# Counties in North Carolina by land in 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: `farmland_area`
- Unit: acres
- Definition: Land operated by farms in the census year, in acres, including cropland, pasture, woodland and land under farm buildings, as counted by the USDA Census of Agriculture every five years.
- Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Census of Agriculture: land in farms, acres, 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: land in farms, acres, 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/land-in-farms/north-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | acres |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Sampson County | 292,205 |
| 2 | Robeson County | 263,080 |
| 3 | Duplin County | 254,164 |
| 4 | Union County | 212,066 |
| 5 | Halifax County | 183,565 |
| 6 | Johnston County | 174,111 |
| 7 | Northampton County | 171,478 |
| 8 | Bertie County | 161,862 |
| 9 | Pitt County | 151,433 |
| 10 | Wayne County | 149,752 |
| 11 | Bladen County | 146,195 |
| 12 | Edgecombe County | 145,050 |
| 13 | Martin County | 143,806 |
| 14 | Beaufort County | 139,853 |
| 15 | Lenoir County | 136,277 |
| 16 | Nash County | 133,252 |
| 17 | Randolph County | 131,301 |
| 18 | Wilson County | 126,286 |
| 19 | Columbus County | 125,177 |
| 20 | Iredell County | 119,481 |
| 21 | Wilkes County | 114,778 |
| 22 | Chatham County | 114,051 |
| 23 | Hyde County | 112,445 |
| 24 | Rockingham County | 109,295 |
| 25 | Harnett County | 109,179 |
| 26 | Stanly County | 109,164 |
| 27 | Franklin County | 107,923 |
| 28 | Moore County | 106,258 |
| 29 | Surry County | 105,791 |
| 30 | Rowan County | 104,888 |
| 31 | Cleveland County | 104,633 |
| 32 | Granville County | 102,115 |
| 33 | Craven County | 100,825 |
| 34 | Yadkin County | 98,329 |
| 35 | Greene County | 97,668 |
| 36 | Pasquotank County | 95,870 |
| 37 | Guilford County | 94,798 |
| 38 | Person County | 88,571 |
| 39 | Anson County | 84,695 |
| 40 | Ashe County | 84,498 |
| 41 | Caswell County | 84,373 |
| 42 | Stokes County | 81,361 |
| 43 | Pender County | 78,903 |
| 44 | Perquimans County | 78,264 |
| 45 | Buncombe County | 78,245 |
| 46 | Washington County | 76,554 |
| 47 | Davie County | 74,899 |
| 48 | Davidson County | 73,655 |
| 49 | Chowan County | 73,439 |
| 50 | Gates County | 71,866 |
| 51 | Alamance County | 68,769 |
| 52 | Hertford County | 67,209 |
| 53 | Jones County | 66,287 |
| 54 | Cumberland County | 65,919 |
| 55 | Cabarrus County | 64,227 |
| 56 | Tyrrell County | 63,761 |
| 57 | Warren County | 63,669 |
| 58 | Rutherford County | 63,632 |
| 59 | Alleghany County | 63,298 |
| 60 | Wake County | 62,323 |
| 61 | Catawba County | 61,631 |
| 62 | Carteret County | 60,950 |
| 63 | Richmond County | 57,946 |
| 64 | Pamlico County | 54,675 |
| 65 | Camden County | 54,621 |
| 66 | Orange County | 53,068 |
| 67 | Onslow County | 53,032 |
| 68 | Scotland County | 51,025 |
| 69 | Alexander County | 50,799 |
| 70 | Haywood County | 49,288 |
| 71 | Lincoln County | 49,038 |
| 72 | Brunswick County | 45,150 |
| 73 | Burke County | 44,077 |
| 74 | Madison County | 42,763 |
| 75 | Vance County | 38,231 |
| 76 | Currituck County | 37,917 |
| 77 | Gaston County | 36,859 |
| 78 | Hoke County | 36,788 |
| 79 | Caldwell County | 35,964 |
| 80 | Montgomery County | 34,560 |
| 81 | Forsyth County | 32,956 |
| 82 | Henderson County | 32,743 |
| 83 | Lee County | 31,204 |
| 84 | Watauga County | 29,402 |
| 85 | Cherokee County | 25,410 |
| 86 | Polk County | 24,076 |
| 87 | Avery County | 22,598 |
| 88 | Jackson County | 22,208 |
| 89 | Macon County | 21,973 |
| 90 | Yancey County | 21,341 |
| 91 | McDowell County | 17,041 |
| 92 | Durham County | 16,166 |
| 93 | Clay County | 14,515 |
| 94 | Mitchell County | 13,860 |
| 95 | Transylvania County | 11,537 |
| 96 | Mecklenburg County | 7,704 |
| 97 | Swain County | 3,930 |
| 98 | Graham County | 2,256 |
| 99 | New Hanover County | 1,898 |
| 100 | Dare County | 115 |