Texas was by far the leading U.S. state in terms of total number of farms, with about 247 thousand farms by the end of 2021. Missouri was ranked second, among the leading ten states, with 95 thousand farms as of 2021.
The total number of farms in the United States has decreased steadily since 2007. As of 2021, there were about 2.01 million farms in the U.S., down from 2.04 million in the previous year. Contrastingly, the average farm acreage in the United States has increased in the past few years. The number of employees, including both part-time and full-time workers, in this sector was over 965 thousand as of 2019.
Leading 10 U.S. states based on number of farms in 2021*
* A farm is any establishment from which $1,000 or more of agricultural products were sold or would normally be sold during the year. All figures are preliminary.
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US Department of Agriculture, & Economic Research Service. (February 18, 2022). Leading 10 U.S. states based on number of farms in 2021* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 18, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/196114/top-10-us-states-by-number-of-farms/
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