US states by farms, 2022

Texas had the highest farms of 50 states in 2022, at 230,662. Rhode Island had the lowest, at 1,054. The median was 31,683 and the figure for the United States was 1.9 million. Source: the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Highest230,662Texas

Lowest1,054Rhode Island

Median31,68350 states

United States1,900,487History

All states, 2022

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	States	2022 count
1	Texas	230,662
2	Missouri	87,887
3	Iowa	86,911
4	Ohio	76,009
5	Illinois	71,123
6	Oklahoma	70,378
7	Kentucky	69,425
8	Minnesota	65,531
9	California	63,134
10	Tennessee	63,105
11	Wisconsin	58,521
12	Kansas	55,734
13	Indiana	53,599
14	Pennsylvania	49,053
15	Michigan	45,581
16	Florida	44,703
17	Nebraska	44,479
18	North Carolina	42,817
19	Georgia	39,264
20	Virginia	38,995
21	Arkansas	37,756
22	Alabama	37,362
23	Colorado	36,056
24	Oregon	35,547
25	Washington	32,076
26	Mississippi	31,290
27	New York	30,650
28	South Dakota	28,299
29	North Dakota	25,068
30	Louisiana	25,006
31	Montana	24,266
32	Idaho	22,877
33	West Virginia	22,787
34	South Carolina	22,633
35	New Mexico	20,976
36	Utah	17,386
37	Arizona	16,710
38	Maryland	12,550
39	Wyoming	10,544
40	New Jersey	9,998
41	Massachusetts	7,083
42	Maine	7,036
43	Hawaii	6,569
44	Vermont	6,537
45	Connecticut	5,058
46	New Hampshire	3,949
47	Nevada	3,122
48	Delaware	2,158
49	Alaska	1,173
50	Rhode Island	1,054

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 states 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) (US states 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), US states 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/us-states. 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). US states 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/us-states.

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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), US states by farms, 2022 [Dataset]. Via Data Commons. Available at: https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/farms/us-states (Accessed: 11 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service}},
  title = {{Census of Agriculture: number of farms, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022): US states by farms, 2022}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  publisher = {Data Commons},
  url = {https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/},
  urldate = {2026-10-11},
  note = {Retrieved through Data Commons (https://datacommons.org). Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/farms/us-states. Publisher attribution: 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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Which state has the highest farms?

Texas, with 230,662 in 2022, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Which state has the lowest farms?

Rhode Island, with 1,054 in 2022.

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.