Counties in Washington by farms

Yakima County had the highest farms of 39 counties in 1997, at 4,377. Skamania County had the lowest, at 97. The median was 960 and the figure for Washington was 40,113. Source: the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Highest4,377Yakima County

Lowest97Skamania County

Median96039 counties

Washington40,113History

Map of counties, 1997

Under 240
240 to 530
530 to 960
960 to 1,300
1,300 to 1,700
1,700 and over

count, 1997. 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, 1997

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	1997 count
1	Yakima County	4,377
2	Spokane County	2,340
3	Grant County	2,111
4	Snohomish County	1,819
5	King County	1,817
6	Clark County	1,765
7	Whatcom County	1,679
8	Okanogan County	1,619
9	Pierce County	1,616
10	Lewis County	1,613
11	Benton County	1,570
12	Thurston County	1,372
13	Stevens County	1,371
14	Chelan County	1,334
15	Whitman County	1,188
16	Franklin County	1,075
17	Douglas County	1,035
18	Kittitas County	1,008
19	Skagit County	999
20	Walla Walla County	960
21	Lincoln County	836
22	Adams County	760
23	Klickitat County	715
24	Kitsap County	641
25	Cowlitz County	561
26	Grays Harbor County	558
27	Clallam County	461
28	Island County	389
29	Pacific County	336
30	Mason County	334
31	Pend Oreille County	319
32	Columbia County	246
33	San Juan County	232
34	Garfield County	220
35	Ferry County	216
36	Jefferson County	212
37	Asotin County	180
38	Wahkiakum County	132
39	Skamania County	97

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 Washington by farms, 1997) [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 Washington by farms, 1997. 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/washington-counties?period=1997. 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 Washington by farms, 1997. Dataset. Distributed by Data Commons. Accessed October 11, 2026. https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/farms/washington-counties?period=1997.

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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 Washington by farms, 1997 [Dataset]. Via Data Commons. Available at: https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/farms/washington-counties?period=1997 (Accessed: 11 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  urldate = {2026-10-11},
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Which county has the highest farms?

Yakima County, with 4,377 in 1997, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Which county has the lowest farms?

Skamania County, with 97 in 1997.

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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.