U.S. Watermelon Production Statistics (1993 - 1997) - HORT410 - Vegetable Crops - Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture

Leading producers of watermelons in the U.S. are Texas, Georgia, Florida and California. The 1997 U.S. watermelon crop was harvested from 184,600 acres with a total yield of 40,734,000 cwt (average yield = 221cwt/acre), and a total value of $309,230,000. In 1997, U.S. watermelon production was down about 7.7% from 1996.

The following data shows production (cwt), harvested acres, yield (cwt/acre) and total value ($) of the fresh market watermelon crop for the major watermelon producing states for the period 1993 to 1997.

U.S. Fresh Market Watermelon Production (1993 - 1997)

U.S. Fresh Market Watermelon Harvested Acres (1993 - 1997)

U.S. Fresh Market Watermelon Yield (1993 - 1997)

U.S. Fresh Market Watermelon Value (1993 - 1997)

(the above statistics are derived from the USDA Economic and Statistics System)


David Rhodes Department of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture Horticulture Building 625 Agriculture Mall Drive Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907-2010 Last Update: 01/07/08