Table 51. Years Involved in Agricultural Production - Certified 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 
1 0 to 1 9 
years 
20 to 29 
years 
30 to 39 
years 
40 to 49 
years 
50 or more 
years 
United States 
12,634 
28 
25 
18 
14 
8 
7 
Alabama 
15 
47 
7 
33 
13 
_ 
_ 
Alaska 
7 
29 
43 
29 
- 
- 
- 
Arizona 
61 
34 
26 
15 
16 
5 
3 
Arkansas 
26 
50 
8 
27 
8 
8 
- 
California 
2,632 
24 
29 
17 
15 
7 
8 
Colorado 
134 
28 
29 
15 
13 
7 
7 
Connecticut 
78 
45 
33 
15 
4 
3 
- 
Delaware 
6 
50 
33 
- 
- 
- 
17 
Florida 
146 
27 
27 
30 
8 
5 
3 
Georgia 
86 
51 
26 
12 
3 
6 
2 
Flawaii 
121 
25 
37 
17 
18 
2 
_ 
Idaho 
151 
19 
22 
23 
17 
5 
14 
Illinois 
215 
27 
23 
20 
19 
8 
4 
Indiana 
251 
35 
25 
20 
8 
4 
7 
Iowa 
593 
26 
30 
18 
12 
8 
6 
Kansas 
77 
18 
25 
18 
22 
8 
9 
Kentucky 
86 
42 
33 
6 
8 
8 
3 
Louisiana 
14 
57 
- 
29 
- 
- 
14 
Maine 
444 
35 
24 
18 
12 
6 
5 
Maryland 
110 
23 
44 
15 
11 
2 
6 
Massachusetts 
131 
34 
22 
18 
15 
8 
2 
Michigan 
288 
29 
21 
20 
14 
10 
6 
Minnesota 
475 
23 
23 
14 
19 
13 
8 
Mississippi 
8 
13 
25 
- 
50 
- 
13 
Missouri 
184 
36 
21 
14 
15 
10 
4 
Montana 
138 
25 
30 
14 
11 
9 
11 
Nebraska 
166 
20 
19 
19 
19 
13 
10 
Nevada 
45 
31 
13 
27 
2 
4 
22 
New Hampshire 
112 
42 
26 
13 
13 
4 
1 
New Jersey 
60 
35 
32 
17 
8 
2 
7 
New Mexico 
105 
36 
27 
14 
17 
_ 
6 
New York 
855 
38 
22 
15 
11 
7 
8 
North Carolina 
200 
29 
22 
15 
15 
18 
3 
North Dakota 
94 
18 
24 
12 
26 
15 
5 
Ohio 
499 
30 
22 
19 
15 
8 
6 
Oklahoma 
35 
37 
29 
17 
_ 
14 
3 
Oregon 
455 
22 
24 
23 
14 
9 
9 
Pennsylvania 
653 
32 
27 
23 
9 
4 
6 
Rhode Island 
23 
43 
39 
9 
9 
- 
- 
South Carolina 
35 
43 
26 
11 
11 
- 
9 
South Dakota 
78 
14 
9 
18 
17 
23 
19 
Tennessee 
30 
43 
10 
20 
13 
10 
3 
Texas 
178 
28 
21 
29 
11 
6 
5 
Utah 
60 
23 
30 
10 
7 
12 
18 
Vermont 
506 
27 
19 
19 
18 
6 
10 
Virginia 
139 
41 
22 
12 
10 
11 
4 
Washington 
643 
25 
23 
19 
15 
9 
9 
West Virginia 
9 
- 
44 
22 
- 
22 
11 
Wisconsin 
1,128 
23 
25 
17 
18 
9 
7 
Wyoming 
49 
14 
31 
16 
16 
14 
8 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
2014 OS - Certified Organic Farm Data 419 
