Which state leads in blueberries?
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Which states grow the most cultivated blueberries? Tap them most-to-least.
Tapping assigns 1→4 in order
I bet… Maine — blueberry pie country!
Answer
The real order is…
Washington grows about 1.25× as many cultivated blueberries as #2 Oregon!
📚 Background You'd guess Maine, right? But Maine's famous blueberries are wild. For the cultivated blueberries in grocery stores, Washington grows the most — long rows of bushes love the mild, rainy Pacific Northwest. (USDA NASS Quick Stats) (opens in a new tab)
🔍 Explore more: 🫐『Wild vs cultivated: the blueberry surprise』→ I bet… Maine — blueberry pie country!
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Cultivated blueberries (lb, by state, 2024)
Most: Washington (207,000,000 pounds); least of this top group: Florida (29,500,000 pounds).
Note: measured in pounds. Maine's wild (lowbush) blueberries are counted separately, so they aren't in this cultivated ranking. Only the top states are shown; ranks can shift between years. Only the top states are shown here — smaller producers (and states USDA doesn't publish) aren't listed.
Where things grow has a reason!
Recap
🏅 Today's discovery
🏅 Washington is the USA's #1!
🐕 States in Numbers
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📋 See the ranking table (top 8)
| Rank | State | Value | Share of U.S. total |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Washington | 207,000,000 pounds | 26% |
| #2 | Oregon | 165,500,000 pounds | 20.8% |
| #3 | Georgia | 138,000,000 pounds | 17.4% |
| #4 | Michigan | 84,500,000 pounds | 10.6% |
| #5 | California | 78,000,000 pounds | 9.8% |
| #6 | North Carolina | 50,200,000 pounds | 6.3% |
| #7 | New Jersey | 42,600,000 pounds | 5.4% |
| #8 | Florida | 29,500,000 pounds | 3.7% |
| 🇺🇸 USA (total) | 795,300,000 pounds | 100% |
Only the top states are shown here — smaller producers (and states USDA doesn't publish) aren't listed.
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (2024)
Sources
Data as of: 2024
USDA NASS Quick Stats: BLUEBERRIES, TAME - PRODUCTION, MEASURED IN LB, 2024, by state (opens in a new tab) (2026-07-12) — Published estimates only. States with unpublished (suppressed) values are omitted.
↳ In Quick Stats, pick BLUEBERRIES, TAME / PRODUCTION in LB, year 2024, and compare states.