# Counties in South Carolina by land in farms, 2022

All 46 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/south-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | acres |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Orangeburg County | 230,111 |
| 2 | Williamsburg County | 208,646 |
| 3 | Anderson County | 174,494 |
| 4 | Colleton County | 167,546 |
| 5 | Sumter County | 163,578 |
| 6 | Darlington County | 162,716 |
| 7 | Clarendon County | 156,415 |
| 8 | Horry County | 151,691 |
| 9 | Aiken County | 138,479 |
| 10 | Lee County | 134,144 |
| 11 | Laurens County | 121,421 |
| 12 | Chesterfield County | 118,286 |
| 13 | Florence County | 116,428 |
| 14 | Chester County | 114,795 |
| 15 | Dillon County | 111,091 |
| 16 | Newberry County | 110,964 |
| 17 | Abbeville County | 110,940 |
| 18 | Calhoun County | 108,019 |
| 19 | Saluda County | 106,716 |
| 20 | York County | 105,092 |
| 21 | Bamberg County | 102,313 |
| 22 | Kershaw County | 100,593 |
| 23 | Spartanburg County | 97,644 |
| 24 | Hampton County | 96,359 |
| 25 | Lexington County | 79,450 |
| 26 | Dorchester County | 79,233 |
| 27 | Greenwood County | 79,037 |
| 28 | Berkeley County | 78,741 |
| 29 | Marlboro County | 78,300 |
| 30 | Richland County | 76,011 |
| 31 | Jasper County | 75,886 |
| 32 | Edgefield County | 68,671 |
| 33 | Cherokee County | 67,564 |
| 34 | Allendale County | 66,335 |
| 35 | Georgetown County | 63,303 |
| 36 | Barnwell County | 62,381 |
| 37 | Oconee County | 61,599 |
| 38 | Fairfield County | 61,009 |
| 39 | Lancaster County | 60,781 |
| 40 | Union County | 55,044 |
| 41 | Greenville County | 52,688 |
| 42 | Marion County | 45,976 |
| 43 | Pickens County | 41,842 |
| 44 | Charleston County | 38,727 |
| 45 | Beaufort County | 36,074 |
| 46 | McCormick County | 16,789 |