Fruit · 2022 Census of Agriculture
Where are plums grown?
California grows the most plums: 92% of the 49,626 bearing acres of plums in the US in 2022.
Next come Oregon (1%) and New Jersey (1%).
- US total, 2022 Census
- 49,626 acresbearing acres
- Top state
- California92% of total
- Farms reporting, 2022
- 5,282in 50 states
- Counties reporting
- 1,084769 withheld
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. State view: 2022 Census of Agriculture. County view: 2022 Census of Agriculture (bearing acres). Plums and prunes (dried plums).
Which state grows the most plums?
California grows the most plums: 92% of the 49,626 bearing acres of plums in the US in 2022. Ranked by the 2022 Census of Agriculture (bearing acres).
Which counties grow the most plums?
From the 2022 Census of Agriculture, which reports plums for 1,084 counties. NASS withholds 769 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sutter County, CA | 12,702 | 26% |
| Fresno County, CA | 6,227 | 13% |
| Tulare County, CA | 5,608 | 11% |
| Butte County, CA | 5,107 | 10% |
| Yuba County, CA | 4,795 | 10% |
| Tehama County, CA | 3,763 | 8% |
| Glenn County, CA | 2,452 | 5% |
| Merced County, CA | 1,150 | 2% |
| Kings County, CA | 727 | 1% |
| Cumberland County, NJ | 450 | under 1% |
| Kern County, CA | 413 | under 1% |
| Polk County, OR | 308 | under 1% |
| Canyon County, ID | 196 | under 1% |
| Washington County, OR | 149 | under 1% |
| Niagara County, NY | 71 | under 1% |
How has US production of plums changed?
Censuses of Agriculture, 2002 to 2022.
Plums by the numbers
Each note is calculated from USDA NASS data; the source is listed under it.
How concentrated
The top three states, California, Oregon and New Jersey, account for 94% of the bearing acres of plums in the US.
2022 Census of Agriculture
How widespread
Farms in 50 states reported plums in the 2022 Census of Agriculture, 5,282 farms in all.
2022 Census of Agriculture
Top county
Sutter County, California has 26% of the bearing acres of plums in the US, the most of any county with a published figure.
2022 Census of Agriculture
Census to Census
Bearing acres of plums in the US fell 62% between the 2002 and 2022 Censuses of Agriculture, from 130,054 acres to 49,626 acres.
Censuses of Agriculture, 2002 to 2022
About this data
Plums and prunes (dried plums).
State and national figures come from the 2022 Census of Agriculture. 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: PLUMS & PRUNES - ACRES BEARING. Data processed 2026-11-06. Methodology.