Counties in Washington by land in farms

Yakima County had the highest land in farms of 39 counties in 2002, at 1,678,984 acres. Skamania County had the lowest, at 5,712 acres. The median was 130,950 acres and the figure for Washington was 15,318,008 acres. Source: the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Highest1,678,984Yakima County

Lowest5,712Skamania County

Median130,95039 counties

Washington15,318,008History

Map of counties, 2002

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acres, 2002. 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, 2002

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	2002 acres
1	Yakima County	1,678,984
2	Whitman County	1,328,337
3	Okanogan County	1,241,316
4	Lincoln County	1,233,377
5	Grant County	1,074,074
6	Adams County	1,067,079
7	Douglas County	878,867
8	Ferry County	799,435
9	Walla Walla County	700,560
10	Franklin County	664,875
11	Spokane County	643,377
12	Benton County	607,963
13	Klickitat County	606,794
14	Stevens County	528,402
15	Garfield County	312,425
16	Columbia County	294,661
17	Asotin County	280,393
18	Kittitas County	230,646
19	Whatcom County	148,027
20	Lewis County	130,950
21	Skagit County	113,821
22	Chelan County	112,023
23	Thurston County	74,442
24	Clark County	70,694
25	Snohomish County	68,612
26	Pend Oreille County	61,239
27	Pierce County	57,224
28	Grays Harbor County	53,594
29	Pacific County	51,824
30	King County	41,769
31	Cowlitz County	39,582
32	Clallam County	22,372
33	Mason County	21,641
34	San Juan County	17,145
35	Kitsap County	16,094
36	Island County	15,018
37	Wahkiakum County	12,386
38	Jefferson County	12,274
39	Skamania County	5,712

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, 2002) [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, 2002. 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=2002. 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, 2002. 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=2002.

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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, 2002 [Dataset]. Via Data Commons. Available at: https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/land-in-farms/washington-counties?period=2002 (Accessed: 11 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest land in farms?

Yakima County, with 1,678,984 acres in 2002, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Which county has the lowest land in farms?

Skamania County, with 5,712 acres in 2002.

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.