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AVG. MKT. FARMING AS
AVERAGE AVG. VALUE VALUE AGR. PRINC.OCCUP. AVG. AGE
NUMBER FARM SIZE LAND/BLDGS. PRODS.SOLD OF FARM OPER. OF FARM
COUNTY FARMS (ACRES) PER FARM PER FARM (PERCENT) OPERATOR
Abbeville 491 183 $182,994 $13,642 34.4 57
Aiken 669 204 236,371 48,720 38.3 55
Allendale 114 713 453,950 114,492 54.4 55
Anderson 1,076 149 262,915 33,256 37.5 56
Bamberg 234 373 275,546 56,169 50.0 55
Barnwell 279 268 260,078 35,692 43.4 55
Beaufort 120 373 336,013 52,333 53.3 55
Berkeley 308 166 255,210 40,893 43.2 56
Calhoun 261 349 265,090 64,318 49.4 53
Charleston 216 150 479,100 77,320 50.5 54
Cherokee 388 171 181,427 25,136 33.8 57
Chester 373 253 219,105 20,037 46.1 58
Chesterfield 491 223 204,845 123,171 40.9 54
Clarendon 372 365 287,130 98,965 55.4 53
Colleton 502 252 259,481 24,560 41.6 55
Darlington 370 424 377,257 102,979 60.3 56
Dillon 259 420 408,850 134,364 67.2 54
Dorchester 321 193 247,050 42,389 35.8 55
Edgefield 262 263 313,078 64,832 40.8 55
Fairfield 189 295 247,966 10,775 36.5 60
Florence 781 249 227,248 65,374 54.2 55
Georgetown 220 169 174,216 43,292 36.4 54
Greenville 689 97 277,673 19,191 39.9 58
Greenwood 385 183 183,294 24,506 34.0 58
Hampton 242 402 392,873 51,499 38.8 53
Horry 1,048 187 249,976 60,752 58.7 53
Jasper 146 497 433,698 26,241 41.8 58
Kershaw 239 222 218,417 83,254 39.3 56
Lancaster 444 131 176,194 23,829 34.2 56
Laurens 666 192 257,039 24,667 36.9 57
Lee 280 486 332,842 96,476 61.8 54
Lexington 718 115 219,691 90,234 41.8 55
McCormick 84 232 231,093 33,387 31.0 57
Marion 265 296 383,225 92,208 50.9 56
Marlboro 174 603 401,132 120,165 69.0 56
Newberry 510 184 209,510 69,070 43.7 58
Oconee 646 108 180,658 46,298 38.9 55
Orangeburg 910 288 232,692 69,674 45.4 55
Pickens 496 89 178,827 9,108 36.1 57
Richland 339 196 313,750 23,605 46.3 56
Saluda 584 190 199,542 67,490 49.3 56
Spartanburg 1,015 105 211,456 22,949 34.2 56
Sumter 406 341 281,554 127,302 56.7 55
Union 278 201 247,699 7,176 31.7 59
Williamsburg 705 246 229,651 57,653 49.5 54
York 677 178 280,950 32,442 36.3 57
South 20,242 221 $251,583 $52,667 43.8 56
Carolina
1/: Data are based on a sample of farms.Note: The U.S. Bureau of the Census conducts the Census of Agriculture on a 5 year cycle collecting data for years ending in 2 & 7. Data are obtained from a mail list survey & therefore, Census of Agriculture data are estimates. For more information see the source.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1992 Census of Agriculture, Geographic Series, South Carolina State and County Data, AC 87-A-40, County Data Table 1, July 1994
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