
131 
280 
30 
77 
number 
1,492 
1,389 
3,952 
(D) 
1,696 
3,492 
531 
(D) 
Milk cows 
farms 
- 
4 
10 
4 
- 
12 
4 
2 
number 
- 
4 
2,831 
(D) 
- 
22 
6 
(D) 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
76 
43 
248 
91 
124 
225 
27 
66 
number 
1,004 
863 
8,625 
862 
1,339 
2,292 
292 
641 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
4 
54 
18 
25 
15 
18 
5 
- 
number 
(D) 
287,583 
269 
284 
107 
87 
(D) 
- 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
3 
58 
9 
9 
8 
11 
3 
- 
number 
(D) 
1,084,252 
408 
148 
204 
199 
(D) 
- 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
farms 
3 
- 
13 
13 
5 
43 
1 
10 
number 
(D) 
- 
575 
195 
70 
1,267 
(D) 
167 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
23 
18 
91 
66 
47 
99 
7 
31 
number 
(D) 
102,884 
2,963 
69,635 
1,059 
3,427 
128 
637 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold 
farms 
11 
6 
37 
8 
2 
2 
7 
2 
number 
3,922,000 
2,022,200 
7,705,913 
977,333 
(D) 
(D) 
2,588,800 
(D) 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
20 
109 
29 
19 
20 
32 
45 
5 
acres 
1,044 
20,093 
1,310 
431 
459 
110 
3,027 
682 
bushels 
94,850 
2,006,365 
142,084 
44,580 
52,939 
6,220 
258,413 
81,460 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
- 
2 
4 
2 
3 
16 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
(D) 
1,997 
(D) 
(□) 
85 
- 
- 
tons 
- 
(D) 
29,600 
(D) 
605 
1,009 
- 
- 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
10 
94 
50 
1 
1 
1 
47 
4 
acres 
1,622 
15,509 
4,569 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
7,510 
645 
bushels 
59,154 
866,900 
244,276 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
401,877 
31,800 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
10 
94 
50 
1 
1 
1 
47 
4 
acres 
1,622 
15,509 
4,569 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
7,510 
645 
bushels 
59,154 
866,900 
244,276 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
401,877 
31,800 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
-continued 
236 North Carolina 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
