Counties in Georgia by farms

Jackson County had the highest farms of 159 counties in 1997, at 884. Quitman County had the lowest, at 20. The median was 270 and the figure for Georgia was 49,343. Source: the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Highest884Jackson County
Median270159 counties
Georgia49,343History

Top 40 counties, 1997

Jackson County: 884 countJackson County884Hall County: 856 countHall County856Carroll County: 852 countCarroll County852Franklin County: 835 countFranklin County835Laurens County: 818 countLaurens County818Coffee County: 773 countCoffee County773Madison County: 764 countMadison County764Colquitt County: 747 countColquitt County747Tattnall County: 678 countTattnall County678Gordon County: 667 countGordon County667Cherokee County: 656 countCherokee County656Walton County: 630 countWalton County630Appling County: 620 countAppling County620Walker County: 615 countWalker County615Bulloch County: 601 countBulloch County601Dodge County: 580 countDodge County580Forsyth County: 578 countForsyth County578Hart County: 570 countHart County570Floyd County: 552 countFloyd County552Mitchell County: 550 countMitchell County550Grady County: 543 countGrady County543Emanuel County: 542 countEmanuel County542Banks County: 535 countBanks County535Brooks County: 520 countBrooks County520Thomas County: 520 countThomas County520Habersham County: 499 countHabersham County499Bartow County: 494 countBartow County494Toombs County: 490 countToombs County490Worth County: 482 countWorth County482Berrien County: 468 countBerrien County468Lowndes County: 468 countLowndes County468Morgan County: 460 countMorgan County460Pierce County: 455 countPierce County455Barrow County: 453 countBarrow County453Polk County: 452 countPolk County452Gwinnett County: 436 countGwinnett County436Henry County: 428 countHenry County428Tift County: 426 countTift County426Coweta County: 421 countCoweta County421Whitfield County: 408 countWhitfield County408
count. Source: USDA NASS, Census of Agriculture: number of farms, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022) via Data Commons. Retrieved 2026-10-11.

Full ranking

RankCounties1997
count
1Jackson County884
2Hall County856
3Carroll County852
4Franklin County835
5Laurens County818
6Coffee County773
7Madison County764
8Colquitt County747
9Tattnall County678
10Gordon County667
11Cherokee County656
12Walton County630
13Appling County620
14Walker County615
15Bulloch County601
16Dodge County580
17Forsyth County578
18Hart County570
19Floyd County552
20Mitchell County550
21Grady County543
22Emanuel County542
23Banks County535
24Brooks County520
24Thomas County520
26Habersham County499
27Bartow County494
28Toombs County490
29Worth County482
30Berrien County468
30Lowndes County468
32Morgan County460
33Pierce County455
34Barrow County453
35Polk County452
36Gwinnett County436
37Henry County428
38Tift County426
39Coweta County421
40Whitfield County408
41Burke County406
41Jefferson County406
43Decatur County398
44Elbert County386
45Screven County384
46Oglethorpe County383
47Washington County381
48Bacon County374
49Oconee County366
50Fulton County359
51Sumter County357
52Wilkes County353
53Johnson County350
54White County347
55Newton County344
56Chattooga County341
57Wayne County338
58Haralson County337
59Ware County335
60Macon County328
61Telfair County322
62Candler County321
62Meriwether County321
62Union County321
65Irwin County319
66Pike County318
67Early County316
68Houston County314
69Gilmer County313
70Wilcox County312
71Dooly County297
71Jenkins County297
71Murray County297
74Montgomery County293
75Paulding County285
76Miller County278
77McDuffie County276
78Catoosa County273
78Troup County273
80Cook County270
81Jeff Davis County267
82Harris County265
83Bleckley County263
84Brantley County260
85Turner County258
86Pickens County256
87Lamar County249
88Spalding County246
89Effingham County244
90Crisp County243
91Fayette County241
91Upson County241
93Lumpkin County236
94Taylor County235
95Greene County234
95Stephens County234
97Columbia County229
98Dade County226
99Atkinson County220
99Jasper County220
99Monroe County220
102Evans County215
103Seminole County211
104Lincoln County207
105Wheeler County206
106Peach County205
107Heard County203
108Jones County200
109Pulaski County197
110Bibb County196
110Dawson County196
112Terrell County195
113Treutlen County193
114Ben Hill County187
115Fannin County186
116Lee County184
116Putnam County184
118Dougherty County180
119Butts County177
119Marion County177
121Cobb County173
122Baldwin County171
123Rabun County160
124Warren County158
125Crawford County154
125Douglas County154
127Baker County148
128Rockdale County146
129Towns County145
130Talbot County137
131Richmond County133
132Calhoun County131
133Hancock County129
133Randolph County129
135Clinch County120
136Twiggs County119
137Lanier County112
138Schley County107
139Wilkinson County105
140Charlton County100
141Clarke County99
142Glascock County92
143Webster County87
144Stewart County83
145Echols County82
146Bryan County79
147Long County73
148Clayton County71
149Clay County66
150Taliaferro County65
151Camden County62
151DeKalb County62
153Liberty County57
154Muscogee County55
155Glynn County54
156Chatham County50
157McIntosh County33
158Chattahoochee County21
159Quitman County20

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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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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 Georgia by farms, 1997) [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 Georgia by farms, 1997. 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/georgia-counties?period=1997. 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 Georgia by farms, 1997. Dataset. Distributed by Data Commons. Accessed October 11, 2026. https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/farms/georgia-counties?period=1997.

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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 Georgia by farms, 1997 [Dataset]. Via Data Commons. Available at: https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/farms/georgia-counties?period=1997 (Accessed: 11 October 2026).

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Jackson County, with 884 in 1997, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

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Quitman County, with 20 in 1997.

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