Counties in Alabama by farms, 2022

DeKalb County had the highest farms of 67 counties in 2022, at 1,744. Coosa County had the lowest, at 155. The median was 436 and the figure for Alabama was 37,362. Source: the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Highest1,744DeKalb County
Lowest155Coosa County
Median43667 counties
Alabama37,362History

Top 40 counties, 2022

DeKalb County: 1,744 countDeKalb County1,744Cullman County: 1,574 countCullman County1,574Marshall County: 1,324 countMarshall County1,324Jackson County: 1,233 countJackson County1,233Lawrence County: 1,139 countLawrence County1,139Lauderdale County: 1,130 countLauderdale County1,130Morgan County: 1,102 countMorgan County1,102Limestone County: 996 countLimestone County996Blount County: 980 countBlount County980Madison County: 928 countMadison County928Baldwin County: 853 countBaldwin County853Covington County: 809 countCovington County809Franklin County: 747 countFranklin County747Etowah County: 725 countEtowah County725Geneva County: 681 countGeneva County681Coffee County: 666 countCoffee County666Mobile County: 657 countMobile County657Houston County: 616 countHouston County616Marion County: 612 countMarion County612Randolph County: 611 countRandolph County611Calhoun County: 601 countCalhoun County601Barbour County: 590 countBarbour County590St. Clair County: 585 countSt. Clair County585Cherokee County: 567 countCherokee County567Pike County: 561 countPike County561Chilton County: 524 countChilton County524Talladega County: 522 countTalladega County522Montgomery County: 512 countMontgomery County512Colbert County: 500 countColbert County500Elmore County: 478 countElmore County478Crenshaw County: 474 countCrenshaw County474Tuscaloosa County: 452 countTuscaloosa County452Walker County: 437 countWalker County437Monroe County: 436 countMonroe County436Clay County: 434 countClay County434Marengo County: 434 countMarengo County434Dale County: 421 countDale County421Lowndes County: 421 countLowndes County421Henry County: 408 countHenry County408Dallas County: 398 countDallas County398
count. Source: USDA NASS, Census of Agriculture: number of farms, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022) via Data Commons. Retrieved 2026-10-11.

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Places from which 1,000 dollars or more of agricultural products were produced and sold, or normally would have been sold, during the census year, as counted by the USDA Census of Agriculture every five years.

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Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, Census of Agriculture. Census of Agriculture: number of farms, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022). Retrieved through Data Commons (datacommons.org). https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/. Retrieved 2026-10-11.

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U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service. (2026). Census of Agriculture: number of farms, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022) (Counties in Alabama by farms, 2022) [Data set]. Data Commons. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/

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Census of Agriculture: number of farms, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022), Counties in Alabama by farms, 2022. U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, 11 Oct. 2026, https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/. Data Commons, https://datacommons.org. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/farms/alabama-counties. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service. 2026. Census of Agriculture: number of farms, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022). Counties in Alabama by farms, 2022. Dataset. Distributed by Data Commons. Accessed October 11, 2026. https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/farms/alabama-counties.

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U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service (2026) Census of Agriculture: number of farms, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022), Counties in Alabama by farms, 2022 [Dataset]. Via Data Commons. Available at: https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/farms/alabama-counties (Accessed: 11 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest farms?

DeKalb County, with 1,744 in 2022, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

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Coosa County, with 155 in 2022.

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