Idaho potato production
138.38 million cwt
Potatoes harvested in Idaho, 2025 (estimate)
+2.3% since 2024 (135.24 million cwt); +6.1% since 2015 (130.40 million cwt); +76.3% since 1975 (78.48 million cwt)
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, Crop Production and Agricultural Prices, potatoes. Data period 2025. Status: estimate. Published .
Potato production, measured in hundredweight (CWT), for the year.
Change and comparison
From 1882 (150,000 cwt) to 2025 (138.38 million cwt), the figure grew 923-fold.
Over the most recent 5 years, 2020 (134.78 million cwt) to 2025 (138.38 million cwt), the change was +2.7%.
The series high is 152,320,000 cwt in 2000 and the low is 150,000 cwt in 1882.
Idaho was highest among 23 states in 2018, at 141,750,000 cwt; Alaska was lowest at 140,000 cwt. The headline figure above is in 2025; this ranking is in 2018.
Idaho is highest among its neighboring states at 141,750,000 cwt; Washington is next at 100,800,000 cwt.
Historical data
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, Crop Production and Agricultural Prices, potatoes. Published .
Data table (144 rows)
| Period | Idaho (hundredweight (cwt)) |
|---|---|
| 1882 | 150,000 |
| 1883 | 220,000 |
| 1884 | 225,000 |
| 1885 | 162,000 |
| 1886 | 276,000 |
| 1887 | 351,000 |
| 1888 | 303,000 |
| 1889 | 300,000 |
| 1890 | 353,000 |
| 1891 | 443,000 |
| 1892 | 370,000 |
| 1893 | 462,000 |
| 1894 | 525,000 |
| 1895 | 395,000 |
| 1896 | 479,000 |
| 1897 | 496,000 |
| 1898 | 619,000 |
| 1899 | 599,000 |
| 1900 | 708,000 |
| 1901 | 607,000 |
| 1902 | 1,179,000 |
| 1903 | 1,248,000 |
| 1904 | 1,265,000 |
| 1905 | 1,493,000 |
| 1906 | 1,764,000 |
| 1907 | 2,250,000 |
| 1908 | 2,122,000 |
| 1909 | 2,789,000 |
| 1910 | 2,083,000 |
| 1911 | 2,880,000 |
| 1912 | 3,780,000 |
| 1913 | 3,162,000 |
| 1914 | 2,856,000 |
| 1915 | 3,128,000 |
| 1916 | 3,444,000 |
| 1917 | 5,304,000 |
| 1918 | 4,410,000 |
| 1919 | 3,881,000 |
| 1920 | 5,616,000 |
| 1921 | 7,104,000 |
| 1922 | 9,477,000 |
| 1923 | 7,344,000 |
| 1924 | 6,552,000 |
| 1925 | 8,160,000 |
| 1926 | 9,102,000 |
| 1927 | 14,490,000 |
| 1928 | 11,702,000 |
| 1929 | 9,475,000 |
| 1930 | 15,450,000 |
| 1931 | 14,400,000 |
| 1932 | 14,160,000 |
| 1933 | 14,706,000 |
| 1934 | 14,359,000 |
| 1935 | 13,104,000 |
| 1936 | 13,342,000 |
| 1937 | 17,550,000 |
| 1938 | 18,000,000 |
| 1939 | 16,614,000 |
| 1940 | 19,584,000 |
| 1941 | 16,470,000 |
| 1942 | 18,354,000 |
| 1943 | 26,082,000 |
| 1944 | 23,789,000 |
| 1945 | 27,675,000 |
| 1946 | 27,768,000 |
| 1947 | 17,160,000 |
| 1948 | 27,360,000 |
| 1949 | 21,790,000 |
| 1950 | 30,516,000 |
| 1951 | 23,055,000 |
| 1952 | 26,929,000 |
| 1953 | 30,690,000 |
| 1954 | 26,608,000 |
| 1955 | 33,188,000 |
| 1956 | 33,730,000 |
| 1957 | 39,018,000 |
| 1958 | 45,568,000 |
| 1959 | 42,408,000 |
| 1960 | 43,078,000 |
| 1961 | 57,734,000 |
| 1962 | 44,919,000 |
| 1963 | 53,466,000 |
| 1964 | 39,698,000 |
| 1965 | 61,695,000 |
| 1966 | 70,190,000 |
| 1967 | 63,900,000 |
| 1968 | 59,505,000 |
| 1969 | 69,870,000 |
| 1970 | 74,660,000 |
| 1971 | 77,290,000 |
| 1972 | 77,295,000 |
| 1973 | 78,965,000 |
| 1974 | 81,195,000 |
| 1975 | 78,475,000 |
| 1976 | 88,455,000 |
| 1977 | 88,200,000 |
| 1978 | 100,310,000 |
| 1979 | 84,930,000 |
| 1980 | 79,910,000 |
| 1981 | 84,480,000 |
| 1982 | 91,785,000 |
| 1983 | 85,990,000 |
| 1984 | 86,600,000 |
| 1985 | 102,515,000 |
| 1986 | 90,220,000 |
| 1987 | 99,710,000 |
| 1988 | 102,610,000 |
| 1989 | 102,475,000 |
| 1990 | 119,070,000 |
| 1991 | 122,175,000 |
| 1992 | 127,050,000 |
| 1993 | 126,192,000 |
| 1994 | 138,801,000 |
| 1995 | 132,657,000 |
| 1996 | 142,800,000 |
| 1997 | 140,314,000 |
| 1998 | 138,000,000 |
| 1999 | 133,330,000 |
| 2000 | 152,320,000 |
| 2001 | 120,200,000 |
| 2002 | 133,385,000 |
| 2003 | 123,180,000 |
| 2004 | 131,970,000 |
| 2005 | 118,288,000 |
| 2006 | 128,915,000 |
| 2007 | 130,010,000 |
| 2008 | 116,475,000 |
| 2009 | 132,500,000 |
| 2010 | 112,970,000 |
| 2011 | 128,760,000 |
| 2012 | 141,820,000 |
| 2013 | 131,131,000 |
| 2014 | 132,880,000 |
| 2015 | 130,400,000 |
| 2016 | 139,320,000 |
| 2017 | 134,850,000 |
| 2018 | 141,750,000 |
| 2019 | 130,900,000 |
| 2020 | 134,775,000 |
| 2021 | 132,090,000 |
| 2022 | 120,745,000 |
| 2023 | 143,333,000 |
| 2024 | 135,235,000 |
| 2025 | 138,380,000 |
Compared with other states
The headline figure above is in 2025; this comparison is in 2018.
Hundredweight (cwt)
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, Crop Production and Agricultural Prices, potatoes. Data period 2018. Published .
Data table (24 rows)
| State | 2018 |
|---|---|
| United States | 450,020,000 |
| 1. Idaho | 141,750,000 |
| 2. Washington | 100,800,000 |
| 3. Wisconsin | 27,135,000 |
| 4. Oregon | 27,000,000 |
| 5. North Dakota | 23,725,000 |
| 6. Colorado | 21,722,000 |
| 7. Minnesota | 18,705,000 |
| 8. Michigan | 18,240,000 |
| 9. California | 15,457,000 |
| 10. Maine | 15,035,000 |
| 11. Nebraska | 9,264,000 |
| 12. Texas | 7,438,000 |
| 13. Florida | 5,512,000 |
| 14. New York | 3,886,000 |
| 15. Montana | 3,885,000 |
| 16. Illinois | 2,850,000 |
| 17. North Carolina | 2,318,000 |
| 18. Missouri | 1,665,000 |
| 19. Kansas | 1,419,000 |
| 20. Virginia | 1,034,000 |
| 21. New Jersey | 530,000 |
| 22. Maryland | 510,000 |
| 23. Alaska | 140,000 |
Acres planted and harvested
299,500 acres in 2026 (estimate). Potato acreage harvested in the year.
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, Crop Production and Agricultural Prices, potatoes. Published .
Data table (145 rows)
| Period | Potato acres harvested (acres) | Potato acres planted (acres) |
|---|---|---|
| 1882 | 2,000 | n/a |
| 1883 | 3,000 | n/a |
| 1884 | 3,000 | n/a |
| 1885 | 3,000 | n/a |
| 1886 | 4,000 | n/a |
| 1887 | 5,000 | n/a |
| 1888 | 5,000 | n/a |
| 1889 | 5,000 | n/a |
| 1890 | 6,000 | n/a |
| 1891 | 6,000 | n/a |
| 1892 | 7,000 | n/a |
| 1893 | 7,000 | n/a |
| 1894 | 7,000 | n/a |
| 1895 | 7,000 | n/a |
| 1896 | 7,000 | n/a |
| 1897 | 7,000 | n/a |
| 1898 | 8,000 | n/a |
| 1899 | 9,000 | n/a |
| 1900 | 10,000 | n/a |
| 1901 | 11,000 | n/a |
| 1902 | 15,000 | n/a |
| 1903 | 16,000 | n/a |
| 1904 | 17,000 | n/a |
| 1905 | 19,000 | n/a |
| 1906 | 20,000 | n/a |
| 1907 | 25,000 | n/a |
| 1908 | 26,000 | n/a |
| 1909 | 28,000 | n/a |
| 1910 | 28,000 | n/a |
| 1911 | 30,000 | n/a |
| 1912 | 36,000 | n/a |
| 1913 | 34,000 | n/a |
| 1914 | 34,000 | n/a |
| 1915 | 33,000 | n/a |
| 1916 | 35,000 | n/a |
| 1917 | 52,000 | n/a |
| 1918 | 42,000 | n/a |
| 1919 | 44,000 | n/a |
| 1920 | 48,000 | n/a |
| 1921 | 64,000 | n/a |
| 1922 | 81,000 | n/a |
| 1923 | 68,000 | n/a |
| 1924 | 65,000 | n/a |
| 1925 | 68,000 | n/a |
| 1926 | 82,000 | n/a |
| 1927 | 105,000 | n/a |
| 1928 | 106,000 | n/a |
| 1929 | 84,000 | 84,000 |
| 1930 | 103,000 | 103,000 |
| 1931 | 120,000 | 120,000 |
| 1932 | 118,000 | 118,000 |
| 1933 | 114,000 | 114,000 |
| 1934 | 124,000 | 129,000 |
| 1935 | 104,000 | 115,000 |
| 1936 | 109,000 | 110,000 |
| 1937 | 130,000 | 132,000 |
| 1938 | 120,000 | 132,000 |
| 1939 | 130,000 | 133,000 |
| 1940 | 128,000 | 131,000 |
| 1941 | 122,000 | 124,000 |
| 1942 | 133,000 | 136,000 |
| 1943 | 189,000 | 197,000 |
| 1944 | 168,000 | 170,000 |
| 1945 | 205,000 | 211,000 |
| 1946 | 178,000 | 184,000 |
| 1947 | 130,000 | 131,000 |
| 1948 | 152,000 | 153,000 |
| 1949 | 147,000 | 148,000 |
| 1950 | 164,000 | 165,000 |
| 1951 | 131,000 | 133,000 |
| 1952 | 140,600 | 140,600 |
| 1953 | 164,000 | 166,000 |
| 1954 | 153,900 | 155,900 |
| 1955 | 169,700 | 175,700 |
| 1956 | 179,700 | 182,800 |
| 1957 | 186,000 | 187,100 |
| 1958 | 213,300 | 214,400 |
| 1959 | 210,800 | 212,000 |
| 1960 | 235,000 | 238,100 |
| 1961 | 273,800 | 287,000 |
| 1962 | 252,200 | 253,300 |
| 1963 | 241,100 | 242,500 |
| 1964 | 241,000 | 247,100 |
| 1965 | 282,000 | 283,000 |
| 1966 | 311,000 | 320,000 |
| 1967 | 304,000 | 307,000 |
| 1968 | 294,000 | 297,000 |
| 1969 | 317,000 | 320,000 |
| 1970 | 327,000 | 330,000 |
| 1971 | 319,000 | 329,000 |
| 1972 | 300,000 | 302,000 |
| 1973 | 323,000 | 325,000 |
| 1974 | 342,000 | 345,000 |
| 1975 | 322,000 | 325,000 |
| 1976 | 363,000 | 370,000 |
| 1977 | 360,000 | 365,000 |
| 1978 | 365,000 | 370,000 |
| 1979 | 318,000 | 320,000 |
| 1980 | 290,000 | 295,000 |
| 1981 | 318,000 | 320,000 |
| 1982 | 322,000 | 330,000 |
| 1983 | 312,000 | 315,000 |
| 1984 | 325,000 | 330,000 |
| 1985 | 345,000 | 355,000 |
| 1986 | 307,000 | 310,000 |
| 1987 | 337,000 | 340,000 |
| 1988 | 347,000 | 350,000 |
| 1989 | 353,000 | 355,000 |
| 1990 | 403,000 | 405,000 |
| 1991 | 393,000 | 395,000 |
| 1992 | 378,000 | 380,000 |
| 1993 | 388,000 | 390,000 |
| 1994 | 408,000 | 410,000 |
| 1995 | 398,000 | 400,000 |
| 1996 | 413,000 | 415,000 |
| 1997 | 398,000 | 400,000 |
| 1998 | 408,000 | 410,000 |
| 1999 | 393,000 | 395,000 |
| 2000 | 413,000 | 415,000 |
| 2001 | 348,000 | 350,000 |
| 2002 | 373,000 | 375,000 |
| 2003 | 358,000 | 360,000 |
| 2004 | 353,000 | 355,000 |
| 2005 | 323,000 | 325,000 |
| 2006 | 334,000 | 335,000 |
| 2007 | 349,000 | 350,000 |
| 2008 | 304,000 | 305,000 |
| 2009 | 319,000 | 320,000 |
| 2010 | 294,000 | 295,000 |
| 2011 | 319,000 | 320,000 |
| 2012 | 344,000 | 345,000 |
| 2013 | 316,000 | 317,000 |
| 2014 | 320,000 | 321,000 |
| 2015 | 322,000 | 323,000 |
| 2016 | 324,000 | 325,000 |
| 2017 | 310,000 | 310,000 |
| 2018 | 315,000 | 315,000 |
| 2019 | 308,000 | 310,000 |
| 2020 | 299,500 | 300,000 |
| 2021 | 314,500 | 315,000 |
| 2022 | 294,500 | 295,000 |
| 2023 | 329,500 | 330,000 |
| 2024 | 314,500 | 315,000 |
| 2025 | 314,500 | 315,000 |
| 2026 | 299,500 | 300,000 |
Yield per acre
440 cwt per acre in 2025 (estimate). Potato production per acre harvested, measured in hundredweight (CWT) per acre, for the year.
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, Crop Production and Agricultural Prices, potatoes. Published .
Data table (144 rows)
| Period | Potato yield (cwt per acre) |
|---|---|
| 1882 | 75 |
| 1883 | 73 |
| 1884 | 75 |
| 1885 | 54 |
| 1886 | 69 |
| 1887 | 70 |
| 1888 | 61 |
| 1889 | 60 |
| 1890 | 59 |
| 1891 | 74 |
| 1892 | 53 |
| 1893 | 66 |
| 1894 | 75 |
| 1895 | 56 |
| 1896 | 68 |
| 1897 | 71 |
| 1898 | 77 |
| 1899 | 67 |
| 1900 | 71 |
| 1901 | 55 |
| 1902 | 79 |
| 1903 | 78 |
| 1904 | 74 |
| 1905 | 79 |
| 1906 | 88 |
| 1907 | 90 |
| 1908 | 82 |
| 1909 | 100 |
| 1910 | 74 |
| 1911 | 96 |
| 1912 | 105 |
| 1913 | 93 |
| 1914 | 84 |
| 1915 | 95 |
| 1916 | 98 |
| 1917 | 102 |
| 1918 | 105 |
| 1919 | 88 |
| 1920 | 117 |
| 1921 | 111 |
| 1922 | 117 |
| 1923 | 108 |
| 1924 | 101 |
| 1925 | 120 |
| 1926 | 111 |
| 1927 | 138 |
| 1928 | 110 |
| 1929 | 113 |
| 1930 | 150 |
| 1931 | 120 |
| 1932 | 120 |
| 1933 | 129 |
| 1934 | 116 |
| 1935 | 126 |
| 1936 | 122 |
| 1937 | 135 |
| 1938 | 150 |
| 1939 | 128 |
| 1940 | 153 |
| 1941 | 135 |
| 1942 | 138 |
| 1943 | 138 |
| 1944 | 142 |
| 1945 | 135 |
| 1946 | 156 |
| 1947 | 132 |
| 1948 | 180 |
| 1949 | 148 |
| 1950 | 186 |
| 1951 | 176 |
| 1952 | 192 |
| 1953 | 187 |
| 1954 | 173 |
| 1955 | 196 |
| 1956 | 188 |
| 1957 | 210 |
| 1958 | 214 |
| 1959 | 201 |
| 1960 | 183 |
| 1961 | 211 |
| 1962 | 178 |
| 1963 | 222 |
| 1964 | 165 |
| 1965 | 219 |
| 1966 | 226 |
| 1967 | 210 |
| 1968 | 202 |
| 1969 | 220 |
| 1970 | 228 |
| 1971 | 242 |
| 1972 | 258 |
| 1973 | 244 |
| 1974 | 237 |
| 1975 | 244 |
| 1976 | 244 |
| 1977 | 245 |
| 1978 | 275 |
| 1979 | 267 |
| 1980 | 276 |
| 1981 | 266 |
| 1982 | 285 |
| 1983 | 276 |
| 1984 | 266 |
| 1985 | 297 |
| 1986 | 294 |
| 1987 | 296 |
| 1988 | 296 |
| 1989 | 290 |
| 1990 | 295 |
| 1991 | 311 |
| 1992 | 336 |
| 1993 | 325 |
| 1994 | 340 |
| 1995 | 333 |
| 1996 | 346 |
| 1997 | 353 |
| 1998 | 338 |
| 1999 | 339 |
| 2000 | 369 |
| 2001 | 345 |
| 2002 | 358 |
| 2003 | 344 |
| 2004 | 374 |
| 2005 | 366 |
| 2006 | 386 |
| 2007 | 373 |
| 2008 | 383 |
| 2009 | 415 |
| 2010 | 384 |
| 2011 | 404 |
| 2012 | 412 |
| 2013 | 415 |
| 2014 | 415 |
| 2015 | 405 |
| 2016 | 430 |
| 2017 | 435 |
| 2018 | 450 |
| 2019 | 425 |
| 2020 | 450 |
| 2021 | 420 |
| 2022 | 410 |
| 2023 | 435 |
| 2024 | 430 |
| 2025 | 440 |
Price growers received
$7.82 per cwt in 2025 (estimate). Season-average price growers received per hundredweight (CWT) of potatoes, for the marketing year.
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, Crop Production and Agricultural Prices, potatoes. Published .
Data table (144 rows)
| Period | Potato price received (dollars per cwt) | Potato price received in 2025 dollars (dollars per cwt) |
|---|---|---|
| 1882 | 1.67 | n/a |
| 1883 | 1.20 | n/a |
| 1884 | 0.92 | n/a |
| 1885 | 0.87 | n/a |
| 1886 | 0.95 | n/a |
| 1887 | 0.60 | n/a |
| 1888 | 1.12 | n/a |
| 1889 | 1.08 | n/a |
| 1890 | 1.25 | n/a |
| 1891 | 0.67 | n/a |
| 1892 | 0.90 | n/a |
| 1893 | 0.93 | n/a |
| 1894 | 0.88 | n/a |
| 1895 | 0.67 | n/a |
| 1896 | 0.50 | n/a |
| 1897 | 0.53 | n/a |
| 1898 | 0.90 | n/a |
| 1899 | 1.02 | n/a |
| 1900 | 0.78 | n/a |
| 1901 | 1.40 | n/a |
| 1902 | 0.62 | n/a |
| 1903 | 0.77 | n/a |
| 1904 | 1.05 | n/a |
| 1905 | 0.80 | n/a |
| 1906 | 0.68 | n/a |
| 1907 | 0.87 | n/a |
| 1908 | 1.00 | n/a |
| 1909 | 0.93 | n/a |
| 1910 | 1.27 | n/a |
| 1911 | 1.25 | n/a |
| 1912 | 0.62 | n/a |
| 1913 | 0.88 | 28.62 |
| 1914 | 0.95 | 30.58 |
| 1915 | 1.08 | 34.43 |
| 1916 | 2.20 | 64.98 |
| 1917 | 1.45 | 36.47 |
| 1918 | 1.37 | 29.21 |
| 1919 | 2.67 | 49.69 |
| 1920 | 1.52 | 24.47 |
| 1921 | 1.28 | 23.02 |
| 1922 | 0.65 | 12.46 |
| 1923 | 1.03 | 19.39 |
| 1924 | 1.05 | 19.77 |
| 1925 | 2.35 | 43.23 |
| 1926 | 1.62 | 29.47 |
| 1927 | 0.92 | 17.02 |
| 1928 | 0.68 | 12.80 |
| 1929 | 1.92 | 36.15 |
| 1930 | 0.78 | 15.04 |
| 1931 | 0.48 | 10.17 |
| 1932 | 0.37 | 8.69 |
| 1933 | 0.83 | 20.55 |
| 1934 | 0.62 | 14.90 |
| 1935 | 0.78 | 18.33 |
| 1936 | 1.53 | 35.44 |
| 1937 | 0.40 | 8.94 |
| 1938 | 0.50 | 11.42 |
| 1939 | 0.70 | 16.21 |
| 1940 | 0.40 | 9.20 |
| 1941 | 1.22 | 26.72 |
| 1942 | 1.45 | 28.64 |
| 1943 | 1.45 | 26.98 |
| 1944 | 1.70 | 31.10 |
| 1945 | 1.57 | 28.08 |
| 1946 | 1.52 | 25.10 |
| 1947 | 2.63 | 37.97 |
| 1948 | 2.00 | 26.72 |
| 1949 | 1.69 | 22.86 |
| 1950 | 0.85 | 11.35 |
| 1951 | 2.25 | 27.86 |
| 1952 | 2.50 | 30.37 |
| 1953 | 0.96 | 11.58 |
| 1954 | 1.89 | 22.62 |
| 1955 | 1.39 | 16.70 |
| 1956 | 1.18 | 13.97 |
| 1957 | 1.52 | 17.41 |
| 1958 | 1.00 | 11.14 |
| 1959 | 2.09 | 23.12 |
| 1960 | 1.83 | 19.90 |
| 1961 | 1.05 | 11.31 |
| 1962 | 1.48 | 15.78 |
| 1963 | 1.55 | 16.31 |
| 1964 | 3.24 | 33.65 |
| 1965 | 1.93 | 19.73 |
| 1966 | 1.67 | 16.59 |
| 1967 | 1.61 | 15.52 |
| 1968 | 2.35 | 21.74 |
| 1969 | 2.02 | 17.72 |
| 1970 | 1.93 | 16.01 |
| 1971 | 1.60 | 12.72 |
| 1972 | 2.45 | 18.87 |
| 1973 | 3.85 | 27.92 |
| 1974 | 3.80 | 24.82 |
| 1975 | 3.75 | 22.44 |
| 1976 | 2.95 | 16.69 |
| 1977 | 2.95 | 15.67 |
| 1978 | 2.25 | 11.11 |
| 1979 | 2.95 | 13.08 |
| 1980 | 5.65 | 22.07 |
| 1981 | 4.75 | 16.82 |
| 1982 | 3.50 | 11.68 |
| 1983 | 5.20 | 16.81 |
| 1984 | 4.85 | 15.03 |
| 1985 | 3.30 | 9.87 |
| 1986 | 4.30 | 12.63 |
| 1987 | 3.50 | 9.92 |
| 1988 | 5.40 | 14.70 |
| 1989 | 7.10 | 18.43 |
| 1990 | 5.00 | 12.32 |
| 1991 | 4.00 | 9.46 |
| 1992 | 5.15 | 11.82 |
| 1993 | 4.65 | 10.36 |
| 1994 | 4.95 | 10.75 |
| 1995 | 6.20 | 13.10 |
| 1996 | 3.85 | 7.90 |
| 1997 | 4.50 | 9.03 |
| 1998 | 4.55 | 8.99 |
| 1999 | 4.95 | 9.57 |
| 2000 | 4.00 | 7.48 |
| 2001 | 6.15 | 11.18 |
| 2002 | 5.00 | 8.95 |
| 2003 | 4.35 | 7.61 |
| 2004 | 4.25 | 7.24 |
| 2005 | 5.70 | 9.40 |
| 2006 | 5.90 | 9.42 |
| 2007 | 6.15 | 9.55 |
| 2008 | 7.15 | 10.69 |
| 2009 | 6.45 | 9.68 |
| 2010 | 8.10 | 11.96 |
| 2011 | 8.10 | 11.59 |
| 2012 | 7.05 | 9.89 |
| 2013 | 7.80 | 10.78 |
| 2014 | 7.20 | 9.79 |
| 2015 | 7.00 | 9.51 |
| 2016 | 6.95 | 9.32 |
| 2017 | 7.23 | 9.50 |
| 2018 | 7.25 | 9.30 |
| 2019 | 7.98 | 10.05 |
| 2020 | 7.28 | 9.06 |
| 2021 | 8.46 | 10.05 |
| 2022 | 12.50 | 13.75 |
| 2023 | 9.63 | 10.17 |
| 2024 | 9.02 | 9.26 |
| 2025 | 7.82 | 7.82 |
What the crop was worth
$1.1 billion in 2025 (estimate). Potato production valued at the season-average price received, for the year.
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, Crop Production and Agricultural Prices, potatoes. Published .
Data table (144 rows)
| Period | Potato value of production (dollars) | Potato value of production in 2025 dollars (dollars) |
|---|---|---|
| 1882 | $250,000 | n/a |
| 1883 | $264,000 | n/a |
| 1884 | $206,000 | n/a |
| 1885 | $140,000 | n/a |
| 1886 | $262,000 | n/a |
| 1887 | $211,000 | n/a |
| 1888 | $338,000 | n/a |
| 1889 | $325,000 | n/a |
| 1890 | $441,000 | n/a |
| 1891 | $295,000 | n/a |
| 1892 | $333,000 | n/a |
| 1893 | $431,000 | n/a |
| 1894 | $464,000 | n/a |
| 1895 | $263,000 | n/a |
| 1896 | $239,000 | n/a |
| 1897 | $264,000 | n/a |
| 1898 | $557,000 | n/a |
| 1899 | $609,000 | n/a |
| 1900 | $555,000 | n/a |
| 1901 | $850,000 | n/a |
| 1902 | $727,000 | n/a |
| 1903 | $957,000 | n/a |
| 1904 | $1,328,000 | n/a |
| 1905 | $1,195,000 | n/a |
| 1906 | $1,205,000 | n/a |
| 1907 | $1,950,000 | n/a |
| 1908 | $2,122,000 | n/a |
| 1909 | $2,603,000 | n/a |
| 1910 | $2,639,000 | n/a |
| 1911 | $3,600,000 | n/a |
| 1912 | $2,331,000 | n/a |
| 1913 | $2,793,000 | $90,826,949 |
| 1914 | $2,713,000 | $87,343,136 |
| 1915 | $3,389,000 | $108,026,220 |
| 1916 | $7,577,000 | $223,794,689 |
| 1917 | $7,691,000 | $193,442,470 |
| 1918 | $6,027,000 | $128,500,031 |
| 1919 | $10,349,000 | $192,588,908 |
| 1920 | $8,518,000 | $137,115,524 |
| 1921 | $9,117,000 | $163,975,102 |
| 1922 | $6,160,000 | $118,045,767 |
| 1923 | $7,589,000 | $142,878,680 |
| 1924 | $6,880,000 | $129,530,283 |
| 1925 | $19,176,000 | $352,775,941 |
| 1926 | $14,715,000 | $267,649,223 |
| 1927 | $13,282,000 | $245,749,823 |
| 1928 | $7,917,000 | $149,053,961 |
| 1929 | $18,161,000 | $341,918,528 |
| 1930 | $12,102,000 | $233,302,646 |
| 1931 | $6,960,000 | $147,416,005 |
| 1932 | $5,092,000 | $119,659,398 |
| 1933 | $12,255,000 | $303,493,190 |
| 1934 | $8,855,000 | $212,746,662 |
| 1935 | $10,265,000 | $241,222,255 |
| 1936 | $20,457,000 | $473,812,083 |
| 1937 | $7,020,000 | $156,947,213 |
| 1938 | $9,000,000 | $205,495,532 |
| 1939 | $11,630,000 | $269,366,697 |
| 1940 | $7,834,000 | $180,150,104 |
| 1941 | $20,038,000 | $438,849,921 |
| 1942 | $26,613,000 | $525,636,139 |
| 1943 | $37,819,000 | $703,789,729 |
| 1944 | $40,441,000 | $739,755,504 |
| 1945 | $43,358,000 | $775,489,144 |
| 1946 | $42,115,000 | $695,314,331 |
| 1947 | $45,188,000 | $652,374,901 |
| 1948 | $54,720,000 | $730,984,272 |
| 1949 | $36,784,000 | $497,577,786 |
| 1950 | $26,050,000 | $347,992,330 |
| 1951 | $51,935,000 | $643,081,143 |
| 1952 | $67,281,000 | $817,382,905 |
| 1953 | $29,466,000 | $355,294,848 |
| 1954 | $50,279,000 | $601,746,175 |
| 1955 | $45,922,000 | $551,651,733 |
| 1956 | $39,721,000 | $470,143,305 |
| 1957 | $59,272,000 | $679,082,046 |
| 1958 | $45,769,000 | $509,861,909 |
| 1959 | $88,678,000 | $981,074,273 |
| 1960 | $78,801,000 | $857,075,349 |
| 1961 | $60,838,000 | $655,062,483 |
| 1962 | $66,480,000 | $708,701,015 |
| 1963 | $82,934,000 | $872,549,698 |
| 1964 | $128,518,000 | $1,334,692,596 |
| 1965 | $119,146,000 | $1,217,721,291 |
| 1966 | $117,957,000 | $1,172,081,187 |
| 1967 | $102,819,000 | $991,073,572 |
| 1968 | $139,649,000 | $1,291,925,805 |
| 1969 | $141,137,000 | $1,238,094,528 |
| 1970 | $144,094,000 | $1,195,619,965 |
| 1971 | $123,664,000 | $983,031,090 |
| 1972 | $189,373,000 | $1,458,548,128 |
| 1973 | $304,015,000 | $2,204,403,179 |
| 1974 | $308,541,000 | $2,014,860,348 |
| 1975 | $294,281,000 | $1,760,998,290 |
| 1976 | $260,942,000 | $1,476,422,677 |
| 1977 | $260,190,000 | $1,382,282,990 |
| 1978 | $225,698,000 | $1,114,446,184 |
| 1979 | $250,544,000 | $1,111,031,501 |
| 1980 | $451,492,000 | $1,764,013,215 |
| 1981 | $401,280,000 | $1,421,224,280 |
| 1982 | $321,248,000 | $1,071,746,579 |
| 1983 | $447,148,000 | $1,445,343,058 |
| 1984 | $420,010,000 | $1,301,436,761 |
| 1985 | $338,300,000 | $1,012,205,547 |
| 1986 | $387,946,000 | $1,139,566,597 |
| 1987 | $348,985,000 | $989,025,333 |
| 1988 | $554,094,000 | $1,507,917,875 |
| 1989 | $727,573,000 | $1,889,008,341 |
| 1990 | $595,350,000 | $1,466,478,692 |
| 1991 | $488,700,000 | $1,155,165,522 |
| 1992 | $654,308,000 | $1,501,424,665 |
| 1993 | $586,793,000 | $1,307,362,621 |
| 1994 | $687,065,000 | $1,492,549,037 |
| 1995 | $822,473,000 | $1,737,463,419 |
| 1996 | $549,780,000 | $1,128,093,197 |
| 1997 | $631,413,000 | $1,266,535,797 |
| 1998 | $627,900,000 | $1,240,171,839 |
| 1999 | $659,984,000 | $1,275,373,523 |
| 2000 | $609,280,000 | $1,139,102,387 |
| 2001 | $739,230,000 | $1,343,816,623 |
| 2002 | $666,925,000 | $1,193,506,589 |
| 2003 | $535,833,000 | $937,541,758 |
| 2004 | $560,873,000 | $955,898,021 |
| 2005 | $674,242,000 | $1,111,456,693 |
| 2006 | $760,599,000 | $1,214,630,575 |
| 2007 | $799,562,000 | $1,241,491,782 |
| 2008 | $832,796,000 | $1,245,281,499 |
| 2009 | $854,625,000 | $1,282,485,242 |
| 2010 | $915,057,000 | $1,351,011,647 |
| 2011 | $1,042,956,000 | $1,492,726,399 |
| 2012 | $999,831,000 | $1,401,990,434 |
| 2013 | $1,022,822,000 | $1,413,524,312 |
| 2014 | $956,736,000 | $1,301,088,377 |
| 2015 | $912,800,000 | $1,239,867,058 |
| 2016 | $968,274,000 | $1,298,833,102 |
| 2017 | $974,966,000 | $1,280,529,859 |
| 2018 | $1,027,688,000 | $1,317,593,527 |
| 2019 | $1,044,582,000 | $1,315,418,169 |
| 2020 | $981,162,000 | $1,220,497,729 |
| 2021 | $1,117,481,000 | $1,327,693,787 |
| 2022 | $1,509,313,000 | $1,660,360,340 |
| 2023 | $1,380,297,000 | $1,458,398,557 |
| 2024 | $1,219,820,000 | $1,251,916,740 |
| 2025 | $1,082,132,000 | $1,082,132,000 |
Source
- Organization
- USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service
- Dataset
- Crop Production and Agricultural Prices, potatoes
- Geography
- States NASS surveys for potatoes, the United States, and Idaho counties
- Time coverage
- 1866-2026
- Update frequency
- Annual
- Published
- Original file
- https://quickstats.nass.usda.gov/
- Methodology
- https://www.nass.usda.gov/Surveys/Guide_to_NASS_Surveys/Vegetables/
- License
- Public domain. U.S. federal government work.
- Our copy
- Crop Production and Agricultural Prices, potatoes
Caveats
- This is a sample survey estimate, not a full enumeration, and is revised in later NASS releases.
- Understand Idaho pulls this series through USDA's Quick Stats programmatic API, which requires a registration key. The interactive tool linked above needs no key and returns the same figures.
- NASS surveys potatoes only in states where the crop is commercially significant: 13 states were surveyed for the 2025 crop. A state missing from a year's ranking was not surveyed that year, not a gap in this pull.
- Idaho county figures run from 1949 through 2018 only; NASS has published no county-level potato estimate for Idaho since the 2018 crop, even as the statewide series continues. Counties shown also vary year to year because most are withheld in most years to avoid disclosing a small number of operations.
Potato price received in 2025 dollars:
- Organization
- USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service
- Dataset
- Potato price received in 2025 dollars (computed by Understand Idaho)
- Geography
- States NASS surveys for potatoes, the United States, and Idaho counties
- Time coverage
- 1866-2026
- Update frequency
- Annual
- Published
- Original file
- https://quickstats.nass.usda.gov/
- License
- Public domain. U.S. federal government work.
- Our copy
- Potato price received in 2025 dollars (computed by Understand Idaho)
Caveats
- Computed by Understand Idaho from Crop Production and Agricultural Prices, potatoes and Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), U.S. city average, all items; it is not a figure the publisher releases.
- Price received is for the marketing year, which runs past the calendar year the crop was harvested in, so it is published later than that year's acreage and production.
- The index is set so the average of the years 1982 through 1984 equals 100; a value is meaningful only compared with the index in another year, not against a dollar amount.
- This is CPI-U (all urban consumers), U.S. city average, all items, not seasonally adjusted. BLS publishes no Idaho or other state-level Consumer Price Index; the nearest published sub-national series is the CPI-U for the West region, a multi-state Census region that is not Idaho and is not the series stored here.
- The annual average for a year is not published until BLS has released all twelve months of that year, so the newest year in this dataset lags the current year by several months.
- BLS published an annual average for 2025 based on eleven of the twelve months: October 2025 data was not collected because of that year's lapse in appropriations, the same gap documented in this site's Unemployment (LAUS) dataset.
- Early years in this series carry one decimal place of precision and recent years carry three, exactly as BLS publishes them; this reflects a change in the Bureau's own published precision over the series' history, not a difference this site introduced.
Inputs: Crop Production and Agricultural Prices, potatoes and Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), U.S. city average, all items.
Potato value of production in 2025 dollars:
- Organization
- USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service
- Dataset
- Potato value of production in 2025 dollars (computed by Understand Idaho)
- Geography
- States NASS surveys for potatoes, the United States, and Idaho counties
- Time coverage
- 1866-2026
- Update frequency
- Annual
- Published
- Original file
- https://quickstats.nass.usda.gov/
- License
- Public domain. U.S. federal government work.
- Our copy
- Potato value of production in 2025 dollars (computed by Understand Idaho)
Inputs: Crop Production and Agricultural Prices, potatoes and Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), U.S. city average, all items.
Cite
Cite this page as Understand Idaho, “Idaho potato production”, https://understandidaho.com/land/potatoes/, retrieved on the date you read it, and the publisher named above for the figures themselves. The dataset behind it is described in the data catalog.
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