Counties in New Mexico by farms

San Juan County had the highest farms of 33 counties in 2012, at 2,628. Los Alamos County had the lowest, at 9. The median was 553 and the figure for New Mexico was 24,721. Source: the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Highest2,628San Juan County

Lowest9Los Alamos County

Median55333 counties

New Mexico24,721History

Map of counties, 2012

Under 270
270 to 400
400 to 550
550 to 690
690 to 1,000
1,000 and over

count, 2012. Source: USDA NASS, Census of Agriculture: number of farms, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022) via Data Commons. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2012

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

Rank	Counties	2012 count
1	San Juan County	2,628
2	McKinley County	2,297
3	Doña Ana County	2,184
4	Rio Arriba County	1,892
5	Valencia County	1,607
6	Sandoval County	1,029
7	Bernalillo County	1,006
8	Taos County	983
9	San Miguel County	877
10	Santa Fe County	715
11	Socorro County	704
12	Roosevelt County	680
13	Curry County	600
14	Mora County	597
15	Chaves County	595
16	Torrance County	589
17	Quay County	553
18	Eddy County	551
19	Cibola County	522
20	Otero County	486
21	Lea County	460
22	Grant County	407
23	Guadalupe County	372
24	Lincoln County	362
25	Union County	353
26	Catron County	351
27	Colfax County	290
28	Sierra County	256
29	De Baca County	203
30	Harding County	202
31	Luna County	190
32	Hidalgo County	171
33	Los Alamos County	9

Other periods

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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 New Mexico by farms, 2012) [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 New Mexico by farms, 2012. 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/new-mexico-counties?period=2012. 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 New Mexico by farms, 2012. Dataset. Distributed by Data Commons. Accessed October 11, 2026. https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/farms/new-mexico-counties?period=2012.

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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 New Mexico by farms, 2012 [Dataset]. Via Data Commons. Available at: https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/farms/new-mexico-counties?period=2012 (Accessed: 11 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  title = {{Census of Agriculture: number of farms, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022): Counties in New Mexico by farms, 2012}},
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Which county has the highest farms?

San Juan County, with 2,628 in 2012, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Which county has the lowest farms?

Los Alamos County, with 9 in 2012.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Census of Agriculture: number of farms, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022). Retrieved 2026-10-11.