States and counties / North Carolina · FY2024
Foreign Agricultural Land Interests in North Carolina
Explore reported foreign interests in North Carolina agricultural land by county and reported country. This public summary uses the USDA AFIDA FY2024 working snapshot underlying the AFIDA Watch map.
The snapshot contains records in 80 North Carolina counties or county-equivalent areas. Columbus has the largest sum of reported acreage among those areas. Open a county below to examine its country/source breakdown and record counts.
Reported interests include different forms of ownership and other reportable interests. Acreage is not necessarily outright foreign ownership or land removed from farming. A country/source code does not establish foreign-government control. County figures are geographic summaries, not parcel boundaries or current ownership verification.
County summaries
Free summaries cover source totals and reported countries. The detailed County Citizen Report is offered separately.
| County / equivalent | Reported acres | Records | Owner IDs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus | 120,927.84 | 26 | 13 |
| Brunswick | 86,805.71 | 17 | 11 |
| Beaufort | 51,798.65 | 85 | 4 |
| Carteret | 51,280.29 | 4 | 2 |
| Pender | 42,495.87 | 15 | 10 |
| Bladen | 40,149.41 | 31 | 17 |
| Tyrrell | 29,260.11 | 16 | 13 |
| Hyde | 25,530.57 | 18 | 12 |
| Pamlico | 19,998.29 | 11 | 4 |
| Sampson | 17,265.33 | 24 | 13 |
| Warren | 11,941.37 | 8 | 6 |
| Robeson | 10,821.90 | 11 | 10 |
| Washington | 9,464.55 | 14 | 9 |
| Duplin | 9,270.52 | 10 | 5 |
| Anson | 8,705.73 | 21 | 10 |
| Richmond | 6,960.41 | 21 | 7 |
| Gates | 6,753.00 | 2 | 2 |
| Edgecombe | 5,478.85 | 17 | 7 |
| Scotland | 5,179.39 | 6 | 5 |
| Dare | 5,059.00 | 1 | 1 |
| Halifax | 4,166.19 | 26 | 5 |
| Harnett | 4,123.59 | 25 | 4 |
| Jones | 3,114.35 | 5 | 4 |
| Avery | 2,931.00 | 2 | 1 |
| Northampton | 2,840.70 | 4 | 4 |
| Cumberland | 2,667.21 | 7 | 7 |
| Chatham | 1,797.85 | 10 | 6 |
| Hoke | 1,579.87 | 19 | 3 |
| Wilkes | 1,548.90 | 9 | 3 |
| Franklin | 1,484.00 | 9 | 5 |
| Wake | 1,424.10 | 4 | 4 |
| Granville | 1,369.00 | 4 | 3 |
| Mitchell | 1,297.04 | 22 | 4 |
| McDowell | 1,277.00 | 5 | 3 |
| Hertford | 1,070.75 | 4 | 3 |
| Randolph | 1,023.98 | 6 | 6 |
| Onslow | 987.00 | 1 | 1 |
| Wilson | 858.25 | 6 | 5 |
| Nash | 741.39 | 8 | 8 |
| Stanly | 737.48 | 2 | 1 |
| New Hanover | 732.00 | 1 | 1 |
| Caswell | 700.41 | 2 | 2 |
| Lee | 687.57 | 4 | 3 |
| Lenoir | 678.09 | 3 | 3 |
| Cherokee | 643.00 | 5 | 5 |
| Yancey | 614.56 | 3 | 2 |
| Perquimans | 603.00 | 2 | 2 |
| Pitt | 590.66 | 7 | 4 |
| Orange | 550.41 | 7 | 5 |
| Cabarrus | 549.31 | 3 | 3 |
| Rutherford | 538.78 | 3 | 3 |
| Johnston | 514.24 | 9 | 6 |
| Craven | 513.59 | 6 | 4 |
| Bertie | 453.41 | 2 | 2 |
| Chowan | 443.00 | 1 | 1 |
| Davidson | 440.88 | 1 | 1 |
| Montgomery | 413.04 | 4 | 3 |
| Rowan | 348.55 | 4 | 4 |
| Jackson | 327.00 | 4 | 3 |
| Lincoln | 320.84 | 4 | 2 |
| Union | 264.16 | 4 | 3 |
| Moore | 250.00 | 6 | 3 |
| Durham | 227.00 | 5 | 3 |
| Mecklenburg | 206.00 | 9 | 8 |
| Wayne | 193.91 | 3 | 3 |
| Catawba | 190.97 | 4 | 4 |
| Forsyth | 179.65 | 10 | 3 |
| Martin | 168.30 | 2 | 2 |
| Polk | 147.00 | 1 | 1 |
| Henderson | 128.00 | 2 | 2 |
| Alamance | 119.32 | 3 | 3 |
| Madison | 114.00 | 2 | 2 |
| Vance | 99.37 | 2 | 2 |
| Swain | 90.00 | 1 | 1 |
| Haywood | 83.00 | 1 | 1 |
| Person | 74.69 | 3 | 3 |
| Burke | 40.00 | 1 | 1 |
| Buncombe | 33.00 | 1 | 1 |
| Cleveland | 26.00 | 1 | 1 |
| Gaston | 24.00 | 1 | 1 |
Reported countries and source codes
| Reported country / source code | Reported acres | Records |
|---|---|---|
| CANADA · 124 | 195,696.73 | 178 |
| NETHERLANDS · 528 | 82,600.44 | 100 |
| GERMANY · 276 | 76,876.19 | 134 |
| SWITZERLAND · 756 | 54,841.45 | 43 |
| ITALY · 380 | 53,138.00 | 16 |
| CHINA · 156 | 44,263.03 | 37 |
| DENMARK · 208 | 36,109.08 | 24 |
| FRANCE · 250 | 17,911.00 | 6 |
| LIECHTENSTEIN · 438 | 15,906.00 | 5 |
| LUXEMBOURG · 442 | 7,807.25 | 20 |
| SWEDEN · 752 | 5,391.91 | 6 |
| BELGIUM · 56 | 5,313.04 | 30 |
| UNITED KINGDOM · 826 | 4,636.34 | 13 |
| PANAMA · 591 | 3,544.00 | 3 |
| 999 - NO PREDOMINANT COUNTRY CODE · 999 | 2,139.35 | 3 |
| JAPAN · 392 | 1,843.00 | 11 |
| COOK ISLANDS · 184 | 1,784.56 | 4 |
| AUSTRIA · 40 | 1,266.27 | 9 |
| 998 - NO FOREIGN INVESTOR LISTED · 998 | 938.80 | 2 |
| CAYMAN ISLANDS · 136 | 856.79 | 5 |
| PORTUGAL · 620 | 815.71 | 3 |
| VENEZUELA · 862 | 763.00 | 1 |
| GREECE · 300 | 245.00 | 1 |
| AUSTRALIA · 36 | 178.00 | 3 |
| BAHAMAS · 44 | 137.00 | 2 |
| COLOMBIA · 170 | 117.00 | 2 |
| ARGENTINA · 32 | 96.00 | 4 |
| SINGAPORE · 702 | 94.16 | 1 |
| BRAZIL · 76 | 70.62 | 2 |
| CHANNEL ISLANDS · 830 | 38.00 | 1 |
| MEXICO · 484 | 33.00 | 1 |
| IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF) · 364 | 22.00 | 1 |
| KOREA, REPUBLIC OF · 410 | 20.00 | 1 |
| VIRGIN ISLANDS (BRITISH) · 92 | 14.43 | 1 |