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US states by greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture (EPA state inventory), 2022

Texas had the highest greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture (EPA state inventory) of 51 states in 2022, at 63.7 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. District of Columbia had the lowest, at 0 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. The median was 9.04 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. Source: the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Highest63.7Texas
Lowest0District of Columbia
Median9.0451 states

All states, 2022

Texas: 63.7 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentTexas63.7Iowa: 40.59 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentIowa40.59California: 36.56 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentCalifornia36.56Nebraska: 36.4 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentNebraska36.4Kansas: 36.31 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentKansas36.31Minnesota: 27.09 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentMinnesota27.09South Dakota: 26.33 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSouth Dakota26.33Illinois: 23.7 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentIllinois23.7Missouri: 22.76 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentMissouri22.76Wisconsin: 22.33 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentWisconsin22.33North Dakota: 20.6 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentNorth Dakota20.6Oklahoma: 19.43 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentOklahoma19.43Montana: 18.97 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentMontana18.97Arkansas: 17.63 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentArkansas17.63Idaho: 15.77 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentIdaho15.77Colorado: 15.55 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentColorado15.55Indiana: 15.48 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentIndiana15.48Ohio: 13.37 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentOhio13.37Michigan: 11.18 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentMichigan11.18North Carolina: 10.63 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentNorth Carolina10.63New York: 10.3 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentNew York10.3New Mexico: 10.1 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentNew Mexico10.1Louisiana: 10.04 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentLouisiana10.04Kentucky: 9.49 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentKentucky9.49Washington: 9.32 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentWashington9.32Florida: 9.04 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentFlorida9.04Pennsylvania: 8.74 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentPennsylvania8.74Wyoming: 8.56 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentWyoming8.56Arizona: 7.65 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentArizona7.65Tennessee: 7.53 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentTennessee7.53Mississippi: 7.36 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentMississippi7.36Oregon: 7.27 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentOregon7.27Georgia: 6.27 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentGeorgia6.27Virginia: 5.51 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentVirginia5.51Alabama: 5.38 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentAlabama5.38Utah: 4.69 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentUtah4.69Nevada: 2.47 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentNevada2.47South Carolina: 2.34 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSouth Carolina2.34Vermont: 1.72 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentVermont1.72Maryland: 1.59 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentMaryland1.59West Virginia: 1.36 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentWest Virginia1.36Maine: 0.58 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentMaine0.58Delaware: 0.47 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentDelaware0.47Hawaii: 0.42 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentHawaii0.42New Jersey: 0.41 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentNew Jersey0.41Connecticut: 0.37 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentConnecticut0.37Massachusetts: 0.29 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentMassachusetts0.29New Hampshire: 0.2 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentNew Hampshire0.2Alaska: 0.06 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentAlaska0.06Rhode Island: 0.03 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentRhode Island0.03District of Columbia: 0 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentDistrict of Columbia0
million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. Source: EPA state greenhouse gas inventory, EPA greenhouse gas inventory by state: Agriculture economic sector, million metric tons of CO2 equivalent. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankStates2022
million tonnes of CO2 equivalent		Change on 2021
1Texas63.7-1.8%
2Iowa40.59-2.2%
3California36.56-1.1%
4Nebraska36.4-1.4%
5Kansas36.31-1.9%
6Minnesota27.09-2.1%
7South Dakota26.33-2.5%
8Illinois23.7-2.2%
9Missouri22.76-3.3%
10Wisconsin22.33-0.7%
11North Dakota20.6-2.7%
12Oklahoma19.43-1.7%
13Montana18.97-3.6%
14Arkansas17.63-0.4%
15Idaho15.77+1%
16Colorado15.55-1.6%
17Indiana15.48-1%
18Ohio13.37-1.9%
19Michigan11.18-2.7%
20North Carolina10.63-1.4%
21New York10.3-1%
22New Mexico10.1-4.9%
23Louisiana10.04-0.1%
24Kentucky9.49-1.5%
25Washington9.32-2.2%
26Florida9.04-2%
27Pennsylvania8.74-3.8%
28Wyoming8.56-1.9%
29Arizona7.65-1.9%
30Tennessee7.53-2.6%
31Mississippi7.36-2%
32Oregon7.27-1%
33Georgia6.27-1.7%
34Virginia5.51-0%
35Alabama5.38-2.1%
36Utah4.69-2.4%
37Nevada2.47-1.5%
38South Carolina2.34-3.3%
39Vermont1.72-0.4%
40Maryland1.59-2.8%
41West Virginia1.36-1.6%
42Maine0.58-2.4%
43Delaware0.47-2.6%
44Hawaii0.42+1.7%
45New Jersey0.41-2.4%
46Connecticut0.37-0.6%
47Massachusetts0.29+1.7%
48New Hampshire0.2-2.1%
49Alaska0.06+3%
50Rhode Island0.03-0.6%
51District of Columbia0-0.5%

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About this ranking

Greenhouse gas emissions of a US state allocated to the agriculture economic sector. Livestock digestion and manure, fertilised soils, rice, and fuel used on farms. In million metric tons of CO2 equivalent: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and fluorinated gases weighted by their 100-year global warming potentials (IPCC AR5), from the EPA inventory of US emissions by state, which allocates the national inventory to the states with the same methods for every state. Emissions are counted where they occur, so electricity is counted in the state that generates it, not the state that uses it.

The six economic sectors add up to state_ghg_emissions. EPA says these estimates are not official state data: a state's own inventory can differ because it uses other methods, data or scopes. Each annual edition recalculates the whole series back to 1990.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the states are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks by State. EPA greenhouse gas inventory by state: Agriculture economic sector, million metric tons of CO2 equivalent. https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/state-ghg-emissions-and-removals. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2025). EPA greenhouse gas inventory by state: Agriculture economic sector, million metric tons of CO2 equivalent (US states by greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture (EPA state inventory), 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/state-ghg-emissions-and-removals

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EPA greenhouse gas inventory by state: Agriculture economic sector, million metric tons of CO2 equivalent, US states by greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture (EPA state inventory), 2022. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 23 Apr. 2025, https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/state-ghg-emissions-and-removals. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/state-ghg-emissions-agriculture/us-states. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 2025. EPA greenhouse gas inventory by state: Agriculture economic sector, million metric tons of CO2 equivalent. US states by greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture (EPA state inventory), 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/state-ghg-emissions-and-removals. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/state-ghg-emissions-agriculture/us-states.

Harvard

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2025) EPA greenhouse gas inventory by state: Agriculture economic sector, million metric tons of CO2 equivalent, US states by greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture (EPA state inventory), 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/state-ghg-emissions-and-removals, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/state-ghg-emissions-agriculture/us-states (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which state has the highest greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture (EPA state inventory)?

Texas, with 63.7 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in 2022, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Which state has the lowest greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture (EPA state inventory)?

District of Columbia, with 0 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in 2022.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA greenhouse gas inventory by state: Agriculture economic sector, million metric tons of CO2 equivalent. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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