Table 61. Selected Farm Characteristics by Race: 2012 
[Data were collected for a maximum of three operators. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 
Any operator reporting race as- 
Any operator 
reporting ethnicity 
as Spanish, 
Hispanic, or 
Latino origin 
Characteristics 
American Indian 
or Alaska Native 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
Asian 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
Black or African 
American 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
Native Hawaiian 
or Other Pacific 
Islander alone or 
in combination with 
other races 
White 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
. number 
272 
110 
2,090 
18 
23,199 
340 
Land in farms 
acres 
30,607 
10,282 
210,776 
870 
4,779,522 
47,663 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
35 
18 
260 
4 
1,874 
16 
1 0 to 49 acres 
114 
42 
863 
11 
8,139 
116 
50 to 1 79 acres 
85 
39 
703 
2 
7,669 
130 
180 to 499 acres 
31 
9 
203 
1 
3,529 
57 
500 acres or more 
7 
2 
61 
- 
1,988 
21 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
254 
108 
1,941 
18 
22,287 
326 
acres 
20,560 
9,264 
140,787 
870 
3,520,065 
40,894 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
59 
13 
659 
- 
5,463 
53 
acres 
10,047 
1,018 
69,989 
- 
1,259,457 
6,769 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
213 
97 
1,431 
18 
17,736 
287 
acres 
17,551 
(D) 
110,004 
870 
2,619,443 
36,122 
Part owners 
farms 
41 
11 
510 
- 
4,551 
39 
acres 
11,898 
4,081 
76,465 
- 
1,981,963 
10,421 
Tenants 
farms 
18 
2 
149 
- 
912 
14 
acres 
1,158 
(D) 
24,307 
178,116 
1,120 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
272 
110 
2,090 
18 
23,199 
340 
$1,000 
10,407 
42,090 
79,497 
859 
2,996,082 
27,413 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
272 
110 
2,090 
18 
23,199 
340 
$1,000 
10,266 
41,972 
77,280 
(D) 
2,951,443 
26,991 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
94 
29 
840 
6 
9,201 
117 
$1,000 
3,784 
1,319 
42,798 
817 
1,264,486 
9,209 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
106 
44 
779 
7 
9,197 
149 
$1,000 
6,482 
40,653 
34,482 
(D) 
1,686,957 
17,781 
Government payments 
farms 
68 
28 
738 
3 
6,081 
88 
$1,000 
141 
118 
2,217 
(D) 
44,638 
423 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
110 
41 
692 
6 
7,651 
130 
$1,000 to $2,499 
44 
21 
334 
1 
3,237 
39 
$2,500 to $4,999 
27 
13 
249 
5 
2,949 
39 
$5,000 to $9,999 
12 
5 
324 
3 
2,739 
36 
$10,000 to $24,999 
17 
6 
210 
1 
2,551 
30 
$25,000 to $49,999 
23 
4 
134 
- 
1,149 
19 
$50,000 or more 
39 
20 
147 
2 
2,923 
47 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
6 
1 
11 
- 
109 
7 
$1,000 
212 
(D) 
461 
- 
8,109 
359 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
17 
8 
133 
- 
2,496 
33 
$1,000 
25 
6 
188 
- 
5,379 
61 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
60 
20 
680 
3 
4,991 
65 
$1,000 
116 
111 
2,029 
(D) 
39,260 
362 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
22 
2 
271 
- 
1,832 
20 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
17 
3 
232 
- 
835 
13 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
19 
9 
58 
2 
877 
9 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
14 
14 
40 
3 
758 
10 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
65 
17 
574 
6 
7,140 
90 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
5 
- 
50 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
6 
1 
34 
- 
342 
6 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
59 
16 
535 
6 
6,748 
84 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
39 
18 
550 
1 
5,317 
74 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
2 
- 
6 
- 
74 
1 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
5 
- 
70 
- 
172 
5 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
23 
16 
31 
- 
1,196 
21 
Sheep and goat farming (1 1 24) 
15 
8 
104 
1 
992 
25 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
51 
23 
154 
5 
4,006 
72 
-continued 
52 South Carolina 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
