Farm Census

Terrell County, Georgia

Farms, crops and livestock in the 2022 Census of Agriculture

272 farms168,890 acres in farms$93.8 million in farm sales

No other county in Georgia with a published figure has more corn for grain than Terrell County.

Its cotton acreage grew between 2017 and 2022, the second-largest increase among the 100 leading cotton counties of 2017 with figures in both years.

Cotton: 42.5%Cotton42.5%Grains and oilseeds: 32.8%Grains and oilseeds32.8%Hay and other crops: 14.9%Hay and other crops14.9%Fruit and nuts: 3.9%3.9%Nursery and greenhouse: 3.1%3.1%Vegetables and melons: 2.1%2.1%Cattle and calves: 0.5%Horses and mules: under 0.1%Aquaculture: under 0.1%Sheep and goats: under 0.1%Cotton: 42.5%Cotton42.5%Grains and oilseeds: 32.8%Grains and oilseeds32.8%Hay and other crops: 14.9%14.9%Fruit and nuts: 3.9%3.9%Nursery and greenhouse: 3.1%3.1%Vegetables and melons: 2.1%2.1%Cattle and calves: 0.5%Horses and mules: under 0.1%Aquaculture: under 0.1%Sheep and goats: under 0.1%
Farm sales by product group, 2022, sized by value. Withheld to protect individual farms: poultry and eggs and other animal products.
Sales by product group
Product groupSalesRank in state
Cotton and cottonseed$39.9 million7th of 72
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans and dry peas$30.8 million1st of 118
Hay and other crops$14.0 million20th of 141
Fruit, tree nuts and berries$3.7 million25th of 120
Nursery, greenhouse and floriculture crops$2.9 million29th of 72
Vegetables, melons and potatoes$1.9 million24th of 96
Cattle and calves$482,000103rd of 131
Horses, ponies, mules, burros and donkeys$18,00079th of 90
Aquaculture$15,0001st of 1
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair and goat milk$12,00098th of 114

What the fields held

Terrell County harvested 86,779 acres of cropland in 2022, ninth of 153 counties in Georgia. Cotton covered acreage equal to 46% of that, corn for grain 26%.

CropAcresShare of US
Cotton39,9780.52%
Corn for grain22,664under 0.1%
Peanuts14,0900.99%
Wheat4,175under 0.1%
Soybeans3,268under 0.1%
Orchard land2,803under 0.1%
of which pecans2,7980.46%
Hay and haylage1,073under 0.1%
Vegetables587under 0.1%

Withheld to protect individual farms: corn for silage, grain sorghum, oats, apples, citrus and berries.

How much of the county is farmland

Share of the county land in farms78.7%

Terrell County ranks second of 155 counties in Georgia on this measure.

  • 100,451 acres of cropland, 59% of farmland
  • 3,293 acres of pastureland, 2% of farmland
  • 54,025 acres of woodland, 32% of farmland
  • 40,067 acres irrigated

Farm sizes

Farms in Terrell County run larger than the national pattern: the median farm has 215 acres against 72 for the US. The average, pulled up by the largest operations, is 621 acres, sixth-largest of 132 in Georgia. The most common size class is 50–179 acres, with 29.8% of farms. Farms of 1,000 acres or more are 18.0% of the total.

1–92%10–4912%50–17930%180–49926%500–99913%1,000–1,9998%2,000+10%
Terrell County US · farms by size

Barns, pens and pastures

AnimalsHeadShare of US
Horses and ponies176under 0.1%
Goats140under 0.1%
Cattle and calves1,614under 0.1%
Laying hens188under 0.1%

Withheld: beef cows, milk cows, turkeys and sheep and lambs.

Who farms here

Decisions on Terrell County's 272 farms are made by 429 producers. Their average age is 63.1, 4.1 years above the Georgia average. Women are 26.3% of them.

Under 355%35–447%45–5413%55–6423%65–7432%75+20%
Terrell County US · producers by age

Five years earlier

Measure2017Change to 2022
Farms256+6.2%
Land in farms, acres134,071+26.0%
Average farm size, acres524+18.5%
Farm products sold (current dollars)$53.1 million+76.6%
Peanuts, acres19,875−29.1%
Cotton, acres29,253+36.7%
Orchard land, acres1,599+75.3%
Corn for grain, acres12,269+84.7%

Nearest rivals

Counties with a similar sales mix

Terrell County accounts for 0.7% of farm sales in Georgia and 0.7% of the farms in Georgia. Rank Georgia counties for peanuts.

Source: USDA NASS Census of Agriculture. How to read these pages.