Table 50. Primary Production Challenge - Certified 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 
667 
6 
1,368 
12 
2,113 
19 
Alabama 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
2 
15 
Alaska 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
50 
Arizona 
1 
2 
1 
2 
9 
17 
Arkansas 
- 
- 
5 
24 
5 
24 
California 
127 
5 
191 
8 
397 
17 
Colorado 
10 
8 
11 
9 
21 
17 
Connecticut 
6 
9 
2 
3 
14 
20 
Delaware 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
17 
Florida 
7 
6 
11 
9 
21 
18 
Georgia 
12 
16 
11 
15 
10 
14 
Flawaii 
9 
8 
15 
14 
17 
16 
Idaho 
5 
4 
7 
5 
29 
22 
Illinois 
10 
4 
15 
7 
66 
31 
Indiana 
5 
2 
15 
7 
32 
15 
Iowa 
24 
4 
61 
12 
97 
18 
Kansas 
5 
7 
13 
19 
13 
20 
Kentucky 
12 
15 
11 
14 
22 
28 
Louisiana 
1 
9 
- 
- 
4 
33 
Maine 
55 
14 
78 
20 
77 
20 
Maryland 
5 
5 
25 
25 
33 
32 
Massachusetts 
4 
3 
22 
19 
34 
29 
Michigan 
17 
7 
47 
19 
66 
26 
Minnesota 
17 
5 
68 
15 
90 
20 
Mississippi 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
50 
Missouri 
8 
4 
17 
9 
47 
27 
Montana 
12 
11 
22 
17 
32 
25 
Nebraska 
15 
10 
21 
14 
29 
20 
Nevada 
- 
- 
2 
5 
21 
55 
New Hampshire 
16 
15 
24 
23 
6 
6 
New Jersey 
8 
15 
20 
38 
3 
5 
New Mexico 
4 
4 
14 
14 
28 
28 
New York 
37 
5 
91 
12 
136 
18 
North Carolina 
10 
6 
13 
7 
24 
14 
North Dakota 
7 
8 
4 
5 
18 
22 
Ohio 
12 
3 
68 
15 
79 
18 
Oklahoma 
1 
3 
2 
6 
10 
29 
Oregon 
33 
8 
36 
9 
76 
19 
Pennsylvania 
16 
2 
93 
16 
94 
16 
Rhode Island 
5 
23 
4 
17 
4 
17 
South Carolina 
4 
13 
8 
25 
8 
25 
South Dakota 
3 
4 
6 
9 
19 
27 
Tennessee 
2 
7 
2 
7 
5 
18 
Texas 
12 
9 
17 
12 
30 
22 
Utah 
2 
4 
1 
2 
9 
17 
Vermont 
43 
9 
64 
14 
75 
16 
Virginia 
10 
8 
11 
9 
26 
20 
Washington 
34 
6 
77 
14 
103 
19 
West Virginia 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
11 
Wisconsin 
37 
4 
142 
14 
157 
15 
Wyoming 
4 
8 
- 
- 
7 
14 
418 2014 OS - Certified Organic Farm Data 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
