2022 USDA Census NC · FIPS 37129 Bottom quartile by state sales DENSE CROP-LED

New Hanover County, North Carolina - Farm Data

Agricultural and commodity intelligence for New Hanover County. Ranked #95 of 100 counties in North Carolina.

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Agricultural land composition · 2022 USDA Census · data refreshed 2026-05-15
1,898 acres of agricultural land
Cropland
54.8% 1,040 acres
Other land
45.2% 858 acres
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USDA NASS · 2022 Census of Agriculture

New Hanover County received $551.11 in Census government payments per agricultural acre, 43.8× the North Carolina county median of $12.60.

According to the USDA NASS 2022 Census of Agriculture.

$551.11
government payments per agricultural acre
$12.60
North Carolina county median per acre
43.76×
North Carolina median per acre

Payments per acre use the same NASS county table for receipts and acreage. Census county totals are not a roll-up of the USDA ERS state payment series.

According to the 2022 USDA NASS Census of Agriculture, New Hanover County, North Carolina is a CROP-LED county with federal farm payments per acre that stamp DENSE; commodity sales sit well below state median and it shows high federal dependence.

Farm operations

60

Avg 32 ac / farm

Commodity sales

$2.6M

0.029× state median -- Well below state median

Federal payments

$1.0M

40.6% of sales -- High federal dependence

Net farm income

$651K

2022 cash income -- Below-typical net income

F

Farm economy grade: F -- New Hanover County's net farm income sits at the 17th percentile among 3,046 NASS-reporting counties nationally (2022 Census). Percentile-benchmarked, not a same-state comparison like the tier label above.

What the New Hanover County Farm Data Shows

New Hanover County, North Carolina reads as a CROP-LED county with DENSE federal payment intensity. In the NASS Census vocabulary this portal uses, cropland is 50% to 75% of agricultural land, a profile where ARC/PLC eligibility and crop insurance density matter more than pasture-side disaster titles; payments per agricultural acre fall in the highest national quintile, $18.39 an acre or more, federal receipts concentrated on a small farmed base.

The state comparisons on this page use the 98 of 100 North Carolina counties with published commodity sales (2 withheld by NASS to protect respondents are left out, not counted as zero), averaging the two central values when the count is even. Payments per acre use the 95 counties that report both receipts and acreage, and net-income peers are the 92 that reported a profit.

Pair the payment peers below before treating any single county as representative of North Carolina.

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Nearest NASS federal-payment peers and $/acre poles for New Hanover (DENSE · CROP-LED), replacing the old fixed Related and same-state alphabetical strip.

DENSE CROP-LED

Dodge County, GA · HEAVY

$1.0M federal receipts is higher by $1K than New Hanover; land stamp MIXED vs CROP-LED.

George County, MS · HEAVY

$1.0M federal receipts is higher by $2K than New Hanover; land stamp MIXED vs CROP-LED.

Colbert County, AL · MID

$1.1M federal receipts is higher by $4K than New Hanover; land stamp MIXED vs CROP-LED.

Drew County, AR · MID

$1.0M federal receipts is lower by $4K than New Hanover; land stamp CROP-LED vs CROP-LED.

Benzie County (DENSE $/acre pole)

Benzie sits near New Hanover on payments-per-acre ($75.89) while total receipts differ.

Echols County (DENSE $/acre pole)

Echols sits near New Hanover on payments-per-acre ($32.43) while total receipts differ.

North Carolina ERS state roll-up

New Hanover stamps DENSE · CROP-LED inside North Carolina's NASS county table, open the state ERS payment stack next.

Census payments leaderboard

Open the national ranking of U.S. counties by NASS federal farm program payments to see the counties around New Hanover under the DENSE intensity band.

What to do with this

Three places to go next from New Hanover County, North Carolina:

County figures (2022 NASS Census of Agriculture) are a separate population from USDA ERS state and national payment series and must not be summed together.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many farms are in New Hanover County, North Carolina?
New Hanover County, North Carolina has 60 farms (2022 USDA Census). Average farm size 32 acres; land stamp CROP-LED.
What is the total agricultural production value of New Hanover County?
New Hanover County's total commodity sales are $2.6M (2022 Census of Agriculture), ranking #95 among 100 counties in North Carolina.
How much federal farm assistance does New Hanover County receive?
New Hanover County received $1.0M in federal government farm program receipts (2022), stamping DENSE on NASS payments-per-acre ($551.11/acre) with a CROP-LED land mix.
What is the net farm income in New Hanover County?
Net cash farm income for operations in New Hanover County is $651K (2022 Census of Agriculture).

Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service 2022 Census of Agriculture · 2022

Dollar values reflect calendar year 2022 farm operations data.

PlainFarmData is an independent data portal, not affiliated with USDA, FSA, or any government agency. For official program eligibility or application guidance, contact your local USDA Farm Service Agency office.

Intensity stamp DENSE · land stamp CROP-LED (NASS payments-per-acre / cropland share bands).

NASS withholds commodity sales for 2 North Carolina counties with too few farm operations to publish without identifying individual producers. Those counties are excluded from the peer median on this page rather than counted as zero sales.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified. Verify with USDA NASS Census of Agriculture →

County farm figures on this page are rendered from the USDA NASS 2022 Census of Agriculture, no number is typed in by an editor. Census county totals are not a roll-up of the USDA ERS state payment series. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.