State rankings · 2022 Census of Agriculture
Which state grows the most honeydew?
California ranks No. 1 for honeydew, with 78% of the 13,030 acres harvested in the US in 2022.
No. 2 Arizona (11%), No. 3 Texas (5%), No. 4 New Mexico (1%). All 48 states that reported honeydew are listed below.
Honeydew by state, ranked
Ranked by the 2022 Census of Agriculture (acres harvested), which covers every state.
| State | 2022, acres | Share | Farms, 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1California | 10,109 | 78% | 250 |
| 2Arizona | 1,426 | 11% | 246 |
| 3Texas | 652 | 5% | 69 |
| 4New Mexico | 166 | 1% | 241 |
| 5South Carolina | 126 | under 1% | 53 |
| 6Colorado | 90 | under 1% | 29 |
| 7*New York | 41 | under 1% | 77 |
| 7*Washington | 41 | under 1% | 37 |
| 9*North Carolina | 32 | under 1% | 46 |
| 10*Michigan | 21 | under 1% | 67 |
| 11*Virginia | 19 | under 1% | 29 |
| 12*Oregon | 18 | under 1% | 56 |
| 12*Pennsylvania | 18 | under 1% | 63 |
| 14*Florida | 17 | under 1% | 21 |
| 14*Kentucky | 17 | under 1% | 42 |
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*Mississippi | 16 | under 1% | 14 |
| 17*New Jersey | 15 | under 1% | 32 |
| 18*Illinois | 13 | under 1% | 45 |
| 19*Maryland | 12 | under 1% | 23 |
| 19*Tennessee | 12 | under 1% | 25 |
| 21*Alabama | 9 | under 1% | 25 |
| 21*Georgia | 9 | under 1% | 29 |
| 21*Ohio | 9 | under 1% | 46 |
| 21*Wisconsin | 9 | under 1% | 37 |
| 25*Minnesota | 8 | under 1% | 38 |
| 26*Massachusetts | 6 | under 1% | 39 |
| 26*Missouri | 6 | under 1% | 21 |
| 28*Maine | 4 | under 1% | 18 |
| 29*Arkansas | 3 | under 1% | 9 |
| 29*Idaho | 3 | under 1% | 17 |
| 29*Iowa | 3 | under 1% | 26 |
| 29*Kansas | 3 | under 1% | 23 |
| 29*Louisiana | 3 | under 1% | 4 |
| 29*Montana | 3 | under 1% | 7 |
| 29*West Virginia | 3 | under 1% | 15 |
| 36*New Hampshire | 2 | under 1% | 8 |
| 36*Oklahoma | 2 | under 1% | 7 |
| 38*Indiana | 1 | under 1% | 11 |
| 38*Nebraska | 1 | under 1% | 3 |
| 38*Nevada | 1 | under 1% | 4 |
| 38*South Dakota | 1 | under 1% | 8 |
| –Connecticut | Withheld to protect individual farms | 4 | |
| –Delaware | Withheld to protect individual farms | 1 | |
| –Hawaii | Withheld to protect individual farms | 1 | |
| –North Dakota | Under 0.5 acres | 3 | |
| –Utah | Withheld to protect individual farms (counties ≥ 20) | 59 | |
| –Vermont | Under 0.5 acres | 4 | |
| –Wyoming | Withheld to protect individual farms | 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.