U.S. potato production 2023, by state

China and India are the main producers of potatoes, with the United States ranked fourth among the leading potato producers worldwide. In the United States, Idaho topped the ranking of leading potato producing states, with an annual production amount of about 145 million cwt of potatoes in 2023. Washington and Wisconsin were the next largest producers with production amounting to about 99.7 million cwt and 29.4 million cwt, respectively in that year.

U.S. potato history

The potato was first discovered in South America and was widely grown throughout the Americas by 1719. Nowadays, potatoes are grown in almost every region in the United States. Since 2001, between 900 thousand and one million acres of potatoes have been planted and harvested each year.

U.S. potato utilization

In 2022, about 62 million cwt of potato was used for chips and shoestring fries across the United States. Fresh potato consumption per capita has been decreasing since 2010, while per capita consumption of fresh sweet potatoes had been on an upward trend until 2017.