Farm Census

Where vegetables are grown: the leading US counties

2022 Census of Agriculture · Acres harvested in 2022. Counties with a published figure: 2,330

US farms harvested 4,305,681 acres of vegetables in 2022, and Monterey County, California, had more than any other county with a published figure.

The ten leading counties hold 28.1% of the national total. California is the leading state, with 3.3 times the figure of Washington.

The national figure is down 1.4% on the 2017 census.

Alaska: 745 acresAKMaine: 66,290 acresMEWisconsin: 234,179 acresWIVermont: 3,959 acresVTNew Hampshire: 3,141 acresNHWashington: 357,933 acresWAIdaho: 337,060 acresIDMontana: 13,128 acresMTNorth Dakota: 79,170 acresNDMinnesota: 205,632 acresMNIllinois: 56,304 acresILMichigan: 152,833 acresMINew York: 109,617 acresNYMassachusetts: 17,217 acresMAOregon: 145,578 acresORNevada: 13,058 acresNVWyoming: 997 acresWYSouth Dakota: 953 acresSDIowa: 7,590 acresIAIndiana: 38,483 acresINOhio: 33,604 acresOHPennsylvania: 39,157 acresPANew Jersey: 42,954 acresNJConnecticut: 6,862 acresCTRhode Island: 1,970 acresRICalifornia: 1,190,930 acresCAUtah: 6,137 acresUTColorado: 79,513 acresCONebraska: 22,966 acresNEMissouri: 16,777 acresMOKentucky: 7,845 acresKYWest Virginia: 3,051 acresWVVirginia: 19,623 acresVAMaryland: 21,583 acresMDDelaware: 22,819 acresDEArizona: 140,992 acresAZNew Mexico: 24,973 acresNMKansas: 4,275 acresKSArkansas: 14,105 acresARTennessee: 22,138 acresTNNorth Carolina: 146,627 acresNCSouth Carolina: 37,811 acresSCOklahoma: 6,628 acresOKLouisiana: 9,615 acresLAMississippi: 37,017 acresMSAlabama: 15,392 acresALGeorgia: 98,785 acresGAHawaii: 7,731 acresHITexas: 105,172 acresTXFlorida: 274,766 acresFL
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The 25 leading counties

Ranked among the 2,330 counties with a published figure. Another 465 counties grow or keep some but have their figure withheld to protect individual farms, so they are not ranked.

#CountyStateAcresShare of US
1Monterey CountyCalifornia345,1768.0%
2Imperial CountyCalifornia139,5793.2%
3Fresno CountyCalifornia115,4812.7%
4Grant CountyWashington111,2542.6%
5Yuma CountyArizona109,1952.5%
6Benton CountyWashington98,4052.3%
7Palm Beach CountyFlorida82,7581.9%
8Santa Barbara CountyCalifornia77,1671.8%
9Portage CountyWisconsin64,7031.5%
10Merced CountyCalifornia64,4641.5%
11Kern CountyCalifornia61,9391.4%
12Aroostook CountyMaine55,9431.3%
13Bingham CountyIdaho55,3741.3%
14Franklin CountyWashington51,1401.2%
15San Joaquin CountyCalifornia50,7791.2%
16Morrow CountyOregon46,0821.1%
17Minidoka CountyIdaho45,0791.0%
18Yolo CountyCalifornia40,6490.94%
19Power CountyIdaho38,4190.89%
20Riverside CountyCalifornia37,2270.86%
21Adams CountyWisconsin36,8480.86%
22Adams CountyWashington34,9710.81%
23Ventura CountyCalifornia34,7370.81%
24San Luis Obispo CountyCalifornia34,6630.81%
25Umatilla CountyOregon33,0040.77%

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Leading states

StateAcresShare of USSince 2017
California1,190,93027.7%+1.7%
Washington357,9338.3%+9.9%
Idaho337,0607.8%−4.9%
Florida274,7666.4%+12.0%
Wisconsin234,1795.4%−6.7%
Minnesota205,6324.8%−3.2%
Michigan152,8333.5%−7.7%
North Carolina146,6273.4%−5.6%
Oregon145,5783.4%−5.5%
Arizona140,9923.3%−2.8%
New York109,6172.5%−12.2%
Texas105,1722.4%+2.9%
Georgia98,7852.3%−9.1%
Colorado79,5131.8%+0.3%
North Dakota79,1701.8%+0.2%

Source: USDA NASS, 2022 and 2017 Census of Agriculture. How to read these pages.