Counties in South Carolina by farms

Anderson County had the highest farms of 46 counties in 2007, at 1,650. McCormick County had the lowest, at 79. The median was 492 and the figure for South Carolina was 25,867. Source: the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Highest1,650Anderson County

Lowest79McCormick County

Median49246 counties

South Carolina25,867History

Map of counties, 2007

Under 260
260 to 370
370 to 490
490 to 610
610 to 890
890 and over

count, 2007. 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, 2007

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	2007 count
1	Anderson County	1,650
2	Spartanburg County	1,242
3	Aiken County	1,206
4	Greenville County	1,100
5	York County	1,038
6	Orangeburg County	1,002
7	Lexington County	948
8	Horry County	914
9	Williamsburg County	861
10	Chesterfield County	848
11	Laurens County	830
12	Pickens County	829
13	Oconee County	804
14	Florence County	675
15	Newberry County	614
16	Saluda County	606
17	Lancaster County	573
18	Abbeville County	566
19	Sumter County	554
20	Chester County	544
21	Colleton County	525
22	Kershaw County	499
23	Greenwood County	493
24	Clarendon County	491
25	Lee County	476
26	Cherokee County	416
27	Barnwell County	412
28	Edgefield County	407
29	Bamberg County	390
30	Dorchester County	377
31	Darlington County	369
32	Richland County	364
33	Calhoun County	341
34	Charleston County	332
35	Berkeley County	314
36	Marion County	308
37	Hampton County	295
38	Union County	262
39	Georgetown County	252
40	Marlboro County	233
41	Dillon County	222
42	Fairfield County	187
43	Allendale County	185
44	Beaufort County	125
45	Jasper County	109
46	McCormick County	79

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, 2007) [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, 2007. 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=2007. 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, 2007. 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=2007.

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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, 2007 [Dataset]. Via Data Commons. Available at: https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/farms/south-carolina-counties?period=2007 (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, 2007}},
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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=2007. 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 1,650 in 2007, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Which county has the lowest farms?

McCormick County, with 79 in 2007.

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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.