Farm Census

Mississippi County, Arkansas

Farms, crops and livestock in the 2022 Census of Agriculture

268 farms515,954 acres in farms$463 million in farm sales

Among US counties with published figures, Mississippi County ranks second for cotton and tenth for soybeans.

Within Arkansas, no other county with a published figure has more land in farms, or sells more farm products.

Harvested cropland takes up the ninth-largest share of farmland among the 2,502 counties with at least 50,000 acres in farms.

Grains and oilseeds: 73.8%Grains and oilseeds73.8%Cotton: 21.5%Cotton21.5%Hay and other crops: 3.3%Hay and other crops3.3%Withheld groups: 0.8%0.8%Poultry and eggs: 0.5%Cattle and calves: 0.1%Horses and mules: under 0.1%Grains and oilseeds: 73.8%Grains and oilseeds73.8%Cotton: 21.5%Cotton21.5%Hay and other crops: 3.3%3.3%Withheld groups: 0.8%Poultry and eggs: 0.5%Cattle and calves: 0.1%Horses and mules: under 0.1%
Farm sales by product group, 2022, sized by value. Withheld to protect individual farms: vegetables and melons, fruit and nuts, sheep and goat products and other animal products.
Sales by product group
Product groupSalesRank in state
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans and dry peas$342 million1st of 43
Cotton and cottonseed$99.4 million1st of 22
Hay and other crops$15.3 million1st of 68
Poultry and eggs$2.3 million54th of 60
Cattle and calves$237,00063rd of 65
Horses, ponies, mules, burros and donkeys$25,00047th of 55

What the fields held

Mississippi County harvested 491,130 acres of cropland in 2022, first of 75 counties in Arkansas. Soybeans covered acreage equal to 59% of that, cotton 23%.

CropAcresShare of US
Soybeans291,1180.34%
Cotton111,5181.4%
Rice47,7632.1%
Corn for grain21,590under 0.1%
Peanuts13,6800.96%
Wheat13,675under 0.1%
Vegetables1,023under 0.1%
Hay and haylage1,022under 0.1%
Grain sorghum560under 0.1%

Withheld to protect individual farms: orchard land and pecans.

How much of the county is farmland

Share of the county land in farms89.5%

Mississippi County ranks second of 75 counties in Arkansas on this measure.

  • 509,082 acres of cropland, 99% of farmland
  • 724 acres of pastureland, 0% of farmland
  • 4,377 acres of woodland, 1% of farmland
  • 363,329 acres irrigated

Farm sizes

Farms in Mississippi County run larger than the national pattern: the median farm has 1,170 acres against 72 for the US. The average, pulled up by the largest operations, is 1,925 acres, first-largest of 74 in Arkansas. The most common size class is 2,000+ acres, with 35.8% of farms. Farms of 1,000 acres or more are 53.4% of the total.

1–91%10–4911%50–17912%180–49911%500–99911%1,000–1,99918%2,000+36%
Mississippi County US · farms by size

Barns, pens and pastures

AnimalsHeadShare of US
Laying hens45,040under 0.1%
Beef cows724under 0.1%
Cattle and calves1,627under 0.1%
Horses and ponies35under 0.1%

Withheld: hogs and pigs and goats.

Who farms here

Decisions on Mississippi County's 268 farms are made by 495 producers. Their average age is 55.8, 1.8 years below the Arkansas average. Women are 26.5% of them.

Under 3510%35–4417%45–5416%55–6427%65–7422%75+9%
Mississippi County US · producers by age

Five years earlier

Measure2017Change to 2022
Farms284−5.6%
Land in farms, acres476,502+8.3%
Average farm size, acres1,678+14.7%
Farm products sold (current dollars)$301 million+53.7%
Rice, acres51,935−8.0%
Cotton, acres92,385+20.7%
Peanuts, acres10,915+25.3%
Soybeans, acres278,413+4.6%

Nearest rivals

Counties with a similar sales mix

Mississippi County accounts for 3.3% of farm sales in Arkansas and 0.7% of the farms in Arkansas. Rank Arkansas counties for rice.

Source: USDA NASS Census of Agriculture. How to read these pages.