Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
.. farms 
16,853 
2,100 
1,062 
936 
805 
6,636 
55 
acres 
1,967,288 
649,101 
40,248 
37,123 
36,306 
894,455 
(D) 
Harvested cropland 
.. farms 
13,135 
2,100 
1,062 
936 
805 
4,235 
55 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1,634,706 
612,719 
32,139 
29,795 
33,686 
676,886 
21,305 
1 to 49 acres 
9,285 
1,017 
983 
877 
706 
2,797 
14 
50 to 99 acres 
1,476 
291 
29 
25 
38 
513 
7 
100 to 199 acres 
923 
249 
23 
17 
29 
311 
2 
200 to 499 acres 
691 
238 
15 
7 
21 
270 
19 
500 to 999 acres 
330 
116 
3 
4 
7 
152 
9 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
290 
130 
7 
3 
- 
127 
2 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
140 
59 
2 
3 
4 
65 
2 
improvements (see text) 
.. farms 
1,664 
92 
65 
42 
44 
373 
4 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
56,904 
2,443 
854 
807 
437 
25,830 
66 
were abandoned 
.. farms 
1,272 
241 
129 
76 
40 
564 
2 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
acres 
34,051 
6,446 
1,982 
1,193 
358 
19,036 
(D) 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
.. farms 
4,383 
396 
223 
181 
97 
2,621 
2 
acres 
211,356 
19,623 
3,939 
4,812 
1,565 
158,110 
(D) 
In cultivated summer fallow 
.. farms 
825 
165 
108 
54 
18 
302 
6 
acres 
30,271 
7,870 
1,334 
516 
260 
14,593 
(D) 
Total woodland 
.. farms 
16,295 
1,326 
608 
632 
389 
5,428 
27 
acres 
2,036,260 
331,910 
33,085 
65,756 
34,839 
996,902 
6,053 
Woodland pastured 
.. farms 
5,711 
198 
154 
116 
75 
1,019 
2 
acres 
181,880 
12,480 
2,863 
3,354 
748 
42,365 
(D) 
Woodland not pastured 
.. farms 
13,090 
1,238 
528 
580 
349 
4,889 
27 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
acres 
1,854,380 
319,430 
30,222 
62,402 
34,091 
954,537 
(D) 
pastured (see text) 
.. farms 
14,084 
494 
344 
276 
143 
2,380 
13 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
acres 
633,296 
24,697 
5,083 
7,358 
3,833 
114,475 
(D) 
wasteland, etc 
.. farms 
16,379 
1,242 
665 
686 
474 
4,614 
26 
acres 
334,400 
42,486 
9,409 
9,263 
12,825 
157,453 
3,099 
Irrigated land 
.. farms 
1,973 
220 
390 
241 
475 
308 
5 
acres 
159,239 
49,572 
15,298 
11,895 
14,683 
53,738 
702 
Harvested cropland 
.. farms 
1,777 
219 
383 
237 
475 
301 
5 
acres 
154,682 
49,538 
15,226 
11,861 
14,637 
53,070 
702 
Pastureland and other land 
.. farms 
251 
5 
15 
7 
10 
18 
- 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
acres 
4,557 
34 
72 
34 
46 
668 
Programs 
.. farms 
2,627 
236 
28 
52 
23 
2,015 
4 
acres 
137,515 
9,724 
1,165 
2,330 
405 
113,731 
108 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
.. farms 
2,006 
743 
58 
77 
41 
648 
36 
acres 
1,038,092 
449,360 
11,106 
13,296 
5,968 
430,555 
18,249 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) 
.. farms 
34 
- 
15 
8 
3 
3 
- 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
$1,000 
(D) 
987 
(D) 
3 
28 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings 
.. farms 
25,266 
2,100 
1,062 
936 
805 
7,701 
55 
$1,000 
14,818,960 
2,279,643 
327,835 
493,112 
394,720 
5,799,773 
100,137 
Average per farm 
.dollars 
586,518 
1,085,544 
308,695 
526,830 
490,336 
753,119 
1,820,675 
Average per acre 
.dollars 
2,981 
2,175 
3,733 
4,126 
4,496 
2,681 
2,897 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
2,619 
211 
201 
123 
133 
630 
7 
$50,000 to $99,999 
2,633 
238 
140 
88 
126 
724 
2 
$100,000 to $199,999 
4,809 
297 
225 
210 
128 
1,304 
3 
$200,000 to $499,999 
8,322 
523 
349 
324 
233 
2,462 
8 
$500,000 to $999,999 
3,783 
301 
105 
113 
115 
1,299 
10 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
1,758 
240 
25 
30 
39 
693 
12 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
970 
198 
12 
27 
21 
419 
8 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
273 
62 
4 
16 
6 
127 
3 
$10,000,000 or more 
99 
30 
1 
5 
4 
43 
2 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
170 South Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
