2023 data Specialty USDA ERS

Tobacco

Lower-band Specialty receipts from USDA ERS (2023), smaller national share, still scored state-by-state in the table below.

$1.3B · lower-third receipts · 2% of peak $80.0B

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Category: Specialty · USDA Code: TOBACCO

National Value
$1.3B
Annual cash receipts
Top Producer
NC
Leading state
Production
465
million pounds

Tobacco is a lower-band commodity in this table

Tobacco is in the lower third of valued commodities at $1.3B (2% of peak $80.0B), below mid-pack peers above $7.5B.

Production of tobacco is tracked across states in the USDA Census of Agriculture; state receipt rows are not joined on this page yet.

In the Specialty accounts, tobacco receipts are a smaller national share but can dominate farm income inside the leading states. Figures follow USDA Economic Research Service Farm Income and Wealth Statistics and NASS production series, not typed editorial estimates.

Questions on this low-band Specialty

Where does Tobacco sit on national cash receipts in this table?

US tobacco cash receipts are $1.3B, in the lower third of valued commodities (2% of peak $80.0B). Top state: NC.

Which states produce the most tobacco?

State-level production data for tobacco is published in the USDA Census of Agriculture; this page does not yet join those state rows.

Compare another Specialty account: Sugar ($4.1B) · How PlainFarmData sources USDA figures

Source: USDA Economic Research Service, Farm Income and Wealth Statistics

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