# Counties in Massachusetts by land in farms, 2022

All 14 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/massachusetts-counties

| Rank | Place | acres |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Worcester County | 90,983 |
| 2 | Berkshire County | 71,860 |
| 3 | Franklin County | 71,519 |
| 4 | Plymouth County | 54,093 |
| 5 | Hampshire County | 53,268 |
| 6 | Hampden County | 29,618 |
| 7 | Bristol County | 27,956 |
| 8 | Middlesex County | 25,752 |
| 9 | Essex County | 18,490 |
| 10 | Norfolk County | 9,435 |
| 11 | Dukes County | 6,404 |
| 12 | Barnstable County | 3,956 |
| 13 | Nantucket County | 911 |
| 14 | Suffolk County | 206 |