Northampton County, NC

Northampton County: Agricultural Census
Selected variables for county.

Item	1997	1992	1987
Number of Farms	342	381	452
Land in farms (acres)	160,464	155,213	169,414
Average farm size (acres)	469	407	375
Average farm value ($)*	597,037	329,075	269,616
Average farm value per acre ($)*	1,260	846	768
County land area*	343,131	343,131	(N)
Proportion of county in farms (%)*	46.8	45.2	(N)
Number of farms with 1 to 99 acres	130	148	168
Number of farms with 100 to 999 acres	159	187	238
Number of farms with 1000 to 1999 acres	37	36	35
Number of farms with 2000 to more acres	16	10	11
Number of farm with crops	297	335	405
Total land in crops (acres)	103,760	99,588	108,652
Number of farms with idle cropland	89	207	275
Idle cropland (acres)	4,681	13,063	23,357
Number of farms with woodland	203	233	272
Total land in woodland (acres)	48,378	48,229	54,120
Number of farms with Pastureland	89	110	142
Total Pastureland	7,916	14,389	10,999
Number of farms under Wetland Reserve Programs	18	46	12
Total land under Wetland Reserve Program (acres)	555	2,544	566

(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual farms.
(B) Data not available due to brackets.
(X) Not applicable.
(Z) Less than half of the unit shown.
(N) Not available.
(H) Standard error or relative standard error of estimate is greater than or equal to 99.95 percent.
(L) Standard error or relative standard error of estimate is less than 0.05 percent.
(S) Withheld because estimate did not meet publication standards on the basis of either the response rate or a consistency review.