State rankings · 2022 Census of Agriculture
Which state grows the most chile peppers?
New Mexico ranks No. 1 for chile peppers, with 37% of the 23,119 acres harvested in the US in 2022.
No. 2 California (14%), No. 3 Texas (10%), No. 4 Florida (6%). All 50 states that reported chile peppers are listed below.
Chile peppers by state, ranked
Ranked by the 2022 Census of Agriculture (acres harvested), which covers every state.
| State | 2022, acres | Share | Farms, 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1New Mexico | 8,484 | 37% | 364 |
| 2California | 3,257 | 14% | 665 |
| 3Texas | 2,249 | 10% | 452 |
| 4Florida | 1,371 | 6% | 257 |
| 5Ohio | 1,058 | 5% | 577 |
| 6Michigan | 668 | 3% | 512 |
| 7South Carolina | 612 | 3% | 222 |
| 8Colorado | 548 | 2% | 234 |
| 9North Carolina | 496 | 2% | 370 |
| 10Georgia | 483 | 2% | 327 |
| 11Arizona | 386 | 2% | 107 |
| 12Pennsylvania | 368 | 2% | 600 |
| 13New York | 311 | 1% | 669 |
| 14Massachusetts | 304 | 1% | 355 |
| 15New Jersey | 301 | 1% | 243 |
Units: acres. “–” means no farms reported it.
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| State | 2022, acres | Share | Farms, 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16Wisconsin | 230 | under 1% | 477 |
| 17Indiana | 224 | under 1% | 241 |
| 18Oklahoma | 175 | under 1% | 133 |
| 19Illinois | 134 | under 1% | 239 |
| 20Maryland | 126 | under 1% | 171 |
| 21Kentucky | 104 | under 1% | 416 |
| 22Washington | 87 | under 1% | 278 |
| 23Virginia | 86 | under 1% | 300 |
| 24Tennessee | 82 | under 1% | 339 |
| 25Alabama | 80 | under 1% | 231 |
| 26Minnesota | 79 | under 1% | 294 |
| 27Oregon | 71 | under 1% | 329 |
| 28Arkansas | 64 | under 1% | 163 |
| 28West Virginia | 64 | under 1% | 191 |
| 30Connecticut | 59 | under 1% | 213 |
| 31Utah | 54 | under 1% | 116 |
| 32Missouri | 53 | under 1% | 235 |
| 33Iowa | 50 | under 1% | 222 |
| 33New Hampshire | 50 | under 1% | 121 |
| 35Delaware | 45 | under 1% | 23 |
| 36Mississippi | 42 | under 1% | 146 |
| 37Vermont | 41 | under 1% | 162 |
| 38Louisiana | 38 | under 1% | 117 |
| 39Maine | 34 | under 1% | 226 |
| 40Kansas | 31 | under 1% | 167 |
| 41Nebraska | 25 | under 1% | 86 |
| 42Hawaii | 24 | under 1% | 77 |
| 43Idaho | 22 | under 1% | 115 |
| 44Montana | 16 | under 1% | 56 |
| 45Rhode Island | 13 | under 1% | 47 |
| 46South Dakota | 11 | under 1% | 55 |
| 47North Dakota | 4 | under 1% | 26 |
| 48Alaska | 3 | under 1% | 21 |
| 48Wyoming | 3 | under 1% | 14 |
| 50Nevada | 2 | under 1% | 21 |
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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.