Counties in Washington by land in farms, 2022

Yakima County had the highest land in farms of 39 counties in 2022, at 1,792,824 acres. Skamania County had the lowest, at 6,416 acres. The median was 102,886 acres and the figure for Washington was 13,855,414 acres. Source: the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Highest1,792,824Yakima County

Lowest6,416Skamania County

Median102,88639 counties

Washington13,855,414History

Map of counties, 2022

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760K and over

acres, 2022. 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	Yakima County	1,792,824
2	Whitman County	1,218,301
3	Lincoln County	1,109,276
4	Grant County	1,014,389
5	Adams County	981,670
6	Okanogan County	940,124
7	Douglas County	787,620
8	Walla Walla County	713,416
9	Klickitat County	619,788
10	Benton County	612,372
11	Franklin County	586,594
12	Spokane County	571,997
13	Ferry County	522,236
14	Stevens County	465,282
15	Columbia County	302,041
16	Garfield County	262,540
17	Asotin County	200,898
18	Kittitas County	165,205
19	Lewis County	118,915
20	Whatcom County	102,886
21	Skagit County	99,718
22	Grays Harbor County	97,952
23	Snohomish County	73,324
24	Clark County	56,038
25	Thurston County	55,943
26	Chelan County	55,095
27	Pierce County	47,546
28	King County	46,261
29	Pacific County	43,851
30	Pend Oreille County	37,832
31	Mason County	36,865
32	Cowlitz County	28,902
33	San Juan County	19,571
34	Island County	17,038
35	Clallam County	15,789
36	Wahkiakum County	10,643
37	Kitsap County	9,539
38	Jefferson County	8,717
39	Skamania County	6,416

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. Equal values share a rank.

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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 Washington 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 Washington 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/washington-counties. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

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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 Washington 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/washington-counties.

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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 Washington 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/washington-counties (Accessed: 11 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest land in farms?

Yakima County, with 1,792,824 acres in 2022, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Which county has the lowest land in farms?

Skamania County, with 6,416 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.