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States with the Most Farmland 2026
# of Farms
State | # of Farms 2025↓ | Farmland 2025 (acres) | Avg Farm Size 2025 (acres) | Total Land Area in State 2022 (acres) | Total Area Used for Farmland 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Texas | 229,000 | 125M | 546 | 167.2M | 75% |
 | Iowa | 86,200 | 29.9M | 347 | 35.7M | 83.9% |
 | Missouri | 85,500 | 26.6M | 311 | 44M | 61.4% |
 | Ohio | 73,600 | 13.5M | 183 | 26.2M | 52.2% |
 | Oklahoma | 69,700 | 32.8M | 471 | 43.9M | 74.9% |
 | Illinois | 69,600 | 26.1M | 375 | 35.5M | 74% |
 | Kentucky | 67,700 | 12.3M | 182 | 25.3M | 49.2% |
 | Minnesota | 64,000 | 25.3M | 395 | 51M | 49.9% |
 | Tennessee | 62,500 | 10.7M | 171 | 26.4M | 40.7% |
 | California | 62,100 | 23.6M | 380 | 99.7M | 24.3% |
 | Wisconsin | 58,000 | 13.7M | 236 | 34.7M | 39.8% |
 | Kansas | 54,800 | 44.6M | 814 | 52.3M | 85.6% |
 | Indiana | 51,500 | 14.5M | 282 | 22.9M | 63.7% |
 | Pennsylvania | 48,400 | 7.1M | 147 | 28.6M | 24.6% |
 | Nebraska | 44,100 | 43.9M | 995 | 49.2M | 89.4% |
 | Florida | 44,000 | 9.7M | 220 | 34.3M | 28.3% |
 | Michigan | 43,800 | 9.4M | 215 | 36.2M | 26.2% |
 | North Carolina | 41,300 | 8M | 194 | 31.1M | 26.1% |
 | Virginia | 38,600 | 7.2M | 187 | 25.3M | 28.9% |
 | Georgia | 38,000 | 9.9M | 261 | 36.9M | 27% |
 | Alabama | 37,000 | 8.6M | 232 | 32.4M | 26.6% |
 | Arkansas | 37,000 | 13.6M | 368 | 33.3M | 41.2% |
 | Oregon | 35,400 | 15.3M | 432 | 61.4M | 24.9% |
 | Colorado | 34,900 | 29.2M | 837 | 66.3M | 45.6% |
 | Washington | 31,500 | 13.7M | 435 | 42.5M | 32.6% |
 | Mississippi | 30,500 | 10.2M | 334 | 30M | 34.1% |
 | New York | 30,000 | 6.4M | 213 | 30.2M | 21.6% |
 | South Dakota | 28,200 | 42.2M | 1,496 | 48.5M | 87.2% |
 | North Dakota | 24,500 | 38.5M | 1,571 | 44.2M | 87.3% |
 | Louisiana | 24,300 | 8M | 329 | 27.7M | 28.9% |
 | Montana | 23,300 | 57.3M | 2,459 | 93.1M | 61.8% |
 | South Carolina | 22,500 | 4.6M | 204 | 19.2M | 23.7% |
 | West Virginia | 22,500 | 3.5M | 156 | 15.4M | 23.1% |
 | Idaho | 22,400 | 11.5M | 513 | 52.9M | 21.8% |
 | New Mexico | 20,600 | 38.6M | 1,874 | 77.6M | 50.4% |
 | Utah | 17,200 | 10.5M | 610 | 52.6M | 20% |
 | Arizona | 15,100 | 24.9M | 1,649 | 72.7M | 35.1% |
 | Maryland | 12,600 | 2M | 159 | 6.3M | 31.6% |
 | Wyoming | 10,500 | 28.8M | 2,743 | 62.1M | 46.3% |
 | New Jersey | 9,900 | 690K | 70 | 4.7M | 15.1% |
 | Maine | 6,900 | 1.2M | 174 | 19.7M | 6.2% |
 | Massachusetts | 6,900 | 470K | 68 | 5M | 9.3% |
 | Hawaii | 6,500 | 1.1M | 162 | 4.1M | 25.6% |
 | Vermont | 6,300 | 1.2M | 190 | 5.9M | 19.9% |
 | Connecticut | 4,900 | 370K | 76 | 3.1M | 12% |
 | New Hampshire | 3,850 | 420K | 109 | 5.7M | 7.3% |
 | Nevada | 3,000 | 5.9M | 1,967 | 70.3M | 8.4% |
 | Delaware | 2,150 | 520K | 242 | 1.2M | 41.9% |
 | Alaska | 1,200 | 870K | 725 | 365.4M | 0.2% |
 | Rhode Island | 1,000 | 60K | 60 | 661.7K | 8.9% |
 | United States | 1,865,000 | 874M | 2.3B |
