Counties in South Carolina by farms

Anderson County had the highest farms of 46 counties in 2012, at 1,498. McCormick County had the lowest, at 93. The median was 477 and the figure for South Carolina was 25,266. Source: the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Highest1,498Anderson County

Lowest93McCormick County

Median47746 counties

South Carolina25,266History

Map of counties, 2012

Under 250
250 to 390
390 to 480
480 to 590
590 to 910
910 and over

count, 2012. 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, 2012

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	2012 count
1	Anderson County	1,498
2	Spartanburg County	1,338
3	Aiken County	1,102
4	Greenville County	1,101
5	Orangeburg County	1,056
6	Lexington County	1,011
7	York County	1,004
8	Horry County	938
9	Oconee County	884
10	Laurens County	826
11	Pickens County	727
12	Chesterfield County	717
13	Williamsburg County	679
14	Florence County	632
15	Newberry County	594
16	Saluda County	587
17	Lancaster County	577
18	Abbeville County	574
19	Colleton County	530
20	Sumter County	515
21	Cherokee County	490
22	Kershaw County	483
23	Chester County	477
24	Greenwood County	476
25	Clarendon County	422
26	Calhoun County	412
27	Dorchester County	411
28	Richland County	398
29	Barnwell County	397
30	Edgefield County	389
31	Lee County	386
32	Darlington County	385
33	Berkeley County	373
34	Charleston County	359
35	Hampton County	323
36	Bamberg County	315
37	Marion County	275
38	Union County	264
39	Dillon County	228
40	Marlboro County	224
41	Georgetown County	209
42	Fairfield County	194
43	Allendale County	141
44	Beaufort County	137
45	Jasper County	115
46	McCormick County	93

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, 2012) [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, 2012. 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=2012. 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, 2012. 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=2012.

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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, 2012 [Dataset]. Via Data Commons. Available at: https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/farms/south-carolina-counties?period=2012 (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, 2012}},
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  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=2012. 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 1,498 in 2012, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

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McCormick County, with 93 in 2012.

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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.