Farm Census

Georgia farms by county

2022 Census of Agriculture · 155 counties

39,264 farms9,939,313 acres in farms253 acres per farm on average

Georgia farms sold $13.24 billion of products in 2022, 14th among the 50 states.

Among the states, it leads the nation in broilers sold, peanuts and pecans and ranks second in cotton.

Its average farm size is the 24th-smallest among the states.

Poultry and eggs: 60.2%Poultry and eggs60.2%Cotton: 9.1%Cotton9.1%Hay and other crops: 6.5%6.5%Vegetables and melons: 5.1%5.1%Grains and oilseeds: 4.7%4.7%Fruit and nuts: 3.7%3.7%Milk: 3.5%Milk3.5%Nursery and greenhouse: 3.3%3.3%Cattle and calves: 2.9%2.9%Hogs and pigs: 0.2%Other animals: 0.2%Tobacco: 0.2%Horses and mules: 0.2%Aquaculture: 0.2%Sheep and goats: 0.1%Christmas trees: under 0.1%Poultry and eggs: 60.2%Poultry and eggs60.2%Cotton: 9.1%Cotton9.1%Hay and other crops: 6.5%6.5%Vegetables and melons: 5.1%5.1%Grains and oilseeds: 4.7%4.7%Fruit and nuts: 3.7%3.7%Milk: 3.5%3.5%Nursery and greenhouse: 3.3%3.3%Cattle and calves: 2.9%2.9%Hogs and pigs: 0.2%Other animals: 0.2%Tobacco: 0.2%Horses and mules: 0.2%Aquaculture: 0.2%Sheep and goats: 0.1%Christmas trees: under 0.1%
What Georgia farms sold in 2022.

Which county leads each crop and animal

The county with the largest published figure for each item, and how much of the state total it holds. Items are ordered by how important Georgia is for them nationally.

Crop or animalLeading countyIts share of the stateCounties with figures
PeanutsMitchell County5.1%68
PecansMitchell County10.5%67
CottonDooly County7.8%73
Broilers soldFranklin County6.1%83
BerriesClinch County23.3%107
Laying hensJasper County22.1%131
Orchard landMitchell County9.5%135
TobaccoPierce County11.7%6
VegetablesColquitt County14.6%128
GoatsJohnson County4.2%148
Beef cowsFranklin County2.4%95
OatsBurke County10.0%25
Horses and poniesCherokee County4.8%153
Hay and haylageGordon County2.5%150

Every county in Georgia

Sorted by farm sales. Linked counties have their own profile page, chosen because they stand out nationally or within the state. Left out because a core figure is withheld: 4 counties.

CountyFarmsAvg acresSalesLargest group
Tattnall County514249$514.0MPoultry and eggs
Franklin County669103$486.5MPoultry and eggs
Oglethorpe County438183$407.4MPoultry and eggs
Madison County707108$402.7MPoultry and eggs
Macon County270440$387.3MCotton
Colquitt County429430$385.8MPoultry and eggs
Hart County547129$383.0MPoultry and eggs
Gordon County592131$368.4MPoultry and eggs
Mitchell County367560$346.1MPoultry and eggs
Carroll County806114$310.9MPoultry and eggs
Jackson County636102$296.1MPoultry and eggs
Coffee County541299$293.1MPoultry and eggs
Gilmer County264120$277.6MPoultry and eggs
Banks County450128$236.5MPoultry and eggs
Decatur County326554$220.5MVegetables and melons
Hall County57476$208.5MPoultry and eggs
Murray County276152$205.5MPoultry and eggs
Appling County495240$196.2MPoultry and eggs
Brooks County392528$193.1MMilk
Walker County557139$185.6MPoultry and eggs
Sumter County373431$184.2MCotton
Elbert County424180$182.5MPoultry and eggs
Dooly County283758$162.5MCotton
Worth County372587$159.5MCotton
Morgan County537182$145.8MPoultry and eggs
Grady County408271$144.6MPoultry and eggs
Burke County403532$142.1MMilk
Whitfield County285121$136.7MPoultry and eggs
Habersham County37574$133.8MPoultry and eggs
Cook County210370$129.9MPoultry and eggs
Bartow County457152$126.4MPoultry and eggs
Wilkes County248338$123.9MPoultry and eggs
Dawson County17093$123.4MPoultry and eggs
Toombs County296236$123.4MVegetables and melons
Wilcox County211403$120.5MPoultry and eggs
Bulloch County495394$119.4MCotton
Thomas County366570$113.9MCotton
Berrien County362351$108.2MPoultry and eggs
Bacon County312247$107.3MFruit and nuts
White County30467$103.8MPoultry and eggs
Miller County179636$97.8MHay and other crops
Chattooga County275214$96.7MPoultry and eggs
Lumpkin County26090$94.2MPoultry and eggs
Stephens County16381$94.0MPoultry and eggs
Terrell County272621$93.8MCotton
Crawford County180164$93.8MPoultry and eggs
Barrow County25683$92.8MPoultry and eggs
Crisp County176689$91.0MCotton
Calhoun County144961$87.1MGrains and oilseeds
Lee County180617$86.3MGrains and oilseeds
Jasper County293188$85.8MPoultry and eggs
Atkinson County185410$85.8MPoultry and eggs
Haralson County30386$84.7MPoultry and eggs
Peach County182239$82.6MFruit and nuts
Seminole County95790$81.4MCotton
Greene County222211$80.5MPoultry and eggs
Jefferson County309490$77.5MGrains and oilseeds
Screven County326517$75.4MCotton
Tift County279329$73.0MVegetables and melons
Taliaferro County60195$73.0MPoultry and eggs
Irwin County286407$71.7MHay and other crops
Clinch County158283$71.1MFruit and nuts
Floyd County465158$69.6MPoultry and eggs
Taylor County211402$68.8MPoultry and eggs
Heard County180187$68.1MPoultry and eggs
Early County288542$66.2MHay and other crops
Turner County182459$64.9MCotton
Pickens County22073$64.7MPoultry and eggs
Lamar County175226$63.5MPoultry and eggs
Polk County299172$60.8MPoultry and eggs
Clarke County7262$59.6MPoultry and eggs
Baker County1061,067$58.9MHay and other crops
Jeff Davis County195238$56.7MPoultry and eggs
Oconee County292133$53.1MPoultry and eggs
McDuffie County243231$52.9MCattle and calves
Dade County180174$52.6MPoultry and eggs
Pierce County345248$52.3MPoultry and eggs
Pulaski County153402$50.6MPoultry and eggs
Upson County216167$50.5MPoultry and eggs
Randolph County168618$49.6MGrains and oilseeds
Wayne County272189$45.2MPoultry and eggs
Evans County167266$43.7MPoultry and eggs
Forsyth County26260$40.3MPoultry and eggs
Union County248123$39.8MPoultry and eggs
Lowndes County389217$38.5MVegetables and melons
Ware County251267$38.4MFruit and nuts
Catoosa County21387$38.2MPoultry and eggs
Walton County406136$37.4MPoultry and eggs
Laurens County674230$35.3MGrains and oilseeds
Brantley County207164$34.5MFruit and nuts
Webster County93757$33.8MCotton
Candler County301268$33.2MCotton
Putnam County161256$32.5MMilk
Houston County302182$28.4MCotton
Emanuel County404291$28.1MCotton
Lanier County133367$26.8MFruit and nuts
Washington County363269$25.6MGrains and oilseeds
Montgomery County152372$25.3MVegetables and melons
Cherokee County37764$23.5MPoultry and eggs
Jenkins County214350$23.3MCotton
Dodge County395214$22.1MCotton
Ben Hill County167241$21.9MPoultry and eggs
Jones County195143$21.5MPoultry and eggs
Bibb County9574$20.3MPoultry and eggs
Wheeler County127417$20.0MHay and other crops
Dougherty County100546$19.6MFruit and nuts
Fannin County19557$19.6MPoultry and eggs
Telfair County181272$19.3MCotton
Clay County73591$19.0MHay and other crops
Echols County96286$18.5MVegetables and melons
Johnson County253262$17.8MGrains and oilseeds
Marion County199300$17.8MPoultry and eggs
Effingham County223190$17.1MCotton
Twiggs County87465$16.7MCotton
Rabun County12251$16.3MPoultry and eggs
Schley County101298$15.4MVegetables and melons
Long County94182$15.3MPoultry and eggs
Coweta County324164$15.1MNursery and greenhouse
Meriwether County308299$15.1MNursery and greenhouse
Stewart County741,030$14.5MCotton
Bleckley County151217$14.0MCotton
Treutlen County152224$13.9MCotton
Pike County260146$12.8MNursery and greenhouse
Chatham County41189$10.2MNursery and greenhouse
Newton County274141$10.0MCattle and calves
Gwinnett County11746$9.9MNursery and greenhouse
Lincoln County130209$8.2MCattle and calves
Fulton County16755$7.5MHorses and mules
McIntosh County52299$6.9MFruit and nuts
Spalding County21278$6.4MCattle and calves
Paulding County22078$6.3MHay and other crops
Columbia County227110$6.0MNursery and greenhouse
Wilkinson County138178$5.8MHay and other crops
Hancock County137361$5.0MPoultry and eggs
Troup County251159$4.6MCattle and calves
Harris County227197$4.5MNursery and greenhouse
Cobb County9231$4.3MHorses and mules
Warren County105213$4.3MCotton
Butts County166138$4.1MNursery and greenhouse
Henry County21466$3.6MNursery and greenhouse
Richmond County123154$3.4MGrains and oilseeds
Glascock County64204$2.9MHay and other crops
Douglas County7499$2.4MMilk
Bryan County89290$2.4MHay and other crops
Baldwin County113223$1.9MNursery and greenhouse
Charlton County85228$1.9MOther animals
Fayette County12060$1.8MFruit and nuts
Camden County69123$988KFruit and nuts
Rockdale County71117$961KCattle and calves
Talbot County106288$778KCattle and calves
Towns County10356$679KCattle and calves
Glynn County6430$551KFruit and nuts
Liberty County53148$320KCattle and calves
Clayton County23143$228KOther animals
Muscogee County19308$166KVegetables and melons

Five years earlier

Measure2017Change to 2022
Farms42,439−7.5%
Land in farms, acres9,953,730−0.1%
Average farm size, acres235+7.7%
Farm products sold (current dollars)$9.57 billion+38.3%

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