Table 8. Farms, Land in Farms, Value of Land and Buildings, and Land Use: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Chowan 
Clay 
Cleveland 
Columbus 
Craven 
Cumberland 
Currituck 
Dare 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number, 2012 
141 
154 
1,036 
731 
256 
389 
82 
9 
2007 
190 
137 
1,188 
777 
286 
500 
80 
7 
Land in farms 
acres, 2012 
58,146 
11,752 
116,651 
159,227 
70,632 
82,317 
35,356 
(D) 
2007 
74,689 
9,660 
115,637 
152,387 
70,886 
88,353 
27,576 
4,921 
Average size of farm 
acres, 2012 
412 
76 
113 
218 
276 
212 
431 
(D) 
2007 
393 
71 
97 
196 
248 
177 
345 
703 
Estimated market value of land and buildings 
farms, 2012 
141 
154 
1,036 
731 
256 
389 
82 
9 
2007 
190 
137 
1,188 
777 
286 
500 
80 
7 
$1,000, 2012 
184,290 
58,637 
480,113 
482,755 
218,543 
256,910 
144,521 
13,980 
2007 
183,773 
68,886 
463,377 
502,087 
218,053 
265,768 
91,681 
11,091 
Average per farm 
dollars, 2012 
1,307,024 
380,759 
463,429 
660,404 
853,684 
660,437 
1,762,454 
1,553,310 
2007 
967,227 
502,820 
390,048 
646,186 
762,422 
531,536 
1,146,012 
1,584,429 
Average per acre 
dollars, 2012 
3,169 
4,990 
4,116 
3,032 
3,094 
3,121 
4,088 
3,858 
2007 
2,461 
7,131 
4,007 
3,295 
3,076 
3,008 
3,325 
2,254 
2012 farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
14 
16 
73 
104 
41 
48 
12 
1 
$50,000 to $99,999 
10 
10 
105 
142 
27 
38 
3 
- 
$100,000 to $199,999 
17 
33 
229 
160 
31 
75 
9 
- 
$200,000 to $499,999 
34 
53 
381 
144 
75 
128 
13 
2 
$500,000 to $999,999 
22 
33 
144 
64 
42 
37 
15 
4 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
18 
7 
67 
53 
13 
30 
12 
_ 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
15 
2 
32 
45 
16 
24 
12 
1 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
11 
- 
4 
15 
9 
9 
1 
1 
$10,000,000 or more 
- 
- 
1 
4 
2 
- 
5 
- 
Approximate land area 
acres, 2012 
110,382 
137,446 
297,122 
599,823 
453,733 
417,503 
167,585 
245,383 
Proportion in farms 
percent, 2012 
52.7 
8.6 
39.3 
26.5 
15.6 
19.7 
21.1 
(D) 
2012 size of farm: 
1 to 9 acres 
farms 
6 
8 
38 
45 
27 
49 
11 
1 
acres 
41 
51 
168 
190 
133 
226 
61 
(D) 
1 0 to 49 acres 
farms 
40 
79 
411 
259 
89 
112 
27 
4 
acres 
1,248 
2,066 
11,365 
6,822 
2,231 
2,840 
695 
42 
50 to 69 acres 
farms 
13 
15 
177 
74 
18 
38 
8 
- 
acres 
764 
895 
10,424 
4,328 
1,022 
2,269 
414 
- 
70 to 99 acres 
farms 
8 
18 
109 
89 
18 
49 
6 
2 
acres 
648 
1,477 
8,970 
7,272 
1,496 
4,081 
486 
(D) 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
farms 
9 
14 
77 
76 
19 
34 
1 
- 
acres 
1,046 
1,567 
9,141 
8,777 
2,205 
4,022 
(D) 
- 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
farms 
5 
5 
69 
27 
8 
18 
1 
- 
acres 
726 
794 
10,838 
4,237 
1,232 
2,738 
(D) 
- 
180 to 219 acres 
farms 
5 
9 
39 
31 
14 
17 
1 
- 
acres 
1,010 
1,748 
7,718 
6,167 
2,737 
3,313 
(D) 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
farms 
5 
2 
21 
8 
5 
6 
2 
- 
acres 
1,186 
(D) 
(D) 
1,905 
1,222 
1,491 
(D) 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
farms 
11 
3 
57 
39 
22 
24 
2 
- 
acres 
4,154 
941 
20,918 
13,771 
8,019 
8,471 
(D) 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
farms 
20 
- 
31 
37 
15 
18 
13 
- 
acres 
13,256 
- 
20,392 
26,342 
10,418 
12,470 
8,974 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
farms 
12 
1 
5 
34 
14 
18 
3 
1 
acres 
15,088 
(D) 
6,690 
44,512 
19,299 
24,816 
4,508 
(D) 
2,000 acres or more 
farms 
7 
2 
12 
7 
6 
7 
1 
acres 
18,979 
- 
(D) 
34,904 
20,618 
15,580 
18,337 
(D) 
2007 size of farm: 
1 to 9 acres 
farms 
9 
18 
65 
72 
30 
48 
9 
- 
acres 
52 
(D) 
375 
343 
(D) 
205 
68 
- 
1 0 to 49 acres 
farms 
48 
67 
463 
229 
102 
164 
30 
4 
acres 
1,237 
1,703 
12,117 
6,232 
3,107 
4,277 
848 
40 
50 to 69 acres 
farms 
9 
14 
169 
83 
18 
51 
4 
- 
acres 
563 
841 
9,832 
4,707 
1,033 
2,983 
236 
- 
70 to 99 acres 
farms 
11 
10 
167 
82 
16 
54 
8 
- 
acres 
962 
849 
13,996 
6,916 
1,454 
4,347 
699 
- 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
farms 
13 
6 
104 
88 
20 
61 
3 
_ 
acres 
1,570 
706 
12,066 
10,234 
2,273 
7,064 
374 
- 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
farms 
20 
8 
63 
45 
18 
22 
3 
- 
acres 
3,054 
1,299 
9,861 
6,908 
2,848 
3,402 
499 
- 
180 to 219 acres 
farms 
3 
5 
51 
28 
15 
10 
3 
- 
acres 
577 
1,013 
10,042 
5,487 
2,953 
2,004 
600 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
farms 
- 
3 
19 
10 
1 
12 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
707 
4,570 
2,325 
(D) 
2,842 
- 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
farms 
25 
4 
58 
60 
27 
26 
3 
- 
acres 
9,760 
1,238 
19,995 
21,427 
9,948 
9,249 
1,225 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
farms 
29 
2 
22 
45 
21 
35 
9 
- 
acres 
22,968 
(D) 
13,774 
31,323 
14,547 
22,736 
6,753 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
farms 
19 
7 
26 
10 
12 
4 
2 
acres 
23,524 
- 
9,009 
33,520 
13,536 
15,841 
5,060 
(D) 
2,000 acres or more 
farms 
4 
- 
- 
9 
8 
5 
4 
1 
acres 
10,422 
" 
22,965 
18,804 
13,403 
11,214 
(D) 
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE 
Total cropland 
farms, 2012 
132 
112 
749 
586 
181 
268 
69 
6 
2007 
163 
97 
873 
665 
214 
391 
71 
7 
acres, 2012 
47,527 
4,321 
47,173 
116,272 
51,475 
47,742 
32,144 
(D) 
2007 
53,325 
3,263 
52,639 
106,598 
49,506 
44,614 
25,117 
4,747 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
120 
96 
621 
512 
143 
226 
61 
6 
2007 
150 
85 
603 
553 
171 
290 
52 
7 
acres, 2012 
46,299 
4,022 
40,852 
107,970 
49,222 
43,649 
31,292 
(D) 
2007 
Other pasture and grazing land that could have been 
51,581 
2,597 
35,365 
97,716 
46,315 
37,026 
23,350 
(D) 
used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms, 2012 
6 
9 
73 
47 
14 
11 
2 
- 
2007 
15 
29 
182 
135 
34 
81 
14 
2 
acres, 2012 
56 
139 
1,536 
2,145 
386 
452 
(D) 
- 
2007 
266 
486 
6,853 
3,575 
1,721 
2,229 
302 
(D) 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data North Carolina 335 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
