2012’s African American Farm Land Ownership By State

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Farms with a Black or African American Principal Producer

  1. TEXAS – 929,003 acres
  2. MISSISSIPPI – 554,463 acres
  3. ALABAMA – 296,432 acres
  4. OKLAHOMA – 251,680 acres
  5. GEORGIA – 221,290 acres
  6. LOUISIANA – 192,287 acres
  7. SOUTH CAROLINA – 191,452 acres
  8. VIRGINIA – 176,571 acres
  9. NORTH CAROLINA – 152,899 acres
  10. ARKANSAS – 149,530 acres
  11. TENNESSEE – 102,196 acres
  12. FLORIDA – 92,324 acres
  13. NEW MEXICO – 61,300 acres
  14. CALIFORNIA – 32,932 acres
  15. KENTUCKY – 31,483 acres
  16. KANSAS – 29,174 acres
  17. MINNESOTA – 26,193 acres
  18. MISSOURI – 20,107 acres
  19. ILLINOIS – 19,843 acres
  20. OHIO – 11,883 acres
  21. MARYLAND – 10,065 acres
  22. MICHIGAN – 9,525 acres
  23. COLORADO – 7,368 acres
  24. IDAHO – 6,613 acres
  25. NEW YORK – 6,059 acres
  26. WASHINGTON – 5,744 acres
  27. MONTANA – 5,714 acres
  28. INDIANA – 5,704 acres
  29. NEBRASKA – 5,249 acres
  30. WEST VIRGINIA – 3,584 acres
  31. IOWA – 3,332 acres
  32. OREGON – 2,481 acres
  33. NORTH DAKOTA – 2,230 acres
  34. ARIZONA – 1,941 acres
  35. NEW JERSEY – 1,038 acres
  36. MASSACHUSETTS – 983 acres
  37. DELAWARE – 792 acres
  38. VERMONT – 740 acres
  39. MAINE – 363 acres
  40. UTAH – 344 acres
  41. CONNECTICUT – 118 acres
  42. NEW HAMPSHIRE  – 84 acres
  43. HAWAII – (D)
  44. NEVADA – (D)
  45. PENNSYLVANIA – (D)
  46. RHODE ISLAND – (D)
  47. SOUTH DAKOTA – (D)
  48. WISCONSIN – (D)
  49. WYOMING – (D)

Total African American Principal Producer Acres: 3,645,289

Total United States Principal Producer Acres: 914,527,657

African American Percentage: 0.40%

Source: USDA

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