2022 USDA Census CA · FIPS 06009 Bottom quartile by state sales MID PASTURE-LED

Calaveras County, California - Farm Data

Agricultural and commodity intelligence for Calaveras County. Ranked #50 of 58 counties in California.

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Agricultural land composition · 2022 USDA Census · data refreshed 2026-05-15
221,491 acres of agricultural land
Cropland
2.1% 4,685 acres
Other land
97.9% 216,806 acres
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USDA NASS · 2022 Census of Agriculture

Calaveras County received $7.26 in Census government payments per agricultural acre, 0.5× the California county median of $14.73.

According to the USDA NASS 2022 Census of Agriculture.

$7.26
government payments per agricultural acre
$14.73
California county median per acre
0.49×
California median per acre

Payments per acre use the same NASS county table for receipts and acreage. Census county totals are not a roll-up of the USDA ERS state payment series.

According to the 2022 USDA NASS Census of Agriculture, Calaveras County, California is a PASTURE-LED county with federal farm payments per acre that stamp MID; commodity sales sit well below state median and it shows above-typical federal dependence.

Farm operations

603

Avg 367 ac / farm

Commodity sales

$31.7M

0.10× state median -- Well below state median

Federal payments

$1.6M

5.1% of sales -- Above-typical dependence

Net farm income

$-895K

2022 cash income -- Net loss

F

Farm economy grade: F -- Calaveras County's net farm income sits at the 9th percentile among 3,046 NASS-reporting counties nationally (2022 Census). Percentile-benchmarked, not a same-state comparison like the tier label above.

What the Calaveras County Farm Data Shows

Calaveras County, California reads as a PASTURE-LED county with MID federal payment intensity. In the NASS Census vocabulary this portal uses, cropland is under 25% of agricultural land, a mix where livestock forage and disaster titles (LFP/ELAP) usually outweigh row-crop commodity programs; payments per agricultural acre fall in the middle national quintile, $6.98 to $11.30 an acre, a mid-range level of federal support for the land base.

The state comparisons on this page use the 56 of 58 California counties with published commodity sales (2 withheld by NASS to protect respondents are left out, not counted as zero), averaging the two central values when the count is even. Payments per acre use the 53 counties that report both receipts and acreage, and net-income peers are the 47 that reported a profit.

Pair the payment peers below before treating any single county as representative of California.

Read with Calaveras County

Nearest NASS federal-payment peers and $/acre poles for Calaveras (MID · PASTURE-LED), replacing the old fixed Related and same-state alphabetical strip.

MID PASTURE-LED

Licking County, OH · MID

$1.6M federal receipts is higher by $1K than Calaveras; land stamp CROP-LED vs PASTURE-LED.

Lapeer County, MI · MID

$1.6M federal receipts is higher by $2K than Calaveras; land stamp CROP-HEAVY vs PASTURE-LED.

Greenwood County, KS · TRACE

$1.6M federal receipts is lower by $11K than Calaveras; land stamp PASTURE-LED vs PASTURE-LED.

King County, TX · TRACE

$1.6M federal receipts is higher by $13K than Calaveras; land stamp PASTURE-LED vs PASTURE-LED.

Van Wert County (MID $/acre pole)

Van Wert sits near Calaveras on payments-per-acre ($7.28) while total receipts differ.

Richland County (MID $/acre pole)

Richland sits near Calaveras on payments-per-acre ($7.28) while total receipts differ.

California ERS state roll-up

Calaveras stamps MID · PASTURE-LED inside California's NASS county table, open the state ERS payment stack next.

Census payments leaderboard

Open the national ranking of U.S. counties by NASS federal farm program payments to see the counties around Calaveras under the MID intensity band.

What to do with this

From Calaveras County, California, these three pages are the natural next reads:

County figures (2022 NASS Census of Agriculture) are a separate population from USDA ERS state and national payment series and must not be summed together.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many farms are in Calaveras County, California?
Calaveras County, California has 603 farms (2022 USDA Census). Average farm size 367 acres; land stamp PASTURE-LED.
What is the total agricultural production value of Calaveras County?
Calaveras County's total commodity sales are $31.7M (2022 Census of Agriculture), ranking #50 among 58 counties in California.
How much federal farm assistance does Calaveras County receive?
Calaveras County received $1.6M in federal government farm program receipts (2022), stamping MID on NASS payments-per-acre ($7.26/acre) with a PASTURE-LED land mix.
What is the net farm income in Calaveras County?
Net cash farm income for operations in Calaveras County is $-895K (2022 Census of Agriculture).

Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service 2022 Census of Agriculture · 2022

Dollar values reflect calendar year 2022 farm operations data.

PlainFarmData is an independent data portal, not affiliated with USDA, FSA, or any government agency. For official program eligibility or application guidance, contact your local USDA Farm Service Agency office.

Intensity stamp MID · land stamp PASTURE-LED (NASS payments-per-acre / cropland share bands).

NASS withholds commodity sales for 2 California counties with too few farm operations to publish without identifying individual producers. Those counties are excluded from the peer median on this page rather than counted as zero sales.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified. Verify with USDA NASS Census of Agriculture →

County farm figures on this page are rendered from the USDA NASS 2022 Census of Agriculture, no number is typed in by an editor. Census county totals are not a roll-up of the USDA ERS state payment series. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.