Table 5. Federal Government Payments and Commodity Credit Corporation Loans: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
South Carolina 
Abbeville 
Aiken 
Allendale 
Anderson 
Bamberg 
Barnwell 
GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total received 
...farms, 2012 
6,788 
114 
177 
97 
185 
214 
194 
2007 
7,715 
147 
263 
127 
307 
276 
218 
$1,000, 2012 
46,616 
631 
892 
946 
779 
1,408 
1,091 
2007 
67,253 
532 
1,497 
1,745 
941 
2,168 
1,689 
Average per farm 
..dollars, 2012 
6,867 
5,533 
5,038 
9,756 
4,209 
6,580 
5,622 
2007 
Amount from Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
8,717 
3,621 
5,690 
13,740 
3,064 
7,855 
7,746 
Farmable Wetlands, and Conservation Reserve 
Enhancement Programs 
...farms, 2012 
2,627 
17 
45 
42 
57 
114 
61 
2007 
3,908 
47 
81 
95 
147 
202 
117 
$1,000, 2012 
5,549 
32 
74 
135 
83 
299 
150 
2007 
8,972 
68 
134 
230 
238 
640 
183 
Average per farm 
..dollars, 2012 
2,112 
1,888 
1,648 
3,218 
1,458 
2,620 
2,462 
2007 
2,296 
1,456 
1,652 
2,419 
1,621 
3,171 
1,561 
Amount from other federal farm programs 
...farms, 2012 
5,639 
107 
167 
88 
142 
188 
169 
2007 
5,709 
116 
232 
86 
211 
178 
178 
$1,000, 2012 
41,067 
599 
818 
811 
696 
1,109 
941 
2007 
58,282 
464 
1,363 
1,515 
702 
1,527 
1,506 
Average per farm 
..dollars, 2012 
7,283 
5,595 
4,896 
9,218 
4,898 
5,901 
5,565 
2007 
10,209 
3,999 
5,874 
17,619 
3,328 
8,581 
8,460 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION LOANS 
Total 
...farms, 2012 
120 
1 
_ 
1 
5 
6 
10 
2007 
329 
2 
2 
13 
4 
4 
15 
$1,000, 2012 
8,570 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
181 
242 
800 
2007 
24,312 
(□) 
(D) 
548 
23 
257 
502 
Amount spent to repay CCC loans 
...farms, 2012 
62 
2 
2 
3 
1 
7 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
$1,000, 2012 
1,933 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
75 
(D) 
426 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Item 
Beaufort 
Berkeley 
Calhoun 
Charleston 
Cherokee 
Chester 
Chesterfield 
Clarendon 
GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total received 
... farms, 2012 
15 
70 
189 
17 
78 
49 
266 
290 
2007 
16 
60 
163 
22 
81 
60 
348 
305 
$1,000, 2012 
51 
388 
1,632 
76 
625 
376 
1,047 
1,972 
2007 
52 
203 
3,540 
45 
562 
377 
1,068 
2,383 
Average per farm 
..dollars, 2012 
3,426 
5,539 
8,637 
4,459 
8,015 
7,669 
3,936 
6,799 
2007 
Amount from Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
3,280 
3,385 
21,716 
2,060 
6,937 
6,284 
3,069 
7,812 
Farmable Wetlands, and Conservation Reserve 
Enhancement Programs 
... farms, 2012 
1 
11 
56 
6 
26 
13 
186 
155 
2007 
4 
24 
83 
10 
45 
30 
282 
180 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
28 
96 
6 
26 
29 
453 
333 
2007 
15 
40 
168 
25 
125 
50 
626 
491 
Average per farm 
..dollars, 2012 
(D) 
2,502 
1,714 
934 
999 
2,211 
2,433 
2,147 
2007 
3,837 
1,676 
2,021 
2,455 
2,781 
1,655 
2,218 
2,726 
Amount from other federal farm programs 
... farms, 2012 
15 
67 
175 
13 
64 
42 
161 
201 
2007 
13 
51 
108 
15 
63 
47 
166 
196 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
360 
1,536 
70 
599 
347 
594 
1,639 
2007 
37 
163 
3,372 
21 
437 
327 
442 
1,892 
Average per farm 
..dollars, 2012 
(D) 
5,376 
8,780 
5,400 
9,362 
8,263 
3,691 
8,153 
2007 
2,857 
3,193 
31,221 
1,384 
6,932 
6,966 
2,665 
9,653 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION LOANS 
Total 
... farms, 2012 
_ 
3 
10 
_ 
_ 
_ 
1 
_ 
2007 
- 
1 
16 
3 
3 
4 
4 
16 
$1,000, 2012 
- 
12 
539 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
2007 
- 
(D) 
3,537 
(Z) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
3,486 
Amount spent to repay CCC loans 
... farms, 2012 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
$1,000, 2012 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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