A total of nearly 2,000 acres were listed for sale in Gates County, North Carolina, recently; the value of all Gates County farms, hunting land and other rural land and acreage for sale was $24 million. Gates County ranks 91st out of 100 counties in the Tar Heel State for the combined amount of land currently advertised for sale. Of all locations in Gates County with farms, rural land, hunting land and other land for sale, Gates had the most land for sale. Agriculture and farming drives the Gates County economy, with 182 farms recorded in the county during the U.S. Census in 2012. Farming activities in Gates County generate annual revenues of $778,000, the majority of which comes from livestock products. Gates County is North Carolina's 78th largest county (345 square miles). It's located in the Coast North Carolina region of the state.