Table 24. Primary Production Challenge - Certified and Exempt Organic Farms: 2014 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic 
area 
Market access 
Management issues 
Other 
Farms 
Percent of 
farms 
Farms 
Percent of 
farms 
Farms 
Percent of 
farms 
United States 
850 
7 
1,581 
12 
2,375 
19 
Alabama 
2 
9 
4 
15 
4 
15 
Alaska 
4 
31 
- 
- 
4 
31 
Arizona 
1 
2 
1 
2 
9 
17 
Arkansas 
- 
- 
5 
18 
5 
18 
California 
141 
7 
203 
8 
431 
17 
Colorado 
12 
8 
18 
12 
28 
19 
Connecticut 
10 
9 
7 
6 
26 
25 
Delaware 
1 
10 
- 
- 
1 
10 
Florida 
8 
6 
11 
8 
28 
22 
Georgia 
18 
17 
11 
11 
11 
11 
Flawaii 
10 
7 
21 
14 
29 
19 
Idaho 
7 
5 
9 
6 
31 
22 
Illinois 
13 
5 
18 
7 
79 
32 
Indiana 
11 
5 
23 
9 
36 
15 
Iowa 
28 
5 
64 
12 
97 
18 
Kansas 
5 
7 
15 
20 
13 
17 
Kentucky 
18 
18 
18 
18 
22 
22 
Louisiana 
1 
5 
2 
9 
4 
19 
Maine 
63 
14 
90 
20 
95 
21 
Maryland 
5 
4 
25 
23 
34 
31 
Massachusetts 
13 
8 
23 
14 
40 
24 
Michigan 
22 
7 
55 
20 
74 
25 
Minnesota 
23 
5 
75 
16 
96 
20 
Mississippi 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
50 
Missouri 
10 
5 
21 
10 
55 
26 
Montana 
14 
10 
22 
16 
34 
26 
Nebraska 
15 
10 
21 
14 
31 
21 
Nevada 
- 
- 
2 
5 
21 
51 
New Hampshire 
16 
11 
29 
22 
9 
6 
New Jersey 
10 
13 
21 
27 
7 
9 
New Mexico 
6 
5 
18 
16 
28 
25 
New York 
45 
5 
103 
14 
151 
18 
North Carolina 
16 
7 
25 
11 
39 
17 
North Dakota 
7 
8 
4 
5 
18 
22 
Ohio 
15 
3 
74 
15 
83 
17 
Oklahoma 
1 
2 
5 
11 
10 
23 
Oregon 
37 
8 
52 
11 
88 
19 
Pennsylvania 
17 
3 
99 
16 
98 
16 
Rhode Island 
5 
21 
4 
17 
4 
17 
South Carolina 
4 
9 
10 
24 
10 
24 
South Dakota 
4 
6 
7 
10 
19 
26 
Tennessee 
5 
10 
6 
12 
10 
21 
Texas 
27 
14 
22 
12 
35 
19 
Utah 
2 
4 
1 
2 
9 
17 
Vermont 
55 
11 
66 
13 
86 
17 
Virginia 
12 
8 
13 
8 
32 
21 
Washington 
50 
8 
97 
16 
114 
18 
West Virginia 
3 
15 
- 
- 
7 
35 
Wisconsin 
54 
6 
161 
14 
169 
15 
Wyoming 
4 
8 
- 
- 
7 
14 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
2014 OS - Certified and Exempt Organic Farm Data 221 
