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Which state leads in pumpkins? 🎃

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

Tapping assigns 1→4 in order

I bet… Somewhere spooky… Texas?
2Answer
The real order is…
    Illinois produces about 2.8× as much as #2 Indiana!
    📚 Background Illinois — by a mile! Most of America's canned pumpkin (hello, Thanksgiving pie) is packed around Morton, Illinois, nicknamed the Pumpkin Capital of the World. (USDA NASS Quick Stats)
    🔍 Explore more: 🎃『Why Illinois? The pumpkin-can secret』→
    I bet… Somewhere spooky… Texas?
    3Compare
    Pumpkins (cwt (100 lb), by state, 2024)
    🇺🇸 United States (national)14,104,500 cwt (100 lb)
    Illinois #1 4,536,000 cwt (100 lb)
    Most: Illinois (4,536,000 cwt (100 lb)); least of this top group: Virginia (540,500 cwt (100 lb)).

    Note: measured in cwt (100 lb). 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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    🏅 Illinois is the USA's #1!
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    : 2024
    USDA NASS Quick Stats: PUMPKINS - PRODUCTION, MEASURED IN CWT, 2024, by state (2026-07-12) — Published estimates only. States with unpublished (suppressed) values are omitted.
    ↳ In Quick Stats, pick PUMPKINS / PRODUCTION in CWT, year 2024, and compare states.