State rankings · 2022 Census of Agriculture
Which state grows the most tart cherries?
Michigan ranks No. 1 for tart cherries, with 75% of the 35,870 bearing acres of tart cherries in the US in 2022.
No. 2 Utah (8%), No. 3 Wisconsin (5%), No. 4 Washington (4%). All 49 states that reported tart cherries are listed below.
Tart cherries by state, ranked
Ranked by the 2022 Census of Agriculture (bearing acres), which covers every state.
| State | 2022, acres | Share | Farms, 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michigan | 27,072 | 75% | 498 |
| 2Utah | 3,041 | 8% | 53 |
| 3Wisconsin | 1,731 | 5% | 100 |
| 4Washington | 1,575 | 4% | 241 |
| 5New York | 1,207 | 3% | 196 |
| 6Pennsylvania | 418 | 1% | 157 |
| 7Oregon | 353 | under 1% | 119 |
| 8Maryland | 53 | under 1% | 32 |
| 9Colorado | 47 | under 1% | 78 |
| 10Minnesota | 42 | under 1% | 77 |
| 11New Jersey | 28 | under 1% | 51 |
| 12Virginia | 24 | under 1% | 61 |
| 13Iowa | 21 | under 1% | 55 |
| 14Missouri | 20 | under 1% | 55 |
| 14Montana | 20 | under 1% | 48 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16Ohio | 19 | under 1% | 64 |
| 17*Illinois | 16 | under 1% | 54 |
| 18*California | 15 | under 1% | 37 |
| 18*Kentucky | 15 | under 1% | 28 |
| 20*North Dakota | 14 | under 1% | 15 |
| 21*New Mexico | 13 | under 1% | 57 |
| 22*Nebraska | 11 | under 1% | 34 |
| 23*North Carolina | 10 | under 1% | 21 |
| 24*Maine | 8 | under 1% | 36 |
| 24*Massachusetts | 8 | under 1% | 27 |
| 24*Tennessee | 8 | under 1% | 33 |
| 24*West Virginia | 8 | under 1% | 48 |
| 28*Florida | 7 | under 1% | 10 |
| 28*Indiana | 7 | under 1% | 34 |
| 28*Kansas | 7 | under 1% | 28 |
| 31*New Hampshire | 6 | under 1% | 28 |
| 31*Vermont | 6 | under 1% | 20 |
| 33*Alaska | 4 | under 1% | 16 |
| 33*Wyoming | 4 | under 1% | 10 |
| 35*Arkansas | 2 | under 1% | 5 |
| 35*Connecticut | 2 | under 1% | 11 |
| 35*Delaware | 2 | under 1% | 6 |
| 35*Oklahoma | 2 | under 1% | 13 |
| 35*South Dakota | 2 | under 1% | 12 |
| 40*Alabama | 1 | under 1% | 5 |
| 40*Georgia | 1 | under 1% | 6 |
| 40*Hawaii | 1 | under 1% | 8 |
| 40*South Carolina | 1 | under 1% | 5 |
| 40*Texas | 1 | under 1% | 4 |
| –Arizona | Withheld to protect individual farms | 4 | |
| –Idaho | Withheld to protect individual farms (counties ≥ 4) | 46 | |
| –Louisiana | Under 0.5 acres | 3 | |
| –Nevada | Withheld to protect individual farms | 1 | |
| –Rhode Island | Withheld to protect individual farms | 2 |
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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.