Grown Where

Halloween · Sunday, October 31, 2027

Where do Halloween pumpkins and treats come from?

Illinois grows the most pumpkins, Washington grows the most apples, Minnesota grows the most sugar beets and Florida grows the most sugarcane.

Jack-o'-lanterns, caramel apples and the farm ingredients in candy: tap a treat to see where it's grown.

Jack-o'-lanterns

Illinois grows the most pumpkins: 36% of the 1.5 billion pounds grown in the 13 states NASS surveyed in 2025.

  1. 1Illinois36%
  2. 2California11%
  3. 3Indiana9%
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NASS annual estimates, 2025. Deeper color means more; dashed outlines are withheld. Source: USDA NASS.

Full map: where pumpkins are grown →

Every Halloween 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.

Jack-o'-lanterns: where pumpkins are grown

Illinois grows the most pumpkins: 36% of the 1.5 billion pounds grown in the 13 states NASS surveyed in 2025.

Next come California (11%) and Indiana (9%).

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Source: USDA NASS, NASS annual estimates, 2025.

Where pumpkins are grown: full map and top counties

Caramel apples and cider: where apples are grown

Washington grows the most apples: 68% of the 11.1 billion pounds grown in the seven states NASS surveyed in 2025.

Next come New York (13%) and Michigan (10%).

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Source: USDA NASS, NASS annual estimates, 2025.

Where apples are grown: full map and top counties

Candy (beet sugar): where sugar beets are grown

Minnesota grows the most sugar beets: 35% of the 35.1 million tons grown in the US in 2025.

Next come Idaho (21%) and North Dakota (20%).

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Source: USDA NASS, NASS annual estimates, 2025.

Where sugar beets are grown: full map and top counties

Candy (cane sugar): where sugarcane is grown

Florida grows the most sugarcane: 49% of the 34.5 million tons grown in the US in 2022.

Next come Louisiana (49%) and Texas (2%).

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Source: USDA NASS, 2022 Census of Agriculture.

Where sugarcane is grown: full map and top counties

Peanut butter cups: where peanuts are grown

Georgia grows the most peanuts: 52% of the 7.1 billion pounds grown in the US in 2025.

Next come Alabama (9%) and Florida (9%).

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Source: USDA NASS, NASS annual estimates, 2025.

Where peanuts are grown: full map and top countiesAlso in this dish: Milk

Milk chocolate: 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 counties

Popcorn balls: where popcorn is grown

Indiana grows the most popcorn: 39% of the 1 billion pounds grown in the US in 2022.

Next come Nebraska (33%) and Illinois (11%).

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Source: USDA NASS, 2022 Census of Agriculture.

Where popcorn is grown: full map and top counties

Also on the table

Which states supply the most Halloween ingredients?

Florida is a top-three state for 3 of the 9 ingredients on this page, more than any other state (tied).

States ranked by how many Halloween ingredients they rank top three in
StateTop 3No. 1 in
Florida3sugarcane, squash
California3milk
Illinois2pumpkins
Indiana2popcorn
North Dakota2honey
Idaho2–
Michigan2–
Georgia1peanuts
Minnesota1sugar beets
Washington1apples
Alabama1–
Louisiana1–
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:

  • Cocoa (cacao)
  • Corn syrup is made from field corn, which has its own page

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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