Field crops · NASS annual estimates, 2025
Where is peppermint grown?
Idaho grows the most peppermint: 44% of the 2.5 million pounds grown in the three states NASS surveyed in 2025.
Next come Oregon (29%) and Washington (27%).
- Surveyed states, 2025
- 2.5 million poundstotal of the 3 states NASS surveys
- Top state
- Idaho44% of total
- Farms reporting, 2022
- 213in 19 states
- Farm value, 2025
- $59.2 millionvalue of production
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. State view: NASS annual estimates, 2025. County view: 2022 Census of Agriculture (production). Peppermint grown for its oil, measured in pounds of oil, the flavoring in candy canes, gum and toothpaste.
Which state grows the most peppermint?
Idaho grows the most peppermint: 44% of the 2.5 million pounds grown in the three states NASS surveyed in 2025. Ranked by NASS's 2025 estimate.
All states ranked for peppermint, with year-by-year leaders →
NASS's annual estimate for peppermint covers 3 states. In the 2022 Census of Agriculture, those states held at least 87% of US production.
Which counties grow the most peppermint?
From the 2022 Census of Agriculture, which reports peppermint for 55 counties. NASS withholds 40 of those county figures to protect individual farms, so a withheld county could be larger than some listed here.
| County | Pounds | Share of US |
|---|---|---|
| Canyon County, ID | 1,013,530 | 27% |
| Yakima County, WA | 158,958 | 4% |
| Grant County, WA | 154,692 | 4% |
| Benton County, OR | 123,504 | 3% |
| Linn County, OR | 92,650 | 2% |
| Adams County, WA | 91,920 | 2% |
| Union County, OR | 91,511 | 2% |
| Humboldt County, NV | 86,912 | 2% |
| Ada County, ID | 85,266 | 2% |
| Box Elder County, UT | 39,580 | 1% |
| Baker County, OR | 34,434 | under 1% |
| Jefferson County, OR | 13,260 | under 1% |
| Scotts Bluff County, NE | 8,640 | under 1% |
| Pointe Coupee Parish, LA | 270 | under 1% |
| Jackson County, OR | 162 | under 1% |
Peppermint by the numbers
Each note is calculated from USDA NASS data; the source is listed under it.
How widespread
Farms in 19 states reported peppermint in the 2022 Census of Agriculture, 213 farms in all.
2022 Census of Agriculture
Top county
Canyon County, Idaho has 27% of the peppermint grown in the US, the most of any county with a published figure.
2022 Census of Agriculture
Long-time leader
Idaho has led NASS's state estimates for peppermint every year since 2015.
NASS annual estimates
Farm value
NASS puts the value of US peppermint production in 2025 at $59.2 million.
NASS annual estimates
Census to Census
US production of peppermint fell 50% between the 2002 and 2022 Censuses of Agriculture, from 7.7 million pounds to 3.8 million pounds.
Censuses of Agriculture, 2002 to 2022
About this data
Peppermint grown for its oil, measured in pounds of oil, the flavoring in candy canes, gum and toothpaste.
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: MINT, PEPPERMINT, OIL - PRODUCTION, MEASURED IN LB; MINT, PEPPERMINT, OIL - PRODUCTION, MEASURED IN LB. Data processed 2026-11-06. Methodology.