Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Total farming 
and other 
occupations 
Farming 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains 2 - Con. 
Gain of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,280 
389 
5 
20 
27 
37 
57 
243 
$1,000 to $4,999 
2,596 
915 
- 
22 
43 
99 
216 
535 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,313 
527 
- 
23 
24 
70 
131 
279 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,538 
696 
- 
21 
41 
113 
191 
330 
$25,000 to $49,999 
912 
476 
- 
16 
42 
61 
138 
219 
$50,000 or more 
1,805 
1,390 
7 
87 
193 
275 
441 
387 
Operators reporting net losses 
.... farms 
15,822 
5,968 
23 
198 
402 
919 
1,681 
2,745 
Average net loss 
...dollars 
22,309 
40,152 
14,750 
64,023 
36,645 
113,673 
33,078 
18,874 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,757 
550 
22 
26 
58 
151 
293 
$1,000 to $4,999 
5,379 
1,785 
- 
34 
116 
245 
512 
878 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,595 
1,401 
17 
37 
78 
196 
401 
672 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,078 
1,213 
- 
34 
94 
227 
311 
547 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,223 
516 
6 
34 
32 
97 
145 
202 
$50,000 or more 
790 
503 
- 
37 
56 
96 
161 
153 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
120 
104 
16 
15 
10 
32 
31 
$1,000 
8,570 
8,177 
- 
876 
1,198 
833 
3,556 
1,715 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
7,591 
3,555 
2 
151 
338 
632 
985 
1,447 
$1,000 
116,392 
73,106 
(D) 
(D) 
7,207 
23,299 
19,447 
19,270 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
940 
541 
2 
31 
57 
81 
186 
184 
$1,000 
8,186 
6,385 
(D) 
267 
(D) 
871 
1,850 
2,458 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
2,211 
867 
_ 
12 
54 
116 
206 
479 
$1,000 
8,512 
3,566 
- 
98 
133 
472 
991 
1,873 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
1,569 
664 
15 
58 
91 
174 
326 
$1,000 
43,063 
20,849 
- 
362 
2,116 
2,432 
7,822 
8,117 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
581 
270 
20 
18 
56 
69 
107 
$1,000 
5,461 
2,976 
- 
142 
155 
685 
1,384 
609 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
1,741 
940 
2 
54 
108 
196 
270 
310 
$1,000 
4,051 
2,676 
(D) 
(D) 
311 
722 
927 
605 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
535 
386 
24 
50 
62 
140 
110 
$1,000 
9,759 
8,618 
- 
1,325 
1,004 
2,105 
2,735 
1,450 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
165 
82 
_ 
11 
14 
10 
23 
24 
$1,000 
650 
469 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
97 
216 
73 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
1,491 
751 
33 
79 
182 
212 
245 
$1,000 
36,711 
27,566 
- 
1,391 
2,653 
15,915 
3,521 
4,086 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
16,853 
7,410 
24 
282 
556 
1,061 
2,015 
3,472 
acres 
1,967,288 
1,504,265 
4,767 
55,515 
181,257 
270,990 
511,133 
480,603 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
13,135 
6,285 
18 
250 
472 
893 
1,739 
2,913 
acres 
1,634,706 
1,348,819 
4,542 
52,049 
169,089 
250,172 
465,123 
407,844 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
9,285 
3,747 
10 
135 
222 
466 
990 
1,924 
50 to 99 acres 
1,476 
773 
3 
20 
59 
100 
197 
394 
100 to 199 acres 
923 
529 
- 
25 
28 
95 
166 
215 
200 to 499 acres 
691 
541 
3 
35 
58 
100 
142 
203 
500 to 999 acres 
330 
289 
- 
25 
45 
58 
92 
69 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
290 
270 
2 
9 
40 
43 
105 
71 
2,000 acres or more 
140 
136 
- 
1 
20 
31 
47 
37 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
1,664 
760 
3 
20 
81 
111 
197 
348 
acres 
56,904 
35,570 
15 
(D) 
2,708 
(D) 
16,974 
12,393 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
1,272 
527 
21 
50 
93 
133 
230 
acres 
34,051 
16,756 
- 
771 
2,256 
4,215 
2,992 
6,522 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
4,383 
1,622 
6 
42 
96 
245 
398 
835 
acres 
211,356 
84,440 
210 
1,687 
3,092 
12,463 
21,088 
45,900 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
825 
394 
- 
8 
26 
53 
103 
204 
acres 
30,271 
18,680 
- 
(D) 
4,112 
(D) 
4,956 
7,944 
Total woodland 
farms 
16,295 
6,508 
25 
198 
421 
905 
1,776 
3,183 
acres 
2,036,260 
1,000,799 
1,890 
35,837 
63,848 
151,398 
312,080 
435,746 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
5,711 
2,398 
4 
63 
153 
318 
615 
1,245 
acres 
181,880 
82,864 
88 
1,239 
4,976 
6,169 
21,129 
49,263 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
13,090 
5,234 
21 
165 
360 
761 
1,418 
2,509 
acres 
1,854,380 
917,935 
1,802 
34,598 
58,872 
145,229 
290,951 
386,483 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
198 South Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
