Which state grows the most dry beans?
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Which states grow the most dry beans (kidney, pinto, navy…)? Tap them most-to-least.
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Answer
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) (opens in a new tab)
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Dry beans grown (100-lb bags, 2024)
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!
Recap
🏅 Today's discovery
🏅 North Dakota is the USA's #1!
🐕 States in Numbers
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| Rank | State | Value | Share of U.S. total |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Dakota | 13,207,000 hundred-pound bags (cwt) | 42.2% |
| #2 | Michigan | 6,129,000 hundred-pound bags (cwt) | 19.6% |
| #3 | Minnesota | 5,834,000 hundred-pound bags (cwt) | 18.6% |
| #4 | Nebraska | 2,717,000 hundred-pound bags (cwt) | 8.7% |
| #5 | Washington | 1,281,000 hundred-pound bags (cwt) | 4.1% |
| #6 | Idaho | 1,181,000 hundred-pound bags (cwt) | 3.8% |
| #7 | Colorado | 957,000 hundred-pound bags (cwt) | 3.1% |
| 🇺🇸 USA (total) | 31,306,000 hundred-pound bags (cwt) | 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: BEANS, DRY EDIBLE, (EXCL CHICKPEAS) - PRODUCTION, MEASURED IN CWT, 2024, by state (opens in a new tab) (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 States with unpublished (suppressed) values are omitted.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.