Farm Census

Tillman County, Oklahoma

Farms, crops and livestock in the 2022 Census of Agriculture

391 farms436,848 acres in farms$109 million in farm sales

No other county in Oklahoma with a published figure has more cotton or milk cows than Tillman County.

Its irrigated land had the sixth-steepest loss from 2017 to 2022 among the 577 counties with at least 20,000 irrigated acres in 2017.

Cattle and calves: 31.6%Cattle and calves31.6%Milk: 31.3%Milk31.3%Cotton: 21.0%Cotton21.0%Grains and oilseeds: 14.2%Grains and oilseeds14.2%Hay and other crops: 1.4%Sheep and goats: 0.2%Horses and mules: 0.1%Hogs and pigs: under 0.1%Poultry and eggs: under 0.1%Cattle and calves: 31.6%Cattle and calves31.6%Milk: 31.3%Milk31.3%Cotton: 21.0%Cotton21.0%Grains and oilseeds: 14.2%14.2%Hay and other crops: 1.4%Sheep and goats: 0.2%Horses and mules: 0.1%Hogs and pigs: under 0.1%Poultry and eggs: under 0.1%
Farm sales by product group, 2022, sized by value.
Sales by product group
Product groupSalesRank in state
Cattle and calves$34.4 million36th of 70
Milk from cows$34.0 million1st of 13
Cotton and cottonseed$22.9 million1st of 21
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans and dry peas$15.5 million18th of 66
Hay and other crops$1.5 million50th of 62
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair and goat milk$236,00035th of 67
Horses, ponies, mules, burros and donkeys$69,00062nd of 67
Hogs and pigs$20,00035th of 38
Poultry and eggs$16,00058th of 63

What the fields held

Tillman County harvested 139,247 acres of cropland in 2022, 16th of 75 counties in Oklahoma. Wheat covered acreage equal to 54% of that, cotton 32%.

CropAcresShare of US
Wheat75,7500.20%
Cotton44,7420.58%
Hay and haylage18,962under 0.1%
Corn for grain3,726under 0.1%
Grain sorghum2,5210.05%
Oats1,3540.15%
Orchard land12under 0.1%
of which pecans12under 0.1%

Withheld to protect individual farms: soybeans, corn for silage, barley and peanuts.

How much of the county is farmland

Share of the county land in farms78.4%

Tillman County ranks 35th of 77 counties in Oklahoma on this measure.

  • 280,380 acres of cropland, 64% of farmland
  • 174,684 acres of pastureland, 40% of farmland
  • 1,782 acres of woodland, 0% of farmland
  • 12,264 acres irrigated

Farm sizes

Farms in Tillman County run larger than the national pattern: the median farm has 300 acres against 72 for the US. The average, pulled up by the largest operations, is 1,117 acres, eighth-largest of 77 in Oklahoma. The most common size class is 50–179 acres, with 27.1% of farms. Farms of 1,000 acres or more are 25.6% of the total.

1–96%10–495%50–17927%180–49919%500–99916%1,000–1,9997%2,000+18%
Tillman County US · farms by size

Barns, pens and pastures

AnimalsHeadShare of US
Milk cows7,2000.08%
Cattle and calves46,5810.05%
Beef cows13,792under 0.1%
Goats418under 0.1%
Horses and ponies258under 0.1%
Hogs and pigs333under 0.1%
Turkeys96under 0.1%
Laying hens348under 0.1%

Withheld: sheep and lambs.

Who farms here

Decisions on Tillman County's 391 farms are made by 627 producers. Their average age is 60.0, 2.3 years above the Oklahoma average. Women are 34.0% of them.

Under 357%35–4411%45–5415%55–6425%65–7424%75+18%
Tillman County US · producers by age

Five years earlier

Measure2017Change to 2022
Farms456−14.3%
Land in farms, acres556,966−21.6%
Average farm size, acres1,221−8.5%
Farm products sold (current dollars)$138 million−21.3%
Cotton, acres141,190−68.3%
Wheat, acres73,896+2.5%
Oats, acres2,277−40.5%
Milk cows, head7,278−1.1%

Nearest rivals

Counties with a similar sales mix

Tillman County accounts for 1.3% of farm sales in Oklahoma and 0.6% of the farms in Oklahoma. Rank Oklahoma counties for cotton.

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