How many farms are there in the United States?

USA hard Data from 2022

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Answer in farms. Shorthand like 9m or 1.2bn works.

The answer

1,900,000 farms

Roughly 1.9M.

The USDA counts about 1.9 million farms, down from 6.8 million in 1935. The concentration is extreme: the largest 8% of farms produce roughly three quarters of all agricultural output, while most of the rest are small operations whose owners earn their main income elsewhere.

Where this number comes from

Source USDA Census of Agriculture
Figure refers to 2022
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Unit farms

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