State rankings · 2022 Census of Agriculture
Which state grows the most collard greens?
South Carolina ranks No. 1 for collard greens, with 22% of the 11,483 acres harvested in the US in 2022.
No. 2 Georgia (17%), No. 3 North Carolina (12%), No. 4 California (11%). All 50 states that reported collard greens are listed below.
Collard greens by state, ranked
Ranked by the 2022 Census of Agriculture (acres harvested), which covers every state.
| State | 2022, acres | Share | Farms, 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1South Carolina | 2,568 | 22% | 289 |
| 2Georgia | 1,935 | 17% | 264 |
| 3North Carolina | 1,376 | 12% | 325 |
| 4California | 1,245 | 11% | 178 |
| 5New Jersey | 782 | 7% | 96 |
| 6Texas | 670 | 6% | 175 |
| 7*Florida | 409 | 4% | 278 |
| 8*Maryland | 343 | 3% | 65 |
| 9*Virginia | 230 | 2% | 169 |
| 10*Alabama | 189 | 2% | 172 |
| 11*Ohio | 141 | 1% | 61 |
| 12*New York | 131 | 1% | 167 |
| 13*Illinois | 113 | under 1% | 47 |
| 14*Mississippi | 112 | under 1% | 110 |
| 15*Pennsylvania | 94 | under 1% | 130 |
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*Oregon | 86 | under 1% | 83 |
| 17*Michigan | 85 | under 1% | 109 |
| 18*Idaho | 76 | under 1% | 19 |
| 19*Arizona | 61 | under 1% | 22 |
| 20*Massachusetts | 58 | under 1% | 173 |
| 21*Wisconsin | 48 | under 1% | 91 |
| 22*Washington | 43 | under 1% | 135 |
| 23*Kentucky | 41 | under 1% | 95 |
| 24*Connecticut | 22 | under 1% | 58 |
| 25*Arkansas | 17 | under 1% | 48 |
| 26*Louisiana | 14 | under 1% | 52 |
| 26*Minnesota | 14 | under 1% | 53 |
| 26*Vermont | 14 | under 1% | 21 |
| 29*Indiana | 13 | under 1% | 58 |
| 30*Missouri | 11 | under 1% | 30 |
| 30*Oklahoma | 11 | under 1% | 26 |
| 32*Hawaii | 8 | under 1% | 38 |
| 32*Maine | 8 | under 1% | 42 |
| 34*Iowa | 7 | under 1% | 31 |
| 35*New Mexico | 5 | under 1% | 32 |
| 36*Alaska | 3 | under 1% | 21 |
| 36*Kansas | 3 | under 1% | 24 |
| 36*Nebraska | 3 | under 1% | 7 |
| 36*West Virginia | 3 | under 1% | 21 |
| 40*Delaware | 2 | under 1% | 9 |
| 40*New Hampshire | 2 | under 1% | 17 |
| 40*Rhode Island | 2 | under 1% | 14 |
| 43*Montana | 1 | under 1% | 5 |
| 43*Nevada | 1 | under 1% | 10 |
| 43*South Dakota | 1 | under 1% | 6 |
| –Colorado | Withheld to protect individual farms (counties ≥ 9) | 44 | |
| –North Dakota | Under 0.5 acres | 3 | |
| –Tennessee | Withheld to protect individual farms (counties ≥ 9) | 97 | |
| –Utah | Under 0.5 acres | 3 | |
| –Wyoming | Withheld to protect individual farms | 2 |
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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.