Counties in North Dakota by farms

Stutsman County had the highest farms of 53 counties in 2017, at 939. Sioux County had the lowest, at 187. The median was 476 and the figure for North Dakota was 26,364. Source: the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Highest939Stutsman County

Lowest187Sioux County

Median47653 counties

North Dakota26,364History

All counties, 2017

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	2017 count
1	Stutsman County	939
2	Grand Forks County	889
3	Richland County	846
4	Burleigh County	785
5	Cass County	784
6	Morton County	781
7	Walsh County	763
8	McLean County	762
9	McHenry County	750
10	Barnes County	749
11	Ward County	718
12	Bottineau County	684
13	Stark County	678
14	Mountrail County	584
15	LaMoure County	571
16	Williams County	569
17	McKenzie County	539
18	Dunn County	524
19	Cavalier County	523
20	Emmons County	516
21	Ramsey County	515
22	Ransom County	507
23	Sargent County	501
24	Nelson County	489
25	Hettinger County	482
26	Pembina County	481
27	Kidder County	476
28	Benson County	473
29	Towner County	454
30	Rolette County	453
31	Pierce County	446
32	Wells County	435
33	Dickey County	419
34	Divide County	416
35	Traill County	415
36	Grant County	412
37	Griggs County	393
38	Adams County	380
39	McIntosh County	363
40	Steele County	358
41	Burke County	356
42	Logan County	351
43	Bowman County	341
44	Mercer County	317
45	Eddy County	291
46	Golden Valley County	287
47	Renville County	269
48	Sheridan County	260
49	Oliver County	234
50	Foster County	230
51	Slope County	215
52	Billings County	204
53	Sioux County	187

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 North Dakota by farms, 2017) [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, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017. 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=2017.

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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, 2017 [Dataset]. Via Data Commons. Available at: https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/farms/north-dakota-counties?period=2017 (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, 2017}},
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  url = {https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/},
  urldate = {2026-10-11},
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Which county has the highest farms?

Stutsman County, with 939 in 2017, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Which county has the lowest farms?

Sioux County, with 187 in 2017.

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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.