State rankings · 2022 Census of Agriculture
Which state grows the most plums?
California ranks No. 1 for plums, with 92% of the 49,626 bearing acres of plums in the US in 2022.
No. 2 Oregon (1%), No. 3 New Jersey (1%), No. 4 Idaho (under 1%). All 50 states that reported plums are listed below.
Plums by state, ranked
Ranked by the 2022 Census of Agriculture (bearing acres), which covers every state.
| State | 2022, acres | Share | Farms, 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1California | 45,562 | 92% | 1,058 |
| 2Oregon | 734 | 1% | 380 |
| 3New Jersey | 536 | 1% | 87 |
| 4Idaho | 352 | under 1% | 92 |
| 5New York | 341 | under 1% | 232 |
| 6Michigan | 321 | under 1% | 168 |
| 7Texas | 284 | under 1% | 421 |
| 8Washington | 173 | under 1% | 351 |
| 9South Carolina | 168 | under 1% | 98 |
| 10Pennsylvania | 154 | under 1% | 214 |
| 11*Alabama | 91 | under 1% | 107 |
| 12*Georgia | 83 | under 1% | 113 |
| 13*Florida | 77 | under 1% | 116 |
| 14*Ohio | 53 | under 1% | 100 |
| 15*Wisconsin | 52 | under 1% | 131 |
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 | 43 | under 1% | 119 |
| 17*Maryland | 42 | under 1% | 56 |
| 17*Minnesota | 42 | under 1% | 93 |
| 19*Mississippi | 36 | under 1% | 72 |
| 20*Utah | 35 | under 1% | 88 |
| 21*Tennessee | 26 | under 1% | 80 |
| 22*Virginia | 25 | under 1% | 57 |
| 23*Louisiana | 24 | under 1% | 62 |
| 23*Massachusetts | 24 | under 1% | 59 |
| 25*Missouri | 22 | under 1% | 89 |
| 26*Arkansas | 20 | under 1% | 32 |
| 26*Oklahoma | 20 | under 1% | 62 |
| 28*Indiana | 14 | under 1% | 51 |
| 28*North Dakota | 14 | under 1% | 8 |
| 30*North Carolina | 13 | under 1% | 58 |
| 31*Illinois | 12 | under 1% | 45 |
| 31*Iowa | 12 | under 1% | 54 |
| 31*Kentucky | 12 | under 1% | 42 |
| 34*Maine | 11 | under 1% | 41 |
| 34*Vermont | 11 | under 1% | 20 |
| 36*Kansas | 10 | under 1% | 27 |
| 37*New Hampshire | 8 | under 1% | 20 |
| 38*South Dakota | 6 | under 1% | 19 |
| 39*Nebraska | 5 | under 1% | 18 |
| 40*Delaware | 4 | under 1% | 9 |
| 41*Rhode Island | 2 | under 1% | 13 |
| –Alaska | Withheld to protect individual farms | 5 | |
| –Arizona | Withheld to protect individual farms (counties ≥ 3) | 21 | |
| –Connecticut | Withheld to protect individual farms (counties ≥ 7) | 19 | |
| –Hawaii | Withheld to protect individual farms | 2 | |
| –Montana | Withheld to protect individual farms (counties ≥ 8) | 68 | |
| –Nevada | Withheld to protect individual farms (counties ≥ 4) | 15 | |
| –New Mexico | Withheld to protect individual farms (counties ≥ 39) | 137 | |
| –West Virginia | Withheld to protect individual farms (counties ≥ 28) | 48 | |
| –Wyoming | Withheld to protect individual farms | 5 |
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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.