Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Partnership 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
LAND USE - Con. 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
14,084 
12,763 
724 
477 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
acres 
633,296 
513,301 
66,008 
42,584 
wasteland, etc 
farms 
16,379 
14,513 
939 
655 
acres 
334,400 
222,706 
36,567 
29,021 
Irrigated land 
farms 
1,973 
1,487 
215 
179 
acres 
159,239 
56,746 
58,861 
46,491 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
1,777 
1,328 
202 
167 
acres 
154,682 
54,739 
57,195 
(D) 
Pastureland and other land 
farms 
251 
202 
17 
15 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
acres 
4,557 
2,007 
1,666 
(D) 
Programs 
farms 
2,627 
2,190 
234 
177 
acres 
137,515 
106,374 
16,166 
12,800 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
farms 
2,006 
1,541 
276 
201 
acres 
1,038,092 
592,731 
327,679 
243,871 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) 
farms 
34 
24 
4 
2 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
$1,000 
(D) 
164 
50 
(D) 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings 
farms 
25,266 
22,393 
1,482 
1,022 
$1,000 
14,818,960 
10,811,867 
2,085,159 
1,552,492 
Average per farm 
dollars 
586,518 
482,823 
1,406,990 
1,519,073 
Average per acre 
dollars 
2,981 
3,171 
2,454 
2,483 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
2,619 
2,396 
116 
59 
$50,000 to $99,999 
2,633 
2,415 
122 
72 
$100,000 to $199,999 
4,809 
4,482 
171 
109 
$200,000 to $499,999 
8,322 
7,562 
344 
237 
$500,000 to $999,999 
3,783 
3,265 
280 
212 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
1,758 
1,408 
180 
125 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
970 
676 
172 
136 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
273 
149 
68 
49 
$10,000,000 or more 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
99 
40 
29 
23 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
farms 
25,266 
22,393 
1,482 
1,022 
$1,000 
1,829,250 
1,318,009 
293,225 
216,437 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
2,188 
1,989 
90 
62 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,465 
2,233 
113 
71 
$10,000 to $19,999 
4,565 
4,161 
213 
146 
$20,000 to $49,999 
7,966 
7,235 
379 
255 
$50,000 to $99,999 
4,273 
3,775 
272 
182 
$100,000 to $199,999 
2,107 
1,820 
133 
103 
$200,000 to $499,999 
1,175 
882 
148 
109 
$500,000 or more 
527 
298 
134 
94 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
farms 
19,058 
16,984 
1,092 
740 
number 
35,491 
29,500 
3,038 
2,208 
Tractors, all 
farms 
21,038 
18,634 
1,262 
869 
number 
45,822 
38,492 
3,980 
2,802 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
11,025 
9,832 
631 
436 
number 
14,896 
13,040 
994 
711 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
14,744 
12,983 
953 
627 
number 
23,969 
20,351 
1,896 
1,305 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
farms 
3,787 
3,054 
392 
286 
number 
6,957 
5,101 
1,090 
786 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
farms 
1,987 
1,603 
229 
158 
number 
2,278 
1,799 
293 
204 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
farms 
680 
512 
122 
95 
number 
899 
668 
168 
132 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
farms 
273 
218 
25 
15 
number 
338 
273 
30 
18 
Hay balers 
farms 
5,353 
4,759 
337 
218 
number 
6,824 
6,060 
444 
289 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
144 South Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
