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States by average farm acreage - 2004
This table presents information about farms and farmland in each state.
States by average farm acreage offers this information in order by the average size of a farm in each state: Avg. acres. The table indicates that, on average, the largest farms (or ranches) are in Wyoming.
| States by average farm acreage - 2004 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | State | Number | Total acres | Farmland | Avg. acres |
| 1. | Wyoming | 9,200 | 34,435,600 | 55% | 3,743 |
| 2. | Arizona | 10,200 | 26,397,600 | 36% | 2,588 |
| 3. | New Mexico | 17,500 | 44,695,000 | 58% | 2,554 |
| 4. | Montana | 28,000 | 60,088,000 | 65% | 2,146 |
| 5. | Nevada | 3,000 | 6,300,000 | 9% | 2,100 |
| 6. | Alaska | 620 | 900,240 | 0% | 1,452 |
| 7. | South Dakota | 31,600 | 43,797,600 | 90% | 1,386 |
| 8. | North Dakota | 30,300 | 39,390,000 | 89% | 1,300 |
| 9. | Colorado | 30,900 | 30,900,000 | 46% | 1,000 |
| 10. | Nebraska | 48,300 | 45,885,000 | 93% | 950 |
| 11. | Utah | 15,300 | 11,597,400 | 22% | 758 |
| 12. | Kansas | 64,500 | 47,214,000 | 90% | 732 |
| 13. | Texas | 229,000 | 130,072,000 | 78% | 568 |
| 14. | Idaho | 25,000 | 11,800,000 | 22% | 472 |
| 15. | Washington | 35,000 | 15,190,000 | 36% | 434 |
| 16. | Oregon | 40,000 | 17,200,000 | 28% | 430 |
| 17. | Oklahoma | 83,500 | 33,734,000 | 77% | 404 |
| 18. | Illinois | 73,000 | 27,521,000 | 77% | 377 |
| 19. | Iowa | 89,700 | 31,664,100 | 89% | 353 |
| 20. | California | 77,000 | 26,719,000 | 27% | 347 |
| 21. | Minnesota | 79,800 | 27,610,800 | 54% | 346 |
| 22. | Arkansas | 47,500 | 14,392,500 | 43% | 303 |
| 23. | Louisiana | 27,200 | 7,860,800 | 28% | 289 |
| 24. | Missouri | 106,000 | 30,104,000 | 68% | 284 |
| 25. | Mississippi | 42,200 | 11,056,400 | 37% | 262 |
| 26. | Indiana | 59,300 | 15,002,900 | 65% | 253 |
| 27. | Hawai`i | 5,500 | 1,298,000 | 32% | 236 |
| 28. | Florida | 43,000 | 10,105,000 | 30% | 235 |
| 29. | Delaware | 2,300 | 529,000 | 42% | 230 |
| 30. | Georgia | 49,000 | 10,682,000 | 29% | 218 |
| 31. | New York | 36,000 | 7,596,000 | 25% | 211 |
| 32. | Wisconsin | 76,500 | 15,529,500 | 45% | 203 |
| 33. | South Carolina | 24,400 | 4,855,600 | 25% | 199 |
| 34. | Alabama | 44,000 | 8,712,000 | 27% | 198 |
| 35. | Vermont | 6,400 | 1,248,000 | 21% | 195 |
| 36. | Michigan | 53,200 | 10,108,000 | 28% | 190 |
| 37. | Maine | 7,200 | 1,368,000 | 7% | 190 |
| 38. | Ohio | 77,300 | 14,609,700 | 56% | 189 |
| 39. | Virginia | 47,500 | 8,597,500 | 34% | 181 |
| 40. | North Carolina | 52,000 | 8,996,000 | 29% | 173 |
| 41. | West Virginia | 20,800 | 3,598,400 | 23% | 173 |
| 42. | Maryland | 12,100 | 2,044,900 | 33% | 169 |
| 43. | Kentucky | 85,000 | 13,770,000 | 54% | 162 |
| 44. | Tennessee | 85,000 | 11,560,000 | 44% | 136 |
| 45. | Pennsylvania | 58,200 | 7,682,400 | 27% | 132 |
| 46. | New Hampshire | 3,400 | 448,800 | 8% | 132 |
| 47. | Connecticut | 4,200 | 361,200 | 12% | 86 |
| 48. | Massachusetts | 6,100 | 518,500 | 10% | 85 |
| 49. | New Jersey | 9,900 | 821,700 | 17% | 83 |
| 50. | Rhode Island | 850 | 60,350 | 9% | 71 |
| 51. | Washington, D.C. | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 |
| Source: USDA:Economic Research Service | |||||
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