# Counties in New Mexico by land in farms, 2022

All 31 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-mexico-counties

| Rank | Place | 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 |