About 20 percent of the area is cropland, and about I to 4 percent is pasture. The proportion of cropland is somewhat higher in the north and is considerably lower in Florida. Vegetable crops, fruits, melons, sweet potatoes, and Irish potatoes are important crops. There are large acreages of corn, soybeans, wheat, and tobacco. Some peanuts are grown on the sandy soils in Virginia and in Georgia.
Poultry farming is an important enterprise in the north and in some parts of Florida.
Soils having restricted drainage are dominant throughout the area. Most extensive are Aquods and Aquults. They have a thermic temperature regime and an aquic moisture regime. Other locally important soils are sandy. Histosols occupy fairly large areas, especially in the Okefenokee Swamp of Georgia and Florida.