State rankings · 2022 Census of Agriculture
Which state grows the most apricots?
California ranks No. 1 for apricots, with 77% of the 7,047 bearing acres of apricots in the US in 2022.
No. 2 Washington (13%), No. 3* Colorado (1%), No. 4* New York (1%). Ranks marked * are among states with published figures; a state whose figure is withheld could rank higher. All 42 states that reported apricots are listed below.
Apricots by state, ranked
Ranked by the 2022 Census of Agriculture (bearing acres), which covers every state.
| State | 2022, acres | Share | Farms, 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1California | 5,411 | 77% | 542 |
| 2Washington | 891 | 13% | 194 |
| 3*Colorado | 89 | 1% | 138 |
| 4*New York | 79 | 1% | 58 |
| 5*Utah | 78 | 1% | 96 |
| 6*Pennsylvania | 72 | 1% | 88 |
| 7*New Mexico | 58 | under 1% | 170 |
| 8*Idaho | 52 | under 1% | 49 |
| 9*Michigan | 41 | under 1% | 52 |
| 10*Texas | 39 | under 1% | 81 |
| 11*Arizona | 22 | under 1% | 34 |
| 12*Oregon | 20 | under 1% | 32 |
| 13*New Jersey | 19 | under 1% | 11 |
| 14*Oklahoma | 13 | under 1% | 16 |
| 15*Ohio | 10 | under 1% | 25 |
Units: acres. “–” means no farms reported it. ≥ means the state total is withheld and the figure is the sum of its counties with published figures, so the true total is at least that. * Rank among states with published figures; a withheld state could rank higher.
Show all 42 states
| State | 2022, acres | Share | Farms, 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16*North Dakota | 6 | under 1% | 5 |
| 16*Virginia | 6 | under 1% | 17 |
| 18*Maryland | 5 | under 1% | 9 |
| 18*Montana | 5 | under 1% | 19 |
| 20*Iowa | 4 | under 1% | 14 |
| 21*Illinois | 3 | under 1% | 10 |
| 21*Massachusetts | 3 | under 1% | 7 |
| 21*Minnesota | 3 | under 1% | 13 |
| 21*Vermont | 3 | under 1% | 7 |
| 25*Alabama | 2 | under 1% | 6 |
| 25*Georgia | 2 | under 1% | 6 |
| 25*Tennessee | 2 | under 1% | 15 |
| 28*Connecticut | 1 | under 1% | 7 |
| 28*Nebraska | 1 | under 1% | 8 |
| 28*North Carolina | 1 | under 1% | 8 |
| 28*South Dakota | 1 | under 1% | 6 |
| 28*Wisconsin | 1 | under 1% | 8 |
| –Arkansas | Withheld to protect individual farms | 1 | |
| –Florida | Withheld to protect individual farms | 1 | |
| –Kansas | Withheld to protect individual farms | 7 | |
| –Kentucky | Withheld to protect individual farms | 2 | |
| –Maine | Withheld to protect individual farms | 1 | |
| –Missouri | Withheld to protect individual farms (counties ≥ 1) | 13 | |
| –Nevada | Withheld to protect individual farms (counties ≥ 2) | 14 | |
| –New Hampshire | Withheld to protect individual farms | 1 | |
| –South Carolina | Withheld to protect individual farms | 1 | |
| –West Virginia | Withheld to protect individual farms | 14 |
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About this data
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. 2022 Census of Agriculture. Withheld figures are suppressed by NASS to protect individual farms. Data processed 2026-11-06. Methodology.