# Counties in California by land in farms, 2022

All 56 values come from U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service for 2022, so the places are comparable. 2 counties have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `farmland_area`
- Unit: acres
- Definition: Land operated by farms in the census year, in acres, including cropland, pasture, woodland and land under farm buildings, as counted by the USDA Census of Agriculture every five years.
- Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Census of Agriculture: land in farms, acres, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022) (https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/usda-nass
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- Citation: Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, Census of Agriculture. Census of Agriculture: land in farms, acres, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022). Retrieved through Data Commons (datacommons.org). https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/land-in-farms/california-counties

| Rank | Place | acres |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Kern County | 2,399,512 |
| 2 | Fresno County | 1,659,451 |
| 3 | Monterey County | 1,338,477 |
| 4 | Tulare County | 1,310,768 |
| 5 | San Luis Obispo County | 921,300 |
| 6 | Merced County | 872,326 |
| 7 | San Joaquin County | 862,356 |
| 8 | Imperial County | 736,586 |
| 9 | Madera County | 693,611 |
| 10 | Stanislaus County | 685,145 |
| 11 | Mendocino County | 677,787 |
| 12 | Siskiyou County | 672,775 |
| 13 | Tehama County | 627,913 |
| 14 | Santa Barbara County | 621,663 |
| 15 | Lassen County | 593,950 |
| 16 | Kings County | 593,199 |
| 17 | Humboldt County | 544,630 |
| 18 | San Benito County | 544,537 |
| 19 | Modoc County | 533,782 |
| 20 | Glenn County | 484,172 |
| 21 | Yolo County | 478,555 |
| 22 | Sonoma County | 466,810 |
| 23 | Colusa County | 465,843 |
| 24 | Butte County | 388,383 |
| 25 | Riverside County | 361,970 |
| 26 | Solano County | 339,476 |
| 27 | Ventura County | 300,567 |
| 28 | Shasta County | 286,114 |
| 29 | Sutter County | 257,995 |
| 30 | Inyo County | 257,160 |
| 31 | Sacramento County | 256,617 |
| 32 | Santa Clara County | 245,191 |
| 33 | Napa County | 242,403 |
| 34 | Mariposa County | 240,428 |
| 35 | Calaveras County | 221,491 |
| 36 | Contra Costa County | 208,948 |
| 37 | San Diego County | 179,330 |
| 38 | Yuba County | 160,418 |
| 39 | Alameda County | 158,500 |
| 40 | Lake County | 138,030 |
| 41 | Amador County | 132,565 |
| 42 | Tuolumne County | 127,724 |
| 43 | Marin County | 121,843 |
| 44 | Plumas County | 101,008 |
| 45 | El Dorado County | 93,239 |
| 46 | Placer County | 84,898 |
| 47 | Los Angeles County | 69,224 |
| 48 | Sierra County | 65,468 |
| 49 | Nevada County | 64,185 |
| 50 | Mono County | 61,063 |
| 51 | Trinity County | 57,124 |
| 52 | Santa Cruz County | 47,871 |
| 53 | San Mateo County | 44,885 |
| 54 | Orange County | 37,658 |
| 55 | San Bernardino County | 36,659 |
| 56 | San Francisco County | 127 |