# Land in farms Land operated by farms in the census year, in acres, including cropland, pasture, woodland and land under farm buildings, as counted by the USDA Census of Agriculture every five years. ## Key facts - Land in farms in the United States was 880,100,848 acres in 2022, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service. - Texas had the highest land in farms of 50 states in 2022, at 125,471,325 acres, and Rhode Island the lowest, at 59,076 acres. Source: the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service. - Published for 3,118 places, with figures from 1997 to 2022. - Figures last updated on 2026-10-11. - Indicator id: `farmland_area` - Unit: acres - Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/land-in-farms - API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/indicators/farmland_area ## Latest figures | Place | Period | acres | Source | |---|---|---:|---| | United States | 2022 | 880,100,848 | Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, Census of Agriculture. Census of Agriculture: land in farms, acres, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022). Retrieved through Data Commons (datacommons.org). https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/. 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