Farm Census

Coffee County, Georgia

Farms, crops and livestock in the 2022 Census of Agriculture

541 farms161,594 acres in farms$293 million in farm sales

Among US counties with published figures, Coffee County ranks tenth for peanuts.

Within Georgia, no other county with a published figure has more turkeys.

Poultry and eggs: 62.3%Poultry and eggs62.3%Cotton: 11.2%Cotton11.2%Hay and other crops: 7.7%7.7%Withheld groups: 7.7%Withheld groups7.7%Fruit and nuts: 4.6%Fruit and nuts4.6%Grains and oilseeds: 3.1%3.1%Cattle and calves: 1.5%1.5%Hogs and pigs: 1.1%1.1%Tobacco: 0.5%Other animals: 0.3%Horses and mules: under 0.1%Sheep and goats: under 0.1%Poultry and eggs: 62.3%Poultry and eggs62.3%Cotton: 11.2%Cotton11.2%Hay and other crops: 7.7%7.7%Withheld groups: 7.7%Withheld groups7.7%Fruit and nuts: 4.6%4.6%Grains and oilseeds: 3.1%3.1%Cattle and calves: 1.5%1.5%Hogs and pigs: 1.1%Tobacco: 0.5%Other animals: 0.3%Horses and mules: under 0.1%Sheep and goats: under 0.1%
Farm sales by product group, 2022, sized by value. Withheld to protect individual farms: vegetables and melons and nursery and greenhouse crops.
Sales by product group
Product groupSalesRank in state
Poultry and eggs$183 million14th of 116
Cotton and cottonseed$33.0 million12th of 72
Hay and other crops$22.6 million10th of 141
Fruit, tree nuts and berries$13.5 million9th of 120
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans and dry peas$9.0 million22nd of 118
Cattle and calves$4.4 million25th of 131
Hogs and pigs$3.2 million1st of 49
Tobacco$1.3 million3rd of 5
Other animals and animal products$887,0004th of 82
Horses, ponies, mules, burros and donkeys$111,00032nd of 90
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair and goat milk$43,00048th of 114

What the fields held

Coffee County harvested 81,280 acres of cropland in 2022, 11th of 153 counties in Georgia. Cotton covered acreage equal to 45% of that, peanuts 34%.

CropAcresShare of US
Cotton36,8480.48%
Peanuts27,5871.9%
Corn for grain7,038under 0.1%
Hay and haylage3,659under 0.1%
Berries1,7970.50%
Soybeans1,435under 0.1%
Orchard land1,402under 0.1%
of which pecans1,3760.23%
Corn for silage440under 0.1%
Tobacco3250.16%
Wheat170under 0.1%
Vegetables88under 0.1%

Withheld to protect individual farms: grain sorghum, potatoes and citrus.

How much of the county is farmland

Share of the county land in farms43.9%

Coffee County ranks 30th of 155 counties in Georgia on this measure.

  • 96,909 acres of cropland, 60% of farmland
  • 16,179 acres of pastureland, 10% of farmland
  • 42,406 acres of woodland, 26% of farmland
  • 31,229 acres irrigated

Farm sizes

Farms in Coffee County run larger than the national pattern: the median farm has 77 acres against 72 for the US. The average, pulled up by the largest operations, is 299 acres, 39th-largest of 132 in Georgia. The most common size class is 50–179 acres, with 33.8% of farms. Farms of 1,000 acres or more are 8.5% of the total.

1–97%10–4930%50–17934%180–49916%500–9995%1,000–1,9995%2,000+4%
Coffee County US · farms by size

Barns, pens and pastures

AnimalsHeadShare of US
Broilers sold in 202227,213,5500.30%
Goats868under 0.1%
Cattle and calves10,939under 0.1%
Horses and ponies256under 0.1%
Sheep and lambs271under 0.1%
Turkeys1,587under 0.1%

Withheld: beef cows, milk cows, hogs and pigs and laying hens.

Who farms here

Decisions on Coffee County's 541 farms are made by 831 producers. Their average age is 57.9, 1.1 years below the Georgia average. Women are 30.4% of them.

Under 357%35–4416%45–5416%55–6423%65–7425%75+13%
Coffee County US · producers by age

Five years earlier

Measure2017Change to 2022
Farms608−11.0%
Land in farms, acres189,202−14.6%
Average farm size, acres311−3.9%
Farm products sold (current dollars)$185 million+58.0%
Peanuts, acres27,544+0.2%
Berries, acres566+100%
Cotton, acres42,607−13.5%
Broilers sold, head23,489,800+15.9%

Nearest rivals

Counties with a similar sales mix

Coffee County accounts for 2.2% of farm sales in Georgia and 1.4% of the farms in Georgia. Rank Georgia counties for peanuts.

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