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Wheat Production by State

The US produces 8.7B bu of wheat across 10 states and 18.6M acres. North Dakota leads with 25.3% of production.

8.7B bu

Total Production

18.6M acres

Total Acreage

10

Producing States

Top Wheat Producing States

#StateProductionAcreage% of US Total
1North Dakota2.2B bu110K acres25.3%
2Kansas1.4B bu6.6M acres16.5%
3Montana1.3B bu1.8M acres15.1%
4Washington672.2M bu1.8M acres7.7%
5Idaho613.0M bu700K acres7.0%
6Minnesota559.3M bu1.1M acres6.4%
7Texas558.7M bu2.0M acres6.4%
8Oklahoma474.0M bu2.1M acres5.4%
9Colorado452.5M bu1.6M acres5.2%
10Illinois428.2M bu790K acres4.9%

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Frequently Asked Questions

North Dakota is the top wheat producer, accounting for 25.3% of US production with 2.2B bu.

The US produces 8.7B bu of wheat across 18.6M acres in 10 states.

Sources: USDA NASS

Production data from USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service surveys.

For this entity, the underlying data on this page comes from the USDA NASS Quick Stats database. The breakdown above is the federal record; the paragraphs below add the per-entity context that makes the headline numbers usable for a real decision rather than just a data lookup.

Every number on this page links back to the USDA NASS Quick Stats database; the methodology page describes the inputs, refresh cadence, and known limitations of the underlying data product.

Practical use of this page is in combination with the comparison and ranking pages elsewhere on the site, which surface the same data for this entity’s peers within U.S. crops and states. A single-entity reading without peer context can be misleading when an entity is an outlier on one axis but typical on another.

Source: USDA NASS Quick Stats, 2026.