Where pecans are grown: the leading US counties
2022 Census of Agriculture · Bearing and non-bearing acres. Counties with a published figure: 530
The 2022 census counted 604,081 acres of pecans on US farms; Doña Ana County, New Mexico, had the most of any county with a published figure.
The ten leading counties hold 25.1% of the national total. Georgia is the leading state, ahead of Texas.
The national figure is up 9.2% on the 2017 census.
The 25 leading counties
Ranked among the 530 counties with a published figure. Another 764 counties grow or keep some but have their figure withheld to protect individual farms, so they are not ranked.
| # | County | State | Acres | Share of US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doña Ana County | New Mexico | 38,546 | 6.4% |
| 2 | Cochise County | Arizona | 18,965 | 3.1% |
| 3 | Mitchell County | Georgia | 18,872 | 3.1% |
| 4 | Peach County | Georgia | 17,732 | 2.9% |
| 5 | Comanche County | Texas | 13,335 | 2.2% |
| 6 | Dougherty County | Georgia | 10,489 | 1.7% |
| 7 | San Saba County | Texas | 9,616 | 1.6% |
| 8 | Atoka County | Oklahoma | 8,650 | 1.4% |
| 9 | Garvin County | Oklahoma | 8,241 | 1.4% |
| 10 | Bryan County | Oklahoma | 7,081 | 1.2% |
| 11 | Berrien County | Georgia | 6,916 | 1.1% |
| 12 | Sumter County | Georgia | 6,713 | 1.1% |
| 13 | Eddy County | New Mexico | 6,348 | 1.1% |
| 14 | Johnston County | Oklahoma | 6,180 | 1.0% |
| 15 | Love County | Oklahoma | 5,481 | 0.91% |
| 16 | Bastrop County | Texas | 4,907 | 0.81% |
| 17 | Houston County | Georgia | 4,688 | 0.78% |
| 18 | Jefferson County | Oklahoma | 4,457 | 0.74% |
| 19 | Chaves County | New Mexico | 4,416 | 0.73% |
| 20 | Murray County | Oklahoma | 4,397 | 0.73% |
| 21 | Screven County | Georgia | 4,250 | 0.70% |
| 22 | Pontotoc County | Oklahoma | 3,825 | 0.63% |
| 23 | Tulsa County | Oklahoma | 3,706 | 0.61% |
| 24 | Appling County | Georgia | 3,550 | 0.59% |
| 25 | McCurtain County | Oklahoma | 3,549 | 0.59% |
Leading states
| State | Acres | Share of US | Since 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 180,295 | 29.8% | +11.7% |
| Texas | 143,317 | 23.7% | +3.5% |
| Oklahoma | 113,719 | 18.8% | +17.8% |
| New Mexico | 59,854 | 9.9% | +18.0% |
| Arizona | 30,608 | 5.1% | +17.8% |
| Louisiana | 12,075 | 2.0% | −14.2% |
| Alabama | 10,027 | 1.7% | −12.6% |
| Arkansas | 9,766 | 1.6% | −37.9% |
| Missouri | 9,718 | 1.6% | +8.6% |
| Florida | 9,702 | 1.6% | +20.1% |
| Mississippi | 6,885 | 1.1% | +12.7% |
| California | 5,927 | 1.0% | −2.4% |
| Kansas | 3,797 | 0.6% | +38.0% |
| South Carolina | 3,325 | 0.6% | +4.5% |
| North Carolina | 1,897 | 0.3% | +31.4% |
Source: USDA NASS, 2022 and 2017 Census of Agriculture. How to read these pages.