Number of Farms, Land in Farms, and
Farm Land as
a Percent of Total Land: 2002
Farm
Land as
Percent Percent Total a Percent
Number of Total Acres of of Total Acres of Total
State or Region of Farms U.S. Farms Farm Land U.S. Farms of Land State Land
New England
Connecticut 4,200 0.21 360 0.04 3,135 11.5
Maine 7,200 0.35 1,370 0.15 19,848 6.9
Massachusetts 6,100 0.30 520 0.06 5,035 10.3
New Hampshire 3,400 0.17 450 0.05 5,769 7.8
Rhode Island 850 0.04 60 0.01 677 8.9
Vermont 6,600 0.32 1,260 0.14 5,937 21.2
Total 28,350 1.39 4,020 0.44 40,401 10.0
Mid-Atlantic
Delaware 2,400 0.12 540 0.06 1,266 42.7
Maryland 12,200 0.60 2,080 0.23 6,319 32.9
New Jersey 9,900 0.48 820 0.09 4,813 17.0
New York 37,000 1.81 7,660 0.84 30,681 25.0
Pennsylvania 58,200 2.85 7,700 0.84 28,804 26.7
Total 119,700 5.86 18,800 2.05 71,883 26.2
Midwest
Illinois 73,000 3.57 27,500 3.00 35,795 76.8
Indiana 60,300 2.95 15,100 1.65 23,158 65.2
Iowa 90,600 4.43 31,800 3.47 35,860 88.7
Michigan 53,300 2.61 10,090 1.10 36,492 27.6
Minnesota 80,900 3.96 27,800 3.03 51,206 54.3
Ohio 77,800 3.81 14,610 1.59 26,222 55.7
Wisconsin 77,000 3.77 15,700 1.71 35,011 44.8
Total 512,900 25.11 142,600 15.55 243,744 58.5
South
Alabama 45,000 2.20 8,900 0.97 32,678 27.2
Arkansas 47,500 2.33 14,500 1.58 33,599 43.2
District of Columbia 0 0.00 0 0.00 39 0.0
Florida 44,000 2.15 10,300 1.12 34,721 29.7
Georgia 49,300 2.41 10,800 1.18 37,295 29.0
Kentucky 87,000 4.26 13,800 1.51 25,512 54.1
Louisiana 27,500 1.35 7,900 0.86 28,868 27.4
Mississippi 42,200 2.07 11,110 1.21 30,223 36.8
North Carolina 54,200 2.65 9,100 0.99 31,403 29.0
Oklahoma 83,500 4.09 33,700 3.68 44,088 76.4
South Carolina 24,500 1.20 4,850 0.53 19,374 25.0
Tennessee 87,500 4.28 11,700 1.28 26,728 43.8
Texas 229,000 11.21 130,500 14.23 168,218 77.6
Virginia 47,600 2.33 8,670 0.95 25,496 34.0
West Virginia 20,800 1.02 3,600 0.39 15,411 23.4
Total 797,100 39.02 256,030 27.92 553,653 46.2
West
Alaska 610 0.03 900 0.10 365,482 0.2
Arizona 10,300 0.50 26,600 2.90 72,688 36.6
California 79,700 3.90 27,600 3.01 100,207 27.5
Colorado 31,400 1.54 31,100 3.39 66,486 46.8
Hawaii 5,500 0.27 1,300 0.14 4,106 31.7
Idaho 25,000 1.22 11,800 1.29 52,933 22.3
Kansas 64,500 3.16 47,300 5.16 52,511 90.1
Missouri 107,000 5.24 30,200 3.29 44,248 68.3
Montana 27,900 1.37 59,800 6.52 93,271 64.1
Nebraska 49,400 2.42 45,900 5.01 49,032 93.6
Nevada 3,000 0.15 6,300 0.69 70,264 9.0
New Mexico 17,700 0.87 44,800 4.89 77,766 57.6
North Dakota 30,500 1.49 39,400 4.30 44,452 88.6
Oregon 40,000 1.96 17,200 1.88 61,599 27.9
South Dakota 31,800 1.56 43,800 4.78 48,882 89.6
Utah 15,300 0.75 11,600 1.27 52,697 22.0
Washington 36,000 1.76 15,350 1.67 42,694 36.0
Wyoming 9,200 0.45 34,500 3.76 62,343 55.3
Total 584,810 28.63 495,450 54.04 1,361,661 36.4
Northeast 148,050 7.25 22,820 2.49 112,284 20.3
Midwest 512,900 25.11 142,600 15.55 243,744 58.5
Northeast and Midwest 660,950 32.35 165,420 18.04 356,028 46.5
South 797,100 39.02 256,030 27.92 553,653 46.2
West 584,810 28.63 495,450 54.04 1,361,661 36.4
South and West 1,381,910 67.65 751,480 81.96 1,915,314 39.2
U.S. Total1 2,042,860 100.00 916,900 100.00 2,271,342 40.4
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1U.S. Totals based on the 50 states and the District of Columbia, only.
SOURCE: Calculations by Northeast-Midwest Institute staff based on data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service,
"Farms and Land in Farms Final Estimates, 1998-2002," and U.S. Bureau of the Census for state land area.
http://www.nemw.org/farmland.htm