Counties in Washington by land in farms

Yakima County had the highest land in farms of 39 counties in 1997, at 1,718,596 acres. Skamania County had the lowest, at 5,022 acres. The median was 131,200 acres and the figure for Washington was 15,778,606 acres. Source: the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Highest1,718,596Yakima County

Lowest5,022Skamania County

Median131,20039 counties

Washington15,778,606History

Map of counties, 1997

Under 20K
20K to 60K
60K to 130K
130K to 560K
560K to 910K
910K and over

acres, 1997. 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, 1997

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	1997 acres
1	Yakima County	1,718,596
2	Lincoln County	1,403,973
3	Whitman County	1,366,109
4	Okanogan County	1,186,353
5	Adams County	1,143,572
6	Grant County	1,133,477
7	Douglas County	954,327
8	Ferry County	813,223
9	Walla Walla County	751,069
10	Spokane County	639,034
11	Benton County	634,428
12	Klickitat County	592,887
13	Franklin County	581,674
14	Stevens County	543,438
15	Garfield County	331,806
16	Columbia County	320,630
17	Asotin County	315,913
18	Kittitas County	187,881
19	Lewis County	134,185
20	Chelan County	131,200
21	Whatcom County	113,797
22	Skagit County	101,785
23	Clark County	82,666
24	Snohomish County	72,882
25	Thurston County	66,341
26	Pend Oreille County	65,873
27	Pierce County	61,689
28	King County	52,257
29	Grays Harbor County	50,545
30	Pacific County	45,401
31	Cowlitz County	37,698
32	Clallam County	25,426
33	Kitsap County	24,209
34	Mason County	22,241
35	Island County	19,408
36	San Juan County	18,843
37	Jefferson County	15,958
38	Wahkiakum County	12,790
39	Skamania County	5,022

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.

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 Washington by land in farms, 1997) [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, 1997. 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?period=1997. 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, 1997. 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?period=1997.

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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, 1997 [Dataset]. Via Data Commons. Available at: https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/land-in-farms/washington-counties?period=1997 (Accessed: 11 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest land in farms?

Yakima County, with 1,718,596 acres in 1997, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Which county has the lowest land in farms?

Skamania County, with 5,022 acres in 1997.

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.