About Sweet Potatoes


Production by State
SweetPotatoes: Production, by State, 1976-2008 (1,000 cwt)
Year
AL
CA
GA
LA
MS
NJ
NC
SC
TX
VA
OTHER 1/
USA
1976 495 1,178 708 2,755 825 265 4,290 252 1,103 827 575
13,273
1977 451 1,170 450 2,430 567 252 4,290 284 903 625 463
11,885
1978 550 1,392 605 2,660 447 286 4,810 336 1,045 546 438
13,115
1979 627 1,632 633 2,565 447 311 4,800 341 1,027 507 480
13,370
1980 530 1,512 450 2,125 414 276 4,255 238 520 242 391
10,953
1981 621 1,647 644 2,600 494 275 4,680 380 741 345 372
12,799
1982 660 1,748 819 2,500 500 319 5,940 663 972 330 382
14,833
1983 515 1,716 725 2,280 447 216 4,440 460 852 138 294
12,083
1984 679 1,440 812 2,415 504 264 5,130 500 803 84 271
12,902
1985 648 1,443 848 2,520 660 338 6,000 625 1,001 143 347
14,573
1986 517 1,360 624 2,500 520 220 5,100 420 792 99 216
12,368
1987 360 1,353 630 2,470 495 276 4,550 333 840 104 200
11,611
1988 472 1,207 720 2,465 350 173 4,420 300 518 113 207
10,945
1989 468 1,453 816 2,880 285 168 4,080 330 630 108 140
11,358
1990 588 1,453 585 3,360 420 273 4,930 374 372 155 84
12,594
1991 682 1,517 589 2,400 490 228 4,050 276 770 165 36
11,203
1992 809 1,845 576 2,720 520 247 4,200 210 770 84 24
12,005
1993 704 1,743 364 2,063 660 147 4,160 187 900 69 30
11,027
1994 798 1,681 345 3,040 935 154 5,270 219 837 80 21
13,380
1995 677 1,920 323 3,150 825 210 4,800 181 650 85 0
12,821
1996 714 2,160 260 3,360 1,296 156 4,340 117 743 70 0
13,216
1997 540 1,989 120 3,400 1,092 116 4,960 121 899 90 0
13,327
1998 629 2,134 70 2,200 1,358 105 5,440 81 252 113 0
12,382
1999 416 2,400 60 3,450 1,545 100 3,770 48 350 95 0
12,234
2000 464 2,625 70 3,120 1,476 120 5,550 51 230 88 0 13,794
2001 493 2,300 40 3,080 2,400 126 5,580 128 380 110 0 14,637
2002 486 2,912 0 1,875 1,968 150 4,810 99 450 85 0 12,790
2003 475 3,210 0 3,150 2,380 138 5,880 150 448 60 0 15,891
2004 380 3,220 0 2,325 2,601 168 6,880 96 392 50 0 16,112
2005 375 3,510 0 2,465 2,988 156 5,950 135 130 38 0 15,747
2006 368 3,721 0 2,228 2,480 162 7,020 84 137 48 0 16,248
2007 276 4,256 0 3,000 3,500 120 6,665 55 162 36 0 18,452
2008 438 4,278 0 1,100 3,354 150 8,740 45 210 30 0 18,345
2009
1/Maryland, Arkansas and Tennessee. Between 1990 and 1994, includes Maryland only.
Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA