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 
Lee 
Lenoir 
Lincoln 
McDowell 
Macon 
Madison 
Martin 
Mecklenburg 
LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO USE - Con. 
Total cropland - Con. 
Other cropland farms, 2012 
35 
70 
92 
52 
42 
164 
69 
21 
2007 
77 
61 
149 
59 
48 
173 
71 
35 
acres, 2012 
1,411 
3,253 
1,810 
634 
551 
2,411 
2,112 
376 
2007 
2,723 
2,146 
3,841 
747 
497 
2,276 
1,701 
912 
Cropland idle or used for cover crops or 
soil improvement, but not harvested and 
not pastured or grazed farms, 2012 
31 
53 
71 
41 
32 
122 
58 
13 
2007 
48 
52 
90 
45 
25 
125 
55 
14 
acres, 2012 
662 
2,073 
1,265 
510 
499 
1,991 
1,848 
275 
2007 
1,605 
1,586 
2,201 
540 
212 
1,633 
1,278 
(D) 
Cropland on which all crops failed farms, 2012 
4 
12 
11 
11 
6 
20 
3 
2 
2007 
34 
5 
62 
16 
21 
44 
15 
19 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
860 
228 
119 
34 
72 
18 
(D) 
2007 
874 
(D) 
1,465 
(D) 
196 
336 
148 
576 
Cropland in cultivated summer fallow farms, 2012 
11 
5 
24 
3 
7 
49 
12 
6 
2007 
22 
11 
23 
5 
5 
31 
7 
2 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
320 
317 
5 
18 
348 
246 
(D) 
2007 
244 
(D) 
175 
(D) 
89 
307 
275 
(D) 
Total woodland farms, 2012 
155 
227 
429 
214 
218 
548 
217 
137 
2007 
170 
244 
381 
241 
241 
571 
200 
130 
acres, 2012 
13,411 
20,829 
12,947 
10,241 
9,675 
27,759 
32,292 
4,084 
2007 
10,613 
21,075 
12,685 
9,734 
7,318 
24,192 
26,811 
4,990 
Woodland pastured farms, 2012 
56 
24 
204 
104 
93 
310 
24 
84 
2007 
77 
34 
182 
103 
109 
286 
23 
57 
acres, 2012 
2,480 
651 
3,099 
1,711 
1,809 
8,700 
177 
1,058 
2007 
1,964 
1,105 
2,302 
2,073 
1,294 
8,073 
999 
806 
Woodland not pastured farms, 2012 
126 
214 
318 
166 
167 
397 
206 
88 
2007 
135 
230 
289 
188 
167 
408 
194 
89 
acres, 2012 
10,931 
20,178 
9,848 
8,530 
7,866 
19,059 
32,115 
3,026 
2007 
8,649 
19,970 
10,383 
7,661 
6,024 
16,119 
25,812 
4,184 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, other than 
cropland and woodland pastured (see text) farms, 2012 
168 
117 
439 
233 
227 
488 
54 
148 
2007 
142 
97 
357 
243 
210 
502 
85 
145 
acres, 2012 
8,886 
2,701 
12,590 
5,478 
6,548 
14,543 
1,239 
3,238 
2007 
4,877 
2,177 
10,839 
4,996 
5,950 
20,431 
2,250 
4,261 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, livestock 
facilities, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc farms, 2012 
179 
237 
469 
230 
210 
490 
167 
159 
2007 
157 
234 
358 
197 
205 
441 
136 
110 
acres, 2012 
1,772 
4,334 
4,427 
3,123 
1,286 
3,754 
4,966 
2,187 
2007 
2,167 
5,596 
3,590 
1,342 
1,588 
4,885 
2,377 
1,472 
Pastureland, all types farms, 2012 
175 
122 
475 
248 
245 
547 
61 
154 
2007 
175 
156 
434 
286 
257 
598 
114 
170 
acres, 2012 
11,517 
3,556 
16,336 
7,788 
8,480 
24,467 
1,536 
4,518 
2007 
8,127 
5,265 
16,001 
8,665 
8,674 
34,498 
6,329 
6,190 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, Wetlands 
Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs farms, 2012 
8 
75 
52 
5 
6 
11 
133 
5 
2007 
9 
81 
79 
3 
6 
7 
93 
4 
acres, 2012 
89 
1,239 
1,843 
(D) 
187 
84 
2,421 
203 
2007 
176 
1,696 
2,991 
357 
141 
150 
2,068 
68 
Land enrolled in crop insurance programs farms, 2012 
15 
134 
25 
5 
3 
5 
180 
6 
2007 
34 
137 
35 
2 
5 
28 
147 
6 
acres, 2012 
6,839 
76,417 
5,589 
1,152 
406 
29 
73,089 
1,983 
2007 
8,337 
74,592 
6,481 
(D) 
(D) 
266 
58,309 
1,441 
-continued 
352 North Carolina 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
