Table 6. Income From Farm-Related Sources: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
North Carolina 
Alamance 
Alexander 
Alleghany 
Anson 
Ashe 
Avery 
Total income from farm-related sources, 
gross before taxes and expenses (see text) farms, 2012 
16,809 
239 
198 
141 
176 
283 
154 
2007 
15,622 
232 
134 
161 
135 
253 
53 
$1,000, 2012 
217,404 
1,637 
1,114 
1,061 
2,314 
3,254 
1,637 
2007 
257,582 
1,819 
1,265 
987 
1,457 
1,415 
677 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
12,934 
6,850 
5,624 
7,524 
13,150 
11,500 
10,632 
2007 
16,488 
7,842 
9,444 
6,128 
10,794 
5,591 
12,772 
Customwork and other agricultural services farms, 2012 
2,495 
26 
25 
22 
29 
59 
45 
2007 
2,229 
25 
13 
27 
23 
40 
6 
$1,000, 2012 
31,345 
87 
475 
151 
276 
1,773 
473 
2007 
27,050 
93 
62 
150 
136 
764 
47 
Gross cash rent or share payments (see text) farms, 2012 
6,073 
72 
45 
47 
77 
85 
16 
2007 
5,113 
55 
22 
29 
59 
48 
11 
$1,000, 2012 
28,536 
281 
71 
208 
323 
145 
30 
2007 
23,875 
78 
37 
190 
96 
98 
19 
Sales of forest products, excluding Christmas 
trees, short rotation woody crops, and 
maple products farms, 2012 
2,009 
16 
12 
27 
34 
51 
37 
2007 
1,632 
25 
21 
8 
35 
39 
18 
$1,000, 2012 
38,578 
242 
29 
484 
880 
762 
795 
2007 
25,131 
349 
119 
64 
760 
267 
137 
Agri-tourism and recreational services farms, 2012 
1,135 
8 
6 
5 
10 
34 
40 
2007 
602 
7 
6 
10 
5 
5 
1 
$1,000, 2012 
17,625 
16 
9 
14 
(D) 
111 
193 
2007 
12,661 
24 
(D) 
97 
25 
3 
(D) 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives farms, 2012 
4,505 
95 
97 
48 
40 
45 
17 
2007 
3,345 
70 
63 
52 
34 
28 
- 
$1,000, 2012 
10,343 
113 
210 
68 
87 
57 
19 
2007 
10,743 
108 
219 
84 
90 
48 
- 
Crop and livestock insurance payments farms, 2012 
1,294 
22 
7 
8 
7 
1 
- 
2007 
1,933 
13 
18 
10 
10 
2 
1 
$1,000, 2012 
43,684 
395 
23 
(D) 
41 
(D) 
- 
2007 
51,411 
193 
355 
168 
202 
(D) 
(D) 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments farms, 2012 
611 
7 
4 
3 
1 
13 
3 
2007 
758 
9 
5 
6 
5 
8 
8 
$1,000, 2012 
3,371 
20 
14 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
3 
2007 
5,923 
16 
(D) 
6 
9 
(D) 
(D) 
Average per farm dollars, 2012 
5,517 
2,794 
3,532 
(D) 
(□) 
(D) 
932 
2007 
7,813 
1,737 
(D) 
966 
1,811 
(D) 
(D) 
Other farm-related income sources (see text) farms, 2012 
2,394 
35 
21 
10 
16 
26 
14 
2007 
5,494 
81 
21 
70 
7 
121 
17 
$1,000, 2012 
43,922 
483 
282 
128 
685 
391 
124 
2007 
100,788 
960 
386 
227 
139 
170 
369 
-continued 
306 North Carolina 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
