Watermelons are primarily produced by eight states on over 100,000 acres each year. Most of the fruit (almost 80%) are cultivated in California, Florida, Georgia, and Texas with Florida leading in domestic production.
In 2019, Florida’s watermelon output accounted for 25.2% of total US production, 24.7% of national watermelon acreage, and 29.6% of the overall crop value in the United States. The value of Florida's watermelon output accounted for 13.2% of the state's total vegetable production. In 2021, the value of watermelon produced in the United States totaled $534 million, and production totaled 34.1 million hundredweight (cwt; 1 cwt equals to 100 pounds). These values show declines from 2020 values, both in the value of watermelon produced and in total production, by 7% and 1%, respectively.
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Source: edis.ifas.ufl.edu