Table 4--U.S. strawberry harvested acreage, yield per acre, and production, 13 States, 1970-81
Item 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981
                                                                -- Acres --
Harvested acreage:
Arkansas         1,500   1,400    1,300    1,300   1,200   1,100   1,100      900     500     400     400      250

California       8,500   8,300    7,800    8,100   8,900  10,000  10,800   11,600  12,900  11,500  11,000   10,900
Florida          1,800   1,600    1,600    1,400   1,300   1,200   1,400    1,500   2,200   2,400   2,500    3,200
Louisiana        1,300   1,100    1,200    1,000     900     900     850      850     800     700     650      650

Michigan         5,800   5,200    4,000    3,400   3,100   3,000   2,900    2,800   2,800   2,800   2,700    2,700
New Jersey       1,300   1,300    1,200    1,100   1,000     900     800      900   1,000     900     900      900
New York         1,700   1,600    1,300    1,500   1,600   1,800   1,900    2,100   2,200   2,500   2,700    2,800
North Carolina   1,800   1,900    2,100    2,100   2,000   2,100   2,100    2,100   2,100   2,100   2,100    2,100
Ohio             1,500   1,600    1,700    1,400   1,400   1,400   1,400    1,600   1,900   1,900   1,900    1,900

Oregon          11,000  10,000    8,200    7,400   6,700   5,800   5,200    5,300   5,000   5,200   5,200    5,500
Pennsylvania     1,300   1,300    1,300    1,200   1,100   1,200   1,300    1,400   1,500   1,500   1,600    1,700
Washington       4,100   4,100    3,800    3,600   3,600   3,400   3,300    3,300   3,300   3,100   2,900    2,800
Wisconsin        1,500   1,500    1,400    1,400   1,300   1,400   1,400    1,300   1,400   1,500   1,500    1,600
Other 1 /        7,300   6,880    6,510    5,710   5,160   5,390

U.S. total      50,400  47,780   43,410   40,610  39,260  39,590  34,450   35,650  37,600  36,500  36,050   37,000

                                                                -- 1,000  pounds --
Yield per acre:
Arkansas           3.0     2.5      2.5      2.2     2.3     4.1     4.5      4.8     4.0     4.4     6.4      6.4
California        34.0    36.5     36.5     39.5    43.0    38.0    39.0     45.0    39.0    41.0    47.0     49.5
Florida            8.0    11.0     12.5     13.5    13.5    16.5    15.0     14.5    16.0    16.0    19.0     21.0
Louisiana          5.8     7.4      6.0      6.1     6.1     7.3     7.1      6.1     6.6     6.5     6.0      6.0

Michigan           4.4     4.8      5.3      4.4     5.7     6.5     8.0      7.0     7.5     7.0     6.5      6.5
New Jersey         5.2     5.3      3.8      4.2     5.3     4.5     4.5      4.3     5.0     3.8     4.2      4.8
New York           3.9     3.5      2.4      4.0     4.2     4.1     3.3      4.3     4.9     5.5     5.3      4.6
North Carolina     2.0     1.8      0.9      3.2     2.8     2.3     2.1      2.0     1.5     2.5     2.9      2.8
Ohio               3.6     3.7      4.0      3.6     4.6     4.9     5.7      4.9     5.8     5.5     7.0      4.2

Oregon             6.5     8.3      6.7      6.6     6.2     7.2     9.2      6.6     6.8     8.2     8.9      9.3
Pennsylvania       3.6     3.6      3.1      3.2     3.7     4.0     3.8      4.2     3.7     3.8     3.9      4.0
Washington         7.3     6.5      6.4      6.0     6.3     6.8     7.6      6.1     5.3     5.3     6.0      6.0
Wisconsin          2.8     2.9      2.3      2.7     4.9     4.6     3.0      2.4     3.9     3.1     3.8      3.6

U.S. total         9.8    10.9     10.6     11.8    13.7    13.9     16.9    18.6    17.5    17.5    19.5     20.0

                                                               -- Million  pounds --
Production:
Arkansas           4.5     3.5      3.3      2.9      2.8    4.5       5.0    4.3     2.0     1.8     2.6      1.6
California       289.0   303.0    284.7    320.0    382.7  380.0     421.2  522.0   503.1   471.5   517.0    539.6
Florida           14.4    17.6     20.0     18.9     17.6   19.8      21.0   21.8    35.2    38.4    47.5     67.2
Louisiana          7.5     8.1      7.2      6.1      5.5    6.6       6.0    5.2     5.3     4.6     3.9      3.9

Michigan          25.5    25.0     21.2     15.0     17.7   19.5      23.2   19.6    21.0    19.6    17.6     17.6
New Jersey         6.8     6.9      4.6      4.6      5.3    4.1       3.6    3.9     5.0     3.4     3.8      4.3
New York           6.6     5.6      3.1      6.0      6.7    7.4       6.3    9.0    10.8    13.8    14.3     12.9
North Carolina     3.6     3.4      1.9      6.7      5.6    4.8       4.4    4.2     3.2     5.3     6.1      5.9
Ohio               5.4     5.9      6.8      5.0      6.4    6.9       8.0    7.8    11.0    10.5    13.3      8.0

Oregon            71.5    83.0     54.9     48.8     41.5   41.8      47.8   35.0    34.0    42.6    46.3     51.2
Pennsylvania       4.7     4.7      4.0      3.8      4.1    4.8       4.9    5.9     5.6     5.7     6.2      6.8
Washington        29.9    26.7     24.3     21.6     22.7   23.1      25.1   20.1    17.5    16.4    17.4     16.8
Wisconsin          4.2     4.4      3.2      3.8      3.8    6.4       4.2    3.1     5.5     4.7     5.7      5.8
Other 1/          22.4    22.9     21.0     16.4     13.8   20.9

U.S. total       496.0   520.7     460.2   479.6    536.2  550.6     580.7  661.9    659.2  638.3   701.7    741.6


1/ Ten other States were reported prior to 1976: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA.

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