Where wheat is grown: the leading US counties
2022 Census of Agriculture · Acres harvested in 2022. Counties with a published figure: 1,927
US farms harvested 37,211,994 acres of wheat in 2022, and Hill County, Montana, had more than any other county with a published figure.
The ten leading counties hold 10.7% of the national total. Kansas is the leading state, ahead of North Dakota.
The national figure is down 4.1% on the 2017 census.
The 25 leading counties
Ranked among the 1,927 counties with a published figure. Another 411 counties grow or keep some but have their figure withheld to protect individual farms, so they are not ranked.
| # | County | State | Acres | Share of US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hill County | Montana | 562,878 | 1.5% |
| 2 | Chouteau County | Montana | 545,429 | 1.5% |
| 3 | Whitman County | Washington | 498,473 | 1.3% |
| 4 | Roosevelt County | Montana | 377,178 | 1.0% |
| 5 | Lincoln County | Washington | 367,986 | 0.99% |
| 6 | Ward County | North Dakota | 339,927 | 0.91% |
| 7 | Valley County | Montana | 339,378 | 0.91% |
| 8 | Williams County | North Dakota | 324,129 | 0.87% |
| 9 | Sheridan County | Montana | 323,297 | 0.87% |
| 10 | Sumner County | Kansas | 311,573 | 0.84% |
| 11 | Cavalier County | North Dakota | 298,199 | 0.80% |
| 12 | Toole County | Montana | 296,170 | 0.80% |
| 13 | Adams County | Washington | 289,048 | 0.78% |
| 14 | Polk County | Minnesota | 278,518 | 0.75% |
| 15 | Liberty County | Montana | 265,544 | 0.71% |
| 16 | Bottineau County | North Dakota | 260,505 | 0.70% |
| 17 | Daniels County | Montana | 242,996 | 0.65% |
| 18 | Hettinger County | North Dakota | 238,483 | 0.64% |
| 19 | Umatilla County | Oregon | 234,999 | 0.63% |
| 20 | McLean County | North Dakota | 234,423 | 0.63% |
| 21 | McCone County | Montana | 223,419 | 0.60% |
| 22 | Walla Walla County | Washington | 219,473 | 0.59% |
| 23 | Garfield County | Oklahoma | 218,645 | 0.59% |
| 24 | Marshall County | Minnesota | 217,709 | 0.59% |
| 25 | Mountrail County | North Dakota | 216,611 | 0.58% |
Leading states
| State | Acres | Share of US | Since 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | 6,630,355 | 17.8% | −5.3% |
| North Dakota | 6,171,456 | 16.6% | −3.4% |
| Montana | 5,198,967 | 14.0% | +10.6% |
| Oklahoma | 2,570,273 | 6.9% | −15.6% |
| Washington | 2,375,158 | 6.4% | +7.0% |
| Texas | 1,749,339 | 4.7% | −30.1% |
| Colorado | 1,507,696 | 4.1% | −27.1% |
| South Dakota | 1,432,701 | 3.9% | +13.6% |
| Minnesota | 1,268,681 | 3.4% | +6.0% |
| Idaho | 1,162,597 | 3.1% | −1.7% |
| Nebraska | 840,937 | 2.3% | −20.7% |
| Oregon | 737,385 | 2.0% | −13.3% |
| Illinois | 540,232 | 1.5% | +13.4% |
| Ohio | 480,146 | 1.3% | +3.8% |
| Missouri | 471,565 | 1.3% | −14.7% |
Source: USDA NASS, 2022 and 2017 Census of Agriculture. How to read these pages.