U.S. Spring Potato Production Summary - 1949-2015
Spring Potato Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, Production, Price, and Value - United States: 1949-2015
[Blank data cells indicate a program change or that the estimation period has not yet begun]
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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 ---
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1949 ....: 231.5 230.4 120 27,673 24,128 2.54 71,329 61,277
1950 ....: 242.1 241.7 123 29,794 25,589 1.82 53,402 46,512
1951 ....: 180.2 178.4 126 22,444 19,493 2.39 54,702 46,591
1952 ....: 188.6 187.2 133 24,901 22,426 3.97 100,462 88,967
1953 ....: 228.5 224.7 138 31,108 26,276 1.64 47,608 43,223
1954 ....: 177.1 176.8 143 25,316 22,824 2.62 66,025 59,859
1955 ....: 191.4 181.4 151 27,342 25,071 2.39 65,724 59,828
1956 ....: 170.8 170.1 150 25,504 23,744 4.10 105,031 97,454
1957 ....: 180.1 177.9 174 30,983 28,965 1.50 46,753 43,410
1958 ....: 183.1 177.0 157 27,812 25,797 1.97 54,338 50,779
1959 ....: 138.6 137.8 183 25,264 23,745 3.21 80,641 76,311
:
1960 ....: 155.0 154.7 191 29,484 28,221 2.65 78,013 74,647
1961 ....: 151.4 147.5 214 31,565 30,299 1.77 56,277 53,550
1962 ....: 123.4 122.7 200 24,572 23,506 2.48 61,284 58,323
1963 ....: 132.4 131.0 213 27,961 26,323 1.91 53,119 50,300
1964 ....: 113.3 111.6 214 23,911 23,285 3.69 88,562 85,985
1965 ....: 147.3 145.1 201 29,164 28,535 4.74 138,481 135,216
1966 ....: 154.7 146.9 208 30,551 29,154 2.17 66,378 63,394
1967 ....: 141.8 131.0 203 26,612 25,783 2.35 62,620 60,562
1968 ....: 119.4 117.3 219 25,647 24,995 3.10 79,625 77,522
1969 ....: 125.1 121.1 225 27,293 26,662 2.64 72,038 70,317
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1970 ....: 111.5 110.7 234 25,907 25,295 3.27 84,883 82,814
1971 ....: 112.1 107.3 220 23,658 23,033 2.51 59,397 57,764
1972 ....: 96.9 95.8 219 21,011 20,431 2.94 61,807 59,983
1973 ....: 99.7 98.7 216 21,308 20,780 6.06 129,330 125,932
1974 ....: 103.9 103.0 243 24,994 24,404 6.80 170,141 166,037
1975 ....: 84.9 84.0 237 19,904 19,415 6.12 122,078 118,912
1976 ....: 100.1 98.1 252 24,723 24,128 5.30 131,072 127,888
1977 ....: 92.5 91.1 251 22,867 22,340 6.23 142,555 139,151
1978 ....: 92.9 90.5 198 17,896 17,442 7.07 126,500 123,339
1979 ....: 88.8 83.7 255 21,348 20,859 4.54 96,935 94,687
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1980 ....: 75.2 71.6 238 17,067 16,648 6.46 110,260 107,523
1981 ....: 79.8 78.7 264 20,803 20,333 10.20 212,176 207,546
1982 ....: 82.1 81.0 259 20,964 20,490 8.83 185,014 180,971
1983 ....: 82.1 79.6 230 18,338 17,926 8.34 152,721 149,478
1984 ....: 88.4 86.9 276 23,996 23,503 9.56 229,429 224,658
1985 ....: 92.0 87.0 264 22,986 22,529 8.26 189,810 186,149
1986 ....: 77.7 76.2 261 19,865 19,490 7.05 139,981 137,310
1987 ....: 84.6 82.8 229 18,988 18,611 11.60 219,806 215,994
1988 ....: 80.9 79.8 252 20,110 19,735 6.80 137,629 134,844
1989 ....: 92.3 88.9 235 20,852 20,398 11.20 233,455 229,096
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See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
Spring Potato Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, Production, Price, and Value -
United States: 1949-2015 (continued)
[Blank data cells indicate a program change or that the estimation period has not yet begun]
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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 ....: 96.2 95.1 254 24,163 23,710 10.10 244,457 240,171
1991 ....: 90.2 87.5 236 20,636 20,229 13.40 275,345 270,816
1992 ....: 85.3 83.0 259 21,535 21,125 7.45 160,352 157,414
1993 ....: 86.9 83.8 235 19,654 19,250 11.70 230,137 225,947
1994 ....: 91.6 90.4 251 22,646 22,222 9.09 205,938 201,890
1995 ....: 88.3 84.3 240 20,193 19,749 9.27 187,523 182,977
1996 ....: 93.4 90.0 249 22,417 21,983 10.60 237,687 233,298
1997 ....: 89.3 87.5 255 22,299 21,498 9.53 212,245 204,881
1998 ....: 92.8 90.4 233 21,095 20,565 10.20 214,698 209,706
1999 ....: 86.6 84.3 300 25,292 24,698 9.09 230,051 224,583
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2000 ....: 77.4 75.6 290 21,921 21,314 9.57 210,203 203,933
2001 ....: 78.3 76.2 286 21,814 20,867 9.86 216,246 205,692
2002 ....: 87.8 86.1 261 22,452 21,367 13.28 302,513 283,753
2003 ....: 88.6 84.7 288 24,433 23,242 10.89 266,980 253,105
2004 ....: 76.5 72.2 314 22,663 21,603 9.91 226,519 214,104
2005 ....: 68.0 66.7 281 18,724 17,833 10.90 210,102 199,836
2006 ....: 70.7 67.5 293 19,766 18,938 12.32 243,057 233,376
2007 2/ .: 72.8 70.2 282 19,820 19,000 14.23 279,535 270,434
2008 ....: 70.3 68.8 293 20,132 19,132 14.97 301,161 286,371
2009 ....: 79.2 73.7 289 21,321 20,339 15.96 340,287 324,571
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2010 3/ .: 89.3 85.8 289 24,797 23,385 13.50 335,309 314,992
2011 ....: 93.3 91.5 279 25,573 24,633 15.89 407,488 391,321
2012 ....: 96.9 94.6 283 26,736 26,187 16.18 432,008 423,698
2013 ....: 75.9 72.9 304 22,137 21,112 17.62 389,961 370,849
2014 ....: 73.8 71.1 318 22,608 21,885 14.93 337,563 325,559
2015 ....: 70.1 68.5 296 20,251 14.94 302,483
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1/ Prices weighted by sales.
2/ Beginning in 2007, includes Florida winter potatoes.
3/ Beginning in 2010, winter and summer estimates included in spring total for California.
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