Industry pulse
US Hemp Industry Data Updates
Year-over-year industrial hemp industry updates from USDA NASS: biggest state acreage movers, national planted-acre shifts, and published 2025 crop-year aggregates.
Data last updated May 23, 2026 10:58 pm (UTC).
- Connecticut planted acres +346.7% in 2025 +346.7%65 acres planted · 0.1% of US total (rounded public aggregate).
- Iowa planted acres +241.7% in 2025 +241.7%205 acres planted · 0.4% of US total (rounded public aggregate).
- Vermont planted acres +184.2% in 2025 +184.2%55 acres planted · 0.1% of US total (rounded public aggregate).
- North Dakota planted acres +158.8% in 2025 +158.8%2,200 acres planted · 4.5% of US total (rounded public aggregate).
- Missouri planted acres -89.1% in 2025 -89.1%60 acres planted · 0.1% of US total (rounded public aggregate).
- South Carolina planted acres +87.5% in 2025 +87.5%75 acres planted · 0.2% of US total (rounded public aggregate).
- Kentucky planted acres +77.8% in 2025 +77.8%4,800 acres planted · 9.7% of US total (rounded public aggregate).
- Alabama planted acres +71.4% in 2025 +71.4%120 acres planted · 0.2% of US total (rounded public aggregate).
- South Dakota planted acres -69.7% in 2025 -69.7%1,180 acres planted · 2.4% of US total (rounded public aggregate).
- Virginia planted acres -65.8% in 2025 -65.8%135 acres planted · 0.3% of US total (rounded public aggregate).
- Pennsylvania planted acres -52.1% in 2025 -52.1%170 acres planted · 0.3% of US total (rounded public aggregate).
- Other states (NASS withheld detail) planted acres -49.4% in 2025 -49.4%4,860 acres planted · 9.9% of US total (rounded public aggregate).
- Kansas planted acres +48.8% in 2025 +48.8%3,200 acres planted · 6.5% of US total (rounded public aggregate).
- Washington planted acres +40.5% in 2025 +40.5%2,600 acres planted · 5.3% of US total (rounded public aggregate).
- Texas planted acres +36.7% in 2025 +36.7%6,700 acres planted · 13.6% of US total (rounded public aggregate).
- North Carolina planted acres +35.3% in 2025 +35.3%1,150 acres planted · 2.3% of US total (rounded public aggregate).
- Michigan planted acres -34.9% in 2025 -34.9%280 acres planted · 0.6% of US total (rounded public aggregate).
- Colorado planted acres +30.4% in 2025 +30.4%3,000 acres planted · 6.1% of US total (rounded public aggregate).
- West Virginia planted acres +27.3% in 2025 +27.3%15 acres planted · 0.0% of US total (rounded public aggregate).
- California planted acres +27.0% in 2025 +27.0%4,000 acres planted · 8.1% of US total (rounded public aggregate).
- Utah planted acres +26.8% in 2025 +26.8%70 acres planted · 0.1% of US total (rounded public aggregate).
- New Jersey planted acres -23.3% in 2025 -23.3%25 acres planted · 0.0% of US total (rounded public aggregate).
- Wisconsin planted acres +19.6% in 2025 +19.6%550 acres planted · 1.1% of US total (rounded public aggregate).
- Oklahoma planted acres +11.1% in 2025 +11.1%3,000 acres planted · 6.1% of US total (rounded public aggregate).
- Maine planted acres -10.0% in 2025 -10.0%10 acres planted · 0.0% of US total (rounded public aggregate).
- US planted hemp acres moved +8.8% in 2025 +8.8%National planted acreage is now 49,270 acres (USDA NASS aggregate).
- Illinois planted acres +7.4% in 2025 +7.4%730 acres planted · 1.5% of US total (rounded public aggregate).
- Tennessee planted acres +6.3% in 2025 +6.3%335 acres planted · 0.7% of US total (rounded public aggregate).
