Christmas
North Carolina
USDA, NASS North Carolina Department of Agriculture
Field Office and Consumer Services
PO Box 27767 1001 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27611 Raleigh, NC 27699-1001
Trees
Phone (919) 856-4394 Phone (919) 733-7125
E-mail: ncagstat@ncagr.gov www.ncagr.gov/stats/
www.nass.usda.gov
Herb Vanderberry, Director Steve Troxler, Commissioner
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In 2009, at $100 million, North Carolina ranked 2 in the nation for Christmas tree cash receipts. Also, according to the 2009
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Census of Horticulture Specialties, North Carolina ranked 2 in the nation for the total number of Christmas trees harvested
and total number of Christmas tree acres.
North Carolina Counties Reporting Christmas Tree Farming
2007 Census of Agriculture
Counties Reporting more than 5 Christmas Tree Farms
2009 1 2007 2002 North Carolina Christmas Tree Production - Acres
Census of Hort. Census of Ag. Census of Ag. Census of Agriculture
North Carolina 37,653
40,000
Number of Operations 315 1,251 1,528 32,000
30,694
Acres In Production 32,000 37,653 30,694 30,000
Trees Harvested/Sold 2,836,000 3,085,383 2,915,507
20,000 17,949
United States 15,697
Number of Operations 2,734 17,367 21,904 1998 2009
10,000 Hort. Hort.
Acres In Production 174,000 343,374 446,996 Census Census
Trees Harvested/Sold 12,849,000 17,415,971 20,808,065 0
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2009 Census of Horticulture only includes operations with sales greater than $10,000. 1997 1998 2002 2007 2009
Top Christmas Tree Producing Counties
2009 Census of Horticulture
Acres in Production All Sales Trees on Operation January 1, 2010
County No. of Farms Acres No. of Farms Trees Sold Dollars No. of Farms No. of Trees
Ashe 66 11,827 66 1,023,621 $19,836,161 66 10,734,412
Alleghany 35 10,154 35 654,179 $9,960,072 35 13,738,180
Avery 92 4,291 92 545,194 $10,537,329 92 5,671,387
Watauga 29 2,550 29 277,242 $5,709,361 29 3,094,740
Jackson 25 1,662 25 157,570 $4,535,132 25 1,945,346
Mitchell 20 702 20 88,820 $1,336,000 18 658,020
Revised 3/17/2011