Counties in North Dakota by farms

Stutsman County had the highest farms of 53 counties in 2002, at 988. Sioux County had the lowest, at 179. The median was 533 and the figure for North Dakota was 30,619. Source: the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Highest988Stutsman County

Lowest179Sioux County

Median53353 counties

North Dakota30,619History

Map of counties, 2002

Under 360
360 to 460
460 to 530
530 to 620
620 to 860
860 and over

count, 2002. 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, 2002

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	2002 count
1	Stutsman County	988
2	Ward County	966
3	Cass County	961
4	Burleigh County	946
5	McLean County	918
6	Walsh County	905
7	McHenry County	901
8	Bottineau County	879
9	Grand Forks County	863
10	Williams County	858
11	Morton County	855
12	Barnes County	838
13	Richland County	813
14	Stark County	774
15	Emmons County	699
16	Mountrail County	682
17	McKenzie County	632
18	LaMoure County	621
19	Cavalier County	607
20	Nelson County	598
21	Kidder County	584
22	Dunn County	582
23	Wells County	579
24	Benson County	567
25	Ramsey County	554
26	Grant County	548
27	Dickey County	533
28	Divide County	532
29	Ransom County	528
30	McIntosh County	526
31	Pembina County	524
32	Rolette County	523
33	Hettinger County	489
34	Pierce County	487
35	Sargent County	469
36	Mercer County	456
37	Burke County	455
38	Logan County	445
39	Traill County	427
40	Griggs County	423
41	Towner County	418
42	Adams County	394
43	Sheridan County	393
44	Bowman County	360
45	Renville County	353
46	Eddy County	325
47	Steele County	318
48	Foster County	309
49	Oliver County	307
50	Slope County	259
51	Billings County	238
52	Golden Valley County	231
53	Sioux County	179

Other periods

About this ranking

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 North Dakota by farms, 2002) [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 North Dakota by farms, 2002. 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/north-dakota-counties?period=2002. 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 North Dakota by farms, 2002. Dataset. Distributed by Data Commons. Accessed October 11, 2026. https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/farms/north-dakota-counties?period=2002.

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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 North Dakota by farms, 2002 [Dataset]. Via Data Commons. Available at: https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/farms/north-dakota-counties?period=2002 (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 North Dakota by farms, 2002}},
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Which county has the highest farms?

Stutsman County, with 988 in 2002, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Which county has the lowest farms?

Sioux County, with 179 in 2002.

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.