Sweet Potato Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, Production, Price, and Value - United States: 1868-2015 [Blank data cells indicate a program change or that the estimation period has not yet begun] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : Yield : : : Price : : Year : Area : Area : per : : : per : Value of : Value of : planted : harvested : acre : Production : Sold : cwt 1/ : production : sales ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : -- 1,000 acres -- cwt ------- 1,000 cwt ------ dollars ------ 1,000 dollars ----- : 1868 ....: 325.0 48 15,706 1.93 30,311 1869 ....: 351.0 36 12,492 2.12 26,453 1870 ....: 352.0 48 17,001 1.61 27,369 1871 ....: 375.0 41 15,451 1.52 23,436 1872 ....: 379.0 40 14,931 1.52 22,744 1873 ....: 392.0 47 18,298 1.42 25,979 1874 ....: 406.0 41 16,582 1.44 23,891 1875 ....: 425.0 42 17,885 1.34 23,952 1876 ....: 460.0 46 21,018 1877 ....: 454.0 43 19,358 1878 ....: 479.0 45 21,287 1879 ....: 451.0 41 18,618 1.00 18,574 : 1880 ....: 469.0 47 22,070 0.92 20,271 1881 ....: 441.0 31 13,656 1882 ....: 469.0 49 22,958 1.09 25,070 1883 ....: 470.0 36 17,103 1.02 17,493 1884 ....: 476.0 37 17,807 1.04 18,557 1885 ....: 474.0 47 22,061 0.93 20,411 1886 ....: 481.0 45 21,484 0.97 20,835 1887 ....: 494.0 43 21,190 1.02 21,577 1888 ....: 515.0 48 24,661 0.86 21,120 1889 ....: 521.0 47 24,628 0.95 23,289 : 1890 ....: 531.0 47 24,730 0.96 23,641 1891 ....: 537.0 47 25,175 0.90 22,659 1892 ....: 544.0 47 25,500 1893 ....: 545.0 46 25,088 1894 ....: 548.0 50 27,322 1895 ....: 545.0 45 24,687 0.87 21,378 1896 ....: 557.0 41 23,101 0.78 18,103 1897 ....: 531.0 43 22,873 0.88 20,213 1898 ....: 547.0 51 27,909 1899 ....: 531.0 44 23,235 0.96 22,310 : 1900 ....: 542.0 46 25,126 0.92 23,077 1901 ....: 558.0 47 26,486 1.04 27,638 1902 ....: 558.0 48 26,936 1.05 28,305 1903 ....: 565.0 52 29,079 1.06 30,753 1904 ....: 570.0 53 30,533 1.10 33,542 1905 ....: 574.0 56 32,208 1.05 33,965 1906 ....: 585.0 54 31,762 1.13 35,839 1907 ....: 596.0 53 31,533 1.28 40,479 1908 ....: 621.0 55 34,264 1.21 41,424 1909 ....: 639.0 51 32,447 11,444 1.41 44,760 16,145 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Sweet Potato Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, Production, Price, and Value - United States: 1868-2015 (continued) [Blank data cells indicate a program change or that the estimation period has not yet begun] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : Yield : : : Price : : Year : Area : Area : per : : : per : Value of : Value of : planted : harvested : acre : Production : Sold : cwt 1/ : production : sales ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : ---- 1,000 acres ---- cwt ------- 1,000 cwt ------ dollars ------ 1,000 dollars ----- : 1910 ....: 634.0 52 33,170 11,721 1.41 46,572 16,544 1911 ....: 603.0 51 30,407 10,477 1.72 49,830 17,996 1912 ....: 586.0 53 31,154 10,937 1.60 48,296 17,504 1913 ....: 596.0 52 30,799 11,020 1.50 46,106 16,546 1914 ....: 572.0 52 29,780 10,732 1.59 45,672 17,111 1915 ....: 627.0 56 34,783 12,861 1.38 47,162 17,803 1916 ....: 658.0 52 33,850 12,673 1.79 58,178 22,732 1917 ....: 725.0 55 40,022 14,506 2.36 91,227 34,380 1918 ....: 738.0 51 37,720 13,605 2.89 103,319 39,371 1919 ....: 791.0 54 43,050 15,881 3.13 127,849 49,719 : 1920 ....: 767.0 55 42,349 15,976 2.69 107,281 42,866 1921 ....: 817.0 50 40,539 14,954 2.20 81,638 32,796 1922 ....: 817.0 53 43,101 16,584 1.82 75,837 30,139 1923 ....: 674.0 52 35,129 13,835 2.38 76,606 32,858 1924 ....: 564.0 44 24,686 10,173 2.78 67,070 28,380 1925 ....: 636.0 43 27,576 11,734 3.07 81,531 36,126 1926 ....: 645.0 54 34,815 14,793 2.07 72,008 30,658 1927 ....: 724.0 54 38,993 15,820 1.96 74,823 31,001 1928 ....: 636.0 51 32,548 13,378 2.13 67,338 28,411 1929 ....: 647.0 55 35,758 14,537 2.15 73,003 31,186 : 1930 ....: 670.0 45 30,017 11,946 2.02 57,751 24,043 1931 ....: 854.0 43 37,023 14,845 1.21 45,190 17,887 1932 ....: 1,059.0 45 47,627 17,070 0.86 40,650 14,661 1933 ....: 907.0 45 41,040 14,941 1.29 51,042 19,195 1934 ....: 968.0 959.0 45 42,722 14,762 1.41 58,409 20,791 1935 ....: 944.0 944.0 47 44,687 16,362 1.25 54,545 20,442 1936 ....: 774.0 769.0 43 32,871 12,839 1.70 55,045 21,865 1937 ....: 770.0 768.0 49 37,479 14,289 1.41 53,138 20,211 1938 ....: 795.0 793.0 48 37,732 14,263 1.31 47,868 18,659 1939 ....: 735.0 728.0 47 33,959 13,454 1.35 45,340 18,144 : 1940 ....: 651.7 647.7 44 28,434 11,754 1.59 44,160 18,651 1941 ....: 730.9 730.9 47 34,384 13,893 1.71 57,650 23,745 1942 ....: 688.0 687.0 52 36,008 14,984 2.22 77,548 33,224 1943 ....: 869.7 856.6 46 39,128 15,791 3.85 146,413 60,888 1944 ....: 732.1 726.0 52 37,538 16,976 3.40 129,912 57,808 1945 ....: 652.0 645.9 52 33,692 15,262 3.64 124,306 55,464 1946 ....: 643.1 637.0 53 33,454 15,266 3.87 131,643 59,200 1947 ....: 562.7 546.6 50 27,303 11,428 3.85 107,279 44,069 1948 ....: 461.4 455.3 52 23,702 10,619 3.93 94,923 41,763 1949 ....: 478.2 472.1 53 24,804 11,497 3.87 96,377 44,547 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Sweet Potato Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, Production, Price, and Value - United States: 1868-2015 (continued) [Blank data cells indicate a program change or that the estimation period has not yet begun] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : Yield : : : Price : : Year : Area : Area : per : : : per : Value of : Value of : planted : harvested : acre : Production : Sold : cwt 1/ : production : sales ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : ---- 1,000 acres --- cwt ------- 1,000 cwt ------ dollars ------ 1,000 dollars ------ : 1950 ....: 498.5 489.4 56 27,269 12,941 2.99 85,589 38,636 1951 ....: 319.5 312.0 51 15,998 8,264 5.55 89,055 45,888 1952 ....: 332.1 321.5 50 16,040 8,804 5.99 99,005 52,738 1953 ....: 351.4 343.0 55 18,998 10,888 4.44 86,835 48,314 1954 ....: 342.5 332.1 52 17,198 9,652 4.20 76,302 40,513 1955 ....: 352.0 341.6 63 21,608 12,535 3.27 72,392 40,947 1956 ....: 281.2 275.8 63 17,381 10,902 4.01 70,757 43,734 1957 ....: 280.1 273.8 66 18,057 11,120 4.18 75,964 46,449 1958 ....: 260.7 255.5 69 17,571 11,983 3.76 67,933 45,021 1959 ....: 266.8 256.6 74 18,865 12,886 3.25 62,253 41,957 : 1960 ....: 193.8 190.7 78 14,858 10,729 4.09 61,358 43,835 1961 ....: 187.4 183.1 79 14,415 10,640 4.30 61,924 45,759 1962 ....: 207.9 202.6 85 17,120 12,685 3.54 61,488 44,903 1963 ....: 177.7 170.8 84 14,356 11,023 4.03 57,835 44,447 1964 ....: 155.6 151.2 86 12,969 10,161 5.09 65,980 51,711 1965 ....: 171.8 168.1 92 15,469 12,164 4.22 65,472 51,308 1966 ....: 158.6 154.4 89 13,669 10,926 4.56 62,554 49,831 1967 ....: 144.1 139.5 97 13,486 11,028 4.48 60,412 49,436 1968 ....: 142.5 135.2 99 13,378 11,029 4.89 65,562 53,934 1969 ....: 141.7 136.4 103 14,070 11,607 4.18 59,346 48,568 : 1970 ....: 132.5 127.3 103 13,164 10,943 4.38 57,760 47,947 1971 ....: 118.6 112.6 102 11,494 9,623 5.22 60,127 50,245 1972 ....: 115.7 113.3 107 12,170 10,401 5.73 69,969 59,631 1973 ....: 116.0 111.6 109 12,156 10,185 7.32 89,163 74,548 1974 ....: 121.9 118.1 113 13,339 11,358 7.34 98,228 83,348 1975 ....: 117.8 114.3 113 12,891 11,022 8.59 110,758 94,670 1976 ....: 119.8 114.8 116 13,273 11,053 7.50 99,054 82,877 1977 ....: 111.8 107.1 111 11,885 10,161 10.50 124,859 106,948 1978 ....: 115.7 112.2 117 13,115 11,202 10.60 139,226 118,892 1979 ....: 117.9 114.2 117 13,370 11,417 8.92 119,093 101,856 : 1980 ....: 107.8 102.2 107 10,953 9,327 13.60 148,359 126,560 1981 ....: 113.2 109.8 117 12,799 10,891 13.60 174,748 148,547 1982 ....: 118.7 115.4 129 14,833 12,368 8.03 118,864 99,376 1983 ....: 105.3 102.4 118 12,083 10,343 13.60 165,265 140,754 1984 ....: 105.8 102.9 125 12,902 11,130 14.00 181,006 155,986 1985 ....: 108.2 103.3 141 14,573 8.81 127,836 1986 ....: 94.5 90.8 136 12,368 11.00 134,436 1987 ....: 92.3 88.9 131 11,611 11.50 133,512 1988 ....: 89.1 85.5 128 10,945 12.90 141,202 1989 ....: 89.5 86.0 132 11,358 16.40 186,279 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Sweet Potato Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, Production, Price, and Value - United States: 1868-2015 (continued) [Blank data cells indicate a program change or that the estimation period has not yet begun] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : : Yield : : : Price : : Year : Area : Area : per : : : per : Value of : Value of : planted : harvested : acre : Production : Sold : cwt 1/ : production : sales ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : ---- 1,000 acres --- cwt ----- 1,000 cwt ----- dollars ---- 1,000 dollars ---- : 1990 ....: 93.9 89.5 141 12,594 9.70 121,962 1991 ....: 81.2 77.8 144 11,203 13.30 149,367 1992 ....: 85.9 82.4 146 12,005 12.20 146,499 1993 ....: 82.9 80.0 138 11,027 15.10 166,506 1994 ....: 86.1 82.7 162 13,380 14.00 187,206 1995 ....: 86.9 83.1 154 12,821 15.90 203,799 1996 ....: 88.1 83.7 158 13,216 14.40 190,529 1997 ....: 85.6 82.1 162 13,327 15.80 211,177 1998 ....: 87.1 83.7 148 12,365 15.30 189,532 1999 ....: 93.7 83.0 147 12,221 17.60 214,754 : 2000 ....: 97.9 94.8 145 13,780 15.30 210,351 2001 ....: 98.3 93.6 155 14,515 15.30 222,658 2002 ....: 96.4 82.3 156 12,799 16.80 214,650 2003 ....: 95.8 92.6 172 15,891 19.20 305,448 2004 ....: 96.9 92.8 174 16,112 17.50 281,559 2005 ....: 91.0 88.4 178 15,730 18.10 284,103 2006 ....: 95.7 87.3 188 16,401 18.20 298,388 2007 ....: 100.5 97.4 186 18,070 18.30 330,060 2008 ....: 103.2 97.3 190 18,443 21.20 390,572 2009 ....: 109.9 96.9 201 19,469 21.80 423,677 : 2010 ....: 119.8 116.9 204 23,845 19.80 472,218 2011 ....: 133.6 129.7 208 26,964 18.80 505,938 2012 ....: 130.5 126.6 209 26,482 17.40 461,861 2013 ....: 115.7 113.2 219 24,785 24.10 597,217 2014 ....: 137.3 135.2 219 29,584 23.90 706,916 2015 ....: 156.9 153.1 203 31,016 23.10 716,553 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ December 1 price through 1908; season average price thereafter. Prices weighted by production from 1866-1908 and 1985 to date; weighted by sales from 1909-1984.
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