Table 4--U.S. strawberry harvested acreage, yield per acre, and production, 13 States, 1970-81
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-- 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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