Farm Census

What every US county grows and raises

The 2022 Census of Agriculture counted 1,900,487 farms on 880,100,848 acres, selling $543.09 billion of crops, livestock and animal products. Farm Census reads it county by county: what the fields held, which animals were kept, who farms, and what changed since 2017.

Where is it grown most?

Alaska: largest group is aquacultureAKMaine: largest group is vegetables, melons and potatoesMEWisconsin: largest group is milk from cowsWIVermont: largest group is milk from cowsVTNew Hampshire: largest group is nursery, greenhouse and floriculture cropsNHWashington: largest group is fruit, tree nuts and berriesWAIdaho: largest group is milk from cowsIDMontana: largest group is grains, oilseeds, dry beans and dry peasMTNorth Dakota: largest group is grains, oilseeds, dry beans and dry peasNDMinnesota: largest group is grains, oilseeds, dry beans and dry peasMNIllinois: largest group is grains, oilseeds, dry beans and dry peasILMichigan: largest group is grains, oilseeds, dry beans and dry peasMINew York: largest group is milk from cowsNYMassachusetts: largest group is nursery, greenhouse and floriculture cropsMAOregon: largest group is nursery, greenhouse and floriculture cropsORNevada: largest group is cattle and calvesNVWyoming: largest group is cattle and calvesWYSouth Dakota: largest group is grains, oilseeds, dry beans and dry peasSDIowa: largest group is grains, oilseeds, dry beans and dry peasIAIndiana: largest group is grains, oilseeds, dry beans and dry peasINOhio: largest group is grains, oilseeds, dry beans and dry peasOHPennsylvania: largest group is poultry and eggsPANew Jersey: largest group is nursery, greenhouse and floriculture cropsNJConnecticut: largest group is nursery, greenhouse and floriculture cropsCTRhode Island: largest group is nursery, greenhouse and floriculture cropsRICalifornia: largest group is fruit, tree nuts and berriesCAUtah: largest group is milk from cowsUTColorado: largest group is cattle and calvesCONebraska: largest group is grains, oilseeds, dry beans and dry peasNEMissouri: largest group is grains, oilseeds, dry beans and dry peasMOKentucky: largest group is grains, oilseeds, dry beans and dry peasKYWest Virginia: largest group is poultry and eggsWVVirginia: largest group is poultry and eggsVAMaryland: largest group is poultry and eggsMDDelaware: largest group is poultry and eggsDEArizona: largest group is vegetables, melons and potatoesAZNew Mexico: largest group is milk from cowsNMKansas: largest group is cattle and calvesKSArkansas: largest group is poultry and eggsARTennessee: largest group is grains, oilseeds, dry beans and dry peasTNNorth Carolina: largest group is poultry and eggsNCSouth Carolina: largest group is poultry and eggsSCOklahoma: largest group is cattle and calvesOKLouisiana: largest group is grains, oilseeds, dry beans and dry peasLAMississippi: largest group is poultry and eggsMSAlabama: largest group is poultry and eggsALGeorgia: largest group is poultry and eggsGAHawaii: largest group is fruit, tree nuts and berriesHITexas: largest group is cattle and calvesTXFlorida: largest group is nursery, greenhouse and floriculture cropsFL
Grains and oilseeds (14)Poultry and eggs (11)Nursery and greenhouse (7)Milk (6)Cattle and calves (6)Fruit and nuts (3)Vegetables and melons (2)Aquaculture (1)Each state's largest group of farm products by sales value in 2022. Select a state to see all of its counties.

The counties that lead the country

The county with the largest published figure for each major crop and animal, and its slice of the national total. All 36 items are listed under crops and livestock.

Crop or animalLeading countyStateShare of US
Corn for grainKossuth CountyIowa0.4%
SoybeansStutsman CountyNorth Dakota0.5%
WheatHill CountyMontana1.5%
Hay and haylageImperial CountyCalifornia0.8%
CottonDunklin CountyMissouri1.6%
VegetablesMonterey CountyCalifornia8.0%
Orchard landFresno CountyCalifornia12.0%
BerriesWashington CountyMaine9.9%
Cattle and calvesTulare CountyCalifornia1.2%
Milk cowsTulare CountyCalifornia5.2%
Hogs and pigsDuplin CountyNorth Carolina2.6%
Broilers soldSussex CountyDelaware1.9%
Laying hensLancaster CountyPennsylvania3.5%
TurkeysWayne CountyNorth Carolina4.1%

The ten biggest farm economies

Counties ranked by the market value of everything their farms sold in 2022. Together these ten sold 7.7% of all US farm products.

#CountyStateFarm sales, 2022
1Fresno CountyCalifornia$7.00 billion
2Tulare CountyCalifornia$6.36 billion
3Monterey CountyCalifornia$5.47 billion
4Kern CountyCalifornia$5.01 billion
5Merced CountyCalifornia$3.98 billion
6Imperial CountyCalifornia$3.05 billion
7San Joaquin CountyCalifornia$3.03 billion
8Stanislaus CountyCalifornia$2.92 billion
9Santa Barbara CountyCalifornia$2.61 billion
10Grant CountyWashington$2.61 billion

Field notes

About the numbers

Every figure comes from the USDA's Census of Agriculture, which counts every place that produced and sold, or normally would have sold, at least $1,000 of agricultural products during the year. Where a county figure would reveal a single farm's data, USDA withholds it, and this site never fills the gap. How to read the data.