Counties in Washington by land in farms

Yakima County had the highest land in farms of 39 counties in 2012, at 1,780,498 acres. Skamania County had the lowest, at 6,473 acres. The median was 119,440 acres and the figure for Washington was 14,748,107 acres. Source: the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Highest1,780,498Yakima County

Lowest6,473Skamania County

Median119,44039 counties

Washington14,748,107History

Map of counties, 2012

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acres, 2012. 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, 2012

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	2012 acres
1	Yakima County	1,780,498
2	Whitman County	1,275,110
3	Okanogan County	1,205,285
4	Lincoln County	1,114,940
5	Adams County	1,036,975
6	Grant County	963,784
7	Douglas County	814,109
8	Ferry County	792,250
9	Benton County	703,505
10	Walla Walla County	645,121
11	Franklin County	625,047
12	Klickitat County	551,097
13	Spokane County	537,406
14	Stevens County	527,123
15	Garfield County	308,486
16	Columbia County	297,412
17	Asotin County	263,166
18	Kittitas County	183,124
19	Lewis County	132,839
20	Grays Harbor County	119,440
21	Whatcom County	115,831
22	Skagit County	106,538
23	Thurston County	76,638
24	Chelan County	75,820
25	Clark County	74,758
26	Snohomish County	70,863
27	Pacific County	52,157
28	Pierce County	49,483
29	King County	46,717
30	Pend Oreille County	43,619
31	Cowlitz County	39,009
32	Mason County	23,743
33	Clallam County	23,640
34	San Juan County	15,669
35	Jefferson County	15,556
36	Island County	15,249
37	Kitsap County	10,070
38	Wahkiakum County	9,557
39	Skamania County	6,473

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, 2012) [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, 2012. 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=2012. 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, 2012. 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=2012.

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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, 2012 [Dataset]. Via Data Commons. Available at: https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/land-in-farms/washington-counties?period=2012 (Accessed: 11 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest land in farms?

Yakima County, with 1,780,498 acres in 2012, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Which county has the lowest land in farms?

Skamania County, with 6,473 acres in 2012.

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.