Farm Census

Where soybeans are grown: the leading US counties

2022 Census of Agriculture · Acres harvested in 2022. Counties with a published figure: 1,873

US farms harvested 84,599,236 acres of soybeans in 2022, and Stutsman County, North Dakota, had more than any other county with a published figure.

The ten leading counties hold 3.8% of the national total. Illinois is the leading state, ahead of Iowa.

The national figure is down 6.2% on the 2017 census.

Alaska: none publishedAKMaine: 970 acresMEWisconsin: 2,144,830 acresWIVermont: 5,876 acresVTNew Hampshire: 916 acresNHWashington: 22 acresWAIdaho: 304 acresIDMontana: 11,114 acresMTNorth Dakota: 5,570,984 acresNDMinnesota: 7,597,171 acresMNIllinois: 10,213,710 acresILMichigan: 2,349,749 acresMINew York: 341,509 acresNYMassachusetts: 427 acresMAOregon: 217 acresORNevada: none publishedNVWyoming: 1,216 acresWYSouth Dakota: 4,858,553 acresSDIowa: 9,497,898 acresIAIndiana: 5,687,521 acresINOhio: 4,830,774 acresOHPennsylvania: 692,804 acresPANew Jersey: 107,682 acresNJConnecticut: 400 acresCTRhode Island: none publishedRICalifornia: none publishedCAUtah: none publishedUTColorado: 9,934 acresCONebraska: 5,393,039 acresNEMissouri: 5,744,995 acresMOKentucky: 1,928,881 acresKYWest Virginia: 25,189 acresWVVirginia: 610,605 acresVAMaryland: 531,904 acresMDDelaware: 175,605 acresDEArizona: none publishedAZNew Mexico: 337 acresNMKansas: 4,570,912 acresKSArkansas: 3,253,602 acresARTennessee: 1,571,542 acresTNNorth Carolina: 1,707,530 acresNCSouth Carolina: 407,466 acresSCOklahoma: 400,675 acresOKLouisiana: 1,266,857 acresLAMississippi: 2,404,021 acresMSAlabama: 405,679 acresALGeorgia: 160,648 acresGAHawaii: none publishedHITexas: 97,284 acresTXFlorida: 17,815 acresFL
none publishedunder 1%1–3%3–7%7–15%15% or moreEach square is a state, shaded by its share of the US total. Select a state for its county table.

The 25 leading counties

Ranked among the 1,873 counties with a published figure. Another 304 counties grow or keep some but have their figure withheld to protect individual farms, so they are not ranked.

#CountyStateAcresShare of US
1Stutsman CountyNorth Dakota391,1980.46%
2Cass CountyNorth Dakota387,8300.46%
3Bolivar CountyMississippi332,3700.39%
4Barnes CountyNorth Dakota327,0670.39%
5Polk CountyMinnesota325,2040.38%
6Brown CountySouth Dakota308,4410.36%
7Spink CountySouth Dakota303,4110.36%
8Iroquois CountyIllinois294,8790.35%
9Richland CountyNorth Dakota293,0450.35%
10Mississippi CountyArkansas291,1180.34%
11Washington CountyMississippi274,1050.32%
12McLean CountyIllinois273,0750.32%
13Sunflower CountyMississippi270,8070.32%
14Livingston CountyIllinois269,3580.32%
15Marshall CountyMinnesota254,8150.30%
16LaSalle CountyIllinois254,4500.30%
17Crittenden CountyArkansas254,1640.30%
18LaMoure CountyNorth Dakota243,9480.29%
19Champaign CountyIllinois243,3030.29%
20Redwood CountyMinnesota231,9050.27%
21Phillips CountyArkansas230,4930.27%
22Renville CountyMinnesota221,2150.26%
23Pottawattamie CountyIowa219,9260.26%
24Plymouth CountyIowa217,2630.26%
25Hand CountySouth Dakota213,8270.25%

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Leading states

StateAcresShare of USSince 2017
Illinois10,213,71012.1%−3.7%
Iowa9,497,89811.2%−4.5%
Minnesota7,597,1719.0%−6.7%
Missouri5,744,9956.8%−2.1%
Indiana5,687,5216.7%−4.9%
North Dakota5,570,9846.6%−21.4%
Nebraska5,393,0396.4%−4.8%
South Dakota4,858,5535.7%−13.7%
Ohio4,830,7745.7%−5.1%
Kansas4,570,9125.4%−10.7%
Arkansas3,253,6023.8%−7.0%
Mississippi2,404,0212.8%+10.8%
Michigan2,349,7492.8%−5.5%
Wisconsin2,144,8302.5%−3.2%
Kentucky1,928,8812.3%+2.2%

Source: USDA NASS, 2022 and 2017 Census of Agriculture. How to read these pages.