# Counties in North Dakota by land in farms, 2022

All 53 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/north-dakota-counties

| Rank | Place | acres |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | McKenzie County | 1,359,174 |
| 2 | Morton County | 1,228,831 |
| 3 | Stutsman County | 1,201,132 |
| 4 | Mountrail County | 1,165,469 |
| 5 | McHenry County | 1,126,626 |
| 6 | Dunn County | 1,118,382 |
| 7 | Williams County | 1,114,295 |
| 8 | Grant County | 1,057,984 |
| 9 | McLean County | 1,049,482 |
| 10 | Ward County | 1,014,320 |
| 11 | Bottineau County | 962,403 |
| 12 | Emmons County | 961,340 |
| 13 | Cass County | 941,171 |
| 14 | Barnes County | 899,654 |
| 15 | Cavalier County | 874,459 |
| 16 | Richland County | 795,490 |
| 17 | Burleigh County | 782,183 |
| 18 | Kidder County | 764,998 |
| 19 | Grand Forks County | 761,755 |
| 20 | Slope County | 757,635 |
| 21 | Bowman County | 740,954 |
| 22 | Walsh County | 734,006 |
| 23 | Billings County | 730,876 |
| 24 | Wells County | 724,757 |
| 25 | Stark County | 723,041 |
| 26 | LaMoure County | 697,530 |
| 27 | Sioux County | 697,019 |
| 28 | Hettinger County | 651,019 |
| 29 | Benson County | 640,303 |
| 30 | Golden Valley County | 638,147 |
| 31 | Ramsey County | 618,109 |
| 32 | Burke County | 617,662 |
| 33 | Pembina County | 616,835 |
| 34 | Divide County | 613,694 |
| 35 | Dickey County | 610,307 |
| 36 | Adams County | 593,005 |
| 37 | Nelson County | 557,763 |
| 38 | Towner County | 554,730 |
| 39 | Sheridan County | 542,192 |
| 40 | Traill County | 530,509 |
| 41 | Ransom County | 522,982 |
| 42 | Renville County | 507,942 |
| 43 | Logan County | 482,603 |
| 44 | Pierce County | 471,211 |
| 45 | Rolette County | 470,525 |
| 46 | Sargent County | 469,900 |
| 47 | McIntosh County | 456,957 |
| 48 | Mercer County | 451,663 |
| 49 | Oliver County | 419,606 |
| 50 | Griggs County | 386,215 |
| 51 | Steele County | 384,113 |
| 52 | Eddy County | 381,638 |
| 53 | Foster County | 362,426 |