Counties in New Mexico by land in farms, 2022

McKinley County had the highest land in farms of 31 counties in 2022, at 2,420,328 acres. Taos County had the lowest, at 229,129 acres. The median was 1,258,863 acres and the figure for New Mexico was 39,128,563 acres. Source: the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Highest2,420,328McKinley County

Lowest229,129Taos County

Median1,258,86331 counties

New Mexico39,128,563History

Map of counties, 2022

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880K to 1.3M
1.3M to 1.4M
1.4M to 1.8M
1.8M and over
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acres, 2022. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: USDA NASS, Census of Agriculture: land in farms, acres, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022) via Data Commons. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2022

acres. Source: USDA NASS, Census of Agriculture: land in farms, acres, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022) via Data Commons. Retrieved 2026-10-11.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2022 acres
1	McKinley County	2,420,328
2	San Juan County	2,417,870
3	Chaves County	2,309,179
4	Colfax County	2,035,008
5	Union County	1,925,764
6	Quay County	1,834,958
7	Lea County	1,826,208
8	Cibola County	1,700,895
9	Torrance County	1,692,413
10	San Miguel County	1,662,231
11	Lincoln County	1,430,994
12	Catron County	1,396,946
13	Rio Arriba County	1,346,191
14	Socorro County	1,345,407
15	Roosevelt County	1,294,906
16	Guadalupe County	1,258,863
17	Sierra County	1,070,677
18	De Baca County	928,891
19	Harding County	911,624
20	Curry County	891,911
21	Sandoval County	881,954
22	Otero County	867,162
23	Grant County	794,499
24	Luna County	714,436
25	Doña Ana County	713,474
26	Hidalgo County	699,048
27	Mora County	684,546
28	Eddy County	640,351
29	Santa Fe County	494,844
30	Valencia County	450,426
31	Taos County	229,129

Other periods

About this ranking

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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. 2 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2022 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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.

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U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service. (2026). Census of Agriculture: land in farms, acres, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022) (Counties in New Mexico by land in farms, 2022) [Data set]. Data Commons. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/

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Census of Agriculture: land in farms, acres, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022), Counties in New Mexico by land in farms, 2022. U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, 11 Oct. 2026, https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/. Data Commons, https://datacommons.org. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/land-in-farms/new-mexico-counties. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service. 2026. Census of Agriculture: land in farms, acres, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022). Counties in New Mexico by land in farms, 2022. Dataset. Distributed by Data Commons. Accessed October 11, 2026. https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/land-in-farms/new-mexico-counties.

Harvard

U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service (2026) Census of Agriculture: land in farms, acres, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022), Counties in New Mexico by land in farms, 2022 [Dataset]. Via Data Commons. Available at: https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/land-in-farms/new-mexico-counties (Accessed: 11 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest land in farms?

McKinley County, with 2,420,328 acres in 2022, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Which county has the lowest land in farms?

Taos County, with 229,129 acres in 2022.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Census of Agriculture: land in farms, acres, nation, states and counties (1997 to 2022). Retrieved 2026-10-11. 2 counties have no value for 2022 and are not ranked.