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Wheat: acres harvested: Iowa
The number of acres of wheat harvested, from USDA's yearly crop production summary.
Up to dateYearly. USDA usually publishes in January. Last published Sep 30, 2026. Next expected January 2027.
The latest figures and how they have changed
Iowa, 2018
6,000 acres
Down 25.0% from 8,000 acres in 2017
United States, 2026
31,899,000 acres
Down 14.6% from 37,345,000 acres in 2025
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What the numbers say
- In 2018, Iowa's acres harvested was less than 0.1 times the US average.
- From 1866 to 2018 it fell 99.5%, from 1,190,000 acres to 6,000 acres.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Iowa | United States |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | No figure | 31,899,000 |
| 2025 | No figure | 37,345,000 |
| 2024 | No figure | 38,633,000 |
| 2023 | No figure | 37,077,000 |
| 2022 | No figure | 35,485,000 |
| 2021 | No figure | 37,145,000 |
| 2020 | No figure | 36,609,000 |
| 2019 | No figure | 37,394,000 |
| 2018 | 6,000 | 39,615,000 |
| 2017 | 8,000 | 37,555,000 |
| 2016 | 17,000 | 43,848,000 |
| 2015 | 15,000 | 47,318,000 |
| 2014 | 15,000 | 46,385,000 |
| 2013 | 21,000 | 45,332,000 |
| 2012 | 13,000 | 48,758,000 |
| 2011 | 16,000 | 45,687,000 |
| 2010 | 10,000 | 46,883,000 |
| 2009 | 22,000 | 49,841,000 |
| 2008 | 30,000 | 56,036,000 |
| 2007 | 28,000 | 50,999,000 |
| 2006 | 18,000 | 46,800,000 |
| 2005 | 15,000 | 50,104,000 |
| 2004 | 24,000 | 49,969,000 |
| 2003 | 21,000 | 53,063,000 |
| 2002 | 16,000 | 45,824,000 |
| 2001 | 18,000 | 48,473,000 |
| 2000 | 18,000 | 53,063,000 |
| 1999 | 31,000 | 53,773,000 |
| 1998 | 32,000 | 59,002,000 |
| 1997 | 25,000 | 62,840,000 |
| 1996 | 40,000 | 62,819,000 |
| 1995 | 35,000 | 60,955,000 |
| 1994 | 45,000 | 61,770,000 |
| 1993 | 25,000 | 62,712,000 |
| 1992 | 40,000 | 62,761,000 |
| 1991 | 50,000 | 57,803,000 |
| 1990 | 75,000 | 69,103,000 |
| 1989 | 70,000 | 62,189,000 |
| 1988 | 35,000 | 53,189,000 |
| 1987 | 30,000 | 55,945,000 |
| 1986 | 60,000 | 60,688,000 |
| 1985 | 112,000 | 64,704,000 |
| 1984 | 100,000 | 66,928,000 |
| 1983 | 50,000 | 61,390,000 |
| 1982 | 100,000 | 77,937,000 |
| 1981 | 125,000 | 80,642,000 |
| 1980 | 92,000 | 71,125,000 |
| 1979 | 60,000 | 62,454,000 |
| 1978 | 45,000 | 56,495,000 |
| 1977 | 109,000 | 66,686,000 |
| 1976 | 130,000 | 70,927,000 |
| 1975 | 100,000 | 69,499,000 |
| 1974 | 62,000 | 65,368,000 |
| 1973 | 34,000 | 54,148,000 |
| 1972 | 33,000 | 47,303,000 |
| 1971 | 36,000 | 47,685,000 |
| 1970 | 40,000 | 43,564,000 |
| 1969 | 44,000 | 47,146,000 |
| 1968 | 54,000 | 54,765,000 |
| 1967 | 60,000 | 58,353,000 |
| 1966 | 45,000 | 49,613,000 |
| 1965 | 40,000 | 49,560,000 |
| 1964 | 100,000 | 49,762,000 |
| 1963 | 105,000 | 45,506,000 |
| 1962 | 88,000 | 43,688,000 |
| 1961 | 124,000 | 51,571,000 |
| 1960 | 119,000 | 51,879,000 |
| 1959 | 165,000 | 51,716,000 |
| 1958 | 167,000 | 53,047,000 |
| 1957 | 156,000 | 43,754,000 |
| 1956 | 131,000 | 49,768,000 |
| 1955 | 115,000 | 47,290,000 |
| 1954 | 110,000 | 54,356,000 |
| 1953 | 137,000 | 67,840,000 |
| 1952 | 155,000 | 71,130,000 |
| 1951 | 145,000 | 61,873,000 |
| 1950 | 250,000 | 61,607,000 |
| 1949 | 384,000 | 75,910,000 |
| 1948 | 317,000 | 72,418,000 |
| 1947 | 201,000 | 74,519,000 |
| 1946 | 185,000 | 67,105,000 |
| 1945 | 140,000 | 65,167,000 |
| 1944 | 120,000 | 59,749,000 |
| 1943 | 129,000 | 51,355,000 |
| 1942 | 178,000 | 49,773,000 |
| 1941 | 181,000 | 55,935,000 |
| 1940 | 312,000 | 53,273,000 |
| 1939 | 392,000 | 52,669,000 |
| 1938 | 583,000 | 69,197,000 |
| 1937 | 817,000 | 64,169,000 |
| 1936 | 407,000 | 49,125,000 |
| 1935 | 401,000 | 51,305,000 |
| 1934 | 298,000 | 43,347,000 |
| 1933 | 251,000 | 49,424,000 |
| 1932 | 273,000 | 57,851,000 |
| 1931 | 357,000 | 57,704,000 |
| 1930 | 435,000 | 62,637,000 |
| 1929 | 426,000 | 63,392,000 |
| 1928 | 463,000 | 59,226,000 |
| 1927 | 452,000 | 59,628,000 |
| 1926 | 387,000 | 56,616,000 |
| 1925 | 396,000 | 52,443,000 |
| 1924 | 455,000 | 52,463,000 |
| 1923 | 737,000 | 56,920,000 |
| 1922 | 739,000 | 61,397,000 |
| 1921 | 563,000 | 64,566,000 |
| 1920 | 613,000 | 62,358,000 |
| 1919 | 1,438,000 | 73,700,000 |
| 1918 | 1,060,000 | 61,068,000 |
| 1917 | 360,000 | 46,787,000 |
| 1916 | 508,000 | 53,510,000 |
| 1915 | 947,000 | 60,303,000 |
| 1914 | 920,000 | 55,613,000 |
| 1913 | 892,000 | 52,012,000 |
| 1912 | 840,000 | 48,413,000 |
| 1911 | 680,000 | 49,894,000 |
| 1910 | 558,000 | 45,793,000 |
| 1909 | 527,000 | 44,262,000 |
| 1908 | 547,000 | 45,102,000 |
| 1907 | 540,000 | 44,139,000 |
| 1906 | 560,000 | 46,230,000 |
| 1905 | 525,000 | 46,306,000 |
| 1904 | 520,000 | 43,155,000 |
| 1903 | 640,000 | 48,456,000 |
| 1902 | 900,000 | 46,244,000 |
| 1901 | 1,100,000 | 50,847,000 |
| 1900 | 1,450,000 | 49,203,000 |
| 1899 | 1,630,000 | 52,342,000 |
| 1898 | 1,570,000 | 50,506,000 |
| 1897 | 1,160,000 | 43,413,000 |
| 1896 | 780,000 | 40,828,000 |
| 1895 | 750,000 | 38,998,000 |
| 1894 | 780,000 | 40,167,000 |
| 1893 | 860,000 | 40,790,000 |
| 1892 | 1,170,000 | 42,979,000 |
| 1891 | 990,000 | 41,090,000 |
| 1890 | 980,000 | 36,686,000 |
| 1889 | 940,000 | 36,098,000 |
| 1888 | 1,050,000 | 34,969,000 |
| 1887 | 1,160,000 | 36,873,000 |
| 1886 | 1,290,000 | 36,312,000 |
| 1885 | 1,430,000 | 35,095,000 |
| 1884 | 1,540,000 | 38,485,000 |
| 1883 | 1,620,000 | 35,587,000 |
| 1882 | 1,650,000 | 36,496,000 |
| 1881 | 1,980,000 | 36,795,000 |
| 1880 | 2,680,000 | 38,096,000 |
| 1879 | 3,049,000 | 35,347,000 |
| 1878 | 3,080,000 | 33,379,000 |
| 1877 | 2,460,000 | 27,963,000 |
| 1876 | 2,830,000 | 28,283,000 |
| 1875 | 3,180,000 | 28,382,000 |
| 1874 | 3,420,000 | 27,310,000 |
| 1873 | 3,110,000 | 24,866,000 |
| 1872 | 2,570,000 | 22,962,000 |
| 1871 | 2,420,000 | 22,230,000 |
| 1870 | 2,110,000 | 20,945,000 |
| 1869 | 2,290,000 | 21,194,000 |
| 1868 | 1,980,000 | 19,140,000 |
| 1867 | 1,520,000 | 16,738,000 |
| 1866 | 1,190,000 | 15,408,000 |
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Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Crop Production Survey. State and US estimates released Sep 30, 2026. Quick Stats item "WHEAT - ACRES HARVESTED". Retrieved Oct 20, 2026; snapshot 2026-10-20.1. This product uses the NASS API but is not endorsed or certified by NASS.
What this measures
It is the total area of wheat that farmers harvested, in acres.