Which state grows the most chickpeas?
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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! ☀️
Answer
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) (opens in a new tab)
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Chickpeas grown (100-lb bags, 2024)
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!
Recap
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🏅 Montana is the USA's #1!
🐕 States in Numbers
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| Rank | State | Value | Share of U.S. total |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Montana | 2,050,000 cwt (100 lb) | 36% |
| #2 | Washington | 1,766,000 cwt (100 lb) | 31% |
| #3 | Idaho | 1,111,000 cwt (100 lb) | 19.5% |
| #4 | North Dakota | 765,000 cwt (100 lb) | 13.4% |
| 🇺🇸 USA (total) | 5,692,000 cwt (100 lb) | 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: CHICKPEAS - PRODUCTION, MEASURED IN CWT, 2024, by state (opens in a new tab) (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 States with unpublished (suppressed) values are omitted.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.