State rankings · 2022 Census of Agriculture
Which state grows the most cauliflower?
California ranks No. 1 for cauliflower, with 79% of the 51,801 acres harvested in the US in 2022.
No. 2 Arizona (12%), No. 3 Oregon (2%), No. 4* Florida (1%). Ranks marked * are among states with published figures; a state whose figure is withheld could rank higher. All 50 states that reported cauliflower are listed below.
Cauliflower by state, ranked
Ranked by the 2022 Census of Agriculture (acres harvested), which covers every state.
| State | 2022, acres | Share | Farms, 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1California | 41,085 | 79% | 477 |
| 2Arizona | 6,331 | 12% | 44 |
| 3Oregon | 1,110 | 2% | 179 |
| 4*Florida | 546 | 1% | 75 |
| 5*New York | 263 | under 1% | 308 |
| 6*Pennsylvania | 260 | under 1% | 314 |
| 7*Washington | 255 | under 1% | 179 |
| 8*New Jersey | 232 | under 1% | 106 |
| 9*Texas | 174 | under 1% | 94 |
| 10*Michigan | 125 | under 1% | 163 |
| 11*Wisconsin | 120 | under 1% | 216 |
| 12*Massachusetts | 93 | under 1% | 131 |
| 13*Georgia | 86 | under 1% | 65 |
| 14*Maryland | 64 | under 1% | 51 |
| 15*Ohio | 62 | under 1% | 112 |
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*Minnesota | 47 | under 1% | 145 |
| 17*Louisiana | 42 | under 1% | 63 |
| 18*Illinois | 36 | under 1% | 62 |
| 19*Indiana | 32 | under 1% | 48 |
| 20*Connecticut | 31 | under 1% | 74 |
| 21*New Hampshire | 28 | under 1% | 60 |
| 22*North Carolina | 24 | under 1% | 78 |
| 22*Virginia | 24 | under 1% | 88 |
| 24*Colorado | 23 | under 1% | 47 |
| 25*Kentucky | 18 | under 1% | 86 |
| 26*Vermont | 14 | under 1% | 70 |
| 27*Mississippi | 13 | under 1% | 22 |
| 28*Alaska | 12 | under 1% | 62 |
| 28*Iowa | 12 | under 1% | 62 |
| 28*South Carolina | 12 | under 1% | 45 |
| 31*Oklahoma | 10 | under 1% | 18 |
| 32*Delaware | 9 | under 1% | 8 |
| 33*Alabama | 8 | under 1% | 15 |
| 33*Montana | 8 | under 1% | 38 |
| 33*South Dakota | 8 | under 1% | 17 |
| 36*Arkansas | 7 | under 1% | 19 |
| 37*Rhode Island | 6 | under 1% | 26 |
| 37*West Virginia | 6 | under 1% | 29 |
| 39*Hawaii | 5 | under 1% | 21 |
| 39*Idaho | 5 | under 1% | 21 |
| 41*Kansas | 2 | under 1% | 20 |
| 41*New Mexico | 2 | under 1% | 12 |
| 41*Utah | 2 | under 1% | 18 |
| 44*Nebraska | 1 | under 1% | 12 |
| –Maine | Withheld to protect individual farms (counties ≥ 28) | 114 | |
| –Missouri | Withheld to protect individual farms (counties ≥ 2) | 46 | |
| –Nevada | Under 0.5 acres | 3 | |
| –North Dakota | Under 0.5 acres | 3 | |
| –Tennessee | Withheld to protect individual farms (counties ≥ 3) | 49 | |
| –Wyoming | Under 0.5 acres | 3 |
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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.