State rankings · 2022 Census of Agriculture
Which state grows the most pistachios?
California ranks No. 1 for pistachios, with 98% of the 404,210 bearing acres of pistachios in the US in 2022.
No. 2* New Mexico (under 1%), No. 3* Nevada (under 1%). Ranks marked * are among states with published figures; a state whose figure is withheld could rank higher. Arizona's state figure is withheld, but its counties alone add up to at least 125 acres. All 6 states that reported pistachios are listed below.
Pistachios by state, ranked
Ranked by the 2022 Census of Agriculture (bearing acres), which covers every state.
| State | 2022, acres | Share | Farms, 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1California | 396,277 | 98% | 1,468 |
| 2*New Mexico | 457 | under 1% | 46 |
| 3*Nevada | 66 | under 1% | 8 |
| –Arizona | Withheld to protect individual farms (counties ≥ 125) | 74 | |
| –Texas | Withheld to protect individual farms (counties ≥ 3) | 14 | |
| –Utah | Withheld to protect individual farms | 5 |
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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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.