# Counties in Maine by land in farms, 2022

All 16 values come from U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service for 2022, so the places are comparable.

- 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/maine-counties

| Rank | Place | acres |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Aroostook County | 305,052 |
| 2 | Washington County | 121,714 |
| 3 | Somerset County | 119,646 |
| 4 | Penobscot County | 100,176 |
| 5 | Oxford County | 82,478 |
| 6 | Kennebec County | 69,638 |
| 7 | Hancock County | 60,238 |
| 8 | Cumberland County | 56,704 |
| 9 | Waldo County | 54,547 |
| 10 | Franklin County | 52,085 |
| 11 | York County | 50,741 |
| 12 | Androscoggin County | 42,899 |
| 13 | Piscataquis County | 40,622 |
| 14 | Lincoln County | 26,499 |
| 15 | Knox County | 24,233 |
| 16 | Sagadahoc County | 17,774 |