Table 1 . Farms, Land, and Value of Sales of Organic Agricultural Products - Certified and Exempt Organic 
Farms: 2014 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
United States 
Alabama 
Alaska 
Arizona 
Arkansas 
California 
ORGANIC FARMS 
Certified or exempt 
ORGANIC LAND 
.... farms 
14,093 
28 
17 
61 
34 
2,805 
Total certified and exempt organic acres 
operated 
.... farms 
14,048 
28 
17 
61 
34 
2,805 
acres 
3,670,560 
1,545 
376 
17,810 
811 
687,168 
Land owned 
.... farms 
12,353 
28 
16 
36 
29 
2,347 
acres 
2,221,715 
(D) 
372 
5,322 
707 
345,502 
Land rented from others 
.... farms 
5,582 
2 
4 
31 
9 
821 
acres 
1 ,507,957 
(D) 
4 
12,488 
104 
360,483 
Land rented to others 
.... farms 
521 
- 
- 
- 
72 
acres 
59,112 
- 
- 
- 
- 
18,817 
Total certified organic acres operated ... 
.... farms 
12,595 
15 
7 
61 
26 
2,632 
acres 
3,642,933 
1,300 
282 
17,810 
300 
685,848 
Land owned 
.... farms 
10,970 
15 
7 
36 
21 
2,182 
acres 
2,195,232 
(D) 
(D) 
5,322 
196 
(D) 
Land rented from others 
.... farms 
5,446 
2 
2 
31 
9 
805 
acres 
1,505,912 
(D) 
(D) 
12,488 
104 
360,391 
Land rented to others 
.... farms 
475 
- 
- 
70 
acres 
58,211 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Total exempt organic acres operated .... 
.... farms 
1,453 
13 
10 
- 
8 
173 
acres 
27,627 
245 
94 
- 
511 
1,320 
Land owned 
.... farms 
1,383 
13 
9 
- 
8 
165 
acres 
26,483 
245 
(D) 
- 
511 
(D) 
Land rented from others 
.... farms 
136 
- 
2 
- 
- 
16 
acres 
2,045 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
92 
Land rented to others 
.... farms 
46 
- 
- 
- 
2 
acres 
901 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
TRANSITIONAL LAND 
Total transitional acres operated 
.... farms 
1,365 
5 
1 
13 
_ 
220 
acres 
122,175 
60 
(D) 
5,379 
- 
17,046 
Cropland 
.... farms 
1,278 
2 
1 
13 
- 
213 
acres 
113,011 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
16,542 
Pastu reland 
.... farms 
196 
5 
2 
- 
13 
acres 
8,344 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Rangeland 
.... farms 
42 
- 
- 
7 
acres 
820 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Land owned 
.... farms 
888 
5 
1 
5 
- 
150 
acres 
66,473 
60 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
10,989 
Land rented from others 
.... farms 
578 
- 
10 
- 
87 
acres 
56,486 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Land rented to others 
.... farms 
15 
- 
- 
- 
2 
acres 
784 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
2014 OS - Certified and Exempt Organic Farm Data 1 
