US states by farms

Texas had the highest farms of 50 states in 2007, at 247,437. Alaska had the lowest, at 686. The median was 37,804 and the figure for the United States was 2.2 million. Source: the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Highest247,437Texas

Lowest686Alaska

Median37,80450 states

United States2,204,792History

All states, 2007

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	2007 count
1	Texas	247,437
2	Missouri	107,825
3	Iowa	92,856
4	Oklahoma	86,565
5	Kentucky	85,260
6	California	81,033
7	Minnesota	80,992
8	Tennessee	79,280
9	Wisconsin	78,463
10	Illinois	76,860
11	Ohio	75,861
12	Kansas	65,531
13	Pennsylvania	63,163
14	Indiana	60,938
15	Michigan	56,014
16	North Carolina	52,913
17	Arkansas	49,346
18	Alabama	48,753
19	Georgia	47,846
20	Nebraska	47,712
21	Florida	47,463
22	Virginia	47,383
23	Mississippi	41,959
24	Washington	39,284
25	Oregon	38,553
26	Colorado	37,054
27	New York	36,352
28	North Dakota	31,970
29	South Dakota	31,169
30	Louisiana	30,106
31	Montana	29,524
32	South Carolina	25,867
33	Idaho	25,349
34	West Virginia	23,618
35	New Mexico	20,930
36	Utah	16,700
37	Arizona	15,637
38	Maryland	12,834
39	Wyoming	11,069
40	New Jersey	10,327
41	Maine	8,136
42	Massachusetts	7,691
43	Hawaii	7,521
44	Vermont	6,984
45	Connecticut	4,916
46	New Hampshire	4,166
47	Nevada	3,131
48	Delaware	2,546
49	Rhode Island	1,219
50	Alaska	686

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, 2007) [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, 2007. 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=2007. 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, 2007. 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=2007.

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, 2007 [Dataset]. Via Data Commons. Available at: https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/farms/us-states?period=2007 (Accessed: 11 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{department_us_states_by_farms_2007,
  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, 2007}},
  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=2007. 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 247,437 in 2007, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Which state has the lowest farms?

Alaska, with 686 in 2007.

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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.