Counties in Idaho by land in farms

Bingham County had the highest land in farms of 44 counties in 2017, at 932,944 acres. Shoshone County had the lowest, at 2,435 acres. The median was 198,241 acres and the figure for Idaho was 11,691,912 acres. Source: the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Highest932,944Bingham County

Lowest2,435Shoshone County

Median198,24144 counties

Idaho11,691,912History

Map of counties, 2017

Under 120K
120K to 160K
160K to 200K
200K to 310K
310K to 410K
410K and over

acres, 2017. Source: USDA NASS, Census of Agriculture: land in farms, acres, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022) via Data Commons. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2017

acres. Source: USDA NASS, Census of Agriculture: land in farms, acres, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022) via Data Commons. Retrieved 2026-10-11.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2017 acres
1	Bingham County	932,944
2	Owyhee County	727,338
3	Cassia County	643,346
4	Idaho County	537,428
5	Power County	486,377
6	Twin Falls County	468,809
7	Washington County	468,433
8	Bonneville County	418,881
9	Nez Perce County	381,587
10	Caribou County	366,499
11	Elmore County	358,454
12	Latah County	349,532
13	Jefferson County	333,522
14	Oneida County	319,789
15	Bannock County	315,038
16	Bear Lake County	296,959
17	Fremont County	279,578
18	Canyon County	274,952
19	Minidoka County	267,567
20	Franklin County	228,382
21	Blaine County	211,228
22	Lewis County	200,435
23	Madison County	196,046
24	Camas County	192,672
25	Gooding County	188,353
26	Gem County	183,177
27	Lemhi County	173,956
28	Jerome County	171,643
29	Adams County	163,054
30	Payette County	162,622
31	Clark County	149,411
32	Custer County	147,837
33	Benewah County	139,944
34	Kootenai County	139,705
35	Lincoln County	134,911
36	Butte County	130,366
37	Teton County	117,404
38	Ada County	112,370
39	Bonner County	89,331
40	Boundary County	68,884
41	Clearwater County	56,556
42	Boise County	53,198
43	Valley County	50,959
44	Shoshone County	2,435

Other periods

About this ranking

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.

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.

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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.

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U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service. (2026). Census of Agriculture: land in farms, acres, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022) (Counties in Idaho by land in farms, 2017) [Data set]. Data Commons. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/

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Census of Agriculture: land in farms, acres, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022), Counties in Idaho by land in farms, 2017. 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/land-in-farms/idaho-counties?period=2017. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service. 2026. Census of Agriculture: land in farms, acres, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022). Counties in Idaho by land in farms, 2017. Dataset. Distributed by Data Commons. Accessed October 11, 2026. https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/land-in-farms/idaho-counties?period=2017.

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U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service (2026) Census of Agriculture: land in farms, acres, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022), Counties in Idaho by land in farms, 2017 [Dataset]. Via Data Commons. Available at: https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/land-in-farms/idaho-counties?period=2017 (Accessed: 11 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest land in farms?

Bingham County, with 932,944 acres in 2017, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Which county has the lowest land in farms?

Shoshone County, with 2,435 acres in 2017.

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: land in farms, acres, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022). Retrieved 2026-10-11.