Table 77. Primary Production Challenge - Exempt 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 
183 
14 
213 
16 
262 
19 
Alabama 
2 
15 
4 
32 
2 
15 
Alaska 
4 
44 
- 
- 
2 
23 
Arkansas 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
California 
14 
9 
12 
8 
34 
22 
Colorado 
2 
10 
7 
30 
7 
30 
Connecticut 
4 
10 
5 
13 
12 
30 
Delaware 
1 
25 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Florida 
1 
5 
- 
- 
7 
39 
Georgia 
6 
21 
- 
- 
1 
3 
Flawaii 
1 
2 
6 
15 
12 
29 
Idaho 
2 
20 
2 
20 
2 
20 
Illinois 
3 
9 
3 
9 
13 
38 
Indiana 
6 
19 
8 
26 
4 
13 
Iowa 
4 
29 
3 
21 
- 
- 
Kansas 
- 
- 
2 
34 
- 
- 
Kentucky 
6 
29 
7 
33 
- 
- 
Louisiana 
- 
- 
2 
23 
- 
- 
Maine 
8 
12 
12 
18 
18 
28 
Maryland 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
10 
Massachusetts 
9 
19 
1 
2 
6 
12 
Michigan 
5 
12 
8 
19 
8 
19 
Minnesota 
6 
17 
7 
20 
6 
17 
Missouri 
2 
6 
4 
13 
8 
26 
Montana 
2 
28 
- 
- 
2 
29 
Nebraska 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
50 
Nevada 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
New Hampshire 
- 
- 
5 
14 
3 
8 
New Jersey 
2 
8 
1 
4 
4 
17 
New Mexico 
2 
19 
4 
36 
- 
- 
New York 
8 
15 
12 
20 
15 
25 
North Carolina 
6 
10 
12 
20 
15 
24 
Ohio 
3 
8 
6 
15 
4 
10 
Oklahoma 
- 
- 
3 
30 
- 
- 
Oregon 
4 
7 
16 
29 
12 
22 
Pennsylvania 
1 
4 
6 
27 
4 
18 
Rhode Island 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
South Carolina 
- 
- 
2 
20 
2 
20 
South Dakota 
1 
50 
1 
50 
- 
- 
Tennessee 
3 
15 
4 
20 
5 
25 
Texas 
15 
30 
5 
10 
5 
10 
Vermont 
12 
33 
2 
6 
11 
31 
Virginia 
2 
7 
2 
8 
6 
23 
Washington 
16 
23 
20 
29 
11 
16 
West Virginia 
3 
27 
- 
- 
6 
55 
Wisconsin 
17 
18 
19 
21 
12 
13 
536 2014 OS - Exempt Organic Farm Data 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
