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Illinois pumpkin crop

The 2025 crop finished at 5.3 million cwt.

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5.3

million cwt, 2025 final

Final USDA estimate.

Production record

Final crop by year, through 2025

USDA published production estimates for Illinois pumpkin through 2025 and has not surveyed the state since.

Illinois pumpkin crop: final estimate by year02468million cwt2014: no forecast · final 7.5 million cwt20142015: no forecast · final 3.2 million cwt20152016: no forecast · final 6.8 million cwt20162017: no forecast · final 6.4 million cwt20172018: no forecast · final 5.2 million cwt20182019: no forecast · final 4.2 million cwt20192020: no forecast · final 5.6 million cwt20202021: no forecast · final 6.5 million cwt20212022: no forecast · final 6.7 million cwt20222023: no forecast · final 6.9 million cwt20232024: no forecast · final 4.5 million cwt20242025: no forecast · final 5.3 million cwt2025
Crop yearFinal (million cwt)Crop valueShare of US
20255.3 million cwt$26M36.4%
20244.5 million cwt$19M32.2%
20236.9 million cwt$34M43.4%
20226.7 million cwt$24M38.7%
20216.5 million cwt$23M39.1%
20205.6 million cwt$21M42.2%
20194.2 million cwt$17M31.1%
20185.2 million cwt$14M33.5%
20176.4 million cwt$24M40.4%
20166.8 million cwt$43M39.5%
20153.2 million cwt$12M42.2%
20147.5 million cwt$47M57.3%

USDA published annual estimates for this state through 2025. It has since been dropped from the annual survey, so there is no newer production figure — the weekly condition ratings above are the current measure.

Utilization

Where the crop went

Fresh market against processing and unsold volume, by crop year.

Illinois pumpkin crop: fresh market vs processing00.10.10.2million cwt2016: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt20162017: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.1 million cwt — 0% fresh20172018: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 0% fresh20182019: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 0% fresh20192020: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 0% fresh20202021: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 0% fresh20212022: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt20222023: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 0% fresh20232024: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 0% fresh20242025: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.1 million cwt — 0% fresh2025
Fresh marketProcessingNot sold

Updated September 29, 2026

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