Farm Census

Colquitt County, Georgia

Farms, crops and livestock in the 2022 Census of Agriculture

429 farms184,400 acres in farms$386 million in farm sales

Among US counties with published figures, Colquitt County ranks fourth for peanuts.

Within Georgia, no other county with a published figure has more vegetables, or sells more farm products.

Poultry and eggs: 49.7%Poultry and eggs49.7%Vegetables and melons: 22.0%Vegetables and melons22.0%Cotton: 13.3%Cotton13.3%Hay and other crops: 9.1%9.1%Grains and oilseeds: 2.3%2.3%Fruit and nuts: 1.2%1.2%Nursery and greenhouse: 1.1%1.1%Cattle and calves: 0.8%0.8%Tobacco: 0.3%Horses and mules: under 0.1%Poultry and eggs: 49.7%Poultry and eggs49.7%Vegetables and melons: 22.0%22.0%Cotton: 13.3%Cotton13.3%Hay and other crops: 9.1%9.1%Grains and oilseeds: 2.3%2.3%Fruit and nuts: 1.2%1.2%Nursery and greenhouse: 1.1%1.1%Cattle and calves: 0.8%Tobacco: 0.3%Horses and mules: under 0.1%
Farm sales by product group, 2022, sized by value. Withheld to protect individual farms: hogs and pigs and sheep and goat products.
Sales by product group
Product groupSalesRank in state
Poultry and eggs$192 million12th of 116
Vegetables, melons and potatoes$84.7 million3rd of 96
Cotton and cottonseed$51.4 million3rd of 72
Hay and other crops$35.1 million4th of 141
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans and dry peas$9.0 million23rd of 118
Fruit, tree nuts and berries$4.8 million22nd of 120
Nursery, greenhouse and floriculture crops$4.4 million21st of 72
Cattle and calves$3.2 million37th of 131
Tobacco$1.3 million5th of 5
Horses, ponies, mules, burros and donkeys$43,00056th of 90

What the fields held

Colquitt County harvested 110,702 acres of cropland in 2022, third of 153 counties in Georgia. Cotton covered acreage equal to 46% of that, peanuts 28%.

CropAcresShare of US
Cotton50,5100.65%
Peanuts30,7282.2%
Vegetables14,4590.34%
Corn for grain5,505under 0.1%
Wheat5,206under 0.1%
Hay and haylage4,282under 0.1%
Orchard land2,811under 0.1%
Soybeans1,464under 0.1%
Tobacco3210.15%
Oats173under 0.1%
Berries152under 0.1%
Grain sorghum51under 0.1%

Withheld to protect individual farms: corn for silage, citrus and pecans.

How much of the county is farmland

Share of the county land in farms52.7%

Colquitt County ranks 12th of 155 counties in Georgia on this measure.

  • 131,456 acres of cropland, 71% of farmland
  • 16,055 acres of pastureland, 9% of farmland
  • 27,107 acres of woodland, 15% of farmland
  • 50,821 acres irrigated

Farm sizes

Farms in Colquitt County run larger than the national pattern: the median farm has 122 acres against 72 for the US. The average, pulled up by the largest operations, is 430 acres, 22nd-largest of 132 in Georgia. The most common size class is 50–179 acres, with 30.8% of farms. Farms of 1,000 acres or more are 12.1% of the total.

1–95%10–4923%50–17931%180–49918%500–99910%1,000–1,9998%2,000+4%
Colquitt County US · farms by size

Barns, pens and pastures

AnimalsHeadShare of US
Broilers sold in 202235,440,7210.39%
Laying hens210,6530.05%
Cattle and calves10,809under 0.1%
Goats190under 0.1%
Horses and ponies139under 0.1%
Sheep and lambs61under 0.1%
Hogs and pigs365under 0.1%

Withheld: beef cows and milk cows.

Who farms here

Decisions on Colquitt County's 429 farms are made by 693 producers. Their average age is 58.6, 0.4 years below the Georgia average. Women are 29.6% of them.

Under 358%35–4413%45–5416%55–6427%65–7422%75+15%
Colquitt County US · producers by age

Five years earlier

Measure2017Change to 2022
Farms498−13.9%
Land in farms, acres185,959−0.8%
Average farm size, acres373+15.3%
Farm products sold (current dollars)$296 million+30.3%
Peanuts, acres31,816−3.4%
Cotton, acres50,150+0.7%
Broilers sold, head24,288,931+45.9%
Vegetables, acres14,507−0.3%

Nearest rivals

Counties with a similar sales mix

Colquitt County accounts for 2.9% of farm sales in Georgia and 1.1% of the farms in Georgia. Rank Georgia counties for peanuts.

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