Fruit · NASS annual estimates, 2025
Where are pears grown?
Washington grows the most pears: 44% of the 763,000 tons grown in the three states NASS surveyed in 2025.
Next come Oregon (36%) and California (20%).
- Surveyed states, 2025
- 763,000 tonstotal of the 3 states NASS surveys
- Top state
- Washington44% of total
- Farms reporting, 2022
- 8,897in 50 states
- Counties reporting
- 1,5721,079 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 pears?
Washington grows the most pears: 44% of the 763,000 tons grown in the three states NASS surveyed in 2025. Ranked by NASS's 2025 estimate.
All states ranked for pears, with year-by-year leaders →
NASS's annual estimate for pears covers 3 states. In the 2022 Census of Agriculture, those states held 88% of US bearing acres.
Which counties grow the most pears?
From the 2022 Census of Agriculture, which reports pears for 1,572 counties. NASS withholds 1,079 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hood River County, OR | 10,026 | 22% |
| Chelan County, WA | 6,822 | 15% |
| Yakima County, WA | 4,406 | 10% |
| Jackson County, OR | 3,537 | 8% |
| Okanogan County, WA | 2,642 | 6% |
| Lake County, CA | 1,376 | 3% |
| Mendocino County, CA | 1,310 | 3% |
| Douglas County, WA | 929 | 2% |
| Klickitat County, WA | 786 | 2% |
| Grant County, WA | 625 | 1% |
| Wasco County, OR | 621 | 1% |
| Skamania County, WA | 216 | under 1% |
| Benton County, WA | 192 | under 1% |
| Niagara County, NY | 142 | under 1% |
| Adams County, PA | 136 | under 1% |
How has US production of pears changed?
NASS annual estimates, 2017 to 2025, for the 3 states NASS surveys.
Pears by the numbers
Each note is calculated from USDA NASS data; the source is listed under it.
How widespread
Farms in 50 states reported pears in the 2022 Census of Agriculture, 8,897 farms in all.
2022 Census of Agriculture
Top county
Hood River County, Oregon has 22% of the bearing acres of pears in the US, the most of any county with a published figure.
2022 Census of Agriculture
Biggest year
The biggest year in NASS estimates since 2017 was 2018, at 797,000 tons.
NASS annual estimates
Long-time leader
Washington has led NASS's state estimates for pears every year since at least 2007.
NASS annual estimates
Census to Census
Bearing acres of pears in the US fell 35% between the 2002 and 2022 Censuses of Agriculture, from 71,483 acres to 46,279 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: PEARS - ACRES BEARING; PEARS - PRODUCTION, MEASURED IN TONS. Data processed 2026-11-06. Methodology.