Corn Production by State
Iowa has the highest Corn Production in 2026 (2.8B bushels), followed by Illinois (2.3B bushels) and Nebraska (1.8B bushels). Idaho has the lowest (25.1M bushels).
Corn Production, 2026
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All 31 ranked
Highest first.
Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one state; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Over time · 1866–2026
The top 5 in 2026, against the median.
- Median of all states
- Iowa
- Illinois
- Nebraska
- Minnesota
- Indiana
Data
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| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Iowa | 2.8B bushels | 9.9M bu |
| 2 |  Illinois | 2.3B bushels | 4.3M bu |
| 3 |  Nebraska | 1.8B bushels | 4.7M bu |
| 4 |  Minnesota | 1.6B bushels | 3.8M bu |
| 5 |  Indiana | 1.1B bushels | 1.3M bu |
| 6 |  South Dakota | 874.3M bushels | 694.7K bu |
| 7 |  Kansas | 831.6M bushels | 1.1M bu |
| 8 |  Ohio | 629.9M bushels | 2.1M bu |
| 9 |  North Dakota | 626.2M bushels | 105.8K bu |
| 10 |  Missouri | 624.6M bushels | 897.9K bu |
| 11 |  Wisconsin | 570.4M bushels | 3.4M bu |
| 12 |  Michigan | 339.3M bushels | 3.9M bu |
| 13 |  Kentucky | 273.6M bushels | 118.3K bu |
| 14 |  Texas | 226.8M bushels | 2.9M bu |
| 15 |  Tennessee | 143.4M bushels | 174.9K bu |
| 16 |  Arkansas | 136.9M bushels | — |
| 17 |  Mississippi | 136.1M bushels | — |
| 18 |  Colorado | 126.3M bushels | 916.6K bu |
| 19 |  Pennsylvania | 114.3M bushels | 1.3M bu |
| 20 |  Louisiana | 111.6M bushels | — |
| 21 |  North Carolina | 105.3M bushels | 259.8K bu |
| 22 |  Georgia | 91.2M bushels | 47.3K bu |
| 23 |  Maryland | 70.6M bushels | 213.1K bu |
| 24 |  New York | 67M bushels | 2.5M bu |
| 25 |  Virginia | 59.2M bushels | 275.1K bu |
| 26 |  Alabama | 53.1M bushels | — |
| 27 |  Oklahoma | 46.6M bushels | 181.5K bu |
| 28 |  Delaware | 35.6M bushels | 10.4K bu |
| 29 |  South Carolina | 33.5M bushels | 18K bu |
| 30 |  Washington | 28.8M bushels | 614.7K bu |
| 31 |  Idaho | 25.1M bushels | 507.6K bu |
| — |  California | — | 116.8K bu |
| — |  Florida | — | 900 bu |
| — |  New Jersey | — | 23K bu |
| — |  Oregon | — | 1.4M bu |
| — |  New Mexico | — | 337.1K bu |
| — |  West Virginia | — | 13.7K bu |
| — |  Montana | — | 41.3K bu |
| — |  Vermont | — | 72K bu |
What correlates with Corn Production (2026)?
Pearson r against 2,120 other state metrics sharing at least 19 states. Ranks are read by standing: a better rank counts as higher, whether rank 1 is the best place on a list or the worst. Correlation is not causation.
Higher together
Places that have a higher Corn Production tend to score higher on these (or rank better)
Opposite directions
Places that have a higher Corn Production tend to score lower on these (or rank worse)
Quick answers
- Which state has the highest Corn Production?
- Iowa has the highest Corn Production in 2026, at 2.8B bushels, followed by Illinois (2.3B bushels) and Nebraska (1.8B bushels).
- Which state has the lowest Corn Production?
- Idaho has the lowest Corn Production in 2026, at 25.1M bushels.
- What is the median Corn Production across US states?
- The median is 136.9M bushels across the 31 US states with data in 2026.
- Where does this corn production by state data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Ranking of States That Produce the Most Corn - Beef 2 Live; Organic Corn Production 2021 - USDA; Organic Corn Production 2019 - USDA; Grain Corn Production 2022 - USDA.