Fruit · NASS annual estimates, 2025
Where are sweet cherries grown?
Washington grows the most sweet cherries: 70% of the 373,850 tons grown in the four states NASS surveyed in 2025.
Next come California (14%) and Oregon (13%).
- Surveyed states, 2025
- 373,850 tonstotal of the 4 states NASS surveys
- Top state
- Washington70% of total
- Farms reporting, 2022
- 5,197in 48 states
- Counties reporting
- 642419 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 sweet cherries?
Washington grows the most sweet cherries: 70% of the 373,850 tons grown in the four states NASS surveyed in 2025. Ranked by NASS's 2025 estimate.
All states ranked for sweet cherries, with year-by-year leaders →
NASS's annual estimate for sweet cherries covers 4 states. In the 2022 Census of Agriculture, those states held 96% of US bearing acres.
Which counties grow the most sweet cherries?
From the 2022 Census of Agriculture, which reports sweet cherries for 642 counties. NASS withholds 419 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 |
|---|---|---|
| San Joaquin County, CA | 17,446 | 18% |
| Yakima County, WA | 9,934 | 10% |
| Grant County, WA | 7,644 | 8% |
| Wasco County, OR | 6,967 | 7% |
| Chelan County, WA | 5,210 | 5% |
| Okanogan County, WA | 4,865 | 5% |
| Fresno County, CA | 4,350 | 4% |
| Leelanau County, MI | 3,436 | 4% |
| Benton County, WA | 3,378 | 3% |
| Stanislaus County, CA | 3,067 | 3% |
| Tulare County, CA | 2,751 | 3% |
| Douglas County, WA | 2,648 | 3% |
| Franklin County, WA | 2,616 | 3% |
| Kern County, CA | 2,401 | 2% |
| Hood River County, OR | 2,250 | 2% |
Sweet cherries by the numbers
Each note is calculated from USDA NASS data; the source is listed under it.
How concentrated
The top three states, Washington, California and Oregon, account for 97% of the sweet cherries grown in the four states NASS surveyed.
NASS annual estimates, 2025
How widespread
Farms in 48 states reported sweet cherries in the 2022 Census of Agriculture, 5,197 farms in all.
2022 Census of Agriculture
Top county
San Joaquin County, California has 18% of the bearing acres of sweet cherries in the US, the most of any county with a published figure.
2022 Census of Agriculture
Long-time leader
Washington has led NASS's state estimates for sweet cherries every year since at least 2007.
NASS annual estimates
Census to Census
Bearing acres of sweet cherries in the US rose 34% between the 2002 and 2022 Censuses of Agriculture, from 72,380 acres to 96,818 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: CHERRIES, SWEET - ACRES BEARING; CHERRIES, SWEET - PRODUCTION, MEASURED IN TONS. Data processed 2026-11-06. Methodology.