Table 40. Machinery and Equipment on Operation: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
item 
Caldwell 
Camden 
Carteret 
Caswell 
Catawba 
Chatham 
Cherokee 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
farms, 2012 
411 
60 
125 
543 
698 
1,138 
255 
2007 
459 
76 
159 
562 
737 
1,089 
288 
$1,000, 2012 
18,769 
27,045 
11,503 
34,948 
41,292 
53,493 
15,160 
2007 
22,313 
19,148 
15,843 
28,629 
38,049 
54,331 
17,180 
Average per farm 
dollars, 2012 
45,666 
450,743 
92,023 
64,361 
59,158 
47,006 
59,452 
2007 
48,611 
251,941 
99,640 
50,942 
51,627 
49,890 
59,654 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $9,999 
2012 
68 
9 
34 
118 
130 
238 
49 
2007 
89 
11 
31 
118 
120 
257 
50 
$10,000 to $19,999 
2012 
86 
7 
40 
104 
130 
215 
49 
2007 
86 
4 
24 
94 
161 
168 
50 
$20,000 to $29,999 
2012 
71 
7 
11 
70 
81 
186 
35 
2007 
72 
11 
32 
73 
111 
159 
38 
$30,000 to $49,999 
2012 
77 
4 
7 
85 
131 
186 
49 
2007 
63 
17 
19 
84 
104 
191 
57 
$50,000 to $69,999 
2012 
38 
1 
9 
53 
69 
109 
28 
2007 
57 
5 
19 
73 
87 
112 
31 
$70,000 to $99,999 
2012 
29 
2 
6 
34 
51 
65 
11 
2007 
40 
- 
13 
43 
46 
54 
31 
$100,000 to $199,999 
2012 
28 
3 
6 
38 
64 
91 
21 
2007 
33 
5 
11 
44 
78 
86 
28 
$200,000 to $499,999 
2012 
13 
8 
8 
32 
36 
41 
12 
2007 
17 
11 
8 
32 
27 
58 
2 
$500,000 or more 
2012 
1 
19 
4 
9 
6 
7 
1 
2007 
2 
12 
2 
1 
3 
4 
1 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
farms, 2012 
347 
55 
92 
426 
538 
943 
211 
2007 
396 
67 
127 
487 
618 
930 
251 
number, 2012 
684 
243 
198 
882 
991 
1,580 
394 
2007 
813 
246 
240 
980 
1,166 
1,564 
424 
Tractors 
farms, 2012 
369 
54 
96 
474 
591 
972 
219 
2007 
408 
68 
98 
522 
659 
922 
230 
number, 2012 
800 
224 
231 
1,366 
1,349 
1,953 
373 
2007 
824 
270 
203 
1,430 
1,416 
1,775 
381 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
farms, 2012 
245 
17 
72 
359 
329 
525 
122 
2007 
262 
32 
64 
380 
399 
530 
144 
number, 2012 
344 
31 
111 
608 
454 
707 
152 
2007 
362 
59 
88 
655 
535 
698 
195 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
farms, 2012 
241 
26 
44 
358 
422 
668 
130 
2007 
270 
42 
53 
346 
446 
627 
124 
number, 2012 
397 
47 
78 
614 
749 
1,110 
187 
2007 
424 
83 
82 
652 
781 
957 
177 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
farms, 2012 
36 
36 
21 
82 
95 
103 
21 
2007 
28 
41 
14 
87 
71 
85 
6 
number, 2012 
59 
146 
42 
144 
146 
136 
34 
2007 
38 
128 
33 
123 
100 
120 
9 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
farms, 2012 
31 
28 
11 
49 
69 
30 
3 
2007 
10 
29 
10 
47 
70 
29 
4 
number, 2012 
33 
33 
16 
53 
82 
35 
4 
2007 
10 
37 
11 
48 
86 
33 
4 
Cotton pickers and strippers, self-propelled 
farms, 2012 
- 
3 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2007 
- 
2 
2 
2 
1 
- 
- 
number, 2012 
- 
3 
11 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2007 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
farms, 2012 
13 
- 
- 
9 
8 
10 
- 
2007 
5 
- 
- 
6 
17 
11 
1 
number, 2012 
21 
- 
- 
13 
10 
12 
- 
2007 
8 
- 
6 
20 
11 
(D) 
Flay balers 
farms, 2012 
161 
7 
9 
196 
258 
267 
64 
2007 
160 
8 
4 
186 
290 
254 
84 
number, 2012 
218 
9 
9 
246 
350 
346 
87 
2007 
207 
8 
(D) 
226 
381 
312 
109 
2012 INVENTORY 
Manufactured 2008 to 2012: 
Trucks, including pickups 
farms 
31 
20 
17 
47 
54 
116 
45 
number 
42 
44 
21 
56 
63 
133 
57 
Tractors 
farms 
50 
16 
8 
65 
89 
138 
24 
number 
63 
52 
17 
84 
124 
177 
30 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
34 
2 
6 
36 
32 
38 
10 
number 
36 
(D) 
8 
41 
34 
42 
10 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
21 
5 
2 
29 
52 
96 
7 
number 
24 
(D) 
(D) 
31 
68 
121 
10 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
farms 
3 
15 
3 
8 
10 
14 
10 
number 
3 
34 
(D) 
12 
22 
14 
10 
Grain and bean combines 
farms 
_ 
10 
4 
2 
2 
1 
_ 
number 
- 
11 
7 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Cotton pickers and strippers 
farms 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters self-propelled 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
2 
2 
- 
number 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Flay balers 
farms 
10 
2 
1 
11 
22 
44 
4 
number 
10 
(D) 
(D) 
11 
24 
48 
4 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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