Where potatoes are grown: the leading US counties
2022 Census of Agriculture · Acres harvested in 2022. Counties with a published figure: 1,132
US farms harvested 1,076,285 acres of potatoes in 2022, and Grant County, Washington, had more than any other county with a published figure.
The ten leading counties hold 34.6% of the national total. Idaho is the leading state, with 1.6 times the figure of Washington.
The national figure is down 5.0% on the 2017 census.
The 25 leading counties
Ranked among the 1,132 counties with a published figure. Another 881 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 | Grant County | Washington | 60,612 | 5.6% |
| 2 | Bingham County | Idaho | 55,359 | 5.1% |
| 3 | Minidoka County | Idaho | 43,274 | 4.0% |
| 4 | Benton County | Washington | 41,910 | 3.9% |
| 5 | Power County | Idaho | 38,409 | 3.6% |
| 6 | Cassia County | Idaho | 30,040 | 2.8% |
| 7 | Franklin County | Washington | 28,445 | 2.6% |
| 8 | Madison County | Idaho | 25,899 | 2.4% |
| 9 | Adams County | Washington | 24,828 | 2.3% |
| 10 | Morrow County | Oregon | 23,477 | 2.2% |
| 11 | Portage County | Wisconsin | 22,641 | 2.1% |
| 12 | Fremont County | Idaho | 20,309 | 1.9% |
| 13 | Jefferson County | Idaho | 19,577 | 1.8% |
| 14 | Bonneville County | Idaho | 15,932 | 1.5% |
| 15 | Alamosa County | Colorado | 15,866 | 1.5% |
| 16 | Montcalm County | Michigan | 15,603 | 1.4% |
| 17 | Umatilla County | Oregon | 14,913 | 1.4% |
| 18 | Skagit County | Washington | 13,223 | 1.2% |
| 19 | Adams County | Wisconsin | 12,953 | 1.2% |
| 20 | Walla Walla County | Washington | 12,682 | 1.2% |
| 21 | St. Joseph County | Michigan | 10,721 | 1.00% |
| 22 | Langlade County | Wisconsin | 10,562 | 0.98% |
| 23 | Jerome County | Idaho | 9,756 | 0.91% |
| 24 | Kern County | California | 9,668 | 0.90% |
| 25 | Sherburne County | Minnesota | 9,063 | 0.84% |
Leading states
| State | Acres | Share of US | Since 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | 301,157 | 28.0% | −10.1% |
| Washington | 186,875 | 17.4% | +11.4% |
| North Dakota | 75,684 | 7.0% | −2.5% |
| Wisconsin | 64,267 | 6.0% | −8.3% |
| Colorado | 58,831 | 5.5% | +1.3% |
| Maine | 54,176 | 5.0% | +7.9% |
| Michigan | 50,506 | 4.7% | −under 0.1% |
| Oregon | 50,324 | 4.7% | +8.7% |
| Minnesota | 49,008 | 4.6% | +5.9% |
| California | 23,025 | 2.1% | −44.4% |
| Nebraska | 20,446 | 1.9% | +1.3% |
| Florida | 19,350 | 1.8% | −36.3% |
| New York | 15,587 | 1.4% | +1.8% |
| Texas | 14,670 | 1.4% | −35.7% |
| North Carolina | 13,210 | 1.2% | −4.7% |
Source: USDA NASS, 2022 and 2017 Census of Agriculture. How to read these pages.