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Which state grows the most chickpeas? 🧆

1Guess
Which states grow the most chickpeas (garbanzo beans — the base of hummus)? Tap them most-to-least.

Tapping assigns 1→4 in order

I bet… California — hummus feels sunny! ☀️
2Answer
The real order is…
    Montana grows about 1.16× as many as #2 Washington!
    📚 Background Hummus and falafel taste like the Middle East — but the chickpeas (also called garbanzo beans) behind them grow in the cool, dry north. Montana grows the most, just ahead of Washington — the same cool, dry north where America's lentils grow. (USDA NASS Quick Stats)
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    I bet… California — hummus feels sunny! ☀️
    3Compare
    Chickpeas grown (100-lb bags, 2024)
    🇺🇸 United States (national)5,692,000 cwt (100 lb)
    Montana #1 2,050,000 cwt (100 lb)
    Most: Montana (2,050,000 cwt (100 lb)); least shown here: North Dakota (765,000 cwt (100 lb)).

    Note: measured in hundred-pound bags (cwt). Only states that publish a value are shown. Only the top states are shown here — smaller producers (and states USDA doesn't publish) aren't listed.

    Hummus starts up north!
    4Recap
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    🏅 Montana is the USA's #1!
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    : 2024
    USDA NASS Quick Stats: CHICKPEAS - PRODUCTION, MEASURED IN CWT, 2024, by state (2026-07-18) — Published estimates only. States with unpublished (suppressed) values are omitted.
    ↳ In Quick Stats, pick CHICKPEAS / PRODUCTION in CWT, year 2024, and compare states.