Which state has the most rabbits on farms?
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Which states have the most rabbits living on farms? Tap them most-to-least.
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Rabbits! Carrots! So… California, obviously 🐾
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Texas — and yes, rabbits are counted as farm animals: farms raise them for meat, for fur, and for the soft Angora wool that gets spun into yarn. But nobody runs away with this one. The champion keeps only about 1 in 6 of America's farm rabbits (about 1.62× as many as Michigan), and #2 and #3 are Michigan and Oregon. Oregon has more farm rabbits than California — and California has about nine times as many people. A rabbit barn is small and needs no special weather, so this ranking is not decided by big land or big sunshine.
📚 Background Rabbits are counted as farm animals — they are raised for meat, for fur and for the soft Angora wool that gets spun into yarn. Texas has the most, but no state runs away with this one: the champion holds only about 1 in 6 of America's farm rabbits, and the #2 and #3 states are Michigan and Oregon. Oregon beats California even though California has about nine times as many people. Rabbit barns are small and can sit almost anywhere, so this ranking is not decided by big land or big weather. (USDA NASS Quick Stats) (opens in a new tab)
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Rabbits living on farms (2022)
Most: Texas (33,711 rabbits); fewest shown here: North Dakota (87 rabbits).
Note: live rabbits on farms, counted at the end of December. Pet rabbits in people's homes are not in this count. 2022 Census of Agriculture, USDA NASS. The Census of Agriculture published a count for 49 states; the one state with no published number is not shown here.
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| Rank | State | Value | Share of U.S. total |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | 33,711 rabbits | 16.9% |
| #2 | Michigan | 20,850 rabbits | 10.5% |
| #3 | Oregon | 13,589 rabbits | 6.8% |
| #4 | Missouri | 10,668 rabbits | 5.4% |
| #5 | California | 9,511 rabbits | 4.8% |
| #6 | Ohio | 9,409 rabbits | 4.7% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | 8,455 rabbits | 4.2% |
| #8 | Kansas | 7,430 rabbits | 3.7% |
| #9 | Indiana | 6,359 rabbits | 3.2% |
| #10 | Kentucky | 4,731 rabbits | 2.4% |
| #11 | New York | 4,399 rabbits | 2.2% |
| #12 | Minnesota | 4,328 rabbits | 2.2% |
| #13 | Colorado | 4,195 rabbits | 2.1% |
| #14 | Wisconsin | 3,952 rabbits | 2% |
| #15 | Oklahoma | 3,855 rabbits | 1.9% |
| #16 | Arkansas | 3,693 rabbits | 1.9% |
| #17 | Mississippi | 3,637 rabbits | 1.8% |
| #18 | Florida | 3,552 rabbits | 1.8% |
| #19 | Tennessee | 3,495 rabbits | 1.8% |
| #20 | Louisiana | 2,876 rabbits | 1.4% |
| #21 | North Carolina | 2,862 rabbits | 1.4% |
| #22 | Maine | 2,809 rabbits | 1.4% |
| #23 | Iowa | 2,652 rabbits | 1.3% |
| #24 | Illinois | 2,610 rabbits | 1.3% |
| #25 | West Virginia | 2,354 rabbits | 1.2% |
| #26 | Washington | 2,332 rabbits | 1.2% |
| #27 | South Carolina | 2,260 rabbits | 1.1% |
| #28 | Georgia | 2,128 rabbits | 1.1% |
| #29 | Alabama | 1,778 rabbits | 0.9% |
| #30 | Virginia | 1,717 rabbits | 0.9% |
| #31 | Utah | 1,523 rabbits | 0.8% |
| #32 | Idaho | 1,381 rabbits | 0.7% |
| #33 | New Jersey | 1,316 rabbits | 0.7% |
| #34 | South Dakota | 1,126 rabbits | 0.6% |
| #35 | New Mexico | 998 rabbits | 0.5% |
| #36 | Alaska | 799 rabbits | 0.4% |
| #37 | Maryland | 797 rabbits | 0.4% |
| #38 | New Hampshire | 744 rabbits | 0.4% |
| #39 | Vermont | 662 rabbits | 0.3% |
| #40 | Montana | 637 rabbits | 0.3% |
| #41 | Nebraska | 528 rabbits | 0.3% |
| #42 | Massachusetts | 466 rabbits | 0.2% |
| #43 | Arizona | 453 rabbits | 0.2% |
| #44 | Nevada | 388 rabbits | 0.2% |
| #45 | Connecticut | 359 rabbits | 0.2% |
| #46 | Wyoming | 338 rabbits | 0.2% |
| #47 | Hawaii | 209 rabbits | 0.1% |
| #48 | Rhode Island | 118 rabbits | 0.1% |
| #49 | North Dakota | 87 rabbits | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 USA (total) | 199,126 rabbits | 100% |
The Census of Agriculture published a count for 49 states; the one state with no published number is not shown here.
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (2022 (Census of Agriculture))
Sources
Data as of: 2022 (Census of Agriculture)
USDA NASS Quick Stats: RABBITS, LIVE - INVENTORY, 2022 Census of Agriculture, by state (opens in a new tab) (2026-08-06) — Published values only (the committed raw file holds the API response verbatim). The Census of Agriculture published a count for 49 states; the remaining state has no published value and is simply absent.
↳ In Quick Stats, pick RABBITS / RABBITS, LIVE - INVENTORY, Census year 2022, Total domain, and compare states.