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Which state leads in cheese? 🧀

1Guess
Which states produce the most cheese? Tap them most-to-least.

Tapping assigns 1→4 in order

I bet… California — it has the most milk!
2Answer
The real order is…
    Wisconsin produces about 1.4× as much as #2 California!
    📚 Background Wisconsin license plates say “America's Dairyland” — and its fans wear foam cheese hats! Milk champion California ships milk; Wisconsin turns it into cheese. (USDA NASS Quick Stats)
    🔍 Explore more: 🧀『How Wisconsin became America's Dairyland』→
    I bet… California — it has the most milk!
    3Compare
    Cheese (pounds, by state, 2024)
    🇺🇸 United States (national)14,237,425,000 pounds
    Wisconsin #1 3,585,590,000 pounds
    Most: Wisconsin (3,585,590,000 pounds); least of this top group: Iowa (387,724,000 pounds).

    Note: measured in pounds. 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!
    4Recap
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    🏅 Wisconsin is the USA's #1!
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    : 2024
    USDA NASS Quick Stats: CHEESE - PRODUCTION, MEASURED IN LB, 2024, by state (2026-07-12) — Published estimates only. States with unpublished (suppressed) values are omitted.
    ↳ In Quick Stats, pick CHEESE / PRODUCTION in LB, year 2024, and compare states.