Fruit · NASS annual estimates, 2025-26 season
Where are lemons grown?
California grows the most lemons: 94% of the 1.1 million tons grown in the three states NASS surveyed in the 2025-26 season.
Next come Florida (4%) and Arizona (3%).
- Surveyed states, 2025-26 season
- 1.1 million tonstotal of the 3 states NASS surveys
- Top state
- California94% of total
- Farms reporting, 2022
- 3,191in 11 states
- Farm value, 2025-26 season
- $749 millionvalue of production
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. State view: NASS annual estimates, 2025-26 season. County view: 2022 Census of Agriculture (bearing acres).
Which state grows the most lemons?
California grows the most lemons: 94% of the 1.1 million tons grown in the three states NASS surveyed in the 2025-26 season. Ranked by NASS's 2025-26 season estimate.
All states ranked for lemons, with year-by-year leaders →
NASS's annual estimate for lemons covers 3 states. In the 2022 Census of Agriculture, those states held at least 93% of US bearing acres.
Which counties grow the most lemons?
From the 2022 Census of Agriculture, which reports lemons for 164 counties. NASS withholds 102 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 | 18,432 | 25% |
| Tulare County, CA | 15,100 | 21% |
| Kern County, CA | 6,862 | 9% |
| Riverside County, CA | 6,074 | 8% |
| Fresno County, CA | 5,595 | 8% |
| Santa Barbara County, CA | 2,827 | 4% |
| St. Lucie County, FL | 2,162 | 3% |
| San Diego County, CA | 1,576 | 2% |
| Indian River County, FL | 891 | 1% |
| Polk County, FL | 245 | under 1% |
| Santa Cruz County, CA | 115 | under 1% |
| Manatee County, FL | 70 | under 1% |
| Kings County, CA | 48 | under 1% |
| Hillsborough County, FL | 41 | under 1% |
| Palm Beach County, FL | 34 | under 1% |
Lemons by the numbers
Each note is calculated from USDA NASS data; the source is listed under it.
How widespread
Farms in 11 states reported lemons in the 2022 Census of Agriculture, 3,191 farms in all.
2022 Census of Agriculture
Top county
Ventura County, California has 25% of the bearing acres of lemons 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 lemons every year since the 2012-13 season.
NASS annual estimates
Farm value
NASS puts the value of US lemons production in the 2025-26 season at $749 million.
NASS annual estimates
Census to Census
Bearing acres of lemons in the US fell 1% between the 2002 and 2022 Censuses of Agriculture, from 73,275 acres to 72,422 acres.
Censuses of Agriculture, 2002 to 2022
About this data
State and national figures come from NASS's annual estimates (final 2025-26 season 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: LEMONS - ACRES BEARING; LEMONS, UTILIZED - PRODUCTION, MEASURED IN TONS. Data processed 2026-11-06. Methodology.