Table 40. Machinery and Equipment on Operation: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Lee 
Lenoir 
Lincoln 
McDowell 
Macon 
Madison 
Martin 
Mecklenburg 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
farms, 2012 
246 
401 
651 
334 
326 
719 
357 
237 
2007 
272 
480 
638 
383 
346 
801 
320 
236 
$1,000, 2012 
17,619 
73,442 
35,835 
19,748 
15,765 
22,619 
68,764 
32,312 
2007 
20,202 
67,655 
28,582 
16,916 
14,551 
27,400 
43,748 
27,103 
Average per farm 
dollars, 2012 
71,621 
183,148 
55,046 
59,126 
48,359 
31,459 
192,616 
136,337 
2007 
74,273 
140,949 
44,800 
44,168 
42,054 
34,207 
136,713 
114,845 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $9,999 
2012 
42 
40 
151 
52 
87 
200 
37 
57 
2007 
55 
65 
153 
92 
62 
217 
44 
38 
$10,000 to $19,999 
2012 
39 
51 
103 
54 
41 
146 
36 
36 
2007 
46 
65 
131 
78 
71 
162 
24 
44 
$20,000 to $29,999 
2012 
39 
81 
109 
36 
42 
102 
58 
29 
2007 
32 
66 
105 
66 
40 
139 
45 
38 
$30,000 to $49,999 
2012 
40 
45 
97 
93 
47 
123 
33 
36 
2007 
37 
39 
83 
60 
69 
108 
35 
49 
$50,000 to $69,999 
2012 
34 
42 
69 
40 
34 
78 
16 
27 
2007 
32 
35 
49 
33 
38 
86 
21 
28 
$70,000 to $99,999 
2012 
13 
32 
31 
25 
35 
32 
19 
18 
2007 
16 
31 
40 
18 
27 
33 
23 
9 
$100,000 to $199,999 
2012 
12 
35 
59 
20 
26 
28 
59 
19 
2007 
32 
69 
53 
21 
32 
33 
55 
16 
$200,000 to $499,999 
2012 
21 
33 
24 
13 
13 
10 
68 
13 
2007 
16 
79 
21 
13 
7 
22 
53 
11 
$500,000 or more 
2012 
6 
42 
8 
1 
1 
- 
31 
2 
2007 
6 
31 
3 
2 
1 
20 
3 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
farms, 2012 
200 
342 
484 
279 
268 
562 
277 
184 
2007 
241 
415 
505 
332 
309 
703 
262 
203 
number, 2012 
466 
1,225 
960 
478 
436 
845 
727 
360 
2007 
543 
1,421 
895 
556 
471 
1,097 
669 
433 
Tractors 
farms, 2012 
204 
338 
563 
271 
283 
578 
296 
189 
2007 
227 
406 
554 
325 
281 
649 
291 
209 
number, 2012 
559 
1,098 
1,395 
504 
532 
918 
1,033 
491 
2007 
681 
1,255 
1,344 
537 
491 
1,018 
979 
497 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
farms, 2012 
132 
181 
339 
154 
166 
313 
143 
129 
2007 
148 
235 
346 
211 
168 
345 
168 
141 
number, 2012 
202 
295 
516 
202 
207 
391 
199 
253 
2007 
263 
344 
522 
271 
201 
405 
222 
224 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
farms, 2012 
168 
257 
436 
184 
181 
348 
240 
120 
2007 
170 
306 
418 
163 
171 
376 
235 
121 
number, 2012 
291 
452 
747 
272 
305 
505 
413 
215 
2007 
329 
544 
708 
245 
280 
574 
421 
223 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
farms, 2012 
31 
131 
81 
23 
14 
21 
168 
16 
2007 
47 
157 
84 
14 
8 
28 
158 
30 
number, 2012 
66 
351 
132 
30 
20 
22 
421 
23 
2007 
89 
367 
114 
21 
10 
39 
336 
50 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
farms, 2012 
19 
84 
65 
12 
3 
2 
80 
6 
2007 
46 
96 
88 
8 
2 
3 
86 
16 
number, 2012 
22 
97 
72 
14 
5 
(D) 
85 
6 
2007 
51 
103 
102 
9 
(D) 
3 
98 
17 
Cotton pickers and strippers, self-propelled 
farms, 2012 
4 
34 
2 
- 
2 
- 
137 
- 
2007 
4 
48 
- 
- 
- 
3 
98 
- 
number, 2012 
9 
54 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
155 
- 
2007 
4 
61 
- 
3 
112 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
farms, 2012 
1 
4 
9 
5 
4 
5 
2 
4 
2007 
1 
4 
20 
2 
2 
10 
9 
1 
number, 2012 
(D) 
4 
13 
7 
4 
5 
(D) 
4 
2007 
(D) 
4 
22 
(D) 
(D) 
10 
11 
(D) 
Flay balers 
farms, 2012 
39 
43 
300 
82 
124 
195 
28 
59 
2007 
53 
39 
261 
115 
114 
248 
33 
80 
number, 2012 
49 
58 
405 
106 
167 
237 
35 
87 
2007 
63 
46 
336 
134 
149 
292 
45 
104 
2012 INVENTORY 
Manufactured 2008 to 2012: 
Trucks, including pickups 
farms 
35 
81 
75 
37 
46 
87 
93 
43 
number 
38 
155 
78 
43 
58 
94 
125 
49 
Tractors 
farms 
48 
74 
88 
55 
52 
83 
91 
21 
number 
54 
133 
114 
68 
62 
89 
149 
68 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
17 
26 
24 
20 
26 
30 
9 
11 
number 
17 
30 
25 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
12 
45 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
30 
37 
68 
42 
29 
55 
33 
11 
number 
30 
50 
76 
46 
31 
58 
38 
(D) 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
farms 
5 
31 
11 
2 
2 
1 
61 
1 
number 
7 
53 
13 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
99 
(D) 
Grain and bean combines 
farms 
- 
12 
4 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
number 
- 
12 
4 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Cotton pickers and strippers 
farms 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10 
- 
number 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
11 
- 
Forage harvesters self-propelled 
farms 
- 
- 
3 
- 
2 
3 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
3 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Flay balers 
farms 
5 
5 
13 
12 
11 
14 
6 
5 
number 
5 
5 
15 
12 
11 
14 
8 
5 
-continued 
616 North Carolina 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
