Counties in South Carolina by farms, 2022

Anderson County had the highest farms of 46 counties in 2022, at 1,552. Beaufort County had the lowest, at 101. The median was 401 and the figure for South Carolina was 22,633. Source: the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Highest1,552Anderson County

Lowest101Beaufort County

Median40146 counties

South Carolina22,633History

Map of counties, 2022

Under 210
210 to 330
330 to 400
400 to 560
560 to 760
760 and over

count, 2022. Source: USDA NASS, Census of Agriculture: number of farms, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022) via Data Commons. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2022

count. Source: USDA NASS, Census of Agriculture: number of farms, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022) via Data Commons. Retrieved 2026-10-11.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2022 count
1	Anderson County	1,552
2	Spartanburg County	1,230
3	Aiken County	1,132
4	York County	983
5	Greenville County	920
6	Lexington County	822
7	Oconee County	778
8	Orangeburg County	764
9	Laurens County	750
10	Pickens County	742
11	Abbeville County	680
12	Horry County	629
13	Saluda County	612
14	Colleton County	575
14	Kershaw County	575
16	Chester County	557
17	Newberry County	555
18	Williamsburg County	530
19	Chesterfield County	517
20	Lancaster County	510
21	Greenwood County	477
22	Sumter County	445
23	Edgefield County	410
24	Florence County	391
25	Cherokee County	382
26	Charleston County	370
27	Dorchester County	363
28	Clarendon County	341
29	Richland County	340
30	Berkeley County	330
31	Barnwell County	327
32	Darlington County	314
33	Union County	313
34	Lee County	308
35	Calhoun County	286
36	Bamberg County	260
37	Fairfield County	252
38	Georgetown County	213
39	Dillon County	200
40	Hampton County	185
41	Marlboro County	155
42	Allendale County	126
43	Jasper County	112
43	Marion County	112
45	McCormick County	107
46	Beaufort County	101

Other periods

About this ranking

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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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.

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U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service. (2026). Census of Agriculture: number of farms, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022) (Counties in South Carolina by farms, 2022) [Data set]. Data Commons. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/

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Census of Agriculture: number of farms, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022), Counties in South Carolina by farms, 2022. U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, 11 Oct. 2026, https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/. Data Commons, https://datacommons.org. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/farms/south-carolina-counties. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service. 2026. Census of Agriculture: number of farms, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022). Counties in South Carolina by farms, 2022. Dataset. Distributed by Data Commons. Accessed October 11, 2026. https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/farms/south-carolina-counties.

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U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service (2026) Census of Agriculture: number of farms, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022), Counties in South Carolina by farms, 2022 [Dataset]. Via Data Commons. Available at: https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/farms/south-carolina-counties (Accessed: 11 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service}},
  title = {{Census of Agriculture: number of farms, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022): Counties in South Carolina by farms, 2022}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  publisher = {Data Commons},
  url = {https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/},
  urldate = {2026-10-11},
  note = {Retrieved through Data Commons (https://datacommons.org). Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/farms/south-carolina-counties. Publisher attribution: 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.},
}

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Which county has the highest farms?

Anderson County, with 1,552 in 2022, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Which county has the lowest farms?

Beaufort County, with 101 in 2022.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Census of Agriculture: number of farms, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022). Retrieved 2026-10-11.