Farm Census

Kansas farms by county

2022 Census of Agriculture · 105 counties

55,734 farms44,794,702 acres in farms804 acres per farm on average

Kansas farms sold $23.99 billion of products in 2022, seventh among the 50 states.

Among the states, it leads the nation in grain sorghum and wheat and ranks third in cattle and calves.

Its average farm size is the tenth-largest among the states.

Cattle and calves: 56.7%Cattle and calves56.7%Grains and oilseeds: 32.4%Grains and oilseeds32.4%Milk: 4.0%Milk4.0%Hogs and pigs: 3.6%3.6%Hay and other crops: 1.9%1.9%Poultry and eggs: 0.4%Nursery and greenhouse: 0.3%Cotton: 0.3%Vegetables and melons: 0.1%Sheep and goats: 0.1%Horses and mules: 0.1%Other animals: 0.1%Fruit and nuts: under 0.1%Aquaculture: under 0.1%Christmas trees: under 0.1%Cattle and calves: 56.7%Cattle and calves56.7%Grains and oilseeds: 32.4%Grains and oilseeds32.4%Milk: 4.0%Milk4.0%Hogs and pigs: 3.6%3.6%Hay and other crops: 1.9%1.9%Poultry and eggs: 0.4%Nursery and greenhouse: 0.3%Cotton: 0.3%Vegetables and melons: 0.1%Sheep and goats: 0.1%Horses and mules: 0.1%Other animals: 0.1%Fruit and nuts: under 0.1%Aquaculture: under 0.1%Christmas trees: under 0.1%
What Kansas 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 Kansas is for them nationally.

Crop or animalLeading countyIts share of the stateCounties with figures
Grain sorghumFinney County4.0%97
WheatSumner County4.7%102
Cattle and calvesHaskell County6.8%105
Corn for grainThomas County3.3%103
SoybeansSumner County3.9%97
Beef cowsGreenwood County2.1%71
Hay and haylageButler County3.6%105
Corn for silageLane County5.5%84
OatsLabette County11.5%37
Hogs and pigsNemaha County17.0%59
SunflowerReno County16.5%21
GoatsCowley County7.6%91
Milk cowsHamilton County32.0%46
Sheep and lambsPottawatomie County4.9%78

Every county in Kansas

Sorted by farm sales. Linked counties have their own profile page, chosen because they stand out nationally or within the state.

CountyFarmsAvg acresSalesLargest group
Haskell County1991,681$1.64BCattle and calves
Scott County2631,742$1.41BCattle and calves
Gray County4641,194$1.27BCattle and calves
Finney County5631,459$1.12BCattle and calves
Grant County2971,224$1.05BCattle and calves
Ford County5361,303$667.8MCattle and calves
Wichita County2661,726$590.3MGrains and oilseeds
Hamilton County3581,779$516.5MMilk
Barton County575978$491.4MCattle and calves
Nemaha County834493$448.0MGrains and oilseeds
Stevens County4101,124$400.9MGrains and oilseeds
Reno County1,543505$399.4MCattle and calves
Seward County2921,345$398.0MGrains and oilseeds
Sheridan County3171,482$397.3MCattle and calves
Meade County3971,573$390.8MGrains and oilseeds
Kearny County3851,437$369.7MCattle and calves
Pawnee County3371,225$349.8MGrains and oilseeds
Butler County1,399587$344.9MCattle and calves
Gove County3831,719$334.0MGrains and oilseeds
Lane County2871,599$332.2MHay and other crops
Pratt County517897$328.7MCattle and calves
Edwards County2331,704$318.1MCattle and calves
McPherson County1,048545$312.1MGrains and oilseeds
Rice County433889$297.1MGrains and oilseeds
Thomas County4541,356$289.1MGrains and oilseeds
Brown County475718$269.2MGrains and oilseeds
Greeley County2851,739$266.3MGrains and oilseeds
Washington County642690$264.6MGrains and oilseeds
Decatur County3361,532$261.8MCattle and calves
Republic County470670$254.2MGrains and oilseeds
Stafford County489829$238.1MCattle and calves
Hodgeman County4391,180$226.5MGrains and oilseeds
Marshall County708626$216.6MGrains and oilseeds
Smith County4471,235$193.8MCattle and calves
Dickinson County810562$190.0MCattle and calves
Marion County873688$187.3MGrains and oilseeds
Clark County2642,122$186.2MCattle and calves
Cheyenne County4011,609$183.1MGrains and oilseeds
Sumner County1,013741$181.9MGrains and oilseeds
Sherman County3731,809$180.6MGrains and oilseeds
Harvey County690498$179.9MGrains and oilseeds
Sedgwick County1,283370$175.1MGrains and oilseeds
Mitchell County3721,134$168.9MPoultry and eggs
Morton County3761,196$166.6MGrains and oilseeds
Greenwood County4891,380$162.5MCattle and calves
Lyon County826568$159.6MCattle and calves
Jewell County4331,068$158.6MGrains and oilseeds
Labette County842433$157.9MCattle and calves
Clay County449753$152.0MGrains and oilseeds
Pottawatomie County820493$151.4MCattle and calves
Stanton County2251,924$142.8MGrains and oilseeds
Chase County2521,950$135.1MCattle and calves
Doniphan County337458$132.1MGrains and oilseeds
Ottawa County401950$131.5MGrains and oilseeds
Morris County3691,196$126.9MCattle and calves
Franklin County835305$126.2MGrains and oilseeds
Phillips County3781,217$117.2MGrains and oilseeds
Cowley County879591$116.3MCattle and calves
Wallace County2851,955$115.4MGrains and oilseeds
Rooks County4661,219$113.0MGrains and oilseeds
Cloud County419784$112.9MGrains and oilseeds
Atchison County496391$108.6MGrains and oilseeds
Norton County3141,436$103.7MCattle and calves
Barber County3931,842$102.3MCattle and calves
Harper County457973$100.2MCattle and calves
Cherokee County608425$96.7MGrains and oilseeds
Neosho County612522$95.2MCattle and calves
Ellis County653878$93.5MGrains and oilseeds
Crawford County763462$93.1MGrains and oilseeds
Osborne County3081,377$92.5MGrains and oilseeds
Jackson County783336$90.6MGrains and oilseeds
Douglas County919238$86.4MGrains and oilseeds
Wabaunsee County618621$86.0MCattle and calves
Coffey County644488$85.7MGrains and oilseeds
Rush County469719$84.9MGrains and oilseeds
Ness County5251,305$84.7MGrains and oilseeds
Logan County2632,098$82.4MGrains and oilseeds
Anderson County529542$80.8MGrains and oilseeds
Kingman County756595$80.8MGrains and oilseeds
Miami County1,254218$79.4MGrains and oilseeds
Osage County865390$77.3MGrains and oilseeds
Bourbon County666468$77.1MCattle and calves
Jefferson County846221$77.0MGrains and oilseeds
Rawlins County3122,023$75.7MGrains and oilseeds
Kiowa County3521,044$75.4MGrains and oilseeds
Woodson County2401,048$73.5MCattle and calves
Lincoln County2731,051$71.3MCattle and calves
Montgomery County892337$70.6MGrains and oilseeds
Saline County513612$69.9MGrains and oilseeds
Trego County3871,268$68.4MGrains and oilseeds
Wilson County403718$67.5MGrains and oilseeds
Riley County424494$67.0MGrains and oilseeds
Russell County510847$66.8MGrains and oilseeds
Leavenworth County1,023147$62.1MGrains and oilseeds
Allen County468534$58.9MGrains and oilseeds
Graham County3471,153$55.2MGrains and oilseeds
Comanche County2062,194$54.0MCattle and calves
Geary County217811$53.6MGrains and oilseeds
Shawnee County791207$51.7MGrains and oilseeds
Linn County704410$51.6MGrains and oilseeds
Chautauqua County335930$51.6MCattle and calves
Ellsworth County327939$48.0MGrains and oilseeds
Elk County255968$42.4MCattle and calves
Johnson County61387$19.1MGrains and oilseeds
Wyandotte County16058$5.7MGrains and oilseeds

Five years earlier

Measure2017Change to 2022
Farms58,569−4.8%
Land in farms, acres45,759,319−2.1%
Average farm size, acres781+2.9%
Farm products sold (current dollars)$18.78 billion+27.7%

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