Field crops · NASS annual estimates, 2025
Where are chickpeas grown?
Montana grows the most chickpeas: 47% of the 684 million pounds grown in the four states NASS surveyed in 2025.
Next come Washington (27%) and Idaho (19%).
- Surveyed states, 2025
- 684 million poundstotal of the 4 states NASS surveys
- Top state
- Montana47% of total
- Farms reporting, 2022
- 782in 15 states
- Farm value, 2025
- $189 millionvalue of production
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. State view: NASS annual estimates, 2025. County view: 2022 Census of Agriculture (production).
Which state grows the most chickpeas?
Montana grows the most chickpeas: 47% of the 684 million pounds grown in the four states NASS surveyed in 2025. Ranked by NASS's 2025 estimate.
All states ranked for chickpeas, with year-by-year leaders →
NASS's annual estimate for chickpeas covers 4 states. In the 2022 Census of Agriculture, those states held at least 93% of US production.
Which counties grow the most chickpeas?
From the 2022 Census of Agriculture, which reports chickpeas for 94 counties. NASS withholds 52 of those county figures to protect individual farms, so a withheld county could be larger than some listed here.
| County | Pounds | Share of US |
|---|---|---|
| Whitman County, WA | 120,240,700 | 26% |
| Latah County, ID | 30,644,500 | 7% |
| Chouteau County, MT | 26,362,200 | 6% |
| Nez Perce County, ID | 24,736,400 | 5% |
| McCone County, MT | 18,502,400 | 4% |
| Liberty County, MT | 18,017,200 | 4% |
| Walla Walla County, WA | 15,083,600 | 3% |
| Sheridan County, MT | 14,577,400 | 3% |
| Spokane County, WA | 13,701,100 | 3% |
| Teton County, MT | 13,158,100 | 3% |
| Lewis County, ID | 12,659,200 | 3% |
| Hill County, MT | 12,633,200 | 3% |
| Glacier County, MT | 10,255,700 | 2% |
| Williams County, ND | 9,427,700 | 2% |
| Toole County, MT | 8,703,700 | 2% |
Chickpeas by the numbers
Each note is calculated from USDA NASS data; the source is listed under it.
How concentrated
The top three states, Montana, Washington and Idaho, account for 94% of the chickpeas grown in the four states NASS surveyed.
NASS annual estimates, 2025
How widespread
Farms in 15 states reported chickpeas in the 2022 Census of Agriculture, 782 farms in all.
2022 Census of Agriculture
Top county
Whitman County, Washington has 26% of the chickpeas grown in the US, the most of any county with a published figure.
2022 Census of Agriculture
Farm value
NASS puts the value of US chickpeas production in 2025 at $189 million.
NASS annual estimates
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: CHICKPEAS - PRODUCTION, MEASURED IN CWT; CHICKPEAS - PRODUCTION, MEASURED IN CWT. Data processed 2026-11-06. Methodology.