2017 Census of Agriculture - State Data United States 705

USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service

Table 51. Black or African American Producers: 2017

[Data were collected for a maximum of four producers per farm. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.]

Geographic area

All farms with a Black or African American producer Farms with a Black or African American principal producer 

Farms Black or African

American producers

Land in farms

(acres) Farms

Black or African

American principal

producers

Land in farms

(acres)

United States Total 

 

United States ...................................................... 

 

States 

 

Alabama ............................................................. 

Alaska................................................................. 

Arizona ............................................................... 

Arkansas............................................................. 

California ............................................................ 

Colorado............................................................. 

Connecticut......................................................... 

Delaware ............................................................ 

Florida................................................................. 

Georgia............................................................... 

 

Hawaii................................................................. 

Idaho................................................................... 

Illinois.................................................................. 

Indiana................................................................ 

Iowa.................................................................... 

Kansas................................................................ 

Kentucky............................................................. 

Louisiana ............................................................ 

Maine.................................................................. 

Maryland............................................................. 

 

Massachusetts.................................................... 

Michigan ............................................................. 

Minnesota ........................................................... 

Mississippi .......................................................... 

Missouri .............................................................. 

Montana.............................................................. 

Nebraska ............................................................ 

Nevada ............................................................... 

New Hampshire .................................................. 

New Jersey......................................................... 

 

New Mexico ........................................................ 

New York ............................................................ 

North Carolina .................................................... 

North Dakota ...................................................... 

Ohio.................................................................... 

Oklahoma ........................................................... 

Oregon................................................................ 

Pennsylvania ...................................................... 

Rhode Island ...................................................... 

South Carolina.................................................... 

 

South Dakota...................................................... 

Tennessee.......................................................... 

Texas.................................................................. 

Utah.................................................................... 

Vermont.............................................................. 

Virginia................................................................ 

Washington......................................................... 

West Virginia ...................................................... 

Wisconsin ........................................................... 

Wyoming............................................................. 

32,910

2,945

6

42

1,042

365

86

25

19

1,615

1,970

22

11

156

104

47

173

433

2,198

135

203

135

238

35

4,909

181

24

22

9

38

59

50

106

1,482

8

167

1,267

62

77

13

1,825

13

983

8,132

7

17

1,285

75

31

54

9

45,508

4,140

6

54

1,463

429

96

25

24

2,299

2,773

22

11

229

134

72

228

585

3,126

146

277

166

342

39

6,927

207

24

22

9

38

76

60

139

2,041

8

193

1,769

64

80

13

2,570

13

1,372

11,268

8

17

1,693

90

35

73

13

4,097,857

337,548

(D)

3,202

163,254

75,103

10,739

358

887

93,935

235,516

293

701

23,581

16,360

4,554

58,455

42,430

210,952

703

8,822

791

20,290

3,166

621,596

27,688

90,001

24,281

5,296

125

1,067

49,689

11,079

174,105

3,712

10,772

266,362

12,149

2,052

(D)

195,097

21,277

126,061

972,552

3,383

3,960

145,810

7,129

1,725

4,011

(D)

32,052

2,905

5

36

1,031

302

85

19

19

1,543

1,925

19

7

146

92

46

157

401

2,179

127

169

131

221

29

4,885

155

21

17

9

38

56

48

83

1,435

4

147

1,231

40

63

13

1,807

9

961

8,011

3

15

1,251

68

28

51

9

38,447

3,537

5

42

1,271

326

93

19

23

1,938

2,391

19

7

183

114

67

181

493

2,543

128

198

145

296

29

5,947

174

21

17

9

38

63

53

96

1,699

4

156

1,479

42

66

13

2,187

9

1,168

9,523

4

15

1,444

70

29

62

11

3,862,936

317,092

(D)

1,182

157,803

63,407

10,714

292

887

90,340

218,588

282

652

21,236

14,265

4,356

52,194

39,654

197,061

(D)

8,009

643

13,761

2,693

588,706

25,619

81,723

(D)

5,296

125

983

49,449

7,724

170,450

3,655

9,661

259,846

8,450

1,329

(D)

189,769

3,967

108,645

946,751

736

3,705

141,186

6,345

1,581

3,604

(D)