State rankings · 2022 Census of Agriculture
Which state grows the most nectarines?
California ranks No. 1 for nectarines, with 88% of the 18,462 bearing acres of nectarines in the US in 2022.
No. 2 Washington (4%), No. 3 Pennsylvania (1%), No. 4 New Jersey (1%). All 43 states that reported nectarines are listed below.
Nectarines by state, ranked
Ranked by the 2022 Census of Agriculture (bearing acres), which covers every state.
| State | 2022, acres | Share | Farms, 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1California | 16,327 | 88% | 429 |
| 2Washington | 764 | 4% | 103 |
| 3Pennsylvania | 270 | 1% | 132 |
| 4New Jersey | 255 | 1% | 55 |
| 5*West Virginia | 102 | under 1% | 11 |
| 6*New York | 65 | under 1% | 65 |
| 7*Idaho | 59 | under 1% | 16 |
| 8*South Carolina | 52 | under 1% | 29 |
| 9*Michigan | 37 | under 1% | 31 |
| 10*Texas | 35 | under 1% | 32 |
| 11*Utah | 29 | under 1% | 37 |
| 12*Oregon | 28 | under 1% | 22 |
| 13*Maryland | 27 | under 1% | 18 |
| 14*Oklahoma | 22 | under 1% | 19 |
| 15*Alabama | 20 | under 1% | 15 |
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*Colorado | 19 | under 1% | 43 |
| 17*North Carolina | 15 | under 1% | 17 |
| 18*Arkansas | 14 | under 1% | 9 |
| 19*Massachusetts | 11 | under 1% | 30 |
| 19*Ohio | 11 | under 1% | 25 |
| 21*Georgia | 10 | under 1% | 18 |
| 22*New Mexico | 9 | under 1% | 25 |
| 23*Delaware | 6 | under 1% | 3 |
| 24*New Hampshire | 5 | under 1% | 7 |
| 25*Missouri | 4 | under 1% | 16 |
| 26*Hawaii | 2 | under 1% | 10 |
| 26*Kansas | 2 | under 1% | 5 |
| 26*Tennessee | 2 | under 1% | 9 |
| 29*Florida | 1 | under 1% | 5 |
| 29*Kentucky | 1 | under 1% | 6 |
| 29*Maine | 1 | under 1% | 6 |
| 29*Mississippi | 1 | under 1% | 9 |
| 29*Rhode Island | 1 | under 1% | 6 |
| 29*South Dakota | 1 | under 1% | 3 |
| –Arizona | Withheld to protect individual farms | 4 | |
| –Connecticut | Withheld to protect individual farms (counties ≥ 2) | 15 | |
| –Illinois | Withheld to protect individual farms | 9 | |
| –Indiana | Withheld to protect individual farms | 9 | |
| –Iowa | Withheld to protect individual farms | 5 | |
| –Louisiana | Withheld to protect individual farms | 3 | |
| –Nevada | Withheld to protect individual farms | 4 | |
| –Virginia | Withheld to protect individual farms | 33 | |
| –Wisconsin | Withheld to protect individual farms | 10 |
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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.