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Farms and Land in Farms
2021 Summary
February 2022
Farms and Land in Farms 2021 Summary (February 2022) 3
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service
Contents
Farms and Land in Farms Highlights................................................................................................................................... 4
Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size – United States: 2014-2021 ...................................................... 5
Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size by Economic Sales Class – United States: 2020-2021 .............. 5
Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size – States and United States: 2020-2021 ..................................... 6
Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size, $1,000-$9,999 – States and United States: 2020-2021 ............ 7
Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size, $10,000-$99,999 – States and United States: 2020-2021 ........ 8
Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size, $100,000-$249,999 – States and United States: 2020-2021..... 9
Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size, $250,000-$499,999 – States and United States: 2020-2021... 10
Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size, $500,000-$999,999 – States and United States: 2020-2021... 11
Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size, $1,000,000 or more – States and United States: 2020-2021 .. 12
Statistical Methodology ..................................................................................................................................................... 13
Terms and Definitions ....................................................................................................................................................... 14
Farm Definition History .................................................................................................................................................... 15
Information Contacts ......................................................................................................................................................... 16
4 Farms and Land in Farms 2021 Summary (February 2022)
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service
Farms and Land in Farms Highlights
The number of farms in the United States for 2021 is estimated at 2,012,050, down 6,950 farms from 2020. The number
of farms increased in all sales classes except $1,000-$9,999, $100,000-$249,999, and $1,000,000 or more. In 2021, 51.0
percent of all farms had less than $10,000 in sales and 81.5 percent of all farms had less than $100,000 in sales. In 2021,
7.4 percent of all farms had sales of $500,000 or more.
Total land in farms, at 895,300,000 acres, decreased 1,300,000 acres from 2020. The biggest change for 2021 is that
producers in Sales Class $1,000 - $9,999 operated 640,000 fewer acres than in 2020. In 2021, 30.1 percent of all farmland
was operated by farms with less than $100,000 in sales, while 40.9 percent of all farmland was operated by farms with
sales of $500,000 or more.
The average farm size for 2021 is 445 acres, up from 444 acres the previous year. Average farm size increased in the
$1,000,000 or more sales class and decreased or remained unchanged in all other sales classes.
Farms and Land in Farms 2021 Summary (February 2022) 5
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service
Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size – United States: 2014-2021
Year
Number of farms
Land in farms
Average farm size
(number)
(1,000 acres)
(acres)
2014 ........................................
2015 ........................................
2016 ........................................
2017 ........................................
2018 ........................................
2019 ........................................
2020 ........................................
2021 ........................................
2,082,440
2,063,890
2,055,340
2,042,000
2,029,200
2,023,400
2,019,000
2,012,050
908,920
905,790
902,680
900,370
899,500
897,400
896,600
895,300
436
439
439
441
443
444
444
445
Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size by Economic Sales Class –
United States: 2020-2021
Economic sales class
Percent of total
Average farm size
Number of farms
Land in farms
2021
2020
2021
2020
2021
(percent)
(percent)
(percent)
(acres)
(acres)
$1,000 - $9,999 ....................
$10,000 - $99,999 ................
$100,000 - $249,999 ............
$250,000 - $499,999 ............
$500,000 - $999,999 ............
$1,000,000 or more ..............
Total
1
....................................
51.0
30.5
6.7
4.4
3.5
3.9
100.0
9.3
20.8
14.7
14.3
15.4
25.4
100.0
9.3
20.8
14.7
14.3
15.4
25.5
100.0
81
304
976
1,455
1,942
2,915
444
81
304
973
1,448
1,942
2,920
445
1
Percent of total may not add to 100 due to rounding.
6 Farms and Land in Farms 2021 Summary (February 2022)
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Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size – States and United States: 2020-2021
State
Number of farms
Land in farms
Average farm size
2020
2021
2020
2021
2020
2021
(number)
(number)
(1,000 acres)
(1,000 acres)
(acres)
(acres)
Alabama ..........................................
Alaska ..............................................
Arizona ............................................
Arkansas .........................................
California .........................................
Colorado ..........................................
Connecticut .....................................
Delaware .........................................
Florida ..............................................
Georgia ............................................
Hawaii ..............................................
Idaho ................................................
Illinois ...............................................
Indiana .............................................
Iowa .................................................
Kansas ............................................
Kentucky ..........................................
Louisiana .........................................
Maine ...............................................
Maryland ..........................................
Massachusetts ................................
Michigan ..........................................
Minnesota ........................................
Mississippi .......................................
Missouri ...........................................
Montana ..........................................
Nebraska .........................................
Nevada ............................................
New Hampshire ..............................
New Jersey .....................................
New Mexico .....................................
New York .........................................
North Carolina .................................
North Dakota ...................................
Ohio .................................................
Oklahoma ........................................
Oregon ............................................
Pennsylvania ...................................
Rhode Island ...................................
South Carolina ................................
South Dakota ..................................
Tennessee ......................................
Texas ...............................................
Utah .................................................
Vermont ...........................................
Virginia ............................................
Washington .....................................
West Virginia ...................................
Wisconsin ........................................
Wyoming .........................................
United States ..................................
39,000
1,050
19,000
42,200
69,600
38,800
5,500
2,300
47,500
41,400
7,300
24,600
71,100
55,500
85,000
58,300
74,500
27,400
7,600
12,400
7,200
46,500
67,500
34,400
95,000
26,900
45,500
3,350
4,100
9,900
24,800
33,400
46,000
26,000
77,800
77,300
37,200
52,700
1,100
24,600
29,600
69,500
247,000
17,800
6,800
42,300
35,500
22,800
64,400
12,000
2,019,000
38,500
1,050
19,000
42,000
69,000
39,000
5,500
2,300
47,500
41,300
7,300
24,600
70,900
55,100
84,900
58,600
74,100
27,400
7,600
12,400
7,200
46,000
67,400
34,300
95,000
27,100
44,800
3,400
4,100
9,900
24,700
33,400
45,100
26,000
76,900
77,200
37,100
52,700
1,100
24,600
29,400
69,500
247,000
17,900
6,800
41,500
35,300
22,300
64,100
12,200
2,012,050
8,300
850
26,200
14,000
24,300
31,800
380
530
9,700
10,200
1,100
11,500
27,000
14,800
30,600
45,700
12,900
8,000
1,300
2,000
500
9,800
25,400
10,400
27,500
58,000
44,900
6,100
430
750
40,000
6,900
8,400
39,300
13,600
34,400
15,800
7,300
60
4,800
43,200
10,800
126,000
10,700
1,200
7,800
14,600
3,500
14,300
29,000
896,600
8,200
850
26,200
14,000
24,200
31,800
380
530
9,700
10,200
1,100
11,500
27,000
14,800
30,500
45,700
12,900
8,000
1,300
2,000
500
9,700
25,400
10,400
27,500
57,900
44,800
6,100
430
750
40,000
6,900
8,300
39,300
13,500
34,400
15,700
7,300
60
4,800
43,200
10,700
126,000
10,700
1,200
7,700
14,500
3,500
14,200
29,000
895,300
213
810
1,379
332
349
820
69
230
204
246
151
467
380
267
360
784
173
292
171
161
69
211
376
302
289
2,156
987
1,821
105
76
1,613
207
183
1,512
175
445
425
139
55
195
1,459
155
510
601
176
184
411
154
222
2,417
444
213
810
1,379
333
351
815
69
230
204
247
151
467
381
269
359
780
174
292
171
161
69
211
377
303
289
2,137
1,000
1,794
105
76
1,619
207
184
1,512
176
446
423
139
55
195
1,469
154
510
598
176
186
411
157
222
2,377
445
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Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size by Economic Sales Class – States and
United States: 2020-2021
State
Economic sales class: $1,000-$9,999
Number of farms
Land in farms
Average farm size
2020
2021
2020
2021
2020
2021
(number)
(number)
(1,000 acres)
(1,000 acres)
(acres)
(acres)
Alabama ...........................................
Alaska ..............................................
Arizona .............................................
Arkansas ..........................................
California ..........................................
Colorado ..........................................
Connecticut ......................................
Delaware ..........................................
Florida ..............................................
Georgia ............................................
Hawaii ..............................................
Idaho ................................................
Illinois ...............................................
Indiana .............................................
Iowa ..................................................
Kansas .............................................
Kentucky ..........................................
Louisiana ..........................................
Maine ...............................................
Maryland ..........................................
Massachusetts .................................
Michigan ...........................................
Minnesota ........................................
Mississippi ........................................
Missouri ............................................
Montana ...........................................
Nebraska ..........................................
Nevada .............................................
New Hampshire ...............................
New Jersey ......................................
New Mexico .....................................
New York .........................................
North Carolina .................................
North Dakota ....................................
Ohio ..................................................
Oklahoma .........................................
Oregon .............................................
Pennsylvania ...................................
Rhode Island ....................................
South Carolina .................................
South Dakota ...................................
Tennessee .......................................
Texas ...............................................
Utah ..................................................
Vermont ...........................................
Virginia .............................................
Washington ......................................
West Virginia ....................................
Wisconsin .........................................
Wyoming ..........................................
United States ...................................
22,000
590
14,200
20,400
27,000
22,000
3,650
820
29,000
23,100
4,250
13,300
27,600
25,800
25,000
21,100
43,800
15,400
4,800
6,700
4,500
24,200
24,600
19,500
44,400
11,500
11,100
1,700
2,750
6,400
17,000
15,500
25,700
7,400
41,800
40,300
23,500
24,900
630
16,400
7,000
43,500
156,500
10,800
3,750
24,000
21,600
16,500
28,700
5,600
1,032,240
21,600
590
14,200
20,300
26,600
22,100
3,650
820
28,900
23,100
4,250
13,200
27,500
25,200
25,000
21,300
43,200
15,300
4,800
6,700
4,500
23,700
24,600
19,300
44,400
11,700
10,900
1,750
2,750
6,400
16,800
15,500
24,800
7,400
41,300
40,000
23,400
24,900
630
16,400
7,000
43,100
156,000
11,000
3,750
23,200
21,500
16,100
28,200
5,800
1,025,090
1,900
80
4,800
1,700
1,300
2,200
130
20
1,300
2,300
70
650
1,200
1,000
900
1,900
3,000
1,100
390
260
190
1,200
1,600
2,200
3,200
2,000
800
520
170
160
5,000
1,100
1,400
1,200
1,900
4,200
1,100
1,300
20
1,500
1,000
2,700
14,900
600
280
1,700
800
1,500
1,900
1,200
83,540
1,850
80
4,800
1,650
1,400
2,300
130
20
1,250
2,300
70
650
1,200
1,000
900
2,000
2,900
1,050
390
260
190
1,200
1,700
2,200
3,200
1,900
800
530
170
160
5,000
1,100
1,350
1,200
1,850
4,100
1,100
1,300
20
1,500
900
2,600
14,800
600
280
1,600
800
1,500
1,800
1,250
82,900
86
136
338
83
48
100
36
24
45
100
16
49
43
39
36
90
68
71
81
39
42
50
65
113
72
174
72
306
62
25
294
71
54
162
45
104
47
52
32
91
143
62
95
56
75
71
37
91
66
214
81
86
136
338
81
53
104
36
24
43
100
16
49
44
40
36
94
67
69
81
39
42
51
69
114
72
162
73
303
62
25
298
71
54
162
45
103
47
52
32
91
129
60
95
55
75
69
37
93
64
216
81
8 Farms and Land in Farms 2021 Summary (February 2022)
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Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size by Economic Sales Class – States and
United States: 2020-2021
State
Economic sales class: $10,000-$99,999
Number of farms
Land in farms
Average farm size
2020
2021
2020
2021
2020
2021
(number)
(number)
(1,000 acres)
(1,000 acres)
(acres)
(acres)
Alabama ..........................................
Alaska ..............................................
Arizona ............................................
Arkansas .........................................
California .........................................
Colorado ..........................................
Connecticut .....................................
Delaware .........................................
Florida ..............................................
Georgia ............................................
Hawaii ..............................................
Idaho ................................................
Illinois ...............................................
Indiana .............................................
Iowa .................................................
Kansas ............................................
Kentucky ..........................................
Louisiana .........................................
Maine ...............................................
Maryland ..........................................
Massachusetts ................................
Michigan ..........................................
Minnesota ........................................
Mississippi .......................................
Missouri ...........................................
Montana ..........................................
Nebraska .........................................
Nevada ............................................
New Hampshire ..............................
New Jersey .....................................
New Mexico .....................................
New York .........................................
North Carolina .................................
North Dakota ...................................
Ohio .................................................
Oklahoma ........................................
Oregon ............................................
Pennsylvania ...................................
Rhode Island ...................................
South Carolina ................................
South Dakota ..................................
Tennessee ......................................
Texas ...............................................
Utah .................................................
Vermont ...........................................
Virginia ............................................
Washington .....................................
West Virginia ...................................
Wisconsin ........................................
Wyoming .........................................
United States ..................................
12,500
360
3,450
14,400
22,500
10,900
1,400
510
13,500
11,500
2,500
6,500
20,000
16,000
25,600
21,500
24,100
8,700
2,050
3,300
1,950
14,000
20,400
10,600
37,200
8,100
14,300
980
1,100
2,350
6,000
11,500
12,700
7,300
21,500
28,500
8,900
16,700
340
6,000
9,400
21,500
72,800
5,000
1,950
13,900
8,300
5,500
20,100
3,800
613,940
12,500
360
3,450
14,300
22,600
11,000
1,400
510
13,600
11,400
2,500
6,600
19,900
16,100
25,400
21,600
24,300
8,700
2,050
3,300
1,950
13,900
20,300
10,600
37,200
8,000
14,100
980
1,100
2,350
6,100
11,500
12,700
7,200
21,200
28,500
8,900
16,700
340
6,000
9,400
21,900
73,200
4,900
1,950
13,900
8,200
5,400
20,200
3,800
614,040
3,200
450
5,200
3,650
4,300
7,000
100
50
2,100
2,600
200
1,800
2,400
1,600
3,600
7,200
4,500
1,900
350
390
160
1,600
3,500
3,000
8,500
10,300
4,900
530
170
170
10,200
1,800
1,800
4,100
2,900
11,400
2,900
2,200
20
1,400
4,500
3,800
39,000
1,900
310
2,800
1,700
1,400
2,900
4,100
186,550
3,200
450
5,200
3,600
4,300
6,900
100
50
2,150
2,600
200
1,800
2,400
1,800
3,500
7,200
4,600
1,900
350
390
160
1,600
3,400
3,000
8,500
10,200
4,900
520
170
170
10,400
1,800
1,800
3,900
2,800
11,400
2,900
2,200
20
1,400
4,600
3,800
39,000
1,900
310
2,800
1,700
1,400
2,900
4,150
186,490
256
1,250
1,507
253
191
642
71
98
156
226
80
277
120
100
141
335
187
218
171
118
82
114
172
283
228
1,272
343
541
155
72
1,700
157
142
562
135
400
326
132
59
233
479
177
536
380
159
201
205
255
144
1,079
304
256
1,250
1,507
252
190
627
71
98
158
228
80
273
121
112
138
333
189
218
171
118
82
115
167
283
228
1,275
348
531
155
72
1,705
157
142
542
132
400
326
132
59
233
489
174
533
388
159
201
207
259
144
1,092
304
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Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size by Economic Sales Class – States and
United States: 2020-2021
State
Economic sales class: $100,000-$249,999
Number of farms
Land in farms
Average farm size
2020
2021
2020
2021
2020
2021
(number)
(number)
(1,000 acres)
(1,000 acres)
(acres)
(acres)
Alabama ...........................................
Alaska ..............................................
Arizona .............................................
Arkansas ..........................................
California ..........................................
Colorado ..........................................
Connecticut ......................................
Delaware ..........................................
Florida ..............................................
Georgia ............................................
Hawaii ..............................................
Idaho ................................................
Illinois ...............................................
Indiana .............................................
Iowa ..................................................
Kansas .............................................
Kentucky ..........................................
Louisiana ..........................................
Maine ...............................................
Maryland ..........................................
Massachusetts .................................
Michigan ...........................................
Minnesota ........................................
Mississippi ........................................
Missouri ............................................
Montana ...........................................
Nebraska ..........................................
Nevada .............................................
New Hampshire ...............................
New Jersey ......................................
New Mexico .....................................
New York .........................................
North Carolina .................................
North Dakota ....................................
Ohio ..................................................
Oklahoma .........................................
Oregon .............................................
Pennsylvania ...................................
Rhode Island ....................................
South Carolina .................................
South Dakota ...................................
Tennessee .......................................
Texas ...............................................
Utah ..................................................
Vermont ...........................................
Virginia .............................................
Washington ......................................
West Virginia ....................................
Wisconsin .........................................
Wyoming ..........................................
Other States
1
..................................
United States ...................................
1,150
40
510
1,400
6,400
2,600
190
130
1,900
1,400
270
1,700
8,000
5,200
11,000
6,100
3,000
950
320
720
340
3,100
7,700
940
5,800
3,150
6,500
220
(D)
450
810
2,850
1,700
3,200
6,600
4,250
1,800
5,000
(D)
630
4,500
1,800
7,400
890
470
1,700
1,800
370
6,900
1,200
190
135,240
1,100
40
510
1,400
6,300
2,600
190
130
1,900
1,400
270
1,700
8,000
5,300
10,900
6,300
3,000
970
320
720
340
3,150
7,700
960
5,800
3,150
6,300
220
(D)
450
810
2,850
1,700
3,200
6,500
4,350
1,800
5,000
(D)
630
4,400
1,800
7,400
890
470
1,700
1,800
370
6,900
1,200
190
135,080
810
210
10,400
950
3,200
5,800
30
40
1,100
710
130
1,700
2,700
1,600
3,600
6,500
1,200
790
100
210
40
1,300
2,900
620
3,500
10,300
5,900
960
(D)
110
6,200
880
700
4,600
2,000
6,400
2,500
1,100
(D)
300
6,900
850
19,100
1,300
140
950
3,000
270
2,100
5,300
40
132,040
810
210
10,400
950
3,000
5,900
30
40
1,100
700
130
1,700
2,700
1,600
3,500
6,500
1,200
790
100
210
40
1,250
2,900
630
3,500
10,200
5,900
900
(D)
110
6,100
880
650
4,700
1,950
6,500
2,400
1,100
(D)
300
6,900
850
19,200
1,300
140
950
2,900
270
2,000
5,300
40
131,430
704
5,250
20,392
679
500
2,231
158
308
579
507
481
1,000
338
308
327
1,066
400
832
313
292
118
419
377
660
603
3,270
908
4,364
(D)
244
7,654
309
412
1,438
303
1,506
1,389
220
(D)
476
1,533
472
2,581
1,461
298
559
1,667
730
304
4,417
(X)
976
736
5,250
20,392
679
476
2,269
158
308
579
500
481
1,000
338
302
321
1,032
400
814
313
292
118
397
377
656
603
3,238
937
4,091
(D)
244
7,531
309
382
1,469
300
1,494
1,333
220
(D)
476
1,568
472
2,595
1,461
298
559
1,611
730
290
4,417
(X)
973
(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.
(X) Not applicable.
1
Includes data withheld above.
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Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size by Economic Sales Class – States and
United States: 2020-2021
State
Economic sales class: $250,000-$499,999
Number of farms
Land in farms
Average farm size
2020
2021
2020
2021
2020
2021
(number)
(number)
(1,000 acres)
(1,000 acres)
(acres)
(acres)
Alabama ..........................................
Alaska ..............................................
Arizona ............................................
Arkansas .........................................
California .........................................
Colorado ..........................................
Connecticut .....................................
Delaware .........................................
Florida ..............................................
Georgia ............................................
Hawaii ..............................................
Idaho ................................................
Illinois ...............................................
Indiana .............................................
Iowa .................................................
Kansas ............................................
Kentucky ..........................................
Louisiana .........................................
Maine ...............................................
Maryland ..........................................
Massachusetts ................................
Michigan ..........................................
Minnesota ........................................
Mississippi .......................................
Missouri ...........................................
Montana ..........................................
Nebraska .........................................
Nevada ............................................
New Hampshire ..............................
New Jersey .....................................
New Mexico .....................................
New York .........................................
North Carolina .................................
North Dakota ...................................
Ohio .................................................
Oklahoma ........................................
Oregon ............................................
Pennsylvania ...................................
Rhode Island ...................................
South Carolina ................................
South Dakota ..................................
Tennessee ......................................
Texas ...............................................
Utah .................................................
Vermont ...........................................
Virginia ............................................
Washington .....................................
West Virginia ...................................
Wisconsin ........................................
Wyoming .........................................
Other States
1
..................................
United States ..................................
650
(D)
200
1,100
4,000
1,500
110
110
1,000
1,100
120
1,200
6,000
3,200
9,100
4,150
1,400
570
180
490
(D)
2,100
5,800
580
2,950
2,250
5,100
200
70
280
390
1,700
1,250
3,000
2,900
2,100
1,150
3,100
(D)
280
3,800
1,000
3,600
510
320
960
1,250
130
4,250
810
250
88,260
650
(D)
200
1,100
3,800
1,500
110
110
1,000
1,100
120
1,200
6,000
3,250
9,100
4,050
1,450
590
180
490
(D)
2,150
5,900
580
2,950
2,300
5,200
200
70
280
390
1,700
1,250
3,000
3,000
2,150
1,150
3,100
(D)
280
3,700
1,000
3,650
510
320
1,000
1,250
130
4,300
810
250
88,570
580
(D)
1,600
800
2,200
5,800
20
50
850
690
170
1,500
4,000
2,000
5,500
7,500
900
610
100
230
(D)
1,300
4,000
580
2,900
13,300
7,900
900
30
80
6,300
780
700
6,600
1,600
4,600
2,800
980
(D)
230
8,800
660
14,800
2,000
130
680
2,200
110
2,100
6,100
130
128,390
580
(D)
1,600
800
2,200
5,800
20
50
850
700
170
1,500
4,000
2,000
5,400
7,400
910
610
100
230
(D)
1,300
4,000
590
2,900
13,400
8,100
940
30
80
6,300
780
700
6,600
1,600
4,600
2,800
980
(D)
230
8,700
660
14,800
2,000
130
680
2,200
110
2,000
6,000
130
128,260
892
(D)
8,000
727
550
3,867
182
455
850
627
1,417
1,250
667
625
604
1,807
643
1,070
556
469
(D)
619
690
1,000
983
5,911
1,549
4,500
429
286
16,154
459
560
2,200
552
2,190
2,435
316
(D)
821
2,316
660
4,111
3,922
406
708
1,760
846
494
7,531
(X)
1,455
892
(D)
8,000
727
579
3,867
182
455
850
636
1,417
1,250
667
615
593
1,827
628
1,034
556
469
(D)
605
678
1,017
983
5,826
1,558
4,700
429
286
16,154
459
560
2,200
533
2,140
2,435
316
(D)
821
2,351
660
4,055
3,922
406
680
1,760
846
465
7,407
(X)
1,448
(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.
(X) Not applicable.
1
Includes data withheld above.
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Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size by Economic Sales Class – States and
United States: 2020-2021
State
Economic sales class: $500,000-$999,999
Number of farms
Land in farms
Average farm size
2020
2021
2020
2021
2020
2021
(number)
(number)
(1,000 acres)
(1,000 acres)
(acres)
(acres)
Alabama ...........................................
Alaska ..............................................
Arizona .............................................
Arkansas ..........................................
California ..........................................
Colorado ..........................................
Connecticut ......................................
Delaware ..........................................
Florida ..............................................
Georgia ............................................
Hawaii ..............................................
Idaho ................................................
Illinois ...............................................
Indiana .............................................
Iowa ..................................................
Kansas .............................................
Kentucky ..........................................
Louisiana ..........................................
Maine ...............................................
Maryland ..........................................
Massachusetts .................................
Michigan ...........................................
Minnesota ........................................
Mississippi ........................................
Missouri ............................................
Montana ...........................................
Nebraska ..........................................
Nevada .............................................
New Hampshire ...............................
New Jersey ......................................
New Mexico .....................................
New York .........................................
North Carolina .................................
North Dakota ....................................
Ohio ..................................................
Oklahoma .........................................
Oregon .............................................
Pennsylvania ...................................
Rhode Island ....................................
South Carolina .................................
South Dakota ...................................
Tennessee .......................................
Texas ...............................................
Utah ..................................................
Vermont ...........................................
Virginia .............................................
Washington ......................................
West Virginia ....................................
Wisconsin .........................................
Wyoming ..........................................
United States ...................................
1,100
30
220
1,450
3,300
920
70
260
900
1,850
70
800
5,100
2,450
7,900
2,900
1,000
730
110
520
140
1,450
4,800
880
2,400
1,250
4,300
110
30
200
260
930
1,450
2,650
2,700
1,100
870
1,650
20
380
2,600
830
3,100
320
140
850
1,100
150
2,400
380
71,120
1,100
30
220
1,500
3,400
930
70
260
900
1,850
70
800
5,100
2,450
8,000
2,800
950
740
110
520
140
1,450
4,800
910
2,400
1,250
4,200
100
30
200
260
930
1,450
2,700
2,650
1,150
870
1,650
20
380
2,650
820
3,100
320
140
820
1,100
150
2,400
380
71,220
660
20
1,000
1,200
2,300
4,700
20
110
650
1,500
210
1,750
6,000
2,700
7,800
9,200
900
1,050
70
330
30
1,400
5,100
900
3,700
12,100
9,200
640
10
90
6,200
640
900
8,800
2,200
3,600
2,800
750
10
400
8,800
890
14,700
1,000
80
670
2,300
110
1,800
6,100
138,090
660
20
1,000
1,300
2,300
4,600
20
110
650
1,500
210
1,750
6,000
2,700
7,900
9,100
890
1,050
70
330
30
1,400
5,200
980
3,700
12,100
9,000
660
10
90
6,100
640
900
8,900
2,300
3,600
2,800
750
10
400
8,900
890
14,700
1,000
80
670
2,300
110
1,900
6,000
138,280
600
667
4,545
828
697
5,109
286
423
722
811
3,000
2,188
1,176
1,102
987
3,172
900
1,438
636
635
214
966
1,063
1,023
1,542
9,680
2,140
5,818
333
450
23,846
688
621
3,321
815
3,273
3,218
455
500
1,053
3,385
1,072
4,742
3,125
571
788
2,091
733
750
16,053
1,942
600
667
4,545
867
676
4,946
286
423
722
811
3,000
2,188
1,176
1,102
988
3,250
937
1,419
636
635
214
966
1,083
1,077
1,542
9,680
2,143
6,600
333
450
23,462
688
621
3,296
868
3,130
3,218
455
500
1,053
3,358
1,085
4,742
3,125
571
817
2,091
733
792
15,789
1,942
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Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and Average Farm Size by Economic Sales Class – States and
United States: 2020-2021
State
Economic sales class: $1,000,000 or more
Number of farms
Land in farms
Average farm size
2020
2021
2020
2021
2020
2021
(number)
(number)
(1,000 acres)
(1,000 acres)
(acres)
(acres)
Alabama ..........................................
Alaska ..............................................
Arizona ............................................
Arkansas .........................................
California .........................................
Colorado ..........................................
Connecticut .....................................
Delaware .........................................
Florida ..............................................
Georgia ............................................
Hawaii ..............................................
Idaho ................................................
Illinois ...............................................
Indiana .............................................
Iowa .................................................
Kansas ............................................
Kentucky ..........................................
Louisiana .........................................
Maine ...............................................
Maryland ..........................................
Massachusetts ................................
Michigan ..........................................
Minnesota ........................................
Mississippi .......................................
Missouri ...........................................
Montana ..........................................
Nebraska .........................................
Nevada ............................................
New Hampshire ..............................
New Jersey .....................................
New Mexico .....................................
New York .........................................
North Carolina .................................
North Dakota ...................................
Ohio .................................................
Oklahoma ........................................
Oregon ............................................
Pennsylvania ...................................
Rhode Island ...................................
South Carolina ................................
South Dakota ..................................
Tennessee ......................................
Texas ...............................................
Utah .................................................
Vermont ...........................................
Virginia ............................................
Washington .....................................
West Virginia ...................................
Wisconsin ........................................
Wyoming .........................................
Other States
1
..................................
United States ..................................
1,600
(D)
420
3,450
6,400
880
80
470
1,200
2,450
90
1,100
4,400
2,850
6,400
2,550
1,200
1,050
140
670
(D)
1,650
4,200
1,900
2,250
650
4,200
140
(D)
220
340
920
3,200
2,450
2,300
1,050
980
1,350
(D)
910
2,300
870
3,600
280
170
890
1,450
150
2,050
210
120
78,200
1,550
(D)
420
3,400
6,300
870
80
470
1,200
2,450
90
1,100
4,400
2,800
6,500
2,550
1,200
1,100
140
670
(D)
1,650
4,100
1,950
2,250
700
4,100
150
(D)
220
340
920
3,200
2,500
2,250
1,050
980
1,350
(D)
910
2,250
880
3,650
280
170
880
1,450
150
2,100
210
120
78,050
1,150
(D)
3,200
5,700
11,000
6,300
80
260
3,700
2,400
320
4,100
10,700
5,900
9,200
13,400
2,400
2,550
290
580
(D)
3,000
8,300
3,100
5,700
10,000
16,200
2,550
(D)
140
6,100
1,700
2,900
14,000
3,000
4,200
3,700
970
(D)
970
13,200
1,900
23,500
3,900
260
1,000
4,600
110
3,500
6,200
60
227,990
1,100
(D)
3,200
5,700
11,000
6,300
80
260
3,700
2,400
320
4,100
10,700
5,700
9,300
13,500
2,400
2,600
290
580
(D)
2,950
8,200
3,000
5,700
10,100
16,100
2,550
(D)
140
6,100
1,700
2,900
14,000
3,000
4,200
3,700
970
(D)
970
13,200
1,900
23,500
3,900
260
1,000
4,600
110
3,600
6,300
60
227,940
719
(D)
7,619
1,652
1,719
7,159
1,000
553
3,083
980
3,556
3,727
2,432
2,070
1,438
5,255
2,000
2,429
2,071
866
(D)
1,818
1,976
1,632
2,533
15,385
3,857
18,214
(D)
636
17,941
1,848
906
5,714
1,304
4,000
3,776
719
(D)
1,066
5,739
2,184
6,528
13,929
1,529
1,124
3,172
733
1,707
29,524
(X)
2,915
710
(D)
7,619
1,676
1,746
7,241
1,000
553
3,083
980
3,556
3,727
2,432
2,036
1,431
5,294
2,000
2,364
2,071
866
(D)
1,788
2,000
1,538
2,533
14,429
3,927
17,000
(D)
636
17,941
1,848
906
5,600
1,333
4,000
3,776
719
(D)
1,066
5,867
2,159
6,438
13,929
1,529
1,136
3,172
733
1,714
30,000
(X)
2,920
(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.
(X) Not applicable.
1
Includes data withheld above.
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Statistical Methodology
Procedures: Data are collected by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) during the June Agricultural
Survey using sampling procedures to ensure every farm and ranch has a chance of being selected. NASS used a multiple
sampling frame approach to count farms and measure land in farms. An Area Sampling Frame that divided all land into
segments is built for every state except Alaska. A sample of segments was selected in each state except Alaska and
Hawaii and enumerated in early June. Highly trained interviewers located each sampled segment and identified every
farm and ranch operating land in the segment and the number of acres in each operation.
These data are used to compute summaries of farm numbers and acres of land in farms. Additionally, all farms found in
the segments were checked against a list of farms and ranches maintained by NASS to determine if the farm is on the list.
Operations found in the Area Frame sample that were not on the list provided a measure of incompleteness of the list. The
summarized totals for these non-overlap (or not-on-list) operations were combined with summarized totals collected from
a sample selected from the list to calculate additional indications of farms and land in farms.
In 2020, NASS implemented a statistical modeling approach to generate survey indications. This approach was in
response to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on data collection processes and the suspension of in-person data
collection. NASS has been doing everything possible to keep all parties involved safe and slow the spread of the virus
while continuing to produce critical data about American agriculture.
Estimation Procedures: Data are checked for reasonableness and consistency and summarized for each state. Field
Offices perform a thorough review of their survey results and historical data relationships and recommend official
estimates. Estimates were established under secure conditions to protect reports until they were publicly released at
preannounced dates and times. Headquarters established national estimates and ensured that state estimates are in balance
with the national numbers.
Revision Policy: Estimates are subject to revision the following year and following review of the five-year Census of
Agriculture. The basis for revision must be supported by additional data which directly affect the level of the estimate.
Reliability: Two types of survey errors, sampling and non-sampling, are possible in the final estimates, and both can
affect the quality of the estimates.
Sampling error occurs because a complete census is not taken. The sampling error measures the variation in estimates
from the average of all possible samples. An estimate of 100 with a sampling error of 1 would mean that chances are 19
out of 20 that the estimates from all possible samples averaged together would be between 98 and 102; which is the
survey estimate, plus or minus two times the sampling error. The sampling error expressed as a percent of the estimate is
called the coefficient of variation. In 2021, the coefficient of variation for the United States number of farms was 2.0
percent and land in farms 1.6 percent. The coefficients of variation by economic sales class ranged from 2.9 percent to 3.5
percent for number of farms and 2.3 to 6.5 percent for land in farms at the United States level.
Non-sampling errors can occur in complete censuses as well as sample surveys. They are caused by the inability to obtain
correct information from each person surveyed, differences in interpreting questions or definitions, and mistakes in coding
or processing the data. Special efforts are taken at each step of the survey to minimize non-sampling errors.
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Terms and Definitions
A farm is “any place from which $1,000 or more of agricultural products were produced and sold, or normally would
have been sold, during the year.” Government payments are included in sales. Ranches, institutional farms, experimental
and research farms, and Indian Reservations are included as farms. Places with the entire acreage enrolled in the
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP), and other government conservation programs
are counted as farms.
The definition of a farm was first established in 1850 and has changed nine times since. The current definition was first
used for the 1974 Census.
Land in farms consists of agricultural land used for crops, pasture, or grazing. Also included is woodland and wasteland
not actually under cultivation or used for pasture or grazing, provided it was part of the farm operator’s total operation.
Land in farms includes acres in CRP, WRP, and other government conservation programs.
Land in farms includes land owned and operated as well as land rented from others. Land used rent-free is included as
land rented from others. All grazing land, except land used under government permits on a per-head basis, is included as
land in farms provided it was part of a farm or ranch. Land under the exclusive use of a grazing association is reported by
the grazing association and included as land in farms. All land in American Indian reservations used for growing crops or
grazing livestock is included as land in farms. Land in reservations not reported by individual American Indians or non-
Native Americans is reported in the name of the cooperative group that used the land. In many instances, the entire
American Indian reservation is reported as one farm.
Economic sales classes are based on the gross value of agricultural products sold. Government program payments are
also included.
Point Farms are places that did not have $1,000 of reported sales for the year, but had sufficient crops and livestock to
normally have sales of $1,000 or more.
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Farm Definition History
The definition of a farm has remained the same since 1974. Activities included as agriculture, however, have undergone
modification in recent years. Beginning in 1995, operations having 5 or more horses or ponies and no other agricultural
sales were counted as horse farms. An operation with 1 or more horses with agricultural sales of at least $1,000, qualified
as a farm. Two industries, maple syrup and short rotation woody crop farms, were added beginning in 1997 as a result of
the new North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). These changes were made to achieve comparability
with the Census of Agriculture farm definition. All the changes in the farm definition beginning in 1995 were carried back
to 1993 and included in the 1993-1998 estimates. These changes bring comparability between the Census of Agriculture
data and the annually published NASS estimates. Because of these changes in the farm definition, the official estimates
show a level difference in the number of farms between 1992 and 1993 in some states. To further align the counting of
farms with the Census of Agriculture, places with 100 acres or more of pasture only in 2002 were included in farm and
land in farm numbers. The handling of Indian reservation land was changed in 2002 to provide some accounting for
individual farms.
Minimum Criteria for “FARM” Definition, 1840 – Present and Enumeration of Apiaries and Fur Farms
Year
Acres in
Place
Value of
Agricultural
Products
(Produced)
Value of Sales of
Agricultural
Products
Required
some
Agricultural
Operations
Apiaries and
Fur Farms
Enumerated
1974 - Present
- -
- -
$1,000 or more
- -
- -
1959
Less than 10
10 or more
- -
- -
$250 or more
$50 or more
- -
- -
- -
- -
1954
Less than 3
3 or more
- -
$150 or more
$150 or more
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
1950
Less than 3
3 or more
- -
$150 or more
$150 or more
- -
- -
- -
Apiaries
Fur Farms
1935 - 1945
Less than 3
3 or more
$250 or more
- -
- -
- -
- -
X
Apiaries
Fur Farms
1930
Less than 3
3 or more
$250 or more
- -
- -
- -
- -
X
Apiaries
- -
1925
Less than 3
3 or more
$250 or more
- -
- -
- -
- -
X
- -
- -
1910 - 1925
Less than 3
3 or more
$250 or more
- -
- -
- -
- -
X
Apiaries
- -
1900
Less than 3
3 or more
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
X
Apiaries
- -
1870 - 1890
Less than 3
3 or more
- -
- -
$500 or more
- -
- -
X
Apiaries
- -
1860
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
1850
- -
$100 or more
- -
- -
Apiaries
1840
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Historic Estimates: Final estimates of Farms and Land in Farms in earlier years are available in Statistical Bulletins No.
1049 for 2013-2017, No. 1030 for 2008-2012, No. 1018 for 2003-2007, No. 991 for 1998-2002, No. 955 for 1993-97, No.
895 for 1988-92, No. 792 for 1979-87, SpSy3 for 1975-80, No. 594 for 1969-75, No. 507 for 1959-70, No. 316 for
number of farm estimates for 1910-59 and land in farms estimates for 1950-59.
16 Farms and Land in Farms 2021 Summary (February 2022)
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service
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Tony Dorn, Chief, Environmental, Economics, and Demographics Branch .................................................. (202) 720-6146
Bruce Boess, Head, Economics Section ........................................................................................................ (202) 720-4447
Stephanie Brennan – Farm Production Expenditures .............................................................................. (202) 690-0392
Doug Farmer – Chemical Use, Land Values........................................................................................... (202) 690-3229
Zoe Johnson – Cash Receipts, Farm Production Expenditures ............................................................... (202) 720-5446
Thomas Laidley – Prices Received Indexes, Parity Prices ...................................................................... (202) 221-9280
Michael Mathison – Cash Rents, Farms, Land in Farms, Grazing Fees .................................................. (202) 720-3243
Ralph Mondesir – Prices Received Indexes, Parity Prices, Prices Paid Indexes ...................................... (202) 221-9297
Max Reason – Prices Received Indexes, Parity Prices, Prices Paid Indexes ........................................... (202) 720-8844
Theresa Varner – Farm Labor ................................................................................................................ (202) 690-3231
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