Table 24. Selected Crops Harvested: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Caldwell 
Camden 
Carteret 
Caswell 
Catawba 
Chatham 
Cherokee 
Peanuts for nuts - Con. 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Sorghum for grain farms 
- 
- 
6 
- 
- 
7 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
538 
- 
- 
645 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
25,735 
- 
- 
32,690 
- 
Irrigated farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
4 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
" 
- 
- 
" 
" 
" 
Soybeans for beans farms 
9 
36 
14 
33 
65 
21 
2 
acres 
802 
26,431 
18,086 
1,875 
9,627 
1,717 
(D) 
bushels 
35,740 
1,195,230 
(D) 
48,699 
349,829 
60,882 
(D) 
Irrigated farms 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
2 
5 
3 
17 
18 
5 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
4 
3 
5 
10 
22 
10 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
2 
6 
- 
5 
16 
4 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
1 
1 
4 
1 
6 
2 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
13 
2 
- 
3 
- 
- 
Sunflower seed, all farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco farms 
1 
- 
- 
50 
- 
2 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
2,818 
- 
(D) 
- 
pounds 
(D) 
- 
- 
6,951,241 
- 
(D) 
- 
Irrigated farms 
1 
- 
- 
33 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
1,327 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
0.1 to 0.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 .0 to 1 .9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2.0 to 2.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3.0 to 4.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
5.0 to 9.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
5 
- 
- 
- 
10.0 to 24.9 acres 
1 
- 
- 
11 
- 
- 
- 
25.0 to 49.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
8 
- 
- 
- 
50.0 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
22 
- 
2 
- 
50.0 to 74.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
8 
- 
- 
- 
75.0 to 99.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
6 
- 
- 
- 
100.0 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
8 
- 
2 
- 
Wheat for grain, all farms 
16 
31 
8 
29 
38 
10 
6 
acres 
639 
12,637 
1,160 
1,663 
4,908 
982 
180 
bushels 
31,175 
846,392 
65,238 
76,159 
275,702 
49,433 
6,300 
Irrigated farms 
- 
- 
- 
3 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
9 
7 
2 
9 
11 
1 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
5 
3 
2 
14 
12 
8 
6 
1 00 to 249 acres 
2 
3 
3 
6 
11 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
4 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
12 
1 
- 
2 
1 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
- 
2 
" 
1 
- 
Vegetables harvested for 
sale (see text) farms 
18 
4 
23 
42 
19 
65 
15 
acres 
120 
(D) 
690 
143 
294 
131 
1,067 
Farms by acres harvested: 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 
16 
1 
14 
36 
12 
60 
8 
5.0 to 24.9 acres 
1 
- 
4 
5 
5 
5 
1 
25.0 to 99.9 acres 
1 
- 
4 
1 
- 
- 
- 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
6 
250.0 to 499.9 acres 
- 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500.0 acres or more 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500.0 to 749.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
750.0 to 999.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,000.0 acres or more 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Land in orchards farms 
15 
_ 
8 
14 
14 
42 
14 
acres 
29 
- 
10 
42 
51 
61 
21 
Irrigated farms 
4 
- 
1 
5 
3 
10 
- 
acres 
6 
- 
(D) 
5 
3 
19 
- 
Farms by bearing and nonbearing acres: 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 
15 
- 
8 
11 
10 
42 
14 
5.0 to 24.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
3 
4 
- 
- 
25.0 to 99.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
-continued 
488 North Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
