# Counties in North Carolina by farms, 2022

All 100 values come from U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service for 2022, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `farms`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Places from which 1,000 dollars or more of agricultural products were produced and sold, or normally would have been sold, during the census year, as counted by the USDA Census of Agriculture every five years.
- Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Census of Agriculture: number of farms, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022) (https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/usda-nass
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- Citation: Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, Census of Agriculture. Census of Agriculture: number of farms, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022). Retrieved through Data Commons (datacommons.org). https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/farms/north-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Randolph County | 1,238 |
| 2 | Chatham County | 1,076 |
| 3 | Buncombe County | 1,074 |
| 4 | Johnston County | 964 |
| 5 | Duplin County | 949 |
| 6 | Surry County | 933 |
| 7 | Iredell County | 894 |
| 8 | Sampson County | 882 |
| 8 | Union County | 882 |
| 10 | Cleveland County | 872 |
| 11 | Wilkes County | 871 |
| 12 | Davidson County | 847 |
| 13 | Moore County | 802 |
| 14 | Rowan County | 801 |
| 15 | Guilford County | 775 |
| 16 | Rockingham County | 769 |
| 17 | Ashe County | 760 |
| 18 | Yadkin County | 754 |
| 19 | Robeson County | 732 |
| 20 | Stokes County | 726 |
| 21 | Alamance County | 724 |
| 22 | Orange County | 687 |
| 23 | Wake County | 664 |
| 24 | Stanly County | 649 |
| 25 | Cabarrus County | 630 |
| 26 | Rutherford County | 614 |
| 27 | Catawba County | 608 |
| 28 | Davie County | 594 |
| 29 | Haywood County | 567 |
| 30 | Harnett County | 563 |
| 31 | Lincoln County | 552 |
| 32 | Alexander County | 535 |
| 32 | Madison County | 535 |
| 34 | Henderson County | 520 |
| 35 | Franklin County | 518 |
| 36 | Granville County | 483 |
| 37 | Forsyth County | 482 |
| 38 | Burke County | 473 |
| 39 | Columbus County | 447 |
| 40 | Alleghany County | 435 |
| 41 | Caldwell County | 430 |
| 42 | Bladen County | 423 |
| 43 | Anson County | 421 |
| 44 | Wayne County | 415 |
| 45 | Caswell County | 412 |
| 45 | Gaston County | 412 |
| 47 | Watauga County | 400 |
| 48 | Nash County | 375 |
| 49 | Pitt County | 367 |
| 50 | Person County | 364 |
| 51 | Pender County | 354 |
| 52 | Lenoir County | 352 |
| 53 | Macon County | 346 |
| 54 | Onslow County | 342 |
| 55 | Avery County | 335 |
| 56 | Cumberland County | 327 |
| 57 | McDowell County | 298 |
| 58 | Craven County | 292 |
| 59 | Bertie County | 288 |
| 59 | Yancey County | 288 |
| 61 | Martin County | 286 |
| 62 | Polk County | 274 |
| 63 | Lee County | 264 |
| 64 | Mitchell County | 263 |
| 65 | Richmond County | 261 |
| 66 | Beaufort County | 259 |
| 67 | Northampton County | 257 |
| 68 | Cherokee County | 246 |
| 69 | Edgecombe County | 243 |
| 70 | Brunswick County | 238 |
| 71 | Warren County | 237 |
| 72 | Jackson County | 236 |
| 73 | Halifax County | 220 |
| 74 | Durham County | 212 |
| 75 | Greene County | 210 |
| 75 | Montgomery County | 210 |
| 77 | Wilson County | 207 |
| 78 | Hoke County | 185 |
| 79 | Clay County | 178 |
| 80 | Vance County | 170 |
| 81 | Mecklenburg County | 165 |
| 82 | Transylvania County | 142 |
| 83 | Perquimans County | 137 |
| 84 | Chowan County | 134 |
| 85 | Pasquotank County | 133 |
| 86 | Jones County | 126 |
| 87 | Hyde County | 123 |
| 88 | Gates County | 122 |
| 89 | Scotland County | 121 |
| 90 | Washington County | 110 |
| 91 | Hertford County | 97 |
| 92 | Carteret County | 94 |
| 93 | Currituck County | 87 |
| 94 | Pamlico County | 81 |
| 95 | Camden County | 76 |
| 96 | Tyrrell County | 73 |
| 97 | Graham County | 70 |
| 97 | Swain County | 70 |
| 99 | New Hanover County | 60 |
| 100 | Dare County | 18 |