Fruit · NASS annual estimates, 2025
Where are apples grown?
Washington grows the most apples: 68% of the 11.1 billion pounds grown in the seven states NASS surveyed in 2025.
Next come New York (13%) and Michigan (10%).
- Surveyed states, 2025
- 11.1 billion poundstotal of the 7 states NASS surveys
- Top state
- Washington68% of total
- Farms reporting, 2022
- 20,530in 50 states
- Counties reporting
- 1,9421,017 withheld
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. State view: NASS annual estimates, 2025. County view: 2022 Census of Agriculture (bearing acres).
Which state grows the most apples?
Washington grows the most apples: 68% of the 11.1 billion pounds grown in the seven states NASS surveyed in 2025. Ranked by NASS's 2025 estimate.
All states ranked for apples, with year-by-year leaders →
NASS's annual estimate for apples covers 7 states. In the 2022 Census of Agriculture, those states held at least 86% of US bearing acres.
Which counties grow the most apples?
From the 2022 Census of Agriculture, which reports apples for 1,942 counties. NASS withholds 1,017 of those county figures to protect individual farms, so a withheld county could be larger than some listed here.
| County | Bearing acres | Share of US |
|---|---|---|
| Grant County, WA | 55,974 | 15% |
| Yakima County, WA | 48,870 | 13% |
| Wayne County, NY | 25,329 | 7% |
| Okanogan County, WA | 17,176 | 5% |
| Adams County, PA | 13,999 | 4% |
| Kent County, MI | 12,904 | 4% |
| Walla Walla County, WA | 9,909 | 3% |
| Franklin County, WA | 9,097 | 3% |
| Douglas County, WA | 8,455 | 2% |
| Ulster County, NY | 7,231 | 2% |
| Chelan County, WA | 7,225 | 2% |
| Benton County, WA | 6,311 | 2% |
| Orleans County, NY | 6,282 | 2% |
| Henderson County, NC | 4,562 | 1% |
| Oceana County, MI | 4,081 | 1% |
How has US production of apples changed?
NASS annual estimates, 2018 to 2025, for the 7 states NASS surveys.
Apples by the numbers
Each note is calculated from USDA NASS data; the source is listed under it.
How concentrated
The top three states, Washington, New York and Michigan, account for 91% of the apples grown in the seven states NASS surveyed.
NASS annual estimates, 2025
How widespread
Farms in 50 states reported apples in the 2022 Census of Agriculture, 20,530 farms in all.
2022 Census of Agriculture
Top county
Grant County, Washington has 15% of the bearing acres of apples in the US, the most of any county with a published figure.
2022 Census of Agriculture
Biggest year
The biggest year in NASS estimates since 2018 was 2023, at 11.5 billion pounds.
NASS annual estimates
Long-time leader
Washington has led NASS's state estimates for apples every year since at least 2007.
NASS annual estimates
Census to Census
Bearing acres of apples in the US fell 10% between the 2002 and 2022 Censuses of Agriculture, from 401,706 acres to 363,098 acres.
Censuses of Agriculture, 2002 to 2022
About this data
State and national figures come from NASS's annual estimates (final 2025 figures; in-season forecasts are not used). County figures and the county map come from the 2022 Census of Agriculture, the only source that covers every county. NASS withholds some figures, marked "withheld", to avoid disclosing data for individual farms.
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, Quick Stats. Series: APPLES - ACRES BEARING; APPLES - PRODUCTION, MEASURED IN LB. Data processed 2026-11-06. Methodology.