Field crops · NASS annual estimates, 2025
Where is rice grown?
Arkansas grows the most rice: 45% of the 20.7 billion pounds grown in the US in 2025.
Next come California (21%) and Louisiana (15%).
- US total, 2025
- 20.7 billion poundsNASS estimate
- Top state
- Arkansas45% of total
- Farms reporting, 2022
- 3,824in 15 states
- Farm value, 2025
- $2.4 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 rice?
Arkansas grows the most rice: 45% of the 20.7 billion pounds grown in the US in 2025. Ranked by NASS's 2025 estimate.
Which counties grow the most rice?
From the 2022 Census of Agriculture, which reports rice for 137 counties. NASS withholds 37 of those county figures to protect individual farms, so a withheld county could be larger than some listed here.
| County | Pounds | Share of US |
|---|---|---|
| Acadia Parish, LA | 694,323,600 | 4% |
| Lonoke County, AR | 688,674,500 | 4% |
| Arkansas County, AR | 665,156,900 | 4% |
| Butte County, CA | 643,465,200 | 4% |
| Poinsett County, AR | 629,009,900 | 4% |
| Wharton County, TX | 569,454,100 | 3% |
| Lawrence County, AR | 562,138,300 | 3% |
| Jackson County, AR | 559,584,500 | 3% |
| Jefferson Davis Parish, LA | 533,728,500 | 3% |
| Jefferson County, AR | 470,717,200 | 3% |
| Clay County, AR | 469,480,000 | 3% |
| Cross County, AR | 415,948,200 | 2% |
| Vermilion Parish, LA | 415,560,100 | 2% |
| Sutter County, CA | 407,982,500 | 2% |
| Greene County, AR | 406,364,400 | 2% |
How has US production of rice changed?
NASS annual estimates, 2000 to 2025.
When is rice harvested?
In 2026, the US harvest of rice was 10% done by the week ending August 9, half done by September 6 and 90% done by October 11.
NASS Crop Progress, 2026, from weekly US crop progress reports. Timing varies by state and year.
Rice by the numbers
Each note is calculated from USDA NASS data; the source is listed under it.
How concentrated
The top three states, Arkansas, California and Louisiana, account for 81% of the rice grown in the US.
NASS annual estimates, 2025
How widespread
Farms in 15 states reported rice in the 2022 Census of Agriculture, 3,824 farms in all.
2022 Census of Agriculture
Top county
Acadia Parish, Louisiana has 4% of the rice grown in the US, the most of any county with a published figure.
2022 Census of Agriculture
Ten-year change
US production of rice rose 7% between 2015 and 2025, from 19.3 billion pounds to 20.7 billion pounds.
NASS annual estimates
Biggest year
The biggest year in NASS estimates since 2000 was 2010, at 24.3 billion pounds.
NASS annual estimates
Long-time leader
Arkansas has led NASS's state estimates for rice every year since at least 2000.
NASS annual estimates
Farm value
NASS puts the value of US rice production in 2025 at $2.4 billion.
NASS annual estimates
Census to Census
US production of rice fell 7% between the 1997 and 2022 Censuses of Agriculture, from 18.4 billion pounds to 17.1 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. NASS reports this crop in hundredweight (100 pounds) or 100-pound barrels; we show pounds.
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, Quick Stats. Series: RICE - PRODUCTION, MEASURED IN CWT; RICE - PRODUCTION, MEASURED IN CWT. Data processed 2026-11-06. Methodology.