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Cheese production in the United States 2017, by state

Leading U.S. states in total cheese production in 2017 (in thousand pounds)
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The data displays the top ten cheese producing U.S. states in 2017. In that year, Wisconsin was the market leader, where around 3.37 billion pounds of cheese were produced. In the United States, natural cheese makes up the biggest share of cheese sales, generating approx. 14.92 billion USD in 2015.

Cheese in the U.S. Cheese is mostly common in the Western cultural sphere, where it is one of the basic foodstuffs, and a major agricultural product. With some 7 million metric tons, the European Union is the world’s leading producer of cheese.

Wisconsin 3365897
California 2513096
Idaho 958687
New York 860713
New Mexico 765786
Minnesota 712988
Pennsylvania 411549
South Dakota 282304
Iowa 256737
Ohio 222044