Table 2. Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold Including Direct Sales: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
North Carolina 
Alamance 
Alexander 
Alleghany 
Anson 
Ashe 
Avery 
Total sales (see text) - Con. 
Value of sales by commodity or commodity group - Con. 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops - Con. 
Tobacco farms, 2012 
1,681 
23 
5 
7 
- 
12 
4 
2007 
2,622 
37 
3 
32 
- 
34 
4 
$1,000, 2012 
732,772 
3,873 
3,207 
(D) 
- 
321 
30 
2007 
549,636 
3,572 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
306 
54 
Cotton and cottonseed farms, 2012 
1,430 
- 
1 
1 
10 
- 
- 
2007 
1,305 
- 
- 
- 
11 
- 
- 
$1,000, 2012 
403,366 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
1,329 
- 
- 
2007 
211,129 
- 
651 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, and sweet 
potatoes farms, 2012 
3,304 
56 
13 
23 
16 
70 
29 
2007 
3,745 
71 
17 
11 
12 
71 
18 
$1,000, 2012 
434,974 
492 
887 
4,234 
164 
813 
340 
2007 
333,939 
949 
771 
(D) 
(D) 
374 
122 
Fruits, tree nuts, and 
berries farms, 2012 
2,151 
32 
27 
8 
8 
30 
13 
2007 
1,765 
33 
21 
6 
5 
38 
6 
$1,000, 2012 
85,150 
(D) 
(D) 
47 
84 
242 
163 
2007 
79,288 
264 
651 
23 
(D) 
388 
(D) 
Fruits and tree nut farms, 2012 
1,230 
17 
20 
4 
4 
17 
4 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
$1,000, 2012 
30,728 
(D) 
818 
32 
(D) 
131 
111 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Berries farms, 2012 
1,176 
18 
12 
4 
4 
18 
10 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
$1,000, 2012 
54,421 
145 
(D) 
15 
(D) 
112 
52 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and 
sod (see text) farms, 2012 
2,475 
26 
17 
10 
13 
94 
82 
2007 
2,317 
16 
13 
30 
3 
100 
108 
$1,000, 2012 
580,230 
4,326 
1,802 
582 
3,587 
5,248 
4,066 
2007 
573,529 
756 
383 
791 
(D) 
4,278 
5,270 
Cut Christmas trees and short-rotation 
woody crops farms, 2012 
1,151 
4 
- 
114 
- 
310 
267 
2007 
934 
- 
- 
75 
1 
205 
225 
$1,000, 2012 
67,097 
(D) 
- 
11,064 
- 
32,454 
11,827 
2007 
65,023 
- 
9,562 
(D) 
26,197 
14,568 
Cut Christmas trees farms, 2012 
1,135 
1 
- 
114 
308 
267 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
$1,000, 2012 
67,064 
(D) 
- 
11,064 
- 
(□) 
11,827 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Short rotation woody crops farms, 2012 
18 
3 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
$1,000, 2012 
33 
1 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Other crops and hay (see text) farms, 2012 
10,811 
202 
129 
132 
83 
268 
34 
2007 
9,366 
149 
97 
131 
66 
136 
32 
$1,000, 2012 
225,162 
1,057 
913 
919 
815 
1,286 
71 
2007 
95,943 
668 
268 
349 
363 
303 
46 
Maple syrup (see text) farms, 2012 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
3 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
$1,000, 2012 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
(D) 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Livestock, poultry, and their products farms, 2012 
23,903 
417 
419 
307 
250 
512 
107 
2007 
26,448 
450 
436 
293 
237 
553 
103 
$1,000, 2012 
8,285,265 
17,524 
176,858 
15,754 
176,960 
13,927 
664 
2007 
7,707,350 
34,426 
108,730 
15,464 
150,674 
9,817 
419 
Poultry and eggs farms, 2012 
5,400 
63 
186 
20 
94 
63 
15 
2007 
6,003 
84 
181 
14 
94 
57 
12 
$1,000, 2012 
4,837,026 
6,792 
155,573 
(D) 
165,860 
33 
(D) 
2007 
4,087,004 
21,592 
93,362 
4 
130,015 
50 
3 
Cattle and calves farms, 2012 
15,312 
325 
273 
279 
151 
396 
73 
2007 
15,953 
333 
296 
254 
141 
450 
70 
$1,000, 2012 
332,733 
6,283 
15,548 
10,134 
5,059 
12,832 
397 
2007 
288,801 
6,266 
9,952 
7,463 
4,213 
8,981 
363 
Milk from cows (see text) farms, 2012 
283 
10 
8 
12 
1 
3 
1 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
$1,000, 2012 
179,265 
3,878 
5,618 
5,545 
(D) 
275 
(D) 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Flogs and pigs farms, 2012 
1,833 
7 
3 
2 
9 
9 
4 
2007 
2,459 
20 
16 
- 
10 
11 
1 
$1,000, 2012 
2,873,988 
(D) 
5 
(D) 
5,884 
16 
10 
2007 
3,104,731 
770 
43 
16,410 
215 
(D) 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) farms, 2012 
2,964 
62 
33 
13 
31 
87 
17 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
$1,000, 2012 
7,251 
173 
27 
20 
48 
144 
32 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Florses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys farms, 2012 
2,220 
27 
25 
17 
5 
52 
11 
2007 
2,730 
32 
31 
14 
16 
56 
10 
$1,000, 2012 
23,548 
283 
72 
27 
(D) 
592 
21 
2007 
17,959 
244 
167 
45 
22 
53 
13 
Aquaculture (see text) farms, 2012 
228 
1 
- 
1 
1 
5 
4 
2007 
311 
1 
- 
5 
- 
2 
2 
$1,000, 2012 
23,365 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
81 
2007 
32,175 
(D) 
- 
14 
(D) 
(D) 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) farms, 2012 
1,525 
32 
12 
5 
7 
24 
18 
2007 
1,591 
26 
21 
14 
3 
36 
6 
$1,000, 2012 
8,089 
107 
14 
2 
13 
33 
20 
2007 
8,676 
(D) 
18 
12 
1 
(D) 
(Z) 
Value of agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) farms, 2012 
4,475 
94 
42 
17 
18 
83 
40 
2007 
3,712 
78 
24 
14 
17 
62 
17 
$1,000, 2012 
31,826 
531 
676 
164 
25 
404 
382 
2007 
29,144 
433 
321 
96 
22 
367 
82 
-continued 
268 North Carolina 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
