Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Henderson 
Hertford 
Hoke 
Hyde 
Iredell 
Jackson 
Johnston 
Jones 
Selected crops harvested: - Con. 
Wheat for grain, all - Con. 
Durum wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
1 
1 
3 
- 
27 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
15 
- 
604 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
340 
- 
42,684 
- 
Barley for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
21 
- 
4 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,707 
- 
87 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
117,547 
- 
4,525 
- 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
- 
6 
- 
1 
6 
- 
39 
9 
acres 
- 
438 
- 
(D) 
88 
- 
3,937 
1,183 
bushels 
- 
29,670 
- 
(D) 
3,307 
- 
252,530 
63,686 
Sorghum for silage or greenchop 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
5 
- 
6 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
388 
- 
96 
- 
tons 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4,097 
- 
1,356 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
4 
52 
47 
44 
122 
- 
352 
50 
acres 
435 
13,863 
13,404 
26,060 
20,465 
- 
58,575 
17,087 
bushels 
24,186 
644,920 
545,738 
1,081,178 
909,474 
- 
1,987,942 
645,099 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
cwt 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton, all 
farms 
- 
25 
20 
23 
- 
- 
23 
27 
acres 
- 
16,403 
11,835 
16,341 
- 
- 
6,318 
11,158 
bales 
- 
34,682 
25,918 
38,949 
- 
- 
12,775 
18,093 
Upland cotton 
farms 
- 
25 
20 
23 
- 
- 
23 
27 
acres 
- 
16,403 
11,835 
16,341 
- 
- 
6,318 
11,158 
bales 
- 
34,682 
25,918 
38,949 
- 
- 
12,775 
18,093 
Pima cotton 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bales 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
- 
10 
1 
1 
4 
2 
112 
8 
acres 
- 
2,628 
(D) 
(D) 
188 
(D) 
12,018 
1,116 
pounds 
- 
6,952,452 
(D) 
(D) 
416,642 
(D) 
28,391,018 
2,125,761 
Forage - land used for all hay and all haylage, 
grass silage, and greenchop (see text) 
farms 
152 
6 
51 
3 
693 
86 
303 
28 
acres 
4,574 
723 
1,980 
(D) 
28,375 
1,862 
7,517 
1,010 
tons, dry 
9,991 
1,397 
6,311 
(D) 
71,035 
2,873 
20,117 
2,995 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
cwt 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarbeets for sugar 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
tons 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
- 
22 
- 
- 
- 
- 
9 
4 
acres 
- 
5,024 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,036 
567 
pounds 
- 
21,430,569 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6,367,258 
2,190,400 
Vegetables harvested for sale (see text) 
farms 
74 
18 
1 
11 
36 
18 
122 
8 
acres 
1,583 
811 
(D) 
4,001 
144 
149 
13,134 
60 
Potatoes 
farms 
27 
2 
1 
13 
7 
29 
3 
acres 
43 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
7 
2 
669 
4 
Sweet potatoes 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
4 
2 
49 
1 
acres 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
2 
(D) 
10,638 
(D) 
Land in orchards 
farms 
106 
4 
5 
7 
21 
4 
32 
9 
acres 
4,004 
9 
11 
7 
90 
6 
202 
42 
-continued 
248 North Carolina 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
