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NC Flue-cured Tobacco Allotments - 1998

County	Number Farms	Base Acreage	Base Poundage	Effective Acreage	Effective Poundage	Rank by Effect. Pounds
Alamance	247	2,488.76	4,708,053	2,481.63	4,691,616	37
Alexander	54	672.12	1,250,011	675.12	1,254,099	51
Anson	9	162.71	326,108	159.17	318,510	62
Beaufort	345	4,369.34	9,965,918	4,332.59	9,880,239	22
Bertie	528	2,913.78	6,492,553	2,967.95	6,610,882	30
Bladen	667	3,816.43	8,534,035	3,798.87	8,493,993	26
Brunswick	95	1,589.84	3,746,798	1,568.39	3,698,693	40
Cabarrus	0	0.01	21	0.02	42	66
Caldwell	12	214.25	477,792	240.47	538,691	60
Carteret	58	642.25	1,406,846	629.78	1,380,599	50
Caswell	589	5,062.63	9,457,487	5,033.31	9,404,046	23
Catawba	0	1.14	2,360	2.12	4,390	65
Chatham	39	1,019.18	2,039,918	1,070.33	2,149,897	47
Chowan	26	265.97	586,589	271.35	597,874	58
Columbus	1,597	9,734.01	22,493,264	9,649.46	22,304,394	4
Craven	425	4,472.10	9,418,285	4,417.01	9,303,312	24
Cumberland	227	2,575.23	5,933,272	2,656.97	6,127,670	32
Davidson	275	1,690.18	3,010,273	1,807.41	3,211,878	43
Davie	61	573.17	1,013,354	604.83	1,064,880	54
Duplin	1,160	8,286.53	17,808,557	8,220.57	17,665,651	11
Durham	106	1,472.43	2,683,099	1,481.06	2,701,558	46
Edgecombe	771	6,478.08	13,892,511	6,364.97	13,649,232	15
Forsyth	216	2,266.94	4,191,414	2,369.07	4,380,877	38
Franklin	595	6,396.96	12,407,146	6,269.71	12,154,340	17
Gates	24	112.53	286,395	128.79	329,767	61
Granville	872	7,619.87	13,737,667	7,632.15	13,760,653	14
Greene	843	7,054.93	15,031,758	6,945.98	14,800,206	13
Guilford	497	4,452.17	8,895,214	4,435.52	8,851,330	25
Halifax	419	3,114.25	6,735,870	3,150.95	6,821,040	29
Harnett	962	8,470.46	17,953,537	8,465.91	17,938,609	10
Hertford	251	1,659.99	3,613,908	1,752.48	3,813,829	39
Hoke	131	1,319.55	2,839,349	1,335.23	2,874,058	45
Iredell	61	612.30	1,071,670	621.60	1,088,241	53
Johnston	1,963	12,886.13	28,363,753	12,961.32	28,545,365	2
Jones	357	2,965.57	6,102,785	2,970.99	6,111,277	33
Lee	180	2,277.50	4,637,339	2,311.95	4,718,232	36
Lenoir	1,093	8,150.68	17,729,570	8,051.53	17,515,022	12
Martin	744	4,555.06	10,772,923	4,492.45	10,626,574	20
Montgomery	22	445.28	882,243	430.43	853,016	57
Moore	166	2,471.56	5,173,220	2,460.24	5,154,196	35
Nash	800	10,094.44	21,365,107	10,068.91	21,317,699	5
New Hanover	2	57.04	103,971	81.67	154,073	63
Northampton	18	220.29	482,704	249.26	544,902	59
Onslow	273	2,964.69	6,362,983	2,970.36	6,377,099	31
Orange	216	1,746.63	3,571,094	1,733.20	3,536,223	42
Pamlico	19	470.17	1,035,295	461.82	1,016,943	55
Pender	166	1,662.26	3,659,250	1,653.19	3,638,562	41
Person	642	5,364.07	10,446,476	5,327.90	10,375,219	21
Pitt	1,276	14,277.54	29,974,697	13,933.49	29,251,105	1
Randolph	83	1,373.10	2,912,371	1,500.35	3,173,882	44
Richmond	50	876.39	1,890,411	855.20	1,843,232	48
Robeson	1,426	12,088.87	26,345,870	12,039.63	26,221,237	3
Rockingham	675	6,996.90	13,458,206	7,004.92	13,456,646	16
Rowan	1	5.19	11,164	11.40	24,528	64
Sampson	1,235	8,521.90	18,596,210	8,511.98	18,570,491	8
Scotland	44	598.62	1,128,904	592.75	1,118,873	52
Stokes	807	6,133.48	11,274,103	6,272.14	11,509,713	19
Surry	645	6,418.91	12,102,333	6,423.19	12,119,177	18
Vance	291	4,317.98	8,457,246	4,290.46	8,412,550	27
Wake	920	9,905.33	21,084,217	9,990.97	21,270,944	6
Warren	299	2,926.53	5,656,574	2,915.37	5,625,002	34
Washington	41	418.74	958,040	423.82	967,962	56
Wayne	1,416	8,334.81	18,654,109	8,291.64	18,557,480	9
Wilkes	51	856.97	1,497,426	843.19	1,475,850	49
Wilson	1,141	9,540.48	21,386,740	9,447.59	21,183,328	7
Yadkin	441	4,376.16	8,305,003	4,365.31	8,275,810	28
Total	29,665	255,879.36	536,393,369	255,479.39	535,407,308

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