State rankings · 2022 Census of Agriculture
Which state grows the most asparagus?
Michigan ranks No. 1 for asparagus, with 49% of the 20,005 acres harvested in the US in 2022.
No. 2 California (11%), No. 3 Washington (11%), No. 4 New Jersey (10%). All 50 states that reported asparagus are listed below.
Asparagus by state, ranked
Ranked by the 2022 Census of Agriculture (acres harvested), which covers every state.
| State | 2022, acres | Share | Farms, 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michigan | 9,895 | 49% | 421 |
| 2California | 2,172 | 11% | 107 |
| 3Washington | 2,125 | 11% | 115 |
| 4New Jersey | 1,970 | 10% | 169 |
| 5South Carolina | 482 | 2% | 56 |
| 6New York | 337 | 2% | 322 |
| 7Indiana | 297 | 1% | 101 |
| 8Wisconsin | 262 | 1% | 322 |
| 9Pennsylvania | 225 | 1% | 380 |
| 10Massachusetts | 215 | 1% | 175 |
| 11*Oregon | 193 | under 1% | 90 |
| 12*North Carolina | 183 | under 1% | 109 |
| 13*Maryland | 171 | under 1% | 85 |
| 14*Minnesota | 141 | under 1% | 194 |
| 15*Virginia | 123 | under 1% | 157 |
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.
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| State | 2022, acres | Share | Farms, 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16*Illinois | 119 | under 1% | 152 |
| 17*Ohio | 116 | under 1% | 242 |
| 18*Idaho | 87 | under 1% | 45 |
| 19*Iowa | 76 | under 1% | 154 |
| 20*Kansas | 60 | under 1% | 91 |
| 21*Colorado | 50 | under 1% | 54 |
| 21*Kentucky | 50 | under 1% | 137 |
| 23*Vermont | 47 | under 1% | 73 |
| 24*Maine | 42 | under 1% | 119 |
| 25*Connecticut | 38 | under 1% | 104 |
| 25*West Virginia | 38 | under 1% | 66 |
| 27*New Hampshire | 35 | under 1% | 40 |
| 28*Missouri | 33 | under 1% | 100 |
| 29*Nebraska | 28 | under 1% | 58 |
| 30*South Dakota | 22 | under 1% | 30 |
| 31*Arizona | 21 | under 1% | 11 |
| 32*Oklahoma | 17 | under 1% | 29 |
| 32*Tennessee | 17 | under 1% | 79 |
| 34*Texas | 16 | under 1% | 51 |
| 35*Arkansas | 13 | under 1% | 30 |
| 36*Alabama | 11 | under 1% | 22 |
| 37*Mississippi | 9 | under 1% | 24 |
| 37*New Mexico | 9 | under 1% | 34 |
| 39*Louisiana | 8 | under 1% | 11 |
| 40*Florida | 7 | under 1% | 11 |
| 40*Utah | 7 | under 1% | 40 |
| 42*Hawaii | 6 | under 1% | 18 |
| 42*Nevada | 6 | under 1% | 10 |
| 44*Rhode Island | 5 | under 1% | 24 |
| 45*Alaska | 3 | under 1% | 12 |
| 45*North Dakota | 3 | under 1% | 22 |
| 47*Wyoming | 1 | under 1% | 6 |
| –Delaware | Withheld to protect individual farms (counties ≥ 2) | 9 | |
| –Georgia | Withheld to protect individual farms (counties ≥ 1) | 33 | |
| –Montana | Withheld to protect individual farms (counties ≥ 4) | 26 |
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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.