Table 24. Selected Crops Harvested: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Mitchell 
Montgomery 
Moore 
Nash 
New Hanover 
Northampton 
Onslow 
Orange 
Peanuts for nuts - Con. 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
3 
2 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
16 
1 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
5 
- 
12 
1 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
3 
2 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
" 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Sorghum for grain farms 
- 
3 
10 
11 
- 
10 
15 
3 
acres 
- 
278 
715 
815 
- 
1,027 
2,090 
132 
bushels 
- 
15,550 
43,329 
48,483 
- 
56,305 
113,532 
9,200 
Irrigated farms 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
1 
2 
2 
- 
- 
5 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
6 
4 
- 
5 
6 
3 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
2 
2 
5 
- 
4 
2 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
" 
" 
" 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans farms 
- 
12 
24 
131 
5 
146 
77 
24 
acres 
- 
1,026 
2,582 
36,310 
346 
40,287 
12,280 
2,144 
bushels 
- 
34,091 
91,600 
1,263,767 
10,500 
1,760,933 
455,409 
83,007 
Irrigated farms 
- 
1 
1 
8 
- 
7 
2 
1 
acres 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
1,322 
- 
673 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
2 
9 
20 
- 
21 
21 
4 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
7 
10 
41 
4 
37 
23 
13 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
3 
2 
28 
1 
41 
21 
4 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
1 
17 
- 
17 
5 
3 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
2 
17 
- 
22 
5 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
" 
- 
- 
8 
- 
8 
2 
- 
Sunflower seed, all farms 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
1 
_ 
- 
acres 
- 
22 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
pounds 
- 
3,200 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Irrigated farms 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Tobacco farms 
6 
2 
17 
51 
- 
2 
5 
14 
acres 
14 
(D) 
1,229 
8,976 
- 
(D) 
970 
422 
pounds 
23,204 
(D) 
2,971,011 
20,837,925 
- 
(D) 
1,122,464 
1,106,522 
Irrigated farms 
- 
2 
7 
19 
- 
2 
2 
7 
acres 
- 
(D) 
492 
1,459 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
92 
Farms by acres harvested: 
0.1 to 0.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 .0 to 1 .9 acres 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2.0 to 2.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3.0 to 4.9 acres 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5.0 to 9.9 acres 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
10.0 to 24.9 acres 
- 
- 
3 
2 
- 
- 
- 
4 
25.0 to 49.9 acres 
- 
- 
6 
3 
- 
1 
- 
4 
50.0 acres or more 
- 
2 
7 
46 
- 
1 
5 
1 
50.0 to 74.9 acres 
- 
- 
2 
11 
- 
1 
- 
- 
75.0 to 99.9 acres 
- 
- 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100.0 acres or more 
- 
2 
3 
33 
- 
5 
1 
Wheat for grain, all farms 
- 
10 
15 
65 
- 
80 
37 
26 
acres 
- 
1,124 
1,559 
6,961 
- 
12,832 
7,209 
1,762 
bushels 
- 
36,052 
100,601 
378,382 
- 
749,277 
373,364 
88,806 
Irrigated farms 
- 
1 
2 
5 
- 
5 
1 
- 
acres 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
470 
- 
553 
(D) 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
- 
3 
7 
9 
- 
8 
5 
9 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
5 
5 
30 
- 
34 
12 
11 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
1 
19 
- 
21 
11 
5 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
2 
1 
7 
- 
12 
5 
1 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
4 
3 
- 
1 ,000 acres or more 
" 
“ 
" 
" 
1 
1 
- 
Vegetables harvested for 
sale (see text) farms 
30 
24 
32 
52 
9 
5 
14 
77 
acres 
52 
305 
164 
11,767 
46 
75 
239 
156 
Farms by acres harvested: 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 
27 
17 
19 
12 
4 
2 
8 
70 
5.0 to 24.9 acres 
3 
4 
12 
8 
5 
2 
3 
7 
25.0 to 99.9 acres 
- 
1 
1 
4 
- 
1 
3 
- 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
- 
2 
- 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250.0 to 499.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
11 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500.0 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500.0 to 749.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
750.0 to 999.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,000.0 acres or more 
" 
" 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Land in orchards farms 
12 
18 
26 
5 
2 
- 
9 
41 
acres 
58 
136 
269 
29 
(D) 
- 
33 
106 
Irrigated farms 
2 
4 
5 
2 
1 
- 
2 
14 
acres 
(D) 
80 
64 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
22 
Farms by bearing and nonbearing acres: 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 
6 
12 
12 
3 
1 
- 
7 
37 
5.0 to 24.9 acres 
6 
5 
10 
2 
1 
- 
2 
4 
25.0 to 99.9 acres 
- 
1 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
-continued 
494 North Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
