Nuts · NASS annual estimates, 2025
Where are pecans grown?
Georgia grows the most pecans: 39% of the 284 million pounds grown in the five states NASS surveyed in 2025.
Next come New Mexico (27%) and Texas (15%).
- Surveyed states, 2025
- 284 million poundstotal of the 5 states NASS surveys
- Top state
- Georgia39% of total
- Farms reporting, 2022
- 15,264in 36 states
- Farm value, 2025
- $596 millionvalue of production
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 pecans?
Georgia grows the most pecans: 39% of the 284 million pounds grown in the five states NASS surveyed in 2025. Ranked by NASS's 2025 estimate.
All states ranked for pecans, with year-by-year leaders →
NASS's annual estimate for pecans covers 5 states. In the 2022 Census of Agriculture, those states held at least 89% of US bearing acres.
Which counties grow the most pecans?
From the 2022 Census of Agriculture, which reports pecans for 1,083 counties. NASS withholds 689 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Doña Ana County, NM | 35,639 | 7% |
| Mitchell County, GA | 16,319 | 3% |
| Peach County, GA | 15,390 | 3% |
| Comanche County, TX | 12,488 | 2% |
| San Saba County, TX | 9,432 | 2% |
| Dougherty County, GA | 9,322 | 2% |
| Macon County, GA | 9,033 | 2% |
| Atoka County, OK | 8,520 | 2% |
| Carter County, OK | 7,006 | 1% |
| Bryan County, OK | 6,421 | 1% |
| Berrien County, GA | 6,188 | 1% |
| Garvin County, OK | 6,061 | 1% |
| Sumter County, GA | 5,941 | 1% |
| Love County, OK | 5,218 | 1% |
| Johnston County, OK | 5,160 | 1% |
How has US production of pecans changed?
NASS annual estimates, 2018 to 2025, for the 5 states NASS surveys.
Pecans by the numbers
Each note is calculated from USDA NASS data; the source is listed under it.
How concentrated
The top three states, Georgia, New Mexico and Texas, account for 81% of the pecans grown in the five states NASS surveyed.
NASS annual estimates, 2025
How widespread
Farms in 36 states reported pecans in the 2022 Census of Agriculture, 15,264 farms in all.
2022 Census of Agriculture
Top county
Doña Ana County, New Mexico has 7% of the bearing acres of pecans 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 2018 was 2020, at 313 million pounds.
NASS annual estimates
Long-time leader
Georgia has led NASS's state estimates for pecans every year since 2020.
NASS annual estimates
Farm value
NASS puts the value of US pecans production in 2025 at $596 million.
NASS annual estimates
Census to Census
Bearing acres of pecans in the US rose 23% between the 2002 and 2022 Censuses of Agriculture, from 408,079 acres to 503,957 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: PECANS - ACRES BEARING; PECANS, UTILIZED, IN SHELL - PRODUCTION, MEASURED IN LB. Data processed 2026-11-06. Methodology.