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U.S. Sweet Potato Production Summary - 1868-2015

Sweet Potato Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, Production, Price, and Value - United States: 1868-2015
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         :              :              :    Yield     :                   :              :    Price     :                   :
   Year  :     Area     :     Area     :     per      :                   :              :     per      :     Value of      :     Value of
         :   planted    :  harvested   :     acre     :    Production     :     Sold     :    cwt 1/    :    production     :       sales
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         :       -- 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
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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
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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
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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
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See footnote(s) at end of table.                                                                                                     --continued
Sweet Potato Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, Production, Price, and Value -
United States: 1868-2015 (continued)
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         :              :              :    Yield     :                   :              :    Price     :                   :
   Year  :     Area     :     Area     :     per      :                   :              :     per      :     Value of      :     Value of
         :   planted    :  harvested   :     acre     :    Production     :     Sold     :    cwt 1/    :    production     :       sales
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         :    ---- 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
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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
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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
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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
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See footnote(s) at end of table.                                                                                                     --continued
Sweet Potato Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, Production, Price, and Value -
United States: 1868-2015 (continued)
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         :              :              :    Yield     :                   :              :    Price     :                   :
   Year  :     Area     :     Area     :     per      :                   :              :     per      :     Value of      :     Value of
         :   planted    :  harvested   :     acre     :    Production     :     Sold     :   cwt  1/    :    production     :       sales
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         :    ---- 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
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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
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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
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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
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See footnote(s) at end of table.                                                                                                     --continued
Sweet Potato Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, Production, Price, and Value -
United States: 1868-2015 (continued)
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         :              :              :    Yield     :                   :              :    Price     :                   :
   Year  :     Area     :     Area     :     per      :                   :              :     per      :     Value of      :     Value of
         :   planted    :  harvested   :     acre     :    Production     :     Sold     :   cwt  1/    :    production     :       sales
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         :    ---- 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
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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
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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
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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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