State rankings · 2022 Census of Agriculture
Which state grows the most popcorn?
Indiana ranks No. 1 for popcorn, with 39% of the 1 billion pounds grown in the US in 2022.
No. 2 Nebraska (33%), No. 3 Illinois (11%), No. 4 Ohio (8%). All 35 states that reported popcorn are listed below.
Popcorn by state, ranked
Ranked by the 2022 Census of Agriculture (production), which covers every state.
| State | 2022, pounds | Share | Farms, 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1Indiana | 400 million | 39% | 193 |
| 2Nebraska | 333 million | 33% | 157 |
| 3Illinois | 116 million | 11% | 124 |
| 4Ohio | 79.6 million | 8% | 100 |
| 5Missouri | 37 million | 4% | 30 |
| 6Iowa | 18.1 million | 2% | 36 |
| 7*Kentucky | 5.3 million | under 1% | 26 |
| 8*South Dakota | 3.4 million | under 1% | 3 |
| 9*Michigan | 2.8 million | under 1% | 21 |
| 10*Pennsylvania | 2.5 million | under 1% | 9 |
| 11*Wisconsin | 1.5 million | under 1% | 27 |
| 12*Idaho | 184,187 | under 1% | 8 |
| 13*Vermont | 52,775 | under 1% | 20 |
| 14*Utah | 49,500 | under 1% | 3 |
| 15*New York | 46,548 | under 1% | 23 |
Units: pounds. “–” 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, pounds | Share | Farms, 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16*Massachusetts | 38,250 | under 1% | 14 |
| 17*Kansas | 9,450 | under 1% | 5 |
| 18*Minnesota | 2,485 | under 1% | 5 |
| 19*Virginia | 2,250 | under 1% | 3 |
| 20*North Carolina | 1,430 | under 1% | 5 |
| –California | Withheld to protect individual farms (counties ≥ 15,600) | 15 | |
| –Colorado | Withheld to protect individual farms | 2 | |
| –Connecticut | Withheld to protect individual farms | 1 | |
| –Delaware | Withheld to protect individual farms | 2 | |
| –Maine | Withheld to protect individual farms | 1 | |
| –Maryland | Withheld to protect individual farms | 2 | |
| –New Hampshire | Withheld to protect individual farms | 1 | |
| –New Jersey | Withheld to protect individual farms (counties ≥ 300) | 7 | |
| –New Mexico | Withheld to protect individual farms | 2 | |
| –Oklahoma | Withheld to protect individual farms | 2 | |
| –Oregon | Withheld to protect individual farms | 4 | |
| –Rhode Island | Withheld to protect individual farms | 2 | |
| –Tennessee | Withheld to protect individual farms | 5 | |
| –Washington | Withheld to protect individual farms | 1 | |
| –West Virginia | Withheld to protect individual farms | 1 |
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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.