State rankings · 2022 Census of Agriculture
Which state grows the most cantaloupe?
California ranks No. 1 for cantaloupe, with 48% of the 57,270 acres harvested in the US in 2022.
No. 2 Arizona (25%), No. 3 Texas (4%), No. 4 Florida (3%). All 50 states that reported cantaloupe are listed below.
Cantaloupe by state, ranked
Ranked by the 2022 Census of Agriculture (acres harvested), which covers every state.
| State | 2022, acres | Share | Farms, 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1California | 27,766 | 48% | 478 |
| 2Arizona | 14,445 | 25% | 402 |
| 3Texas | 2,501 | 4% | 397 |
| 4Florida | 1,706 | 3% | 124 |
| 5Georgia | 1,551 | 3% | 179 |
| 6Indiana | 1,069 | 2% | 179 |
| 7North Carolina | 1,006 | 2% | 298 |
| 8South Carolina | 603 | 1% | 208 |
| 9Pennsylvania | 571 | under 1% | 456 |
| 10Kentucky | 481 | under 1% | 270 |
| 11Colorado | 467 | under 1% | 92 |
| 12Alabama | 356 | under 1% | 142 |
| 13Missouri | 339 | under 1% | 219 |
| 14Maryland | 314 | under 1% | 162 |
| 15Illinois | 313 | under 1% | 151 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16Virginia | 301 | under 1% | 155 |
| 17Ohio | 285 | under 1% | 305 |
| 18Oregon | 250 | under 1% | 176 |
| 19New York | 248 | under 1% | 330 |
| 20Utah | 210 | under 1% | 153 |
| 21New Jersey | 205 | under 1% | 112 |
| 22Mississippi | 203 | under 1% | 101 |
| 23Oklahoma | 180 | under 1% | 124 |
| 24Michigan | 173 | under 1% | 256 |
| 25Wisconsin | 168 | under 1% | 267 |
| 26Tennessee | 167 | under 1% | 202 |
| 27New Mexico | 165 | under 1% | 324 |
| 28Washington | 159 | under 1% | 141 |
| 29Iowa | 143 | under 1% | 130 |
| 30Arkansas | 133 | under 1% | 98 |
| 31Minnesota | 124 | under 1% | 155 |
| 32Louisiana | 84 | under 1% | 79 |
| 33Kansas | 73 | under 1% | 97 |
| 34Delaware | 71 | under 1% | 17 |
| 35Massachusetts | 67 | under 1% | 105 |
| 36Connecticut | 55 | under 1% | 103 |
| 37*Nebraska | 53 | under 1% | 64 |
| 38*South Dakota | 48 | under 1% | 39 |
| 39*West Virginia | 47 | under 1% | 62 |
| 40*Maine | 31 | under 1% | 92 |
| 41*New Hampshire | 28 | under 1% | 72 |
| 42*Nevada | 20 | under 1% | 22 |
| 43*Vermont | 18 | under 1% | 69 |
| 44*North Dakota | 12 | under 1% | 17 |
| 45*Rhode Island | 5 | under 1% | 18 |
| 46*Wyoming | 3 | under 1% | 11 |
| –Alaska | Withheld to protect individual farms | 3 | |
| –Hawaii | Withheld to protect individual farms | 1 | |
| –Idaho | Withheld to protect individual farms (counties ≥ 18) | 59 | |
| –Montana | Withheld to protect individual farms (counties ≥ 6) | 41 |
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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.