Floriculture Crops 2022 Highlights

NASS Highlights

May 2023

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No. 2023-3

2022 Floriculture Crops
About the Survey
The 2022 Commercial
Floriculture Survey collected
data about the number of
growers, area of production,
quantity sold, prices, and
value of sales for floriculture
crops as well as average
number of agricultural
workers per operation.
NASS conducted the survey
among operations that
annually produce and sell at
least $10,000 of fresh cut
flowers, potted flowering
plants, foliage plants, annual
bedding and garden plants,
potted herbaceous
perennials, cut cultivated
florist greens, and
propagative (unfinished)
floriculture material. Annual
sales include retail and
wholesale sales of items
surveyed.

Since 2021, the Floriculture survey and estimating program includes all
50 states. The top 28 states are published individually with the remaining
states combined into the “other states” total. (Fig.1)
Care should be taken when comparing 2021 and 2022 U.S totals with the
“Program States” totals from prior years since fewer states contributed to the
totals in the earlier years. The current program includes 69 crops from across
all sectors of the industry.

Fig. 1. States in the 2022 Floriculture Survey

Published
Not Published

Access the Data
Access 2022 and earlier
floriculture data through the
Quick Stats database
(http://quickstats.nass.usda.gov).
• In Program, select “Survey”
• In Sector, select “Crops”
• In Group, select “Horticulture”
• In Commodity, select the
crop(s) for which you
want data
• Select your category, data item,
geographic level, and year

Floriculture in 2022
The number of floriculture producers totaled 8,951 in 2022. The U.S number of producers decreased 6%.
The total value of sales across all floriculture crops totaled $6.69 billion. The U.S total value of sales increased 4%.
Area used for production was 833 million square feet.

United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Statistics Service

www.nass.usda.gov

Fig. 2 Value of Floriculture Sales, 2012-2022 ($ billion)
7.50

6.69

6.50
5.50
4.50
3.50
2.50
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

2012 2013 2014 2015
Program States

United States

Of the 10 largest states,
Florida had the highest
sales, followed by
California. Combined,
these two states
accounted for nearly
one-third of all sales in
the United States.

Estimates suspended in 2016 and 2017.

Top States
Floriculture Sales, 2022 ($ million)
Florida
California
Michigan
New Jersey
Texas
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Connecticut

1,170
958
711
342
279
244
243
209
191
167

Fig. 3 Number of Floriculture Operations, 2012-2022
10,000

8,951

9,000
8,000
7,000
6,000
5,000
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

2012 2013 2014 2015
Program States

The top five states
each had more than
500 floriculture
operations in 2022.
Nearly one-third of all
operations were in
these states.

United States

Estimates suspended in 2016 and 2017.

Top States
Floriculture Operations, 2022
Pennsylvania
New York
Florida
California
Michigan
Ohio
Wisconsin
Hawaii
North Carolina
Washington

741
596
558
530
514
453
385
291
285
274

Operations with Hired Workers in 2022
The number of operations with hired workers totaled 6,349 in 2022. The U.S total decreased 6% from 2021.
The average peak number of workers per operation was 17.7 nationally in 2022. The U.S average number increased from 16.9 to 17.7 per operation.

Fig. 4 Value of Sales by Plant Category, Operations with $100,000+ in Sales, 2022 ($ million)
2,467.1

Annual Bedding/Garden Plants
Potted Flowering Plants

1,113.3

Herbaceous Perennial Plants

1,093.0
826.2

Foliage Plants, Indoor/Patio Use

514.4

Propagative Floriculture Materials
Cut Flowers
Cut Cultivated Greens

Sales of Annual Bedding/Garden
Plants represented the largest
total among all plant categories
in 2022.

333.1
101.3

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