# Counties in Missouri by land in farms, 2022

All 114 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/missouri-counties

| Rank | Place | acres |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Vernon County | 495,559 |
| 2 | Macon County | 432,256 |
| 3 | Bates County | 426,962 |
| 4 | Saline County | 426,061 |
| 5 | Stoddard County | 417,349 |
| 6 | Johnson County | 415,874 |
| 7 | Texas County | 407,913 |
| 8 | Harrison County | 403,261 |
| 9 | Carroll County | 393,921 |
| 10 | Nodaway County | 380,179 |
| 11 | Chariton County | 372,047 |
| 12 | Barton County | 365,241 |
| 13 | Howell County | 363,963 |
| 14 | Henry County | 362,617 |
| 15 | Pettis County | 360,253 |
| 16 | New Madrid County | 346,144 |
| 17 | Polk County | 340,780 |
| 18 | Douglas County | 336,408 |
| 19 | Pike County | 331,162 |
| 20 | Audrain County | 329,649 |
| 21 | Linn County | 326,008 |
| 22 | Osage County | 323,170 |
| 23 | Daviess County | 320,474 |
| 24 | Sullivan County | 318,779 |
| 25 | Dade County | 313,523 |
| 26 | Lawrence County | 312,640 |
| 27 | Laclede County | 307,082 |
| 28 | Dunklin County | 302,199 |
| 29 | Cass County | 301,581 |
| 30 | Putnam County | 295,526 |
| 31 | Pemiscot County | 294,693 |
| 32 | Wright County | 292,986 |
| 33 | St. Clair County | 292,065 |
| 34 | Callaway County | 289,024 |
| 35 | Livingston County | 286,858 |
| 36 | Lafayette County | 286,192 |
| 37 | Monroe County | 285,759 |
| 38 | Barry County | 279,279 |
| 39 | Atchison County | 273,607 |
| 40 | Oregon County | 272,656 |
| 41 | Jasper County | 270,662 |
| 42 | Gentry County | 268,094 |
| 43 | Webster County | 266,345 |
| 44 | Franklin County | 265,858 |
| 45 | Cooper County | 262,105 |
| 46 | Mississippi County | 260,982 |
| 47 | Ray County | 259,143 |
| 48 | Cape Girardeau County | 255,019 |
| 49 | Shelby County | 254,810 |
| 50 | Butler County | 250,359 |
| 51 | Adair County | 249,382 |
| 52 | Miller County | 242,451 |
| 53 | Newton County | 239,381 |
| 54 | Ozark County | 229,631 |
| 55 | Knox County | 224,997 |
| 56 | Cedar County | 223,426 |
| 57 | Lewis County | 220,282 |
| 58 | Holt County | 220,066 |
| 59 | Lincoln County | 218,355 |
| 60 | Caldwell County | 218,258 |
| 61 | Maries County | 216,335 |
| 62 | Clark County | 215,798 |
| 63 | Grundy County | 214,652 |
| 64 | Scott County | 213,397 |
| 65 | Morgan County | 213,322 |
| 66 | Scotland County | 212,718 |
| 67 | Randolph County | 212,214 |
| 68 | Mercer County | 207,759 |
| 69 | Howard County | 206,874 |
| 70 | Dent County | 203,855 |
| 71 | Benton County | 198,779 |
| 72 | Montgomery County | 198,095 |
| 73 | Greene County | 197,605 |
| 74 | Boone County | 196,763 |
| 75 | Crawford County | 194,055 |
| 76 | Marion County | 193,536 |
| 77 | Perry County | 193,440 |
| 78 | Gasconade County | 192,365 |
| 79 | Ralls County | 191,799 |
| 80 | McDonald County | 191,401 |
| 81 | DeKalb County | 191,284 |
| 82 | Clinton County | 190,097 |
| 83 | Moniteau County | 189,462 |
| 84 | Hickory County | 177,802 |
| 85 | Christian County | 174,620 |
| 86 | Phelps County | 174,422 |
| 87 | St. Charles County | 170,588 |
| 88 | Bollinger County | 167,603 |
| 89 | Dallas County | 166,832 |
| 90 | Ste. Genevieve County | 158,419 |
| 91 | Andrew County | 157,750 |
| 92 | Worth County | 148,910 |
| 93 | Platte County | 147,941 |
| 94 | Camden County | 147,003 |
| 95 | Cole County | 143,831 |
| 96 | Schuyler County | 143,229 |
| 97 | Buchanan County | 140,427 |
| 98 | Ripley County | 139,907 |
| 99 | Shannon County | 133,126 |
| 100 | Pulaski County | 117,115 |
| 101 | Warren County | 115,250 |
| 102 | Jefferson County | 106,429 |
| 103 | Taney County | 100,205 |
| 104 | Madison County | 96,231 |
| 105 | St. Francois County | 94,940 |
| 106 | Wayne County | 94,567 |
| 107 | Stone County | 87,784 |
| 108 | Washington County | 87,234 |
| 109 | Clay County | 86,064 |
| 110 | Iron County | 84,993 |
| 111 | Jackson County | 80,664 |
| 112 | Reynolds County | 72,900 |
| 113 | Carter County | 70,610 |
| 114 | St. Louis County | 21,936 |