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Farms, crops and livestock in every U.S. county.
3,078 counties from the 2022 Census of Agriculture: number of farms, land in farms, cropland and irrigation, sales of crops and livestock, expenses, net income and government payments, producers, harvested acres and production of corn, soybeans and wheat, and head of cattle, hogs, chickens and more.
- Rows
- 3,078
- Columns
- 48
- Formats
- CSV, JSON, XML
As of: USDA Census of Agriculture, 2022, published February 2024. USDA takes the census every five years; 2027 results are expected in early 2029.
Preview
A few real rows
| County | StateCode | Farms | LandInFarmsAcres | Sales | NetCashIncome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fresno County | CA | 4427 | 1659451 | 6995967000 | 1433184000 |
| Tulare County | CA | 3713 | 1310768 | 6356368000 | 1667735000 |
| Monterey County | CA | 1057 | 1338477 | 5472081000 | 1649261000 |
| Kern County | CA | 1691 | 2399512 | 5013363000 | 1041613000 |
| Merced County | CA | 2047 | 872326 | 3979951000 | 731275000 |
| Imperial County | CA | 482 | 736586 | 3046146000 | 692589000 |
| San Joaquin County | CA | 3439 | 862356 | 3030490000 | 531379000 |
| Stanislaus County | CA | 3455 | 685145 | 2919196000 | 477683000 |
Field guide
What's in each row
The county
Census year, FIPS code, county name and state.
Year CountyFIPS County StateCode
Farms and land
Number of farms; acres in farms, average and median farm size; cropland, harvested cropland, irrigated, pasture and woodland acres; and land value per acre.
Farms LandInFarmsAcres AverageFarmAcres MedianFarmAcres CroplandAcres HarvestedCroplandAcres IrrigatedAcres PastureAcres WoodlandAcres LandValuePerAcre
Money
Sales of all products, crops and animals; operating expenses; net cash income in total and per farm; federal government payments; and hired labor cost, in dollars.
Sales CropSales AnimalSales OperatingExpenses NetCashIncome NetCashIncomePerFarm GovernmentPayments HiredLaborExpense
People
Hired workers, all producers, female producers and producers' average age.
HiredWorkers Producers FemaleProducers ProducerAverageAge
Crops
Harvested acres and bushels of corn for grain, soybeans and wheat, and harvested acres of cotton, rice, hay, vegetables and orchards.
CornGrainAcres CornGrainBushels SoybeanAcres SoybeanBushels WheatAcres WheatBushels CottonAcres RiceAcres HayAcres VegetableAcres OrchardAcres
Livestock
Cattle, beef cows, milk cows, hogs, laying hens, broilers sold, sheep, goats, horses and bee colonies.
Cattle BeefCows MilkCows Hogs LayingHens BroilersSold Sheep Goats Horses BeeColonies
Good to know
Before you use it
- Empty means USDA withheld the figure to avoid disclosing individual farms. Zero means no farm in the county reported it.
- Dollar figures are for the 2022 calendar year. Livestock counts are inventories on December 31, 2022, except BroilersSold, which counts birds sold during the year.
- USDA reports Connecticut by its eight former counties rather than the planning regions in our other county collections, groups Alaska into five areas, and folds most of Virginia's independent cities into neighboring counties. Every other row's CountyFIPS matches the county demographics collection.
- LandValuePerAcre is the estimated market value of land and buildings per acre. Acres harvested and bushels are for grain; hay includes haylage.
- In every format, dates are written as yyyy-MM-dd, and yes/no values as true or false. An empty value means nothing was recorded.
Source
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, Census of Agriculture
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Where it comes in handy
What you can build with it
- Agribusiness. Size markets for seed, equipment and services by county.
- Research. Study land use, farm income and production across the country.
- Teaching. Show where the nation's food comes from.
- Mapping. Map crops, livestock or farm income.
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