Soybeans Production by State

The US produces 49.2B bu of soybeans across 17 states and 78.2M acres. Illinois leads with 16.4% of production.

Reviewed by CropReview Editorial Team · Updated Apr 11, 2026

49.2B bu

Total Production

78.2M acres

Total Acreage

Producing States

What the Soybeans Data Shows

Across the 17 states USDA NASS tracks for soybeans, total reported production runs to 49.2B bu on 78.2M acres — one of the largest field-crop footprints in the dataset.

Illinois ranks first for soybeans, producing 8.0B bu — 16.4% of the U.S. total — though production is spread across enough states that no one state controls the market.

Even the top three states (Illinois, Iowa, and Minnesota) supply only 39% of U.S. soybeans between them, marking it as a broadly distributed crop grown across 17 states.

Iowa follows in second at 14.2% (7.0B bu), 2.2 points behind Illinois.

Below the leaders, the rankings run to North Carolina, the 17th tracked soybeans state at 792.1M bu (1.6% of the U.S. total); the second-largest producer, Iowa, contributes 14.2%.

Top Soybeans Producing States

#	State	Production	Acreage	% of US Total
1	Illinois	8.0B bu	10.3M acres	16.4%
2	Iowa	7.0B bu	9.9M acres	14.2%
3	Minnesota	4.2B bu	7.3M acres	8.6%
4	Indiana	4.2B bu	5.5M acres	8.6%
5	Ohio	3.4B bu	4.7M acres	7.0%
6	Missouri	3.3B bu	5.5M acres	6.7%
7	Nebraska	3.3B bu	5.2M acres	6.6%
8	South Dakota	2.7B bu	5.0M acres	5.4%
9	North Dakota	2.6B bu	6.2M acres	5.3%
10	Arkansas	2.0B bu	3.0M acres	4.1%
11	Mississippi	1.6B bu	2.1M acres	3.2%
12	Wisconsin	1.3B bu	2.1M acres	2.6%
13	Kentucky	1.3B bu	1.8M acres	2.6%
14	Kansas	1.3B bu	4.4M acres	2.6%
15	Michigan	1.2B bu	2.0M acres	2.4%
16	Tennessee	1.0B bu	1.6M acres	2.1%
17	North Carolina	792.1M bu	1.6M acres	1.6%