Table 38. Grain Storage Capacity: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
Grain storage capacity 
(see text) 
Farms with capacity by North 
American Industry 
Classification System 
Farms 
Bushels 
Average bushels 
per farm 
Crop production 
(111) 
Animal production 
and aquaculture 
(112) 
State Total 
South Carolina 
2012 
1,537 
44,775,267 
29,132 
1,148 
389 
2007 
1,814 
42,080,625 
23,198 
1,158 
656 
Counties, 2012 
Abbeville 
16 
168,065 
10,504 
13 
3 
Aiken 
58 
665,580 
11,476 
37 
21 
Allendale 
13 
974,000 
74,923 
11 
2 
Anderson 
48 
437,100 
9,106 
34 
14 
Bamberg 
43 
841,300 
19,565 
32 
11 
Barnwell 
31 
687,800 
22,187 
21 
10 
Beaufort 
12 
80,450 
6,704 
9 
3 
Berkeley 
55 
331,200 
6,022 
45 
10 
Calhoun 
58 
1,643,200 
28,331 
49 
9 
Charleston 
10 
77,000 
7,700 
8 
2 
Cherokee 
9 
119,450 
13,272 
6 
3 
Chester 
10 
274,000 
27,400 
9 
1 
Chesterfield 
35 
707,500 
20,214 
26 
9 
Clarendon 
69 
5,393,228 
78,163 
55 
14 
Colleton 
60 
1,037,720 
17,295 
44 
16 
Darlington 
63 
2,301,096 
36,525 
49 
14 
Dillon 
36 
1,662,932 
46,193 
27 
9 
Dorchester 
66 
1,329,890 
20,150 
45 
21 
Edgefield 
9 
50,300 
5,589 
4 
5 
Fairfield 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
1 
Florence 
52 
1,645,755 
31,649 
45 
7 
Georgetown 
13 
97,740 
7,518 
11 
2 
Greenville 
15 
96,750 
6,450 
12 
3 
Greenwood 
6 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
5 
Flampton 
40 
1,117,100 
27,928 
38 
2 
Horry 
79 
1,435,475 
18,171 
56 
23 
Jasper 
6 
52,300 
8,717 
4 
2 
Kershaw 
17 
159,400 
9,376 
9 
8 
Lancaster 
13 
105,237 
8,095 
4 
9 
Laurens 
27 
245,524 
9,093 
10 
17 
Lee 
50 
3,353,816 
67,076 
43 
7 
Lexington 
46 
1,166,100 
25,350 
36 
10 
Marion 
33 
884,160 
26,793 
27 
6 
Marlboro 
42 
921,269 
21,935 
29 
13 
Newberry 
32 
515,400 
16,106 
16 
16 
Oconee 
20 
102,500 
5,125 
8 
12 
Orangeburg 
131 
6,737,330 
51,430 
109 
22 
Pickens 
4 
32,500 
8,125 
3 
1 
Richland 
29 
1,122,440 
38,705 
26 
3 
Saluda 
16 
566,800 
35,425 
2 
14 
Spartanburg 
20 
144,080 
7,204 
11 
9 
Sumter 
35 
3,287,868 
93,939 
29 
6 
Union 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
1 
Williamsburg 
86 
1,907,674 
22,182 
79 
7 
York 
20 
255,500 
12,775 
14 
6 
' 2007 data may not include storage capacity for pulse crops. 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
South Carolina 415 
