Vegetables · NASS annual estimates, 2025
Where is cabbage grown?
California grows the most cabbage: 26% of the 2.2 billion pounds grown in the nine states NASS surveyed in 2025.
Next come New York (14%) and Wisconsin (13%).
- Surveyed states, 2025
- 2.2 billion poundstotal of the 9 states NASS surveys
- Top state
- California26% of total
- Farms reporting, 2022
- 7,910in 50 states
- Farm value, 2025
- $538 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 cabbage?
California grows the most cabbage: 26% of the 2.2 billion pounds grown in the nine states NASS surveyed in 2025. Ranked by NASS's 2025 estimate.
All states ranked for cabbage, with year-by-year leaders →
NASS's annual estimate for cabbage covers 9 states. In the 2022 Census of Agriculture, those states held at least 86% of US acres harvested.
Which counties grow the most cabbage?
From the 2022 Census of Agriculture, which reports cabbage for 1,645 counties. NASS withholds 802 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Monterey County, CA | 4,427 | 7% |
| Hidalgo County, TX | 3,422 | 5% |
| Santa Barbara County, CA | 3,079 | 5% |
| Imperial County, CA | 2,896 | 5% |
| Ventura County, CA | 2,449 | 4% |
| Yuma County, AZ | 2,343 | 4% |
| Colquitt County, GA | 2,120 | 3% |
| Flagler County, FL | 1,929 | 3% |
| Outagamie County, WI | 1,818 | 3% |
| Orleans County, NY | 1,723 | 3% |
| Genesee County, NY | 1,677 | 3% |
| San Benito County, CA | 1,651 | 3% |
| Ontario County, NY | 1,487 | 2% |
| Palm Beach County, FL | 1,300 | 2% |
| St. Johns County, FL | 1,254 | 2% |
Cabbage by the numbers
Each note is calculated from USDA NASS data; the source is listed under it.
How concentrated
The top three states, California, New York and Wisconsin, account for 52% of the cabbage grown in the nine states NASS surveyed.
NASS annual estimates, 2025
How widespread
Farms in 50 states reported cabbage in the 2022 Census of Agriculture, 7,910 farms in all.
2022 Census of Agriculture
Top county
Monterey County, California has 7% of the acres of cabbage harvested in the US, the most of any county with a published figure.
2022 Census of Agriculture
Long-time leader
California has led NASS's state estimates for cabbage every year since at least 2016.
NASS annual estimates
Farm value
NASS puts the value of US cabbage production in 2025 at $538 million.
NASS annual estimates
Census to Census
Acres of cabbage harvested in the US fell 26% between the 1997 and 2022 Censuses of Agriculture, from 85,035 acres to 63,105 acres.
Censuses of Agriculture, 1997 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: CABBAGE, HEAD - ACRES HARVESTED; CABBAGE - PRODUCTION, MEASURED IN CWT. Data processed 2026-11-06. Methodology.