The COVID-19 pandemic has put a lot of things in perspective. One of those is the importance of food production. Supply chain issues and labor shortages aside, specialty crop growers continue to pump out an impressive amount of produce for our plates.
Total fruit & vegetable production: $348,246,000
Share of US total fruit & vegetable production: 0.82%
Total fruit production: $163,350,000
Total vegetable production: $184,896,000
Total fruit & vegetable production: $503,842,000
Share of US total fruit & vegetable production: 1.19%
Total fruit production: $276,937,000
Total vegetable production: $226,905,000
Total fruit & vegetable production: $560,492,000
Share of US total fruit & vegetable production: 1.32%
Total fruit production: $60,811,000
Total vegetable production: $499,681,000
Total fruit & vegetable production: $578,847,000
Share of US total fruit & vegetable production: 1.37%
Total fruit production: $361,709,000
Total vegetable production: $217,138,000
Photo by Mark Longstroth
Total fruit & vegetable production: $650,912,000
Share of US total fruit & vegetable production: 1.54%
Total fruit production: $456,326,000
Total vegetable production: $194,586,000
Photo by Jon Christopher Meyers, TRECO
Total fruit & vegetable production: $823,604,000
Share of US total fruit & vegetable production: 1.95%
Total fruit production: $308,074,000
Total vegetable production: $515,530,000
Total fruit & vegetable production: $1,825,539,000
Share of US total fruit & vegetable production: 4.31%
Total fruit production: $197,188,000
Total vegetable production: $1,628,351,000
Photo courtesy of University of Arizona
Total fruit & vegetable production: $2,759,462,000
Share of US total fruit & vegetable production: 6.52%
Total fruit production: $1,536,612,000
Total vegetable production: $1,222,850,000
Photo by Paul Rusnak
Total fruit & vegetable production: $3,396,600,000
Share of US total fruit & vegetable production: 8.02%
Total fruit production: $3,033,860,000
Total vegetable production: $362,740,000
Photo courtesy of Heidi Burmeister, Marketing Director, Orchard-Rite
Total fruit & vegetable production: $29,181,329,000
Share of US total fruit & vegetable production: 68.94%
Total fruit production: $21,437,185,000
Total vegetable production: $7,744,144,000
Photo courtesy of Grimmway Farms
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10. Texas
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9. New York
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8. North Carolina
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7. Michigan
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6. Oregon
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5. Georgia
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4. Arizona
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3. Florida
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2. Washington
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1. California
Some US states certainly carry a bigger load when it comes to fruit, nut, and vegetable production. The folks at Commodity.com recently compiled data that identifies the top producing states. To do so, they calculated the total production value of the crops measured in dollars.
According to Commodity.com, all data gathered for the analysis is based off 2019 USDA stats.
Scroll through the photo gallery above to see how the Top 10 US states in fruit and vegetable production stack up.
For deeper analysis, read more at Commodity.com.
6 6 5 By the Numbers: The Top 10 US States for Fruit and Vegetable Production
Paul Rusnak is the Senior Online Editor of American Vegetable Grower, American Fruit Grower, and Greenhouse Grower magazines, all Meister Media Worldwide brands. He is based in Northeast Florida. See all author stories here.
