Table 25. Years Involved in Agricultural Production - Certified and Exempt Organic Farms: 2014 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic 
area 
Farms 
Percent of farms by years involved in agricultural production 
Less than 10 
years 
10 to 19 
years 
20 to 29 
years 
30 to 39 
years 
40 to 49 
years 
50 or more 
years 
United States 
14,093 
29 
26 
18 
13 
7 
7 
Alabama 
28 
57 
18 
18 
7 
_ 
_ 
Alaska 
17 
41 
41 
12 
6 
- 
- 
Arizona 
61 
34 
26 
15 
16 
5 
3 
Arkansas 
34 
47 
9 
26 
12 
6 
- 
California 
2,805 
24 
29 
17 
15 
7 
8 
Colorado 
157 
31 
27 
15 
12 
8 
7 
Connecticut 
122 
50 
28 
12 
4 
6 
- 
Delaware 
10 
60 
30 
- 
- 
- 
10 
Florida 
166 
28 
26 
31 
7 
7 
2 
Georgia 
117 
54 
22 
15 
3 
4 
2 
Flawaii 
166 
23 
43 
16 
16 
2 
_ 
Idaho 
161 
18 
23 
22 
17 
5 
14 
Illinois 
249 
29 
26 
18 
17 
7 
4 
Indiana 
282 
37 
26 
20 
7 
4 
6 
Iowa 
612 
27 
30 
19 
11 
8 
6 
Kansas 
83 
17 
23 
22 
23 
7 
8 
Kentucky 
107 
43 
33 
6 
7 
8 
3 
Louisiana 
23 
35 
22 
26 
- 
- 
17 
Maine 
517 
35 
26 
17 
11 
5 
5 
Maryland 
120 
21 
47 
13 
12 
2 
6 
Massachusetts 
179 
38 
22 
18 
12 
6 
4 
Michigan 
332 
30 
22 
20 
13 
9 
6 
Minnesota 
512 
23 
24 
14 
18 
13 
8 
Mississippi 
8 
13 
25 
- 
50 
- 
13 
Missouri 
216 
38 
22 
13 
14 
9 
3 
Montana 
147 
24 
31 
14 
12 
9 
10 
Nebraska 
170 
20 
20 
19 
18 
12 
10 
Nevada 
49 
29 
18 
27 
2 
4 
20 
New Hampshire 
150 
48 
27 
11 
10 
3 
1 
New Jersey 
87 
33 
30 
17 
9 
5 
6 
New Mexico 
116 
41 
26 
13 
16 
_ 
5 
New York 
917 
38 
23 
14 
10 
7 
8 
North Carolina 
264 
33 
22 
14 
14 
14 
2 
North Dakota 
94 
18 
24 
12 
26 
15 
5 
Ohio 
541 
31 
22 
19 
15 
7 
6 
Oklahoma 
45 
44 
29 
13 
_ 
11 
2 
Oregon 
525 
21 
25 
24 
13 
9 
8 
Pennsylvania 
679 
31 
27 
22 
10 
4 
6 
Rhode Island 
24 
42 
38 
8 
8 
4 
- 
South Carolina 
47 
43 
30 
13 
9 
- 
6 
South Dakota 
80 
14 
10 
18 
18 
23 
19 
Tennessee 
54 
43 
15 
15 
15 
11 
2 
Texas 
234 
35 
22 
24 
9 
5 
4 
Utah 
60 
23 
30 
10 
7 
12 
18 
Vermont 
542 
27 
22 
18 
17 
6 
10 
Virginia 
167 
43 
23 
13 
8 
9 
4 
Washington 
716 
28 
22 
18 
14 
8 
8 
West Virginia 
24 
38 
33 
8 
- 
17 
4 
Wisconsin 
1,228 
24 
25 
18 
17 
9 
7 
Wyoming 
49 
14 
31 
16 
16 
14 
8 
222 2014 OS - Certified and Exempt Organic Farm Data 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
