Table 53. Five-Year Production Plan - Certified Organic Farms: 2014 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic 
area 
Discontinue 
organic production 
Discontinue 
all production 
Do not know 
Farms 
Percent of 
farms 
Farms 
Percent of 
farms 
Farms 
Percent of 
farms 
United States 
185 
2 
180 
2 
1,228 
10 
Alabama 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
2 
15 
Alaska 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Arizona 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
8 
Arkansas 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
California 
46 
2 
35 
1 
321 
13 
Colorado 
1 
1 
_ 
_ 
10 
8 
Connecticut 
2 
3 
- 
- 
5 
7 
Delaware 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
33 
Florida 
3 
3 
1 
1 
23 
20 
Georgia 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
8 
Flawaii 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
6 
5 
Idaho 
4 
3 
1 
1 
15 
10 
Illinois 
3 
1 
2 
1 
23 
11 
Indiana 
2 
1 
1 
(Z) 
12 
5 
Iowa 
6 
1 
8 
1 
66 
12 
Kansas 
_ 
_ 
1 
1 
2 
3 
Kentucky 
- 
- 
2 
3 
7 
9 
Louisiana 
2 
17 
2 
17 
2 
16 
Maine 
4 
1 
4 
1 
37 
9 
Maryland 
2 
2 
5 
5 
9 
8 
Massachusetts 
2 
2 
2 
1 
13 
10 
Michigan 
2 
1 
6 
2 
32 
12 
Minnesota 
2 
(Z) 
4 
1 
38 
8 
Mississippi 
- 
- 
- 
2 
25 
Missouri 
7 
4 
- 
- 
13 
7 
Montana 
_ 
_ 
5 
4 
5 
4 
Nebraska 
- 
- 
3 
2 
14 
9 
Nevada 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
7 
New Hampshire 
5 
5 
- 
- 
11 
10 
New Jersey 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
5 
New Mexico 
4 
4 
3 
3 
5 
5 
New York 
12 
1 
16 
2 
79 
10 
North Carolina 
1 
1 
3 
1 
18 
10 
North Dakota 
1 
1 
- 
- 
14 
17 
Ohio 
3 
1 
2 
(Z) 
44 
9 
Oklahoma 
1 
3 
4 
12 
_ 
_ 
Oregon 
14 
3 
7 
2 
41 
9 
Pennsylvania 
10 
2 
5 
1 
51 
8 
Rhode Island 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
17 
South Carolina 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
13 
South Dakota 
3 
4 
3 
4 
7 
9 
Tennessee 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
7 
Texas 
3 
2 
5 
3 
22 
13 
Utah 
1 
2 
- 
- 
5 
9 
Vermont 
11 
2 
12 
2 
41 
8 
Virginia 
- 
- 
2 
1 
14 
11 
Washington 
15 
2 
15 
2 
64 
11 
West Virginia 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
33 
Wisconsin 
13 
1 
20 
2 
118 
11 
Wyoming 
- 
- 
1 
3 
5 
10 
422 2014 OS - Certified Organic Farm Data 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
