Field crops · NASS annual estimates, 2025
Where are peanuts grown?
Georgia grows the most peanuts: 52% of the 7.1 billion pounds grown in the US in 2025.
Next come Alabama (9%) and Florida (9%).
- US total, 2025
- 7.1 billion poundsNASS estimate
- Top state
- Georgia52% of total
- Farms reporting, 2022
- 4,919in 16 states
- Farm value, 2025
- $1.8 billionvalue 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 peanuts?
Georgia grows the most peanuts: 52% of the 7.1 billion pounds grown in the US in 2025. Ranked by NASS's 2025 estimate.
Which counties grow the most peanuts?
From the 2022 Census of Agriculture, which reports peanuts for 313 counties. NASS withholds 113 of those county figures to protect individual farms, so a withheld county could be larger than some listed here.
| County | Pounds | Share of US |
|---|---|---|
| Mitchell County, GA | 168,272,632 | 3% |
| Colquitt County, GA | 141,631,240 | 2% |
| Decatur County, GA | 138,238,858 | 2% |
| Miller County, GA | 135,013,693 | 2% |
| Bulloch County, GA | 132,925,581 | 2% |
| Gaines County, TX | 127,958,561 | 2% |
| Worth County, GA | 127,777,234 | 2% |
| Jackson County, FL | 99,790,960 | 2% |
| Houston County, AL | 98,108,438 | 2% |
| Irwin County, GA | 90,994,814 | 2% |
| Levy County, FL | 90,792,230 | 2% |
| Calhoun County, GA | 90,114,975 | 2% |
| Coffee County, GA | 88,861,522 | 2% |
| Early County, GA | 80,798,532 | 1% |
| Berrien County, GA | 78,956,310 | 1% |
When are peanuts harvested?
In 2024, the US harvest of peanuts was 10% done by the week ending September 29, half done by October 27 and 90% done by November 24.
NASS Crop Progress, 2024, from weekly US crop progress reports. Timing varies by state and year.
Peanuts by the numbers
Each note is calculated from USDA NASS data; the source is listed under it.
How concentrated
The top three states, Georgia, Alabama and Florida, account for 70% of the peanuts grown in the US.
NASS annual estimates, 2025
How widespread
Farms in 16 states reported peanuts in the 2022 Census of Agriculture, 4,919 farms in all.
2022 Census of Agriculture
Top county
Mitchell County, Georgia has 3% of the peanuts grown in the US, the most of any county with a published figure.
2022 Census of Agriculture
Long-time leader
Georgia has led NASS's state estimates for peanuts every year since at least 2000.
NASS annual estimates
Farm value
NASS puts the value of US peanuts production in 2025 at $1.8 billion.
NASS annual estimates
Census to Census
US production of peanuts rose 67% between the 1997 and 2022 Censuses of Agriculture, from 3.4 billion pounds to 5.7 billion pounds.
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.
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, Quick Stats. Series: PEANUTS - PRODUCTION, MEASURED IN LB; PEANUTS - PRODUCTION, MEASURED IN LB. Data processed 2026-11-06. Methodology.