Agricultural Statistics - County Estimates:
Corn for Grain
2008 Top Counties by Production 1
Leading Counties |
Number |
Leading Counties |
Number |
Robeson |
3,690,000 |
Duplin |
2,600,000 |
Hyde |
3,600,000 |
Columbus |
2,450,000 |
Beaufort |
3,480,000 |
Sampson |
2,450,000 |
Tyrrell |
3,302,000 |
Washington |
2,176,000 |
Carteret |
2,700,000 |
Pasquotank |
2,000,000 |
Acres, Yield and Production 2 3
Counties
and
Districts |
2007 |
2008 |
Planted Acres |
Harvested Acres |
Yield per Acre |
Production |
Planted Acres |
Harvested Acres
|
Yield Per Acre |
Production |
Bushels |
Bushels |
Alleghany |
1,900 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Caldwell |
1,000 |
580 |
103 |
60,000 |
900 |
600 |
105 |
63,000 |
Surry |
8,300 |
6,640 |
115 |
761,000 |
6,800 |
5,700 |
118 |
670,000 |
Wilkes |
5,700 |
560 |
69 |
38,600 |
6,600 |
1,500 |
75 |
113,000 |
Yadkin |
13,500 |
7,800 |
92 |
717,000 |
11,100 |
8,400 |
99 |
830,000 |
N. Mountain |
30,600 |
15,700 |
101 |
1,583,000 |
27,800 |
16,400 |
102 |
1,680,000 |
Buncombe |
900 |
140 |
81 |
11,300 |
1,200 |
100 |
67 |
6,700 |
Burke |
1,400 |
1,000 |
70 |
70,000 |
1,200 |
900 |
96 |
86,300 |
Cherokee |
700 |
480 |
179 |
86,000 |
1,000 |
700 |
130 |
91,000 |
Haywood |
1,500 |
60 |
113 |
6,800 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
Henderson |
2,200 |
1,100 |
126 |
139,000 |
3,100 |
1,400 |
129 |
181,000 |
Transylvania |
500 |
150 |
147 |
22,000 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
W. Mountain |
8,600 |
3,400 |
110 |
375,000 |
11,500 |
4,600 |
109 |
500,000 |
Alamance |
4,000 |
2,500 |
80 |
200,000 |
4,200 |
3,000 |
82 |
245,000 |
Caswell |
1,400 |
620 |
44 |
27,100 |
1,500 |
800 |
71 |
57,000 |
| Durham |
* |
* |
* |
* |
700 |
500 |
87 |
43,500 |
Forsyth |
3,700 |
3,400 |
59 |
199,000 |
1,000 |
800 |
82 |
65,500 |
Franklin |
3,600 |
3,200 |
54 |
172,500 |
2,700 |
2,600 |
68 |
177,000 |
Granville |
2,800 |
900 |
29 |
26,500 |
4,200 |
1,900 |
49 |
93,000 |
Guilford |
5,000 |
2,200 |
51 |
112,000 |
5,700 |
2,500 |
82 |
206,000 |
Orange |
3,000 |
1,600 |
70 |
112,000 |
2,900 |
1,900 |
107 |
203,000 |
Person |
3,200 |
1,800 |
48 |
85,500 |
3,200 |
3,000 |
71 |
212,000 |
Rockingham |
3,300 |
1,900 |
77 |
147,000 |
3,600 |
1,800 |
67 |
121,000 |
Stokes |
1,500 |
1,200 |
77 |
92,300 |
1,500 |
1,200 |
71 |
85,000 |
Warren |
1,000 |
760 |
28 |
21,000 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
N. Piedmont |
33,400 |
20,700 |
59 |
1,218,000 |
32,200 |
20,700 |
76 |
1,568,000 |
Alexander |
2,100 |
1,000 |
45 |
45,400 |
2,200 |
900 |
106 |
95,000 |
Catawba |
2,600 |
1,600 |
59 |
94,000 |
2,600 |
2,100 |
123 |
259,000 |
Chatham |
2,900 |
1,100 |
76 |
84,000 |
3,000 |
1,900 |
96 |
183,000 |
Davidson |
6,800 |
5,400 |
93 |
501,000 |
6,400 |
4,900 |
76 |
371,000 |
Davie |
6,100 |
5,100 |
69 |
354,000 |
5,000 |
4,200 |
80 |
335,000 |
Iredell |
16,500 |
5,000 |
80 |
400,000 |
16,600 |
7,700 |
109 |
840,000 |
Lee |
900 |
850 |
72 |
61,000 |
1,300 |
1,300 |
72 |
93,000 |
Randolph |
7,700 |
4,050 |
79 |
321,000 |
7,400 |
4,300 |
89 |
382,000 |
Rowan |
8,700 |
7,000 |
86 |
604,000 |
9,000 |
7,600 |
113 |
860,000 |
Wake |
2,100 |
1,600 |
52 |
82,600 |
1,500 |
1,400 |
46 |
65,000 |
C. Piedmont |
56,400 |
32,700 |
78 |
2,547,000 |
55,000 |
36,300 |
96 |
3,483,000 |
| Anson |
7,800 |
7,300 |
108 |
790,000 |
7,600 |
7,200 |
89 |
644,000 |
| Cabarrus |
3,700 |
2,000 |
59 |
118,000 |
3,500 |
2,800 |
102 |
285,000 |
| Cleveland |
1,600 |
700 |
45 |
31,300 |
2,000 |
700 |
71 |
50,000 |
| Lincoln |
2,800 |
1,300 |
50 |
65,600 |
2,800 |
1,000 |
98 |
98,000 |
| Montgomery |
900 |
800 |
61 |
49,000 |
* |
* |
* |
* |
| Moore |
1,600 |
1,400 |
58 |
81,000 |
1,400 |
1,400 |
68 |
95,000 |
| Stanly |
12,300 |
11,100 |
101 |
1,126,000 |
10,600 |
9,800 |
96 |
940,000 |
| Union |
29,800 |
29,400 |
110 |
3,238,000 |
27,400 |
26,000 |
66 |
1,728,000 |
| S. Piedmont |
65,000 |
57,500 |
100 |
5,726,000 |
62,000 |
54,500 |
77 |
4,217,000 |
| Bertie |
25,700 |
25,000 |
63 |
1,565,000 |
16,500 |
16,500 |
82 |
1,346,000 |
| Camden |
18,200 |
18,000 |
178 |
3,209,000 |
14,600 |
14,600 |
131 |
1,913,000 |
| Chowan |
8,400 |
8,200 |
104 |
850,000 |
5,500 |
5,500 |
95 |
522,000 |
| Currituck |
11,000 |
10,500 |
168 |
1,759,000 |
8,800 |
8,800 |
138 |
1,215,000 |
| Edgecombe |
22,300 |
22,000 |
70 |
1,541,000 |
13,000 |
12,700 |
63 |
802,000 |
| Gates |
9,600 |
9,500 |
76 |
719,000 |
5,200 |
5,100 |
91 |
465,000 |
| Halifax |
17,800 |
16,600 |
63 |
1,050,000 |
9,600 |
9,200 |
73 |
674,000 |
| Hertford |
14,300 |
13,800 |
50 |
690,000 |
10,300 |
10,200 |
95 |
971,000 |
| Martin |
12,100 |
11,900 |
96 |
1,144,000 |
7,200 |
7,000 |
52 |
365,000 |
| Northampton |
10,200 |
9,500 |
74 |
706,000 |
7,000 |
7,000 |
101 |
704,000 |
| Pasquotank |
24,600 |
24,400 |
155 |
3,793,000 |
17,500 |
17,400 |
115 |
2,000,000 |
| Perquimans |
22,600 |
22,300 |
122 |
2,712,000 |
12,600 |
12,600 |
101 |
1,270,000 |
| Tyrrell |
28,200 |
28,000 |
160 |
4,467,000 |
25,400 |
25,300 |
131 |
3,302,000 |
| Washington |
31,300 |
31,000 |
140 |
4,330,000 |
25,100 |
25,000 |
87 |
2,176,000 |
| N. Coastal |
264,000 |
258,000 |
113 |
29,114,000 |
183,500 |
182,000 |
100 |
18,124,000 |
Beaufort |
55,900 |
55,700 |
142 |
7,900,000 |
46,500 |
43,800 |
79 |
3,480,000 |
Carteret |
18,500 |
18,300 |
152 |
2,790,000 |
22,000 |
22,000 |
123 |
2,700,000 |
Craven |
24,300 |
24,000 |
114 |
2,735,000 |
20,500 |
20,000 |
60 |
1,200,000 |
Greene |
18,500 |
18,400 |
117 |
2,150,000 |
14,700 |
12,500 |
43 |
533,000 |
Hyde |
31,100 |
30,000 |
166 |
4,970,000 |
27,000 |
26,900 |
134 |
3,600,000 |
Johnston |
14,200 |
13,800 |
58 |
806,000 |
10,500 |
10,200 |
75 |
761,000 |
Jones |
20,200 |
19,800 |
99 |
1,970,000 |
17,000 |
17,000 |
25 |
433,000 |
Lenoir |
29,300 |
29,100 |
112 |
3,270,000 |
22,500 |
22,200 |
35 |
770,000 |
Pamlico |
13,000 |
12,800 |
156 |
2,000,000 |
12,700 |
12,700 |
118 |
1,496,000 |
Pitt |
34,200 |
34,000 |
86 |
2,913,000 |
22,200 |
21,100 |
34 |
722,000 |
Wayne |
38,300 |
38,000 |
87 |
3,292,000 |
30,500 |
29,700 |
46 |
1,352,000 |
Wilson |
14,500 |
14,100 |
76 |
1,070,000 |
10,900 |
10,900 |
65 |
705,000 |
C. Coastal |
312,000 |
308,000 |
116 |
35,866,000 |
257,000 |
249,000 |
71 |
17,752,000 |
| Bladen |
30,300 |
30,000 |
67 |
2,000,000 |
23,000 |
22,600 |
45 |
1,028,000 |
| Brunswick |
7,700 |
7,400 |
76 |
565,000 |
7,200 |
7,100 |
89 |
630,000 |
| Columbus |
44,900 |
44,400 |
77 |
3,405,000 |
35,000 |
34,700 |
71 |
2,450,000 |
| Cumberland |
13,100 |
12,400 |
60 |
742,000 |
12,500 |
12,300 |
84 |
1,030,000 |
| Duplin |
63,900 |
63,300 |
90 |
5,680,000 |
50,500 |
49,700 |
52 |
2,600,000 |
| Harnett |
6,300 |
5,800 |
54 |
316,000 |
4,900 |
4,700 |
105 |
495,000 |
| Hoke |
5,200 |
5,000 |
76 |
379,000 |
6,000 |
6,000 |
103 |
620,000 |
| Onslow |
14,200 |
13,700 |
122 |
1,669,000 |
12,300 |
12,300 |
64 |
793,000 |
| Robeson |
62,300 |
61,700 |
67 |
4,115,000 |
54,000 |
53,000 |
70 |
3,690,000 |
| Sampson |
47,600 |
46,800 |
76 |
3,565,000 |
42,000 |
40,800 |
60 |
2,450,000 |
| Scotland |
4,400 |
4,100 |
80 |
330,000 |
4,900 |
4,900 |
94 |
460,000 |
| S. Coastal |
320,000 |
314,000 |
78 |
24,571,000 |
271,000 |
266,500 |
65 |
17,416,000 |
Other Counties |
34,800 |
31,410 |
85 |
2,680,500 |
38,200 |
31,100 |
68 |
2,118,000 |
State Total |
1,090,000 |
1,010,000 |
100 |
101,000,000 |
900,000 |
830,000 |
78 |
64,740,000 |
1Ranking of Published Counties Only. 22008 Preliminary. 3Counties may not add to district total because undisclosed data are included in other counties. *USDA NASS County Estimating Program Policy and Standards require districts and counties with less than 500 acres planted to a crop, or practice of a crop, be included in other counties. Coverage standards also apply to district and county estimates.
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