Where sunflower is grown: the leading US counties
2022 Census of Agriculture · Acres harvested in 2022. Counties with a published figure: 223
US farms harvested 1,590,592 acres of sunflower in 2022, and Sully County, South Dakota, had more than any other county with a published figure.
The ten leading counties hold 31.0% of the national total. North Dakota is the leading state, ahead of South Dakota.
The national figure is up 20.1% on the 2017 census.
The 25 leading counties
Ranked among the 223 counties with a published figure. Another 354 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 | Sully County | South Dakota | 89,336 | 5.6% |
| 2 | Emmons County | North Dakota | 61,152 | 3.8% |
| 3 | Lyman County | South Dakota | 44,882 | 2.8% |
| 4 | Adams County | North Dakota | 44,717 | 2.8% |
| 5 | Corson County | South Dakota | 43,862 | 2.8% |
| 6 | Morton County | North Dakota | 43,570 | 2.7% |
| 7 | Haakon County | South Dakota | 41,880 | 2.6% |
| 8 | Hughes County | South Dakota | 41,576 | 2.6% |
| 9 | Grant County | North Dakota | 41,130 | 2.6% |
| 10 | Stark County | North Dakota | 41,116 | 2.6% |
| 11 | Potter County | South Dakota | 40,916 | 2.6% |
| 12 | Cass County | North Dakota | 28,582 | 1.8% |
| 13 | Hyde County | South Dakota | 27,576 | 1.7% |
| 14 | Hettinger County | North Dakota | 27,124 | 1.7% |
| 15 | Jones County | South Dakota | 25,419 | 1.6% |
| 16 | Burleigh County | North Dakota | 22,807 | 1.4% |
| 17 | Ziebach County | South Dakota | 22,522 | 1.4% |
| 18 | Perkins County | South Dakota | 21,766 | 1.4% |
| 19 | Hand County | South Dakota | 20,792 | 1.3% |
| 20 | Grand Forks County | North Dakota | 20,331 | 1.3% |
| 21 | Stanley County | South Dakota | 20,140 | 1.3% |
| 22 | Walsh County | North Dakota | 20,106 | 1.3% |
| 23 | Pennington County | South Dakota | 19,756 | 1.2% |
| 24 | Dewey County | South Dakota | 18,341 | 1.2% |
| 25 | McLean County | North Dakota | 18,285 | 1.1% |
Leading states
| State | Acres | Share of US | Since 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | 670,623 | 42.2% | +68.6% |
| South Dakota | 589,221 | 37.0% | +2.0% |
| Minnesota | 66,924 | 4.2% | +84.8% |
| Colorado | 57,132 | 3.6% | −29.3% |
| Nebraska | 50,181 | 3.2% | +21.1% |
| Texas | 41,513 | 2.6% | −2.3% |
| Kansas | 38,780 | 2.4% | −33.2% |
| California | 34,653 | 2.2% | −36.1% |
| Montana | 11,710 | 0.7% | +91.5% |
| Washington | 5,713 | 0.4% | +44.6% |
| Wyoming | 5,551 | 0.3% | +48.3% |
| Oklahoma | 4,993 | 0.3% | −48.1% |
| Indiana | 2,045 | 0.1% | +100% |
| Oregon | 1,869 | 0.1% | +86.9% |
| Wisconsin | 1,546 | 0.1% | −15.1% |
Source: USDA NASS, 2022 and 2017 Census of Agriculture. How to read these pages.