# Counties in Montana by land in farms, 2022

All 56 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/montana-counties

| Rank | Place | acres |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Big Horn County | 3,191,315 |
| 2 | Rosebud County | 2,873,641 |
| 3 | Chouteau County | 2,359,276 |
| 4 | Garfield County | 2,325,298 |
| 5 | Fergus County | 2,315,398 |
| 6 | Custer County | 2,137,368 |
| 7 | Blaine County | 1,880,136 |
| 8 | Phillips County | 1,874,160 |
| 9 | Powder River County | 1,854,916 |
| 10 | Hill County | 1,854,358 |
| 11 | Valley County | 1,696,229 |
| 12 | Carter County | 1,682,561 |
| 13 | Yellowstone County | 1,433,440 |
| 14 | Cascade County | 1,364,780 |
| 15 | Roosevelt County | 1,218,335 |
| 16 | Toole County | 1,191,112 |
| 17 | Dawson County | 1,177,000 |
| 18 | Richland County | 1,147,949 |
| 19 | McCone County | 1,127,416 |
| 20 | Musselshell County | 1,126,951 |
| 21 | Glacier County | 1,115,475 |
| 22 | Beaverhead County | 1,012,816 |
| 23 | Lewis and Clark County | 996,169 |
| 24 | Sheridan County | 991,016 |
| 25 | Madison County | 925,384 |
| 26 | Sweet Grass County | 921,433 |
| 27 | Teton County | 913,638 |
| 28 | Liberty County | 913,606 |
| 29 | Meagher County | 880,397 |
| 30 | Fallon County | 862,293 |
| 31 | Pondera County | 746,528 |
| 32 | Carbon County | 738,590 |
| 33 | Golden Valley County | 736,973 |
| 34 | Park County | 736,194 |
| 35 | Judith Basin County | 692,347 |
| 36 | Wheatland County | 677,703 |
| 37 | Daniels County | 667,686 |
| 38 | Petroleum County | 664,043 |
| 39 | Gallatin County | 655,883 |
| 40 | Sanders County | 621,625 |
| 41 | Lake County | 596,272 |
| 42 | Prairie County | 590,631 |
| 43 | Stillwater County | 568,671 |
| 44 | Powell County | 549,419 |
| 45 | Treasure County | 499,471 |
| 46 | Broadwater County | 464,721 |
| 47 | Jefferson County | 454,324 |
| 48 | Wibaux County | 407,570 |
| 49 | Missoula County | 339,770 |
| 50 | Granite County | 289,810 |
| 51 | Ravalli County | 188,084 |
| 52 | Flathead County | 160,817 |
| 53 | Silver Bow County | 68,857 |
| 54 | Deer Lodge County | 58,289 |
| 55 | Lincoln County | 50,005 |
| 56 | Mineral County | 13,171 |