Potatoes — Area harvested in United States of America
United States of America: Potatoes — Area harvested was 374,500 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Potatoes — Area harvested in United States of America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
United States of America recorded 374,500 ha for potatoes — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.6% on the previous year and down 12.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in United States of America peaked at 599,268 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 368,960 ha, in 2020.
United States of America ranks 20th of 29 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.
Potatoes — Area harvested in United States of America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 599,268 ha | — |
| 1962 | 545,416 ha | -9.0% |
| 1963 | 535,715 ha | -1.8% |
| 1964 | 515,019 ha | -3.9% |
| 1965 | 560,057 ha | +8.7% |
| 1966 | 592,136 ha | +5.7% |
| 1967 | 591,043 ha | -0.2% |
| 1968 | 560,045 ha | -5.2% |
| 1969 | 573,080 ha | +2.3% |
| 1970 | 578,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1971 | 565,900 ha | -2.1% |
| 1972 | 510,800 ha | -9.7% |
| 1973 | 531,500 ha | +4.1% |
| 1974 | 566,100 ha | +6.5% |
| 1975 | 512,400 ha | -9.5% |
| 1976 | 557,900 ha | +8.9% |
| 1977 | 553,300 ha | -0.8% |
| 1978 | 559,100 ha | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 511,900 ha | -8.4% |
| 1980 | 466,900 ha | -8.8% |
| 1981 | 501,300 ha | +7.4% |
| 1982 | 515,400 ha | +2.8% |
| 1983 | 505,000 ha | -2.0% |
| 1984 | 527,900 ha | +4.5% |
| 1985 | 552,700 ha | +4.7% |
| 1986 | 496,400 ha | -10.2% |
| 1987 | 523,400 ha | +5.4% |
| 1988 | 509,600 ha | -2.6% |
| 1989 | 518,600 ha | +1.8% |
| 1990 | 554,700 ha | +7.0% |
| 1991 | 556,200 ha | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 532,200 ha | -4.3% |
| 1993 | 534,670 ha | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 560,530 ha | +4.8% |
| 1995 | 556,890 ha | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 577,040 ha | +3.6% |
| 1997 | 547,780 ha | -5.1% |
| 1998 | 561,260 ha | +2.5% |
| 1999 | 538,960 ha | -4.0% |
| 2000 | 545,320 ha | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 494,086 ha | -9.4% |
| 2002 | 512,297 ha | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 505,701 ha | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 471,869 ha | -6.7% |
| 2005 | 439,574 ha | -6.8% |
| 2006 | 453,334 ha | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 454,143 ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 423,666 ha | -6.7% |
| 2009 | 422,492 ha | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 408,288 ha | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 436,454 ha | +6.9% |
| 2012 | 460,735 ha | +5.6% |
| 2013 | 425,290 ha | -7.7% |
| 2014 | 425,370 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 426,710 ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 419,943 ha | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 422,690 ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 410,670 ha | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 379,320 ha | -7.6% |
| 2020 | 368,960 ha | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 376,200 ha | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 371,590 ha | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 388,580 ha | +4.6% |
| 2024 | 374,500 ha | -3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 563,531 ha | 515,019 ha | 599,268 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 544,690 ha | 510,800 ha | 578,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 511,720 ha | 466,900 ha | 552,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 552,023 ha | 532,200 ha | 577,040 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 472,248 ha | 422,492 ha | 545,320 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 421,547 ha | 379,320 ha | 460,735 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 375,966 ha | 368,960 ha | 388,580 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near United States of America
- 17 Lao People's Democratic Republic 53 ha compare
- 17 Nepal 211,505 ha compare
- 18 Poland 196,150 ha compare
- 18 Polynesia 0 ha compare
- 19 Czechoslovakia 161,787 ha compare
- 20 Canada 156,309 ha compare
- 21 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 152,670 ha compare
- 22 Belarus 141,000 ha compare
- 23 Algeria 135,414 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in United States of America?
- Potatoes — area harvested in United States of America was 374,500 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 599,268 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 368,960 ha in 2020.
- How does United States of America rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- United States of America ranks 20th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.0%. 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 Potatoes — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.