Vegetables · NASS annual estimates, 2025
Where are bell peppers grown?
California grows the most bell peppers: 40% of the 1.1 billion pounds grown in the six states NASS surveyed in 2025.
Next come Florida (30%) and Georgia (12%).
- Surveyed states, 2025
- 1.1 billion poundstotal of the 6 states NASS surveys
- Top state
- California40% of total
- Farms reporting, 2022
- 15,899in 50 states
- Farm value, 2025
- $481 millionvalue of production
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. State view: NASS annual estimates, 2025. County view: 2022 Census of Agriculture (acres harvested).
Which state grows the most bell peppers?
California grows the most bell peppers: 40% of the 1.1 billion pounds grown in the six states NASS surveyed in 2025. Ranked by NASS's 2025 estimate.
All states ranked for bell peppers, with year-by-year leaders →
NASS's annual estimate for bell peppers covers 6 states. In the 2022 Census of Agriculture, those states held 78% of US acres harvested.
Which counties grow the most bell peppers?
From the 2022 Census of Agriculture, which reports bell peppers for 2,089 counties. NASS withholds 729 of those county figures to protect individual farms, so a withheld county could be larger than some listed here.
| County | Acres harvested | Share of US |
|---|---|---|
| Palm Beach County, FL | 7,078 | 15% |
| Riverside County, CA | 3,605 | 8% |
| Collier County, FL | 2,011 | 4% |
| Santa Clara County, CA | 1,491 | 3% |
| Ventura County, CA | 1,464 | 3% |
| Hendry County, FL | 1,115 | 2% |
| Kern County, CA | 1,094 | 2% |
| Berrien County, MI | 1,062 | 2% |
| Sampson County, NC | 883 | 2% |
| Manatee County, FL | 832 | 2% |
| Colquitt County, GA | 830 | 2% |
| Salem County, NJ | 735 | 2% |
| Cumberland County, NJ | 687 | 1% |
| Fresno County, CA | 574 | 1% |
| Orange County, CA | 541 | 1% |
How has US production of bell peppers changed?
NASS annual estimates, 2019 to 2025, for the 6 states NASS surveys.
Bell peppers by the numbers
Each note is calculated from USDA NASS data; the source is listed under it.
How concentrated
The top three states, California, Florida and Georgia, account for 82% of the bell peppers grown in the six states NASS surveyed.
NASS annual estimates, 2025
How widespread
Farms in 50 states reported bell peppers in the 2022 Census of Agriculture, 15,899 farms in all.
2022 Census of Agriculture
Top county
Palm Beach County, Florida has 15% of the acres of bell peppers harvested in the US, more than any other county.
2022 Census of Agriculture
Biggest year
2019, the first year of NASS's comparable estimates, is still the biggest, at 1.2 billion pounds.
NASS annual estimates
Long-time leader
California has led NASS's state estimates for bell peppers every year since 2001.
NASS annual estimates
Farm value
NASS puts the value of US bell peppers production in 2025 at $481 million.
NASS annual estimates
Census to Census
Acres of bell peppers harvested in the US fell 22% between the 2002 and 2022 Censuses of Agriculture, from 58,998 acres to 46,101 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. NASS reports this crop in hundredweight (100 pounds) or 100-pound barrels; we show pounds.
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, Quick Stats. Series: PEPPERS, BELL - ACRES HARVESTED; PEPPERS, BELL - PRODUCTION, MEASURED IN CWT. Data processed 2026-11-06. Methodology.