Table 26. Five-Year Production Pian - Certified and Exempt Organic Farms: 2014 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic 
area 
Increase 
organic production 
Maintain ci 
of organic 
jrrent level 
production 
Decrease 
organic production 
Farms 
Percent of 
farms 
Farms 
Percent of 
farms 
Farms 
Percent of 
farms 
United States 
5,298 
39 
5,799 
43 
446 
3 
Alabama 
20 
77 
4 
15 
_ 
_ 
Alaska 
7 
44 
9 
56 
- 
- 
Arizona 
41 
69 
13 
23 
- 
- 
Arkansas 
9 
31 
13 
45 
2 
7 
California 
900 
34 
1,180 
45 
111 
4 
Colorado 
78 
52 
52 
34 
5 
3 
Connecticut 
61 
52 
33 
28 
9 
8 
Delaware 
1 
10 
5 
50 
2 
20 
Florida 
53 
39 
45 
33 
5 
4 
Georgia 
68 
62 
26 
23 
3 
3 
Flawaii 
83 
53 
61 
39 
4 
2 
Idaho 
48 
31 
75 
49 
4 
3 
Illinois 
89 
36 
127 
51 
5 
2 
Indiana 
80 
31 
151 
58 
5 
2 
Iowa 
212 
36 
284 
48 
11 
2 
Kansas 
35 
46 
38 
50 
_ 
_ 
Kentucky 
48 
48 
37 
37 
2 
2 
Louisiana 
3 
14 
7 
33 
- 
- 
Maine 
225 
45 
195 
39 
17 
3 
Maryland 
58 
49 
41 
35 
- 
- 
Massachusetts 
83 
48 
66 
38 
_ 
_ 
Michigan 
140 
44 
114 
36 
15 
6 
Minnesota 
213 
43 
223 
45 
10 
2 
Mississippi 
1 
13 
5 
62 
- 
- 
Missouri 
96 
44 
88 
41 
6 
3 
Montana 
60 
43 
58 
42 
7 
5 
Nebraska 
68 
42 
74 
46 
2 
1 
Nevada 
24 
54 
10 
23 
7 
16 
New Hampshire 
66 
46 
50 
34 
11 
7 
New Jersey 
45 
55 
28 
34 
3 
4 
New Mexico 
18 
16 
62 
55 
12 
11 
New York 
378 
43 
363 
42 
21 
2 
North Carolina 
126 
50 
78 
32 
6 
2 
North Dakota 
18 
22 
49 
59 
1 
1 
Ohio 
213 
42 
232 
45 
11 
2 
Oklahoma 
17 
39 
17 
39 
_ 
_ 
Oregon 
180 
36 
222 
45 
21 
4 
Pennsylvania 
245 
37 
330 
50 
9 
1 
Rhode Island 
13 
54 
7 
29 
- 
- 
South Carolina 
28 
68 
7 
17 
2 
5 
South Dakota 
20 
26 
43 
55 
_ 
_ 
Tennessee 
19 
37 
20 
38 
3 
6 
Texas 
93 
42 
78 
35 
15 
7 
Utah 
18 
32 
29 
52 
3 
5 
Vermont 
197 
38 
235 
45 
23 
4 
Virginia 
83 
52 
58 
36 
2 
1 
Washington 
257 
39 
271 
41 
34 
5 
West Virginia 
12 
60 
5 
25 
- 
- 
Wisconsin 
434 
37 
555 
47 
35 
3 
Wyoming 
14 
29 
26 
54 
2 
4 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
2014 OS - Certified and Exempt Organic Farm Data 223 
