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North Carolina property lines map

Look up property lines and lot boundaries in North Carolina. Coverage is 5,926,776 lots across 100 counties, covering 785,536,767 mapped acres. 954,657 of those lots are held by institutions rather than by individuals.

Farmers and landowners in North Carolina received $434.3 million in federal farm program payments in 2025, paid to 13,288 recipients. 615,507 acres of agricultural land here are disclosed as foreign-held, the most by owners from Canada. Crop insurance paid $528.7 million in claims for the 2024 crop year.

100
Counties
5,926,776
Lots mapped
785,536,767
Acres
954,657
Institutional

Largest landowners in North Carolina

Largest institutional landowners by acreage in North Carolina
OwnerParcelsAcres
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA4,332412,797
WEYERHAEUSER FOREST HOLDINGS INC1,278381,188
PCS PHOSPHATE COMPANY INC,1,32059,868
JORDAN TWO LLC38559,738
WFHI HATTERAS LLC17458,436
NORTH CAROLINA STATE OF97049,800
EVERGREEN TIMBERCO NC LLC3841,803
WEYERHAEUSER FOREST HOLDINGS IN17533,796
STATE OF NC6030,765
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA & C/O STATE PROPERTY OFFICE3630,603

Companies, trusts and public agencies, by acres held under one name across North Carolina's county records. See the top 50

Federal farm payments in North Carolina

$434.3M
Paid in 2025
13,288
Recipients
Federal farm program payments by program in North Carolina, 2025
ProgramPaid
Emergency Commodity Assistance Program$138.3M
Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Spec Crops$88.9M
Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops$63.6M
Supplemental Disaster Relief Spec Crops$47.1M
Agricultural Risk Coverage Program - County$36.3M
Price Loss Coverage$18.1M

USDA Farm Service Agency payment files, 2025. Compare farm subsidies by county

Foreign-held farmland in North Carolina

615,507
Acres disclosed
673
Holdings
Foreign-held agricultural land by country in North Carolina, 2024
CountryAcres
Canada195,697
Netherlands82,602
Germany76,877
Switzerland54,841
Italy53,138
China44,261

USDA Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act filings, holdings at the end of 2024. Only disclosed interests are counted. See foreign-owned farmland by county

Crop insurance in North Carolina

25,255
Policies
3,748,278
Insured acres
$528.7M
Claims paid
1.50
Loss ratio
Crop insurance claims by crop in North Carolina, 2024
CropClaims
Corn$159.4M
Flue Cured Tobacco$147M
Soybeans$90.7M
Cotton$34.6M
Whole Farm Revenue Protection$25.1M

USDA Risk Management Agency Summary of Business, 2024 crop year.

Conservation and the power grid

18,020
CRP acres, 2025
3,179
Substations
14
345 kV and up
500 kV
Highest voltage

Conservation Reserve Program acres under contract (USDA FSA). Substations in service, from a public copy of the federal HIFLD layer.

Counties with the most farm payments

Counties in North Carolina ranked by federal farm payments
CountyPaid
Sampson County$30.6M
Henderson County$16.3M
Robeson County$15.6M
Edgecombe County$15.1M
Beaufort County$14.9M
Wilson County$13.4M
Duplin County$13.2M
Bladen County$12.2M

Counties with the most foreign-held farmland

Counties in North Carolina ranked by foreign-held agricultural acres
CountyAcres
Columbus County120,928
Brunswick County86,806
Beaufort County51,799
Carteret County51,280
Pender County42,496
Bladen County40,149
Tyrrell County29,260
Hyde County25,531

North Carolina property lines by county

  • Alamance County79,495
  • Alexander County25,265
  • Alleghany County14,795
  • Anson County19,127
  • Ashe County38,836
  • Avery County24,598
  • Beaufort County46,322
  • Bertie County18,788
  • Bladen County34,161
  • Brunswick County151,754
  • Buncombe County134,741
  • Burke County59,374
  • Cabarrus County110,009
  • Caldwell County52,777
  • Camden County7,955
  • Carteret County64,151
  • Caswell County17,222
  • Catawba County93,505
  • Chatham County48,850
  • Cherokee County35,669
  • Chowan County12,801
  • Clay County17,018
  • Cleveland County59,964
  • Columbus County51,709
  • Craven County59,840
  • Cumberland County140,513
  • Currituck County27,885
  • Dare County40,483
  • Davidson County98,799
  • Davie County26,424
  • Duplin County43,612
  • Durham County133,075
  • Edgecombe County31,591
  • Forsyth County166,755
  • Franklin County47,981
  • Gaston County117,252
  • Gates County7,997
  • Graham County9,840
  • Granville County34,602
  • Greene County12,720
  • Guilford County223,011
  • Halifax County39,403
  • Harnett County84,508
  • Haywood County53,178
  • Henderson County75,373
  • Hertford County16,102
  • Hoke County30,524
  • Hyde County7,698
  • Iredell County109,254
  • Jackson County41,375
  • Johnston County125,583
  • Jones County9,451
  • Lee County35,303
  • Lenoir County36,463
  • Lincoln County56,862
  • McDowell County33,449
  • Macon County44,699
  • Madison County21,381
  • Martin County17,415
  • Mecklenburg County442,287
  • Mitchell County17,671
  • Montgomery County30,283
  • Moore County76,657
  • Nash County55,717
  • New Hanover County103,489
  • Northampton County20,504
  • Onslow County95,297
  • Orange County59,562
  • Pamlico County17,110
  • Pasquotank County22,788
  • Pender County55,025
  • Perquimans County15,019
  • Person County28,272
  • Pitt County80,993
  • Polk County18,211
  • Randolph County80,940
  • Richmond County32,625
  • Robeson County80,391
  • Rockingham County56,362
  • Rowan County83,292
  • Rutherford County57,599
  • Sampson County50,538
  • Scotland County21,992
  • Stanly County44,171
  • Stokes County31,982
  • Surry County44,417
  • Swain County12,669
  • Transylvania County31,755
  • Tyrrell County4,368
  • Union County117,539
  • Vance County26,547
  • Wake County435,380
  • Warren County23,477
  • Washington County12,608
  • Watauga County47,388
  • Wayne County70,711
  • Wilkes County52,847
  • Wilson County43,308
  • Yadkin County28,320
  • Yancey County17,378