Counties in Washington by land in farms

Yakima County had the highest land in farms of 39 counties in 2017, at 1,781,463 acres. Skamania County had the lowest, at 5,874 acres. The median was 105,233 acres and the figure for Washington was 14,679,857 acres. Source: the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Highest1,781,463Yakima County

Lowest5,874Skamania County

Median105,23339 counties

Washington14,679,857History

Map of counties, 2017

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60K to 110K
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810K and over

acres, 2017. 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, 2017

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	2017 acres
1	Yakima County	1,781,463
2	Whitman County	1,287,978
3	Okanogan County	1,231,899
4	Lincoln County	1,181,197
5	Grant County	1,041,582
6	Adams County	972,095
7	Douglas County	822,733
8	Ferry County	788,660
9	Walla Walla County	702,537
10	Franklin County	615,274
11	Benton County	613,562
12	Klickitat County	573,730
13	Spokane County	548,535
14	Stevens County	517,938
15	Garfield County	289,848
16	Asotin County	250,865
17	Columbia County	243,351
18	Kittitas County	172,515
19	Lewis County	122,870
20	Grays Harbor County	105,233
21	Whatcom County	102,523
22	Skagit County	97,664
23	Clark County	90,737
24	Snohomish County	63,671
25	Thurston County	62,250
26	Chelan County	59,767
27	Pend Oreille County	58,077
28	Pacific County	52,365
29	Pierce County	45,766
30	King County	41,975
31	Cowlitz County	28,758
32	San Juan County	18,402
33	Mason County	18,136
34	Clallam County	17,197
35	Island County	15,850
36	Wahkiakum County	13,836
37	Jefferson County	13,753
38	Kitsap County	9,391
39	Skamania County	5,874

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, 2017) [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, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017. 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=2017.

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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, 2017 [Dataset]. Via Data Commons. Available at: https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/land-in-farms/washington-counties?period=2017 (Accessed: 11 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest land in farms?

Yakima County, with 1,781,463 acres in 2017, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Which county has the lowest land in farms?

Skamania County, with 5,874 acres in 2017.

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.