Counties in South Carolina by farms

Anderson County had the highest farms of 46 counties in 1997, at 1,640. McCormick County had the lowest, at 121. The median was 450 and the figure for South Carolina was 25,807. Source: the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Highest1,640Anderson County

Lowest121McCormick County

Median45046 counties

South Carolina25,807History

Map of counties, 1997

Under 240
240 to 370
370 to 450
450 to 660
660 to 920
920 and over

count, 1997. 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, 1997

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	1997 count
1	Anderson County	1,640
2	Spartanburg County	1,429
3	Orangeburg County	1,193
4	Horry County	1,101
5	Lexington County	1,040
6	Greenville County	1,038
7	Aiken County	958
8	York County	957
9	Laurens County	880
10	Oconee County	789
11	Florence County	762
12	Williamsburg County	740
13	Pickens County	727
14	Saluda County	686
15	Chesterfield County	679
16	Lancaster County	656
17	Newberry County	614
18	Abbeville County	610
19	Cherokee County	529
20	Colleton County	525
21	Greenwood County	502
22	Sumter County	501
23	Richland County	463
24	Chester County	436
25	Darlington County	433
26	Kershaw County	426
27	Barnwell County	415
28	Dorchester County	396
29	Berkeley County	379
30	Calhoun County	372
31	Clarendon County	365
32	Charleston County	354
33	Edgefield County	345
34	Union County	327
35	Bamberg County	297
36	Lee County	267
37	Georgetown County	253
38	Hampton County	249
39	Marion County	240
40	Dillon County	229
41	Fairfield County	222
42	Marlboro County	212
43	Allendale County	165
44	Jasper County	156
45	Beaufort County	129
46	McCormick County	121

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, 1997) [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, 1997. 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?period=1997. 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, 1997. 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?period=1997.

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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, 1997 [Dataset]. Via Data Commons. Available at: https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/farms/south-carolina-counties?period=1997 (Accessed: 11 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  title = {{Census of Agriculture: number of farms, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022): Counties in South Carolina by farms, 1997}},
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  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?period=1997. 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 1,640 in 1997, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

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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.