Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in United States of America
United States of America: Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested was 21,489 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in United States of America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in United States of America is 21,489 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 5.4% on the previous year and down 26.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in United States of America peaked at 69,000 ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 17,928 ha, in 2020.
United States of America ranks 18th of 27 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested in United States of America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 52,588 ha | — |
| 1962 | 55,987 ha | +6.5% |
| 1963 | 52,730 ha | -5.8% |
| 1964 | 53,114 ha | +0.7% |
| 1965 | 48,521 ha | -8.6% |
| 1966 | 45,689 ha | -5.8% |
| 1967 | 47,955 ha | +5.0% |
| 1968 | 50,848 ha | +6.0% |
| 1969 | 55,887 ha | +9.9% |
| 1970 | 49,739 ha | -11.0% |
| 1971 | 45,607 ha | -8.3% |
| 1972 | 44,899 ha | -1.6% |
| 1973 | 43,301 ha | -3.6% |
| 1974 | 33,265 ha | -23.2% |
| 1975 | 35,705 ha | +7.3% |
| 1976 | 36,291 ha | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 38,639 ha | +6.5% |
| 1978 | 47,891 ha | +23.9% |
| 1979 | 45,615 ha | -4.8% |
| 1980 | 42,714 ha | -6.4% |
| 1981 | 42,896 ha | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 55,000 ha | +28.2% |
| 1983 | 49,000 ha | -10.9% |
| 1984 | 54,000 ha | +10.2% |
| 1985 | 59,000 ha | +9.3% |
| 1986 | 65,000 ha | +10.2% |
| 1987 | 62,000 ha | -4.6% |
| 1988 | 56,400 ha | -9.0% |
| 1989 | 69,000 ha | +22.3% |
| 1990 | 59,000 ha | -14.5% |
| 1991 | 53,000 ha | -10.2% |
| 1992 | 54,875 ha | +3.5% |
| 1993 | 52,660 ha | -4.0% |
| 1994 | 51,750 ha | -1.7% |
| 1995 | 51,020 ha | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 51,980 ha | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 52,330 ha | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 51,020 ha | -2.5% |
| 1999 | 54,570 ha | +7.0% |
| 2000 | 52,000 ha | -4.7% |
| 2001 | 48,690 ha | -6.4% |
| 2002 | 46,210 ha | -5.1% |
| 2003 | 44,190 ha | -4.4% |
| 2004 | 44,050 ha | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 45,430 ha | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 45,530 ha | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 36,970 ha | -18.8% |
| 2008 | 35,990 ha | -2.7% |
| 2009 | 36,270 ha | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 36,960 ha | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 34,864 ha | -5.7% |
| 2012 | 32,150 ha | -7.8% |
| 2013 | 33,610 ha | +4.5% |
| 2014 | 29,400 ha | -12.5% |
| 2015 | 26,910 ha | -8.5% |
| 2016 | 28,770 ha | +6.9% |
| 2017 | 30,290 ha | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 29,580 ha | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 23,553 ha | -20.4% |
| 2020 | 17,928 ha | -23.9% |
| 2021 | 20,679 ha | +15.3% |
| 2022 | 21,368 ha | +3.3% |
| 2023 | 20,396 ha | -4.5% |
| 2024 | 21,489 ha | +5.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 51,480 ha | 45,689 ha | 55,987 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 42,095 ha | 33,265 ha | 49,739 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 55,501 ha | 42,714 ha | 69,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 53,220 ha | 51,020 ha | 59,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 43,533 ha | 35,990 ha | 52,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 30,609 ha | 23,553 ha | 36,960 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,372 ha | 17,928 ha | 21,489 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in United States of America?
- Cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested in United States of America was 21,489 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 69,000 ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,928 ha in 2020.
- How does United States of America rank for cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested?
- United States of America ranks 18th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cantaloupes and other melons — area harvested rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United States of America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cantaloupes and other melons — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.