US states by farms

Texas had the highest farms of 50 states in 2002, at 228,926. Alaska had the lowest, at 609. The median was 36,597 and the figure for the United States was 2.13 million. Source: the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Highest228,926Texas

Lowest609Alaska

Median36,59750 states

United States2,128,982History

All states, 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	States	2002 count
1	Texas	228,926
2	Missouri	106,797
3	Iowa	90,655
4	Tennessee	87,595
5	Kentucky	86,541
6	Oklahoma	83,300
7	Minnesota	80,839
8	California	79,631
9	Ohio	77,797
10	Wisconsin	77,131
11	Illinois	73,027
12	Kansas	64,414
13	Indiana	60,296
14	Pennsylvania	58,105
15	North Carolina	53,930
16	Michigan	53,315
17	Nebraska	49,355
18	Georgia	49,311
19	Virginia	47,606
20	Arkansas	47,483
21	Alabama	45,126
22	Florida	44,081
23	Mississippi	42,186
24	Oregon	40,033
25	New York	37,255
26	Washington	35,939
27	South Dakota	31,736
28	Colorado	31,369
29	North Dakota	30,619
30	Montana	27,870
31	Louisiana	27,413
32	Idaho	25,017
33	South Carolina	24,541
34	West Virginia	20,812
35	Utah	15,282
36	New Mexico	15,170
37	Maryland	12,198
38	New Jersey	9,924
39	Wyoming	9,422
40	Arizona	7,294
41	Maine	7,196
42	Vermont	6,571
43	Massachusetts	6,075
44	Hawaii	5,398
45	Connecticut	4,191
46	New Hampshire	3,363
47	Nevada	2,989
48	Delaware	2,391
49	Rhode Island	858
50	Alaska	609

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, 2002) [Data set]. Data Commons. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/

MLA 9

Census of Agriculture: number of farms, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022), US states 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/us-states?period=2002. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

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, 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/us-states?period=2002.

Harvard

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, 2002 [Dataset]. Via Data Commons. Available at: https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/farms/us-states?period=2002 (Accessed: 11 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{department_us_states_by_farms_2002,
  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, 2002}},
  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?period=2002. 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.},
}

RIS

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Which state has the highest farms?

Texas, with 228,926 in 2002, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Which state has the lowest farms?

Alaska, with 609 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.