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States that cut the most Christmas trees

Oregon leads the states with published values, at 4,823,877 Christmas trees cut for market.

The ranking uses the latest source table in MoverMath: 2022 Census of Agriculture. Tree cuts measure production in the Census year; they are not an estimate of trees sold locally or of household demand.

The five leading states

  1. 1.Oregon4,823,877
  2. 2.North Carolina3,208,419
  3. 3.Michigan1,799,391
  4. 4.Washington936,904
  5. 5.Pennsylvania721,480

What this measures

USDA NASS publishes the state Census of Agriculture total directly. Tree cuts and acres in production describe different stages of a long crop cycle.

Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2022 Census of Agriculture.

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