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Peanuts are grown in the warm climates of Asia, Africa, Australia, and North and South America. India and China together account for more than half of the world's production. The United States has about 3% of the world acreage of peanuts, but grows nearly 10% of the world's crop because of higher yields per acre. Other major peanut growing countries include Senegal, Sudan, Brazil, Argentina, South Africa, Malawi, and Nigeria.
In the U.S. these are the major peanut producing states:
VIRGINIA, NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA
FLORIDA, ALABAMA, TEXAS, OKLAHOMA, NEW MEXICO, MISSISSIPPI
In the United States, ten states grow 99% of the U. S. peanut crop: Georgia (which grows about
42% of all U. S. peanuts), followed by Texas, Alabama, Florida, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Mississippi, Virginia, Oklahoma and New Mexico. These states are grouped into three regions. The Georgia-Florida-Alabama-Mississippi region (Southeast) grows mostly the medium-kernels Runner peanuts. The Southwest region (Texas-Oklahoma-New Mexico) grows Spanish, Runner and some Virginia type varieties. The Virginia-Carolina area grows mostly the large-kerneled Virginia type peanut. About
68% of all U. S. peanuts are grown in the Southeast, with the Virginia/Carolina area accounting for
about 13% and the Southwest, about 18%.
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Peanuts: Area Harvested, Yield, and Production
by State and United States, 2008-2009
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State
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Area Harvested
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Yield
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Production
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2008
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2009 |
2008
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2009
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2007
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2008
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2009
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| 1,000 Acres |
1,000
Acres
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Pounds |
Pounds |
1,000 Pounds
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1,000 Pounds
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1,000
Pounds
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| Alabama |
193 |
152 |
3,500 |
3,100 |
400,350 |
675,500 |
475,200 |
| Florida |
140 |
105
|
3,200 |
3,200 |
321,300 |
448,000 |
336,000 |
| Georgia |
685 |
505 |
3,400 |
3,530 |
1,622,400 |
2,329,000 |
1,782,650 |
| Mississippi |
21
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18 |
3,900 |
3,000 |
59,400
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81,900
|
54,000 |
| New Mexico |
8 |
7 |
3,200 |
3,100 |
32,200 |
25,600 |
21,700 |
| North Carolina |
97 |
66 |
3,700 |
3,700 |
261,000 |
358,900 |
244,200 |
| Oklahoma |
18 |
13 |
3,500 |
3,300 |
57,800 |
63,000 |
42,900 |
| South Carolina |
68 |
48 |
3,900 |
3,100 |
173,600 |
265,200 |
148,800 |
| Texas |
253 |
155 |
3,300 |
3,500 |
691,900 |
834,900 |
542,500 |
| Virginia |
24 |
12 |
3,350 |
3,700 |
52,500 |
80,400 |
44,400 |
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| United States |
1,507 |
1,081 |
3,426 |
3,412 |
3,672,250 |
5,162,400 |
3,688,350
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