Fruit · NASS annual estimates, 2025
Where are avocados grown?
California grows the most avocados: 92% of the 185,740 tons grown in the US in 2025.
Next come Florida (8%) and Hawaii (under 1%).
- US total, 2025
- 185,740 tonsNASS estimate
- Top state
- California92% of total
- Farms reporting, 2022
- 5,271in 7 states
- Counties reporting
- 6929 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 avocados?
California grows the most avocados: 92% of the 185,740 tons grown in the US in 2025. Ranked by NASS's 2025 estimate.
Which counties grow the most avocados?
From the 2022 Census of Agriculture, which reports avocados for 69 counties. NASS withholds 29 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ventura County, CA | 18,236 | 36% |
| San Diego County, CA | 11,013 | 22% |
| Santa Barbara County, CA | 8,107 | 16% |
| Miami-Dade County, FL | 4,192 | 8% |
| San Luis Obispo County, CA | 3,150 | 6% |
| Riverside County, CA | 2,644 | 5% |
| San Bernardino County, CA | 491 | under 1% |
| Hawaii County, HI | 344 | under 1% |
| Tulare County, CA | 146 | under 1% |
| Monterey County, CA | 140 | under 1% |
| Maui County, HI | 128 | under 1% |
| Los Angeles County, CA | 112 | under 1% |
| Kauai County, HI | 90 | under 1% |
| Stanislaus County, CA | 80 | under 1% |
| San Benito County, CA | 33 | under 1% |
How has US production of avocados changed?
NASS annual estimates, 2007 to 2025.
Avocados by the numbers
Each note is calculated from USDA NASS data; the source is listed under it.
How widespread
Farms in 7 states reported avocados in the 2022 Census of Agriculture, 5,271 farms in all.
2022 Census of Agriculture
Top county
Ventura County, California has 36% of the bearing acres of avocados in the US, the most of any county with a published figure.
2022 Census of Agriculture
Ten-year change
US production of avocados fell 19% between 2015 and 2025, from 228,990 tons to 185,740 tons.
NASS annual estimates
Biggest year
The biggest year in NASS estimates since 2007 was 2009, at 298,520 tons.
NASS annual estimates
Long-time leader
California has led NASS's state estimates for avocados every year since at least 2007.
NASS annual estimates
Census to Census
Bearing acres of avocados in the US fell 23% between the 2002 and 2022 Censuses of Agriculture, from 66,430 acres to 51,010 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: AVOCADOS - ACRES BEARING; AVOCADOS - PRODUCTION, MEASURED IN TONS. Data processed 2026-11-06. Methodology.