Table 8. Land: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
LAND USE 
LAND USE - Con. 
Farms 
.number 
25,266 
100.0 
25,867 
Total cropland - Con. 
Land in farms 
.... acres 
4,971,244 
100.0 
4,889,339 
Other cropland - Con. 
Total cropland 
....farms 
16,853 
66.7 
18,534 
Cropland in cultivated 
acres 
1,967,288 
39.6 
2,151,219 
summer fallow 
farms 
825 
3.3 
843 
Harvested cropland 
....farms 
13,135 
52.0 
12,962 
acres 
30,271 
0.6 
31,443 
acres 
1,634,706 
32.9 
1,551,670 
Farms by acres harvested: 
Total woodland 
farms 
16,295 
64.5 
15,914 
1 to 49 acres 
9,285 
36.7 
8,870 
acres 
2,036,260 
41.0 
1,827,191 
1 to 9 acres 
3,539 
14.0 
3,120 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
5,711 
22.6 
6,079 
1 0 to 1 9 acres 
2,508 
9.9 
2,462 
acres 
181,880 
3.7 
219,636 
20 to 29 acres 
1,581 
6.3 
1,543 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
13,090 
51.8 
12,377 
30 to 49 acres 
1,657 
6.6 
1,745 
acres 
1,854,380 
37.3 
1,607,555 
50 to 99 acres 
1,476 
5.8 
1,619 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
100 to 199 acres 
923 
3.7 
1,042 
other than cropland and woodland 
200 to 499 acres 
691 
2.7 
716 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
14,084 
55.7 
12,294 
500 to 999 acres 
330 
1.3 
344 
acres 
633,296 
12.7 
617,136 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
290 
1.1 
260 
2,000 acres or more 
140 
0.6 
111 
Land in farmsteads, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, 
Other pasture and grazing land that 
roads, wasteland, etc 
farms 
16,379 
64.8 
12,380 
could have been used for crops without 
acres 
334,400 
6.7 
293,793 
additional improvement (see text)... 
....farms 
1,664 
6.6 
4,992 
acres 
56,904 
1.1 
264,049 
CONSERVATION AND CROP 
INSURANCE 
Other cropland 
....farms 
5,768 
22.8 
6,504 
acres 
275,678 
5.5 
335,500 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands 
Cropland idle or used for 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
cover crops or soil-improvement 
Programs 
farms 
2,627 
(X) 
3,908 
but not harvested and not 
acres 
137,515 
(X) 
264,950 
pastured or grazed 
....farms 
4,383 
17.3 
4,677 
acres 
211,356 
4.3 
223,039 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
Cropland on which all crops failed 
programs 
farms 
2,006 
(X) 
2,099 
or were abandoned 
....farms 
1,272 
5.0 
1,922 
acres 
1,038,092 
(X) 
969,030 
acres 
34,051 
0.7 
81,018 
16 South Carolina 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
