Table 2. Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold Including Direct Sales: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
North Carolina 
Alamance 
Alexander 
Alleghany 
Anson 
Ashe 
Avery 
Total sales (see text) 
...farms, 2012 
50,218 
732 
603 
567 
429 
1,140 
483 
2007 
52,913 
753 
627 
519 
487 
1,125 
477 
$1,000, 2012 
12,588,142 
32,930 
187,670 
36,340 
193,865 
54,480 
17,198 
2007 
10,313,628 
42,618 
111,957 
33,994 
157,698 
41,703 
20,522 
Average per farm 
..dollars, 2012 
250,670 
44,986 
311,228 
64,091 
451,901 
47,789 
35,607 
2007 
194,917 
56,598 
178,560 
65,500 
323,815 
37,070 
43,024 
2012 value of sales: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
farms 
13,837 
193 
136 
120 
119 
262 
88 
$1,000 
2,145 
30 
22 
34 
(D) 
49 
9 
$1,000 to $2,499 
farms 
5,457 
94 
51 
54 
28 
97 
46 
$1,000 
8,957 
145 
84 
86 
(D) 
153 
72 
$2,500 to $4,999 
farms 
5,891 
109 
82 
65 
27 
164 
48 
$1,000 
21,170 
403 
293 
233 
95 
586 
165 
$5,000 to $9,999 
farms 
6,307 
114 
59 
78 
43 
183 
86 
$1,000 
44,434 
806 
368 
535 
311 
1,273 
575 
$10,000 to $19,999 
farms 
4,424 
62 
44 
59 
35 
117 
63 
$1,000 
61,500 
885 
593 
751 
488 
1,677 
891 
$20,000 to $24,999 
farms 
1,155 
23 
8 
29 
8 
43 
19 
$1,000 
25,645 
511 
180 
651 
172 
937 
424 
$25,000 to $39,999 
farms 
2,087 
26 
31 
40 
22 
70 
37 
$1,000 
65,433 
757 
967 
1,283 
685 
2,163 
1,102 
$40,000 to $49,999 
farms 
783 
10 
4 
8 
2 
33 
12 
$1,000 
34,727 
433 
179 
325 
(D) 
1,459 
539 
$50,000 to $99,999 
farms 
1,946 
34 
14 
49 
15 
81 
45 
$1,000 
136,124 
2,257 
1,070 
3,441 
984 
5,577 
3,063 
$100,000 to $249,999 
farms 
1,836 
33 
8 
36 
19 
53 
32 
$1,000 
294,634 
5,215 
1,171 
4,558 
2,810 
7,565 
4,302 
$250,000 to $499,999 
farms 
1,420 
17 
55 
13 
26 
12 
5 
$1,000 
514,610 
5,597 
19,287 
4,484 
9,311 
4,615 
(D) 
$500,000 or more 
farms 
5,075 
17 
111 
16 
85 
25 
2 
$1,000 
11,378,763 
15,890 
163,457 
19,959 
178,856 
28,426 
(D) 
2007 value of sales: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
farms 
15,855 
218 
154 
119 
200 
319 
100 
$1,000 
2,484 
38 
24 
28 
12 
52 
13 
$1,000 to $2,499 
farms 
6,753 
103 
71 
50 
40 
118 
57 
$1,000 
11,000 
160 
131 
83 
71 
197 
92 
$2,500 to $4,999 
farms 
5,863 
80 
68 
57 
44 
128 
54 
$1,000 
20,983 
300 
246 
205 
165 
442 
199 
$5,000 to $9,999 
farms 
5,805 
94 
70 
57 
25 
151 
76 
$1,000 
41,134 
668 
517 
387 
178 
1,063 
498 
$10,000 to $19,999 
farms 
4,704 
78 
44 
74 
20 
165 
64 
$1,000 
64,868 
1,132 
605 
1,028 
296 
2,378 
859 
$20,000 to $24,999 
farms 
1,124 
20 
12 
26 
8 
41 
13 
$1,000 
24,723 
444 
265 
564 
174 
879 
264 
$25,000 to $39,999 
farms 
1,956 
43 
18 
38 
13 
72 
28 
$1,000 
61,285 
1,367 
547 
1,223 
430 
2,182 
841 
$40,000 to $49,999 
farms 
809 
13 
4 
17 
8 
33 
14 
$1,000 
35,730 
547 
169 
751 
369 
1,464 
597 
$50,000 to $99,999 
farms 
1,718 
25 
20 
31 
14 
21 
23 
$1,000 
121,445 
1,785 
1,349 
1,969 
986 
1,501 
1,536 
$100,000 to $249,999 
farms 
1,854 
34 
35 
16 
8 
55 
35 
$1,000 
309,261 
5,266 
6,453 
2,417 
1,191 
7,606 
6,043 
$250,000 to $499,999 
farms 
1,866 
17 
54 
21 
21 
6 
6 
$1,000 
688,110 
6,168 
17,911 
6,889 
7,806 
2,297 
2,052 
$500,000 or more 
farms 
4,606 
28 
77 
13 
86 
16 
7 
$1,000 
8,932,607 
24,743 
83,741 
18,451 
146,019 
21,642 
7,530 
Value of sales by commodity or commodity group: 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
...farms, 2012 
24,610 
314 
203 
285 
167 
644 
360 
2007 
23,575 
304 
152 
254 
129 
479 
349 
$1,000, 2012 
4,302,877 
15,406 
10,812 
20,585 
16,905 
40,553 
16,535 
2007 
2,606,279 
8,192 
3,227 
18,530 
7,024 
31,886 
20,103 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
...farms, 2012 
9,685 
68 
45 
43 
57 
31 
13 
2007 
9,803 
89 
24 
15 
50 
7 
2 
$1,000, 2012 
1,774,127 
5,412 
2,977 
3,138 
10,926 
189 
38 
2007 
697,792 
1,984 
(D) 
196 
3,157 
41 
(D) 
Corn 
...farms, 2012 
5,641 
33 
27 
36 
37 
30 
13 
2007 
6,476 
54 
14 
11 
32 
7 
2 
$1,000, 2012 
656,973 
1,212 
734 
(D) 
4,145 
(D) 
38 
2007 
347,995 
1,047 
187 
162 
1,898 
41 
(D) 
Wheat 
...farms, 2012 
4,146 
41 
11 
3 
28 
- 
2007 
3,179 
51 
8 
1 
16 
- 
- 
$1,000, 2012 
285,459 
1,582 
433 
(D) 
1,651 
- 
- 
2007 
96,691 
562 
(D) 
(D) 
313 
- 
- 
Soybeans 
...farms, 2012 
7,006 
40 
28 
4 
44 
1 
- 
2007 
7,080 
50 
18 
3 
43 
- 
- 
$1,000, 2012 
799,769 
2,416 
1,698 
57 
5,041 
(D) 
- 
2007 
246,716 
296 
98 
(D) 
903 
- 
Sorghum 
...farms, 2012 
639 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2007 
233 
7 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000, 2012 
20,911 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2007 
1,495 
36 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
...farms, 2012 
243 
8 
4 
- 
1 
- 
- 
2007 
222 
8 
2 
- 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000, 2012 
3,460 
153 
44 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
2007 
2,273 
31 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Rice 
...farms, 2012 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2007 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000, 2012 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2007 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, dry beans, 
and dry peas 
...farms, 2012 
712 
6 
2 
3 
7 
2 
- 
2007 
791 
9 
- 
1 
9 
- 
- 
$1,000, 2012 
7,556 
(D) 
(D) 
40 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
2007 
2,621 
12 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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