# Counties in New Jersey by land in farms, 2022

All 19 values come from U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service for 2022, so the places are comparable. 2 counties have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- 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/new-jersey-counties

| Rank | Place | acres |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Salem County | 97,465 |
| 2 | Burlington County | 93,594 |
| 3 | Hunterdon County | 91,588 |
| 4 | Sussex County | 71,688 |
| 5 | Warren County | 70,747 |
| 6 | Cumberland County | 68,491 |
| 7 | Monmouth County | 44,226 |
| 8 | Gloucester County | 42,076 |
| 9 | Atlantic County | 30,674 |
| 10 | Somerset County | 30,015 |
| 11 | Mercer County | 19,030 |
| 12 | Morris County | 14,552 |
| 13 | Middlesex County | 12,302 |
| 14 | Cape May County | 7,821 |
| 15 | Camden County | 7,431 |
| 16 | Ocean County | 6,961 |
| 17 | Passaic County | 1,830 |
| 18 | Bergen County | 771 |
| 19 | Union County | 139 |