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Which state grows the most dry beans? 🫘

1Guess
Which states grow the most dry beans (kidney, pinto, navy…)? Tap them most-to-least.

Tapping assigns 1→4 in order

I bet… Texas — chili means beans, right? 🌶️
2Answer
The real order is…
    North Dakota grows about 2.15× as many as #2 Michigan!
    📚 Background The beans in chili, tacos and baked beans grow biggest far from the desert — in the cool northern Plains and Great Lakes, where North Dakota leads. Beans are dried right in the field, so a dry harvest season matters more than heat. (USDA NASS Quick Stats)
    🔍 Explore more: 🫘『The bean belt is up north, not in the desert』→
    I bet… Texas — chili means beans, right? 🌶️
    3Compare
    Dry beans grown (100-lb bags, 2024)
    🇺🇸 United States (national)31,306,000 hundred-pound bags (cwt)
    North Dakota #1 13,207,000 hundred-pound bags (cwt)
    Most: North Dakota (13,207,000 hundred-pound bags (cwt)); least shown here: Colorado (957,000 hundred-pound bags (cwt)).

    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.

    The bean belt runs cold and north!
    4Recap
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    🏅 North Dakota is the USA's #1!
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    : 2024
    USDA NASS Quick Stats: BEANS, DRY EDIBLE, (EXCL CHICKPEAS) - PRODUCTION, MEASURED IN CWT, 2024, by state (2026-07-14) — Published estimates only. States with unpublished (suppressed) values are omitted.
    ↳ In Quick Stats, pick BEANS, DRY EDIBLE, (EXCL CHICKPEAS) / PRODUCTION in CWT, year 2024, and compare states.