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Agricultural Statistics - County Estimates: All Cattle

 

2008 Top Counties by Production 1
Leading Counties
Number
Leading Counties
Number
Iredell
43,000
Duplin
25,500
Randolph
37,300
Sampson
24,000
Chatham
36,000
Cleveland
21,000
Wilkes
30,500
Alexander
20,000
Yadkin
27,000
Union
20,000

 

Number on Farms, By County,
North Carolina, January 1, 2007-2008 2 3
Counties and Districts
2007
2008
Alleghany
20,500
19,500
Ashe
15,500
15,300
Avery
1,000
1,000
Caldwell
5,000
4,900
Surry
20,800
19,800
Watauga
10,200
10,000
Wilkes
32,000
30,500
Yadkin
26,000
27,000
N. Mountain 
131,000
128,000
Buncombe
16,700
16,500
Burke
3,700
3,500
Cherokee
4,900
4,900
Clay
3,000
2,800
Graham
1,200
1,200
Haywood
20,000
19,500
Henderson
6,300
6,000
Jackson
1,500
1,400
Mcdowell
3,000
3,000
Macon
4,900
4,500
Madison
10,000
10,000
Mitchell
1,700
1,800
Polk
2,100
2,200
Rutherford
9,500
9,200
Swain
700
600
Transylvania
2,600
2,700
Yancey
6,200
6,200
W. Mountain 
98,000
96,000
Alamance
18,900
19,000
Caswell
9,000
8,800
Durham
3,200
3,000
Forsyth
6,700
6,400
Franklin
7,700
8,000
Granville
9,000
9,000
Guilford
17,500
17,200
Orange
9,800
9,800
Person
7,800
7,700
Rockingham
11,000
11,000
Stokes
9,800
9,600
Vance
1,900
2,000
Warren
6,700
6,500
N. Piedmont 
119,000
118,000
Alexander
20,500
20,000
Catawba
14,000
13,000
Chatham
37,000
36,000
Davidson
15,800
15,300
Davie
13,800
14,000
Iredell
44,000
43,000
Lee
3,500
3,200
Randolph
37,400
37,300
Rowan
20,000
18,500
Wake
9,000
7,700
C. Piedmont 
215,000
208,000
Anson
8,500
8,500
Cabarrus
11,800
12,000
Cleveland
22,000
21,000
Gaston
8,700
8,700
Lincoln
13,000
12,500
Mecklenburg
5,800
5,000
Montgomery
5,900
5,500
Moore
6,800
6,800
Richmond
4,400
4,500
Stanly
18,000
17,500
Union
21,100
20,000
S. Piedmont 
126,000
122,000
Bertie
900
*
Chowan
1,300
*
Edgecombe
2,700
2,700
Gates
600
600
Halifax
6,400
5,500
Hertford
700
*
Martin
1,400
*
Nash
9,800
9,500
Northampton
1,800
1,700
Pasquotank
500
*
Perquimans
1,300
1,200
Washington
900
800
N. Coastal 
29,000
27,000
Beaufort
800
900
Craven
1,700
1,700
Greene
1,800
1,700
Johnston
10,200
10,300
Jones
2,600
2,500
Lenoir
5,000
4,200
Pitt
5,200
5,300
Wayne
12,300
12,000
Wilson
1,500
1,300
C. Coastal 
42,000
41,000
Bladen
4,900
4,700
Brunswick
1,800
1,400
Columbus
8,300
8,100
Cumberland
3,600
3,500
Duplin
24,500
25,500
Harnett
8,500
8,300
Onslow
1,700
1,800
Pender
2,200
2,400
Robeson
7,800
7,400
Sampson
23,700
24,000
Scotland
1,900
1,800
S. Coastal 
90,000
90,000
Other Counties
2,700
7,200
State Total
850,000
830,000

1Ranking of Published Counties only. 22007 Preliminary. 3Counties may not add to District total because undisclosed data are included in Other Counties. *Counties with less than 500 cattle or where individual data would be disclosed are included in Other Counties

 

 

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Last update July 20, 2007

 

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