Fun fact! Illinois grows the most pumpkins in the country with 17,600 acres. Click to read more!
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Illinois grows the most pumpkins in the country with 17,600 acres. This is more than double the acreage of other top pumpkin-producing states. Of these acres, 80% of the state’s production is devoted to pie filling and other processing uses.
Source: Pumpkins: Background & Statistics. USDA Economic Research Service. https://www.ers.usda.gov/newsroom/trending-topics/pumpkins-background-statistics/ (accessed 24-09-05).
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