# Counties in Virginia by land in farms, 2022

All 98 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/virginia-counties

| Rank | Place | acres |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Pittsylvania County | 244,183 |
| 2 | Augusta County | 243,974 |
| 3 | Rockingham County | 191,588 |
| 4 | Fauquier County | 188,562 |
| 5 | Bedford County | 183,200 |
| 6 | Russell County | 176,732 |
| 7 | Washington County | 169,761 |
| 8 | Albemarle County | 167,583 |
| 9 | Halifax County | 159,004 |
| 10 | Southampton County | 155,013 |
| 11 | Franklin County | 143,127 |
| 12 | Wythe County | 135,888 |
| 13 | Rockbridge County | 124,983 |
| 14 | Scott County | 124,895 |
| 15 | Grayson County | 124,095 |
| 16 | Mecklenburg County | 123,797 |
| 17 | Tazewell County | 123,581 |
| 18 | Shenandoah County | 120,653 |
| 19 | Smyth County | 117,159 |
| 20 | Campbell County | 117,078 |
| 21 | Charlotte County | 116,680 |
| 22 | Culpeper County | 115,816 |
| 23 | Carroll County | 111,941 |
| 24 | Loudoun County | 110,133 |
| 25 | Orange County | 103,983 |
| 26 | Dinwiddie County | 101,333 |
| 27 | Floyd County | 100,913 |
| 28 | Madison County | 99,536 |
| 29 | Highland County | 96,013 |
| 30 | Frederick County | 94,314 |
| 31 | Hanover County | 91,864 |
| 32 | Botetourt County | 89,509 |
| 33 | Lee County | 89,186 |
| 34 | Louisa County | 86,660 |
| 35 | Montgomery County | 85,117 |
| 36 | Accomack County | 81,233 |
| 37 | Buckingham County | 80,900 |
| 38 | Isle of Wight County | 80,316 |
| 39 | Bland County | 79,310 |
| 40 | Amherst County | 74,554 |
| 41 | Appomattox County | 74,535 |
| 42 | Pulaski County | 74,264 |
| 43 | Suffolk city | 70,920 |
| 44 | Patrick County | 70,893 |
| 45 | Giles County | 70,873 |
| 46 | Sussex County | 69,562 |
| 47 | Lunenburg County | 69,485 |
| 48 | Nelson County | 68,566 |
| 49 | Rappahannock County | 66,894 |
| 50 | Brunswick County | 64,864 |
| 51 | Amelia County | 62,309 |
| 52 | Caroline County | 60,121 |
| 53 | Essex County | 59,380 |
| 54 | Nottoway County | 58,567 |
| 55 | King William County | 57,926 |
| 56 | Page County | 57,321 |
| 57 | Prince Edward County | 56,228 |
| 58 | Northumberland County | 54,956 |
| 59 | Westmoreland County | 50,594 |
| 60 | Clarke County | 50,182 |
| 61 | King and Queen County | 50,027 |
| 62 | Fluvanna County | 49,499 |
| 63 | Cumberland County | 48,885 |
| 64 | Surry County | 46,226 |
| 65 | Craig County | 45,890 |
| 66 | Henry County | 44,869 |
| 67 | Northampton County | 43,586 |
| 68 | Goochland County | 40,711 |
| 69 | Spotsylvania County | 39,666 |
| 70 | Greensville County | 38,694 |
| 71 | Warren County | 37,759 |
| 72 | Chesapeake city | 37,359 |
| 73 | Richmond County | 36,160 |
| 74 | King George County | 34,854 |
| 75 | Bath County | 34,634 |
| 76 | Charles City County | 33,617 |
| 77 | Powhatan County | 33,100 |
| 78 | Alleghany County | 31,836 |
| 79 | Greene County | 30,811 |
| 80 | Prince George County | 26,057 |
| 81 | Gloucester County | 24,983 |
| 82 | Roanoke County | 24,633 |
| 83 | Virginia Beach city | 23,140 |
| 84 | New Kent County | 21,533 |
| 85 | Prince William County | 20,388 |
| 86 | Chesterfield County | 19,686 |
| 87 | Middlesex County | 19,164 |
| 88 | Wise County | 15,141 |
| 89 | Stafford County | 11,518 |
| 90 | Dickenson County | 10,617 |
| 91 | Lancaster County | 9,987 |
| 92 | Buchanan County | 8,501 |
| 93 | Henrico County | 7,927 |
| 94 | James City County | 6,216 |
| 95 | Mathews County | 4,567 |
| 96 | Fairfax County | 3,616 |
| 97 | York County | 1,220 |
| 98 | Arlington County | 3 |