U.S. Vegetable Commodity Rankings
Top Ten States and United States
Based on Production

Select the Commodity from the list below.

Artichokes
Asparagus
Beans, Snap Fresh
Beans, Snap Processed
Beets
Broccoli
Brussel Sprouts
Cabbage, Fresh
Cabbage, Processed
Cantaloups, Fresh
Carrots, Fresh
Carrots, Processed
Cauliflower
Celery
Corn, Sweet Fresh
Corn, Sweet Processed
Cucumbers, Fresh
Cucumbers, Processed
Eggplant, Fresh
Escarole/Endive, Fresh
Garlic
Honeydew, Fresh
Lettuce, Head Fresh
Lettuce, Leaf Fresh
Lettuce, Romaine Fresh
Onions, All Fresh
Peas, Green Processed
Peppers, Bell
Strawberries
Spinach, Fresh
Spinach, Processed
Tomatoes, Fresh
Tomatoes, Processed
Watermelons, Fresh


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                       State Rankings - 1997 Crop Year                       
                             Based on Production
                       Top Ten States and United States

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                            Planted     Harvested
                              Acres         Acres        Yield      Production
Rank   State                  (000)         (000)     Per Acre           (000)

  1    California             22.60         22.60       590.00          13,334
  2    Florida                 6.10          6.10       290.00           1,769
  3    Oregon                  5.50          5.00       100.00             500
  4    North Carolina          1.70          1.50       120.00             180
  5    Michigan                1.60          1.50        65.00              98
  5    Washington              1.40          1.40        70.00              98
  7    New York                2.20          2.10        45.00              95
  8    Louisiana               0.65          0.65       111.00              72
  9    Wisconsin               1.30          1.10        51.00              56
 10    Pennsylvania            1.20          1.20        46.00              55
  .    United States          46.10         44.69       365.00          16,322




                       State Rankings - 1997 Crop Year                       
                             Based on Production
                       Top Ten States and United States

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                           Planted     Harvested
                             Acres         Acres        Yield      Production
Rank       State             (000)         (000)     Per Acre           (000)

  1    California             9.10          9.10        95.00             865
  .    United States          9.10          9.10        95.10             865




                       State Rankings - 1997 Crop Year                       
                             Based on Production
                       Top Ten States and United States

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                           Planted     Harvested
                             Acres         Acres        Yield      Production
Rank   State                 (000)         (000)     Per Acre           (000)

  1    Washington            24.00         23.00        36.00             828
  2    California            32.70         30.10        27.00             813
  3    Michigan              18.00         17.50        15.00             263
  4    New Jersey             1.00          1.00        23.00              23
  5    Illinois               0.20          0.20        11.00               2
  .    United States         77.64         73.54        27.00           1,979



                       State Rankings - 1997 Crop Year                       
                             Based on Production
                       Top Ten States and United States

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                            Planted     Harvested
                              Acres         Acres        Yield      Production
Rank   State                  (000)         (000)     Per Acre           (000)

  1    Florida                31.30         28.70        43.00           1,234
  2    California              6.30          6.30       100.00             630
  3    Georgia                11.50         10.00        44.00             440
  4    Tennessee              10.00          8.00        40.00             320
  5    New York                5.10          4.90        62.00             304
  6    North Carolina          7.10          6.50        45.00             293
  7    Virginia                6.00          5.20        35.00             182
  8    New Jersey              3.70          3.30        35.00             116
  9    Ohio                    1.70          1.60        54.00              86
 10    Michigan                1.70          1.60        45.00              72
  .    United States          88.66         80.06        47.00           3,790





                       State Rankings - 1997 Crop Year                       
                             Based on Production
                       Top Ten States and United States

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                           Planted     Harvested
                             Acres         Acres        Yield      Production
Rank   State                 (000)         (000)     Per Acre           (000)

  1    Wisconsin             63.50         59.80         3.26             195
  2    Oregon                23.70         23.30         6.36             148
  3    Michigan              23.20         22.80         3.45              79
  4    New York              23.50         22.80         3.40              78
  5    Illinois              12.10         11.50         3.70              43
  6    Pennsylvania          11.60         11.50         2.60              30
  7    Indiana                4.00          4.00         2.24               9
  .    United States        204.48        195.48         3.75             733




                       State Rankings - 1997 Crop Year                       
                             Based on Production
                       Top Ten States and United States

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                           Planted     Harvested
                             Acres         Acres        Yield      Production
Rank   State                 (000)         (000)     Per Acre           (000)

  1    Wisconsin              3.60          3.30        15.17              50
  2    New York               2.70          2.70        15.00              41
  .    United States          7.78          7.46        16.38             122




                       State Rankings - 1997 Crop Year                       
                             Based on Production
                       Top Ten States and United States

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                           Planted     Harvested
                             Acres         Acres        Yield      Production
Rank   State                 (000)         (000)     Per Acre           (000)

  1    California           123.00        123.00       130.00          15,990
  2    Arizona               10.00          9.90       125.00           1,238
  3    Texas                  1.30          1.30        67.00              87
  .    United States        134.30        134.20       129.00          17,315



                       State Rankings - 1997 Crop Year                       
                             Based on Production
                       Top Ten States and United States

[Return to top]------------------ Brussel Sprouts Dual Cwt ------------------

                           Planted     Harvested
                             Acres         Acres        Yield      Production
Rank       State             (000)         (000)     Per Acre           (000)

  1    California             4.20          4.20       150.00             630
  .    United States          4.20          4.20       150.00             630





                       State Rankings - 1997 Crop Year                       
                             Based on Production
                       Top Ten States and United States

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                            Planted     Harvested
                              Acres         Acres        Yield      Production
Rank   State                  (000)         (000)     Per Acre           (000)

  1    New York               14.00         13.60       480.00           6,528
  2    California             11.50         11.50       355.00           4,083
  3    Georgia                11.00         10.90       350.00           3,815
  4    Florida                 8.30          8.20       370.00           3,034
  5    Texas                   9.30          8.50       340.00           2,890
  6    North Carolina          9.00          8.50       200.00           1,700
  7    Wisconsin               5.00          4.80       290.00           1,392
  8    Colorado                2.30          2.10       390.00             819
  9    New Jersey              2.40          2.30       280.00             644
 10    Ohio                    1.90          1.90       320.00             608
  .    United States          82.55         79.83       343.00          27,395




                       State Rankings - 1997 Crop Year                       
                             Based on Production
                       Top Ten States and United States

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                           Planted     Harvested
                             Acres         Acres        Yield      Production
Rank   State                 (000)         (000)     Per Acre           (000)

  1    Wisconsin              2.40          2.10        38.16              80
  2    New York               2.30          2.30        30.10              69
  .    United States          5.87          5.49        33.46             184




                       State Rankings - 1997 Crop Year                       
                             Based on Production
                       Top Ten States and United States

[Return to top]------------------ Carrots Fresh         Cwt ------------------


                           Planted     Harvested
                             Acres         Acres        Yield      Production
Rank   State                 (000)         (000)     Per Acre           (000)

  1    California            70.90         70.90       360.00          25,524
  2    Colorado               5.50          4.90       500.00           2,450
  3    Michigan               5.50          5.30       250.00           1,325
  4    Florida                6.80          6.50       185.00           1,203
  5    Washington             2.20          2.10       430.00             903
  6    Arizona                2.40          2.40       265.00             636
  7    Texas                  3.70          3.50       165.00             578
  8    New York               0.65          0.60       280.00             168
  9    Minnesota              0.50          0.40       400.00             160
  .    United States         99.03         97.46       345.00          33,599

                       State Rankings - 1997 Crop Year                       
                             Based on Production
                       Top Ten States and United States
                       



                       State Rankings - 1997 Crop Year                       
                             Based on Production
                       Top Ten States and United States

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                           Planted     Harvested
                             Acres         Acres        Yield      Production
Rank   State                 (000)         (000)     Per Acre           (000)

  1    Washington             6.60          6.40        30.00             192
  2    California             2.80          2.70        32.04              87
  3    Texas                  4.80          4.20        20.00              84
  4    Wisconsin              3.60          3.10        22.30              69
  5    Michigan               1.60          1.50        25.00              38
  6    New York               1.50          1.50        17.00              26
  7    Minnesota              1.10          1.00        20.43              20
  8    Oregon                 0.35          0.35        25.66               9
  .    United States         23.85         22.20        24.84             551
 



                       State Rankings - 1997 Crop Year                       
                             Based on Production
                       Top Ten States and United States

[Return to top]------------------ Cauliflower Dual     Cwt ------------------


                           Planted     Harvested
                             Acres         Acres        Yield      Production
Rank   State                 (000)         (000)     Per Acre           (000)

  1    California            41.20         41.20       130.00           5,356
  2    Arizona                3.90          3.90       200.00             780
  3    New York               1.10          1.00       200.00             200
  4    Michigan               0.70          0.60       140.00              84
  5    Texas                  0.70          0.70        90.00              63
  .    United States         47.60         47.40       137.00           6,483




                       State Rankings - 1997 Crop Year                       
                             Based on Production
                       Top Ten States and United States

[Return to top]------------------ Celery Dual          Cwt ------------------

                           Planted     Harvested
                             Acres         Acres        Yield      Production
Rank   State                 (000)         (000)     Per Acre           (000)

  1    California            23.90         23.90       690.00          16,491
  2    Michigan               2.30          2.10       490.00           1,029
  3    Texas                  0.90          0.90       590.00             531
  4    Ohio                   0.05          0.03       375.00              11
  .    United States         27.15         26.93       671.00          18,062




                       State Rankings - 1997 Crop Year                       
                             Based on Production
                       Top Ten States and United States

[Return to top]------------------ Sweet Corn Fresh      Cwt ------------------

                           Planted     Harvested
                             Acres         Acres        Yield      Production
Rank   State                 (000)         (000)     Per Acre           (000)

  1    Florida               43.30         41.30       140.00           5,782
  2    California            27.00         27.00       145.00           3,915
  3    Georgia               20.00         19.00       130.00           2,470
  4    New York              23.00         21.20        73.00           1,548
  5    Ohio                  15.10         14.20        74.00           1,051
  6    Michigan              12.50         11.50        85.00             978
  7    Colorado               6.00          5.80       165.00             957
  8    Pennsylvania          19.50         16.00        55.00             880
  9    North Carolina         6.60          6.50       110.00             715
 10    Illinois               7.70          7.50        94.00             705
  .    United States        241.00        222.80       101.00          22,587

                  

                       State Rankings - 1997 Crop Year                       
                             Based on Production
                       Top Ten States and United States

[Return to top]------------------ Sweet Corn Processed    Tons ------------------


                           Planted     Harvested
                             Acres         Acres        Yield      Production
Rank   State                 (000)         (000)     Per Acre           (000)

  1    Minnesota            128.60        127.20         6.40             814
  2    Washington            89.60         87.70         8.88             779
  3    Wisconsin            115.80        109.40         6.56             718
  4    Oregon                41.50         41.00         8.61             353
  5    New York              40.40         39.30         6.40             252
  6    Idaho                 15.20         14.30         9.50             136
  7    Illinois              15.30         15.00         5.90              89
  8    Pennsylvania           2.80          2.70         7.11              19
  .    United States        476.93        464.22         7.16           3,324



                       State Rankings - 1997 Crop Year                       
                             Based on Production
                       Top Ten States and United States

[Return to top]------------------ Cucumbers Fresh       Cwt ------------------

                            Planted     Harvested
                              Acres         Acres        Yield      Production
Rank   State                  (000)         (000)     Per Acre           (000)

  1    Florida                 9.50          9.20       310.00           2,852
  2    Georgia                13.50         13.00       170.00           2,210
  3    California              5.70          5.70       315.00           1,796
  4    Michigan                5.70          5.60       200.00           1,120
  5    North Carolina          6.20          6.00       120.00             720
  6    Virginia                6.00          5.60       125.00             700
  7    New York                3.40          3.30       200.00             660
  8    New Jersey              2.30          2.20       135.00             297
  9    Texas                   1.80          1.70       170.00             289
 10    South Carolina          2.00          1.70       110.00             187
  .    United States          58.25         56.05       195.00          10,957
                     



                       State Rankings - 1997 Crop Year                       
                             Based on Production
                       Top Ten States and United States

[Return to top]------------------ Cucumbers Processed     Tons ------------------


                            Planted     Harvested
                              Acres         Acres        Yield      Production
Rank   State                  (000)         (000)     Per Acre           (000)

  1    Michigan               26.00         25.00         5.20             130
  2    Florida                 6.50          6.10        13.00              79
  3    North Carolina         18.30         18.00         4.00              72
  4    Texas                  11.50         10.10         6.50              66
  5    Ohio                    3.00          2.90        12.26              36
  6    California              4.40          4.20         7.19              30
  7    Wisconsin               3.70          3.50         7.90              28
  8    South Carolina          4.00          3.80         3.00              11
  9    Indiana                 2.00          2.00         4.97              10
 10    Colorado                0.78          0.72         8.45               6
  .    United States         107.78        103.57         5.98             619



                       State Rankings - 1997 Crop Year                       
                             Based on Production
                       Top Ten States and United States

[Return to top]------------------ Eggplant Fresh        Cwt ------------------

                           Planted     Harvested
                             Acres         Acres        Yield      Production
Rank   State                 (000)         (000)     Per Acre           (000)

  1    Florida                1.70          1.70       320.00             544
  2    New Jersey             0.90          0.90       215.00             194
  .    United States          2.60          2.60       284.00             738




                       State Rankings - 1997 Crop Year                       
                             Based on Production
                       Top Ten States and United States

[Return to top]------------------ Escarole/Endive Fresh Cwt ------------------


                           Planted     Harvested
                             Acres         Acres        Yield      Production
Rank   State                 (000)         (000)     Per Acre           (000)

  1    Florida                1.70          1.60       175.00             280
  2    New Jersey             0.90          0.90       180.00             162
  3    Ohio                   0.70          0.60       190.00             114
  .    United States          3.30          3.10       179.00             556



                       State Rankings - 1997 Crop Year                       
                             Based on Production
                       Top Ten States and United States

[Return to top]------------------ Garlic Dual          Cwt ------------------


                           Planted     Harvested
                             Acres         Acres        Yield      Production
Rank       State             (000)         (000)     Per Acre           (000)

  1    California            37.00         37.00       150.00           5,550
  .    United States         37.00         37.00       150.00           5,550



                       State Rankings - 1997 Crop Year                       
                             Based on Production
                       Top Ten States and United States

[Return to top]------------------ Head Lettuce Fresh    Cwt ------------------

                           Planted     Harvested
                             Acres         Acres        Yield      Production
Rank   State                 (000)         (000)     Per Acre           (000)

  1    California           141.00        141.00       350.00          49,350
  2    Arizona               54.20         53.90       319.00          17,192
  3    Colorado               2.20          2.00       330.00             660
  4    New Mexico             2.40          2.00       300.00             600
  5    New Jersey             1.30          1.30       280.00             364
  6    New York               0.80          0.70       280.00             196
  7    Washington             1.00          0.90       200.00             180
  .    United States        202.90        201.80       340.00          68,542



                       State Rankings - 1997 Crop Year                       
                             Based on Production
                       Top Ten States and United States

[Return to top]------------------ Romaine Lettuce Fresh Cwt ------------------


                           Planted     Harvested
                             Acres         Acres        Yield      Production
Rank   State                 (000)         (000)     Per Acre           (000)

  1    California            24.00         24.00       265.00           6,360
  2    Arizona                8.30          8.20       320.00           2,624
  3    Florida                0.90          0.85       235.00             200
  4    Ohio                   0.55          0.50       190.00              95
  .    United States         33.75         33.55       277.00           9,279

                     

                       State Rankings - 1997 Crop Year                       
                             Based on Production
                       Top Ten States and United States

[Return to top]------------------ Leaf Lettuce Fresh    Cwt ------------------

                           Planted     Harvested
                             Acres         Acres        Yield      Production
Rank   State                 (000)         (000)     Per Acre           (000)

  1    California            35.70         35.70       210.00           7,497
  2    Arizona                5.80          5.70       275.00           1,568
  3    Ohio                   0.65          0.60       205.00             123
  4    Florida                0.35          0.33       160.00              53
  .    United States         42.50         42.33       218.00           9,241




                       State Rankings - 1997 Crop Year                       
                             Based on Production
                       Top Ten States and United States

[Return to top]------------------ Cantaloups Fresh      Cwt ------------------


                           Planted     Harvested
                             Acres         Acres        Yield      Production
 Rank   State                (000)         (000)     Per Acre           (000)

   1    California           65.50         65.50       220.00          14,410
   2    Arizona              20.50         20.50       255.00           5,228
   3    Texas                12.50          9.70       140.00           1,358
   4    Georgia              10.00          9.00       140.00           1,260
   5    Indiana               3.80          3.70       130.00             481
   6    Colorado              2.00          1.50       220.00             330
   7    Maryland              1.80          1.70       110.00             187
   8    Pennsylvania          1.10          1.00       120.00             120
   9    Michigan              0.80          0.75       150.00             113
  10    Ohio                  0.45          0.42       165.00              69
   .    United States       118.45        113.77       207.00          23,556




                       State Rankings - 1997 Crop Year                       
                             Based on Production
                       Top Ten States and United States

[Return to top]------------------ Honeydew Fresh        Cwt ------------------
                           Planted     Harvested
                             Acres         Acres        Yield      Production
Rank   State                 (000)         (000)     Per Acre           (000)

  1    California            23.20         23.20       200.00           4,640
  2    Arizona                4.20          4.20       175.00             735
  3    Texas                  3.30          2.00       210.00             420
  .    United States         30.70         29.40       197.00           5,795




                       State Rankings - 1997 Crop Year                       
                             Based on Production
                       Top Ten States and United States

[Return to top]------------------ Watermelons Fresh     Cwt ------------------

                            Planted     Harvested
                              Acres         Acres        Yield      Production
Rank   State                  (000)         (000)     Per Acre           (000)

  1    California             18.20         18.20       450.00           8,190
  2    Florida                33.00         30.00       250.00           7,500
  3    Georgia                34.00         31.00       210.00           6,510
  4    Texas                  42.00         37.50       170.00           6,375
  5    Arizona                 7.70          7.50       310.00           2,325
  6    Indiana                 7.30          6.80       290.00           1,972
  7    North Carolina          9.80          9.50       150.00           1,425
  8    South Carolina          9.60          8.50       150.00           1,275
  9    Missouri                4.80          4.70       240.00           1,128
 10    Oklahoma               11.00          9.00       100.00             900
  .    United States         204.30        184.60       221.00          40,734



                       State Rankings - 1997 Crop Year                       
                             Based on Production
                       Top Ten States and United States

[Return to top]------------------ Onions, All Fresh     Cwt ------------------

                          Planted     Harvested
                            Acres         Acres        Yield      Production
  Rank   State              (000)         (000)     Per Acre           (000)

    1    California         37.40         36.20       441.00          15,964
    2    Oregon             19.80         19.40       555.00          10,770
    3    Washington         14.70         14.40       520.00           7,488
    4    Idaho               8.40          8.20       690.00           5,658
    5    Colorado           18.00         15.30       350.00           5,355
    6    New York           12.50         12.20       300.00           3,660
    7    Georgia            16.20         15.80       220.00           3,476
    8    New Mexico          6.60          6.40       470.00           3,008
    9    Texas              16.30         11.80       222.00           2,623
   10    Michigan            6.20          6.10       320.00           1,952
    .    United States     165.58        154.92       412.00          63,883




                       State Rankings - 1997 Crop Year                       
                             Based on Production
                       Top Ten States and United States

[Return to top]------------------ Green Peas Processed    Tons ------------------


                           Planted     Harvested
                             Acres         Acres        Yield      Production
Rank   State                 (000)         (000)     Per Acre           (000)

  1    Minnesota             90.00         75.20         1.48             111
  2    Washington            54.40         53.70         1.95             105
  3    Wisconsin             62.50         58.00         1.80             104
  4    Oregon                28.10         27.80         1.54              43
  5    New York              18.90         18.20         2.21              40
  .    United States        292.60        268.90         1.77             476




                       State Rankings - 1997 Crop Year                       
                             Based on Production
                       Top Ten States and United States

[Return to top]------------------ Bell Peppers Dual    Cwt ------------------


                            Planted     Harvested
                              Acres         Acres        Yield      Production
Rank   State                  (000)         (000)     Per Acre           (000)

  1    California             25.00         25.00       300.00           7,500
  2    Florida                19.20         18.50       295.00           5,458
  3    New Jersey              5.00          4.80       260.00           1,248
  4    Texas                   5.40          5.10       175.00             893
  5    North Carolina          7.30          7.00       120.00             840
  6    Michigan                1.80          1.70       220.00             374
  7    Louisiana               0.90          0.85       200.00             170
  8    Ohio                    1.00          1.00       145.00             145
  8    Virginia                2.00          1.70        85.00             145
  .    United States          67.60         65.65       255.00          16,773
 


                       State Rankings - 1997 Crop Year                       
                             Based on Production
                       Top Ten States and United States

[Return to top]------------------ Spinach Fresh         Cwt ------------------

                           Planted     Harvested
                             Acres         Acres        Yield      Production
Rank   State                 (000)         (000)     Per Acre           (000)

  1    California             7.10          7.10       175.00           1,243
  2    New Jersey             2.40          2.30       125.00             288
  3    Texas                  3.10          2.40        65.00             156
  4    Colorado               3.00          2.10        52.00             109
  5    Maryland               1.20          1.20        89.00             107
  .    United States         16.80         15.10       126.00           1,903




                       State Rankings - 1997 Crop Year                       
                             Based on Production
                       Top Ten States and United States

[Return to top]------------------ Spinach Processed       Tons ------------------

                           Planted     Harvested
                             Acres         Acres        Yield      Production
Rank   State                 (000)         (000)     Per Acre           (000)

  1    Texas                  5.00          4.70         9.50              45
  .    United States         20.09         19.44         7.56             147



                       State Rankings - 1997 Crop Year                       
                             Based on Production
                       Top Ten States and United States

[Return to top]------------------ Tomatoes Fresh        Cwt ------------------

                            Planted     Harvested
                              Acres         Acres        Yield      Production
Rank   State                  (000)         (000)     Per Acre           (000)

  1    Florida                38.30         38.10       415.00          15,812
  2    California             40.80         40.80       285.00          11,628
  3    Georgia                 5.50          5.40       420.00           2,268
  4    Virginia                3.40          3.30       395.00           1,304
  5    Tennessee               3.40          3.20       240.00             768
  6    New Jersey              4.20          4.20       180.00             756
  7    South Carolina          3.80          3.70       190.00             703
  8    Ohio                    3.50          3.40       190.00             646
  9    Texas                   3.40          3.20       200.00             640
 10    North Carolina          2.20          2.00       300.00             600
  .    United States         129.18        125.37       302.00          37,809



                       State Rankings - 1997 Crop Year                       
                             Based on Production
                       Top Ten States and United States

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                           Planted     Harvested
                             Acres         Acres        Yield      Production
Rank   State                 (000)         (000)     Per Acre           (000)

  1    California           270.00        260.00        35.96           9,350
  2    Ohio                   9.10          8.90        28.39             253
  3    Indiana                6.40          6.40        24.60             157
  4    Michigan               3.80          3.80        32.50             124
  5    Pennsylvania           1.20          1.10        24.55              27
  .    United States        293.70        283.37        35.19           9,973