United States citrus utilized production for the 2022-2023 season totaled 4.90 million tons, down 12 percent from the 2021-2022 season. California accounted for 79 percent of total United States citrus production; Florida totaled 17 percent, and Texas and Arizona produced the remaining 4 percent.
Florida's share of U.S. citrus production in 2022-2023 is 18.1 million boxes, down 60 percent from the previous season's 45.3 million boxes.
Florida's orange production, at 15.8 million boxes, is down 62 percent from the previous season. Grapefruit utilization in Florida, at 1.81 million boxes, is down 46 percent from last season's utilization. Tangerine and tangelo production in 2022-2023 is down 36 percent from the previous season.
County production
The top 5 citrus producing counties were Polk (3.52 million boxes), Highlands (2.78 million boxes), DeSoto (2.26 million boxes), St. Lucie (2.10 million boxes) and Hendry (1.87 million boxes). Together they account for 69 percent of the state's total citrus production. Oranges constituted 87 percent of the citrus production, grapefruit accounted for 10 percent, and tangerines and tangelos represented 3 percent.
Estimates of county production are prepared from objective survey data used in forecasting citrus crop production. The apportionment of final harvest to the counties is based on bearing trees, an estimate of the average fruit per tree, and the drop and size surveys. Sample size used in these surveys and the distribution of the sample groves around the state are chosen to minimize error in the estimates of production and are not to be considered as precise for the counties as at the state level.
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Source: nass.usda.gov