Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Cows and heifers that calved - Con. 
Milk cows 
farms 
193 
3 
6 
2 
2 
11 
1 
number 
15,997 
(D) 
11 
(D) 
(D) 
705 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
121 
2 
6 
2 
2 
8 
1 
1 0 to 49 
14 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 
18 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
26 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
5,988 
254 
51 
40 
35 
688 
5 
number 
114,544 
5,638 
343 
343 
568 
11,785 
49 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
5,778 
219 
50 
33 
32 
569 
2 
number 
134,445 
6,475 
362 
615 
393 
12,860 
(D) 
$1,000 
92,352 
4,177 
207 
412 
241 
7,615 
(D) 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds ... 
farms 
3,843 
158 
28 
19 
22 
403 
1 
number 
48,996 
2,537 
171 
113 
145 
5,697 
(D) 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
4,577 
135 
37 
27 
22 
410 
1 
number 
85,449 
3,938 
191 
502 
248 
7,163 
(D) 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
838 
94 
49 
11 
7 
84 
1 
number 
224,076 
2,539 
603 
306 
95 
6,173 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
649 
65 
41 
9 
5 
64 
1 
25 to 49 
87 
20 
4 
- 
2 
11 
- 
50 to 99 
30 
7 
4 
- 
- 
1 
- 
100 to 199 
18 
1 
- 
2 
- 
4 
- 
200 to 499 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
500 or more 
44 
1 
- 
2 
" 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
469 
62 
28 
4 
4 
53 
1 
number 
9,195 
309 
84 
44 
14 
351 
(D) 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
690 
79 
42 
10 
5 
66 
1 
number 
214,881 
2,230 
519 
262 
81 
5,822 
(D) 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
571 
59 
23 
6 
2 
55 
- 
number 
758,876 
3,589 
466 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
$1,000 
93,527 
(D) 
30 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
549 
12 
10 
11 
4 
61 
- 
number 
12,684 
98 
78 
141 
34 
819 
- 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
356 
3 
5 
10 
4 
40 
- 
number 
6,251 
39 
36 
65 
14 
479 
- 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
254 
2 
11 
3 
- 
18 
- 
number 
4,114 
(D) 
61 
(D) 
- 
201 
- 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
7,209 
169 
150 
119 
70 
1,025 
2 
number 
52,395 
901 
551 
482 
260 
4,871 
(D) 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
6,993 
163 
140 
109 
67 
965 
2 
number 
45,170 
786 
460 
405 
228 
3,947 
(D) 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
1,463 
15 
14 
14 
10 
35 
number 
6,048 
23 
33 
27 
16 
68 
- 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
2,861 
77 
83 
56 
17 
341 
- 
number 
38,732 
1,274 
1,004 
368 
199 
4,088 
- 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
1,233 
32 
36 
17 
4 
109 
- 
number 
12,780 
328 
331 
91 
36 
1,193 
- 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
3,060 
98 
203 
95 
42 
322 
4 
number 
4,231,250 
2,002 
5,673 
1,701 
937 
(D) 
48 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
2,991 
98 
202 
95 
42 
320 
4 
400 to 3,199 
18 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3,200 to 9,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
29 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
11 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
4 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
448 
12 
29 
15 
6 
44 
- 
number 
1,816,370 
130 
563 
157 
50 
(D) 
" 
Layers sold (see text) 
farms 
470 
6 
29 
13 
2 
40 
- 
number 
2,948,403 
56 
594 
160 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold 
farms 
75 
- 
7 
- 
- 
3 
- 
number 
3,559,590 
- 
214 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
180 South Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
