Grown Where

Christmas · Friday, December 25, 2026

Where does Christmas dinner come from?

Iowa has the most hogs, Texas has the most cattle, Idaho grows the most potatoes and peppermint, and California grows the most carrots, Brussels sprouts and oranges.

Christmas tables vary more than Thanksgiving ones, so this plate covers the common centerpieces, sides and sweets. Tap a dish to see where it comes from.

Christmas ham

Iowa has the most hogs: 34% of the 75.2 million hogs on US farms on December 1, 2025.

  1. 1Iowa34%
  2. 2Minnesota12%
  3. 3North Carolina11%
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NASS annual estimates, 2025. Deeper color means more; dashed outlines are withheld. Source: USDA NASS.

Full map: where hogs are raised →

Every Christmas dinner dish, mapped

Shares use NASS's latest final annual estimate where it covers the main producing states, and the 2022 Census of Agriculture, which covers every state, otherwise. Each tile map is shaded from the same source as its sentence: deeper green means more, and a dashed outline means NASS withheld the figure to protect individual farms.

Christmas ham: where hogs are raised

Iowa has the most hogs: 34% of the 75.2 million hogs on US farms on December 1, 2025.

Next come Minnesota (12%) and North Carolina (11%).

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Source: USDA NASS, NASS annual estimates, 2025.

Where hogs are raised: full map and top counties

Roast beef or prime rib: where cattle are raised

Texas has the most cattle: 14% of the 86.2 million cattle on US farms on January 1, 2026.

Next come Nebraska (7%) and Kansas (7%).

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Source: USDA NASS, NASS annual estimates, 2026.

Where cattle are raised: full map and top counties

Mashed potatoes: where potatoes are grown

Idaho grows the most potatoes: 34% of the 41.8 billion pounds grown in the 13 states NASS surveyed in 2025.

Next come Washington (22%) and Wisconsin (7%).

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Source: USDA NASS, NASS annual estimates, 2025.

Where potatoes are grown: full map and top counties

Glazed carrots: where carrots are grown

California grows the most carrots: 61% of the 99,634 acres harvested in the US in 2022.

Next come Washington (10%) and Idaho (4%).

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Source: USDA NASS, 2022 Census of Agriculture.

Where carrots are grown: full map and top counties

Brussels sprouts: where Brussels sprouts are grown

California grows the most Brussels sprouts: 84% of the 17,550 acres harvested in the US in 2022.

Among states with published figures, next come New York (1%) and Florida (under 1%). The state figure for Washington is withheld; its counties with published figures alone add up to at least 291 acres in Washington.

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Source: USDA NASS, 2022 Census of Agriculture.

Where Brussels sprouts are grown: full map and top counties

Cranberry sauce: where cranberries are grown

Wisconsin grows the most cranberries: 61% of the 751 million pounds grown in the four states NASS surveyed in 2025.

Next come Massachusetts (26%) and Oregon (7%).

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Source: USDA NASS, NASS annual estimates, 2025.

Where cranberries are grown: full map and top counties

Eggnog: where milk is produced

California produces the most milk: 18% of the 232 billion pounds produced in the US in 2025.

Next come Wisconsin (14%) and Idaho (8%).

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Source: USDA NASS, NASS annual estimates, 2025.

Where milk is produced: full map and top countiesAlso in this dish: Eggs

Sugar cookies: where wheat is grown

North Dakota grows the most wheat: 17% of the 1.5 billion bushels grown in the US in 2026.

Next come Kansas (13%) and Montana (12%).

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Source: USDA NASS, NASS annual estimates, 2026.

Where wheat is grown: full map and top countiesAlso in this dish: Sugar beets, Eggs

Candy canes: where peppermint is 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%).

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Source: USDA NASS, NASS annual estimates, 2025.

Where peppermint is grown: full map and top countiesAlso in this dish: Sugar beets

Oranges in the stocking: where oranges are grown

California grows the most oranges: 76% of the 2.6 million tons grown in the US in the 2025-26 season.

Next come Florida (22%) and Texas (2%).

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Source: USDA NASS, NASS annual estimates, 2025-26 season.

Where oranges are grown: full map and top countiesAlso in this dish: Tangerines

Also on the table

Walnuts

California grows the most walnuts: at least 81% of the 365,950 bearing acres of walnuts in the US in 2022. Its state total is withheld to protect individual farms; its counties with published figures alone add up to that share.

Map of walnuts by state and county

Which states supply the most Christmas dinner ingredients?

California is a top-three state for 6 of the 14 ingredients on this page, more than any other state.

States ranked by how many Christmas dinner ingredients they rank top three in
StateTop 3No. 1 in
California6carrots, Brussels sprouts, milk, oranges, walnuts
Idaho4potatoes, peppermint
Wisconsin4cranberries, green beans
Washington4apples
Oregon3–
North Carolina2sweet potatoes
Texas2cattle
Florida2–
Kansas2–
Iowa1hogs
North Dakota1wheat
Massachusetts1–
Ranks use the same source as each dish's answer above.

What this page doesn't cover

Grown Where maps only what USDA NASS measures by state. These ingredients aren't on this page:

  • Chestnuts
  • Spices such as cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg
  • Chocolate and cocoa

A state that grows a crop doesn't necessarily supply the food in your store, which can come from anywhere in the country or from imports. For where imported food comes from, see Shipped Where.

How this was made

Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. Annual estimates from NASS Quick Stats (latest final year for each item) and the 2022 Census of Agriculture. Figures marked withheld are suppressed by NASS to protect individual farms. Data processed 2026-11-06. Sources and methodology.

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