# Counties in Maryland by land in farms, 2022

All 23 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/maryland-counties

| Rank | Place | acres |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Frederick County | 188,832 |
| 2 | Queen Anne's County | 162,145 |
| 3 | Kent County | 141,662 |
| 4 | Carroll County | 130,195 |
| 5 | Dorchester County | 129,197 |
| 6 | Washington County | 121,251 |
| 7 | Caroline County | 111,470 |
| 8 | Worcester County | 104,121 |
| 9 | Talbot County | 96,228 |
| 10 | Garrett County | 95,546 |
| 11 | Cecil County | 81,040 |
| 12 | Baltimore County | 70,217 |
| 13 | Wicomico County | 69,906 |
| 14 | Montgomery County | 69,759 |
| 15 | Harford County | 65,954 |
| 16 | St. Mary's County | 64,380 |
| 17 | Somerset County | 63,019 |
| 18 | Charles County | 47,747 |
| 19 | Howard County | 37,639 |
| 20 | Anne Arundel County | 36,003 |
| 21 | Allegany County | 34,179 |
| 22 | Prince George's County | 32,892 |
| 23 | Calvert County | 24,654 |