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  • SweetPotatoes: US acreage, yield, production and value, 1976-2007
  • US Cash Receipts for SweetPotatoes 1976-2005
  • SweetPotatoes: Production, by State, 1976-2007
  • US Per Capita Use of SweetPotatoes, 1970-2007
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Top 10 Sweetpotato Growing Counties in North Carolina

Top 10 NC Counties

1 NASH
2 SAMPSON
3 JOHNSTON
4 EDGECOMBE
5 WILSON

  6 WAYNE
  7 DUPLIN
  8 GREENE
  9 COLUMBUS
10 CUMBERLAND


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Top 10 Counties 

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Sweet Potato Acreage 

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Tables
SweetPotatoes: US acreage, yield, production and value, 1976-2007
Year Planted
Acreage		 Harvested
Acreage 		Yield
per acre
(Cwt)		 Farm
Production
(1,000 cwt)		 Per unit
($/cwt)
Total Value
$1,000
1976 119,800 114,800 116 13,273 7.50
$99,054
1977 111,800 107,100 111 11,885 10.50
$124,859
1978 115,700 112,200 117 13,115 10.60
$139,226
1979 117,900 114,200 117 13,370 8.92
$119,093
 
1980 107,800 102,000 107 10,953 13.60
$148,359
1981 113,200 109,800 117 12,799 13.60
$174,748
1982 118,700 115,400 129 14,833 8.03
$118,864
1983 105,300 102,400 118 12,083 13.60
$165,265
1984 105,800 102,900 125 12,902 14.00
$181,006
1985 108,200 103,300 141 14,573 8.81
$127,836
1986 94,500 90,800 136 12,368 11.00
$134,436
1987 92,300 88,900 131 11,611 11.50
$133,512
1988 89,100 85,500 128 10,945 12.90
$141,202
1989 89,500 86,000 132 11,358 16.40
$186,279
 
1990 93,900 89,500 141 12,594 9.70
$121,962
1991 81,200 77,800 144 11,203 13.30
$149,367
1992 85,900 82,400 146 12,005 12.20
$146,499
1993 82,900 80,000 138 11,027 15.10
$166,506
1994 86,100 82,700 162 13,380 14.00
$187,206
1995 86,900 83,100 154 12,821 15.90
$203,799
1996 88,100 83,700 158 13,216 14.40
$190,529
1997 85,600 82,100 162 13,327 15.80
$211,177
1998 87,200 83,800 148 12,382 15.30
$189,789
1999 93,800 83,100 147 12,234 17.60
$214,980
 
2000 97,900 94,800 145  13,780  15.30 

$210,351

2001 98,300 93,600 155 14,515 15.30

$222,658
2002 96,400 82,300 156 12,799 16.80

$214,650
2003 95,800 92,600 172 15,891 19.20

$305,448
2004 96,900 92,800 174 16,112 17.50

$281,558
2005 90,400 87,800 179 15,747 19.60

$309,090
2006 95,200 87,200 187 16,248 18.10

$284,103
2007 100,600 97,500 189 18,452 20.30

$373,723
Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA

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US Cash Receipts for SweetPotatoes 1976-2005 (x $1,000)
  1976 1977 1978 1979
  87,943 97,179 116,575 107,630
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
114,234 139,393 118,902 161,525 166,354 142,656 141,638 133,144 139,472 172,971
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
137,192 131,856 156,460 162,168 181,294 197,038 198,332 207,113 190,967 214,754

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

 

 

 

 

210,351

222,658

214,650

305,448

281,558

309,090
Source:Economic Research Service/USDA Vegetables and Specialties Situation and Outlook Yearbook July/2005

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SweetPotatoes: Production, by State, 1976-2007 (1,000 cwt)
Year
AL
CA
GA
LA
MS
NJ
NC
SC
TX
VA
OTHER 1/
USA
1976 495 1,178 708 2,755 825 265 4,290 252 1,103 827 575
13,273
1977 451 1,170 450 2,430 567 252 4,290 284 903 625 463
11,885
1978 550 1,392 605 2,660 447 286 4,810 336 1,045 546 438
13,115
1979 627 1,632 633 2,565 447 311 4,800 341 1,027 507 480
13,370
 
1980 530 1,512 450 2,125 414 276 4,255 238 520 242 391
10,953
1981 621 1,647 644 2,600 494 275 4,680 380 741 345 372
12,799
1982 660 1,748 819 2,500 500 319 5,940 663 972 330 382
14,833
1983 515 1,716 725 2,280 447 216 4,440 460 852 138 294
12,083
1984 679 1,440 812 2,415 504 264 5,130 500 803 84 271
12,902
1985 648 1,443 848 2,520 660 338 6,000 625 1,001 143 347
14,573
1986 517 1,360 624 2,500 520 220 5,100 420 792 99 216
12,368
1987 360 1,353 630 2,470 495 276 4,550 333 840 104 200
11,611
1988 472 1,207 720 2,465 350 173 4,420 300 518 113 207
10,945
1989 468 1,453 816 2,880 285 168 4,080 330 630 108 140
11,358
 
1990 588 1,453 585 3,360 420 273 4,930 374 372 155 84
12,594
1991 682 1,517 589 2,400 490 228 4,050 276 770 165 36
11,203
1992 809 1,845 576 2,720 520 247 4,200 210 770 84 24
12,005
1993 704 1,743 364 2,063 660 147 4,160 187 900 69 30
11,027
1994 798 1,681 345 3,040 935 154 5,270 219 837 80 21
13,380
1995 677 1,920 323 3,150 825 210 4,800 181 650 85 0
12,821
1996 714 2,160 260 3,360 1,296 156 4,340 117 743 70 0
13,216
1997 540 1,989 120 3,400 1,092 116 4,960 121 899 90 0
13,327
1998 629 2,134 70 2,200 1,358 105 5,440 81 252 113 0
12,382
1999 416 2,400 60 3,450 1,545 100 3,770 48 350 95 0
12,234
2000 464 2,625 70 3,120 1,476 120 5,550 51 230 88 0 13,794
2001 493 2,300 40 3,080 2,400 126 5,580 128 380 110 0 14,637
2002 486 2,912 0 1,875 1,968 150 4,810 99 450 85 0 12,790
2003 475 3,210 0 3,150 2,380 138 5,880 150 448 60 0 15,891
2004 380 3,220 0 2,325 2,601 168 6,880 96 392 50 0 16,112
2005 375 3,510 0 2,465 2,988 156 5,950 135 130 38 0 15,747
2006 368 3,721 0 2,228 2,480 162 7,020 84 137 48 0 16,248
2007 288 4,256 0 2,925 3,500 120 7,095 70 162 36 0 18,452
1/Maryland, Arkansas and Tennessee. Between 1990 and 1994, includes Maryland only.
Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA

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US Per Capita Use of Sweet Potatoes 1970 - 2006
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

5.4

4.9

4.9

5.0

4.9

5.4

5.4

4.7

4.9

5.1

1980

1981

1982

1983

1084

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

4.4

4.7

5.5

4.6

4.9

5.4

4.4

4.4

4.1

3.9

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

4.4

3.9

4.1

3.7

4.5

4.2

4.3

4.3

3.8

3.7

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

 

4.2

4.4

3.7

4.7

4.6

4.5

4.6

5.3

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Source:Economic Research Service/USDA Vegetables and Specialties Situation and Outlook Yearbook