A total of 1,000 acres were listed for sale in Gates County, North Carolina, recently, representing a total value of almost $10 million in Gates County farms, rural land, hunting land and other land for sale. Gates County ranks 98th out of 100 counties in the Tar Heel State for the total number of acres of land currently advertised for sale. Of all locations in Gates County with land and rural real estate 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 the 78th biggest county (345 square miles) in North Carolina. It's located in the Coast North Carolina region of the state.