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Wheat: yield: West Virginia
The average yield per acre of wheat, 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
West Virginia, 2018
46 bushels an acre
Down 33.3% from 69 bushels in 2017
United States, 2026
48.10 bushels an acre
Down 9.8% from 53.30 bushels in 2025
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What the numbers say
- In 2018, West Virginia's yield was the same as the US average.
- From 1866 to 2018 it rose 475.0%, from 8 bushels to 46 bushels an acre.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | West Virginia | United States |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | No figure | 48.1 |
| 2025 | No figure | 53.3 |
| 2024 | No figure | 51.2 |
| 2023 | No figure | 48.7 |
| 2022 | No figure | 46.5 |
| 2021 | No figure | 44.3 |
| 2020 | No figure | 49.7 |
| 2019 | No figure | 51.7 |
| 2018 | 46 | 47.6 |
| 2017 | 69 | 46.4 |
| 2016 | 61 | 52.7 |
| 2015 | 60 | 43.6 |
| 2014 | 64 | 43.7 |
| 2013 | 52 | 47.1 |
| 2012 | 65 | 46.2 |
| 2011 | 59 | 43.6 |
| 2010 | 54 | 46.1 |
| 2009 | 50 | 44.3 |
| 2008 | 60 | 44.8 |
| 2007 | 57 | 40.2 |
| 2006 | 61 | 38.6 |
| 2005 | 60 | 42 |
| 2004 | 52 | 43.2 |
| 2003 | 41 | 44.2 |
| 2002 | 48 | 35 |
| 2001 | 58 | 40.2 |
| 2000 | 61 | 42 |
| 1999 | 57 | 42.7 |
| 1998 | 57 | 43.2 |
| 1997 | 54 | 39.5 |
| 1996 | 45 | 36.3 |
| 1995 | 52 | 35.8 |
| 1994 | 55 | 37.6 |
| 1993 | 43 | 38.2 |
| 1992 | 49 | 39.3 |
| 1991 | 45 | 34.3 |
| 1990 | 46 | 39.5 |
| 1989 | 43 | 32.7 |
| 1988 | 46 | 34.1 |
| 1987 | 45 | 37.7 |
| 1986 | 44 | 34.4 |
| 1985 | 43 | 37.5 |
| 1984 | 40 | 38.8 |
| 1983 | 42 | 39.4 |
| 1982 | 35 | 35.5 |
| 1981 | 36 | 34.5 |
| 1980 | 38 | 33.5 |
| 1979 | 34 | 34.2 |
| 1978 | 33 | 31.4 |
| 1977 | 31 | 30.7 |
| 1976 | 32 | 30.3 |
| 1975 | 32 | 30.6 |
| 1974 | 33 | 27.3 |
| 1973 | 31 | 31.6 |
| 1972 | 35 | 32.7 |
| 1971 | 35 | 33.9 |
| 1970 | 37 | 31 |
| 1969 | 33 | 30.6 |
| 1968 | 31 | 28.4 |
| 1967 | 37 | 25.8 |
| 1966 | 31 | 26.3 |
| 1965 | 32 | 26.5 |
| 1964 | 27 | 25.8 |
| 1963 | 26 | 25.2 |
| 1962 | 24 | 25 |
| 1961 | 26 | 23.9 |
| 1960 | 27 | 26.1 |
| 1959 | 23 | 21.6 |
| 1958 | 26 | 27.5 |
| 1957 | 21 | 21.8 |
| 1956 | 24 | 20.2 |
| 1955 | 23 | 19.8 |
| 1954 | 25 | 18.1 |
| 1953 | 21.5 | 17.3 |
| 1952 | 21 | 18.4 |
| 1951 | 18.5 | 16 |
| 1950 | 18.5 | 16.5 |
| 1949 | 19 | 14.5 |
| 1948 | 18.5 | 17.9 |
| 1947 | 19.5 | 18.2 |
| 1946 | 18.5 | 17.2 |
| 1945 | 18.5 | 17 |
| 1944 | 18.6 | 17.7 |
| 1943 | 13.5 | 16.4 |
| 1942 | 16 | 19.5 |
| 1941 | 16 | 16.8 |
| 1940 | 15 | 15.3 |
| 1939 | 14.5 | 14.1 |
| 1938 | 15 | 13.3 |
| 1937 | 16 | 13.6 |
| 1936 | 13.5 | 12.8 |
| 1935 | 16.5 | 12.2 |
| 1934 | 12.8 | 12.1 |
| 1933 | 14.5 | 11.2 |
| 1932 | 11.5 | 13.1 |
| 1931 | 19 | 16.3 |
| 1930 | 17.5 | 14.2 |
| 1929 | 13.1 | 13 |
| 1928 | 13.5 | 15.4 |
| 1927 | 13 | 14.7 |
| 1926 | 16 | 14.7 |
| 1925 | 13.5 | 12.8 |
| 1924 | 12.5 | 16 |
| 1923 | 12.5 | 13.3 |
| 1922 | 11.5 | 13.8 |
| 1921 | 12 | 12.7 |
| 1920 | 12.5 | 13.5 |
| 1919 | 13 | 12.9 |
| 1918 | 12 | 14.8 |
| 1917 | 11 | 13.2 |
| 1916 | 12.5 | 11.9 |
| 1915 | 13.5 | 16.7 |
| 1914 | 13 | 16.1 |
| 1913 | 11.5 | 14.4 |
| 1912 | 13 | 15.1 |
| 1911 | 10.5 | 12.4 |
| 1910 | 11.5 | 13.7 |
| 1909 | 12.3 | 15.5 |
| 1908 | 12 | 14.3 |
| 1907 | 11.5 | 14.2 |
| 1906 | 12 | 16 |
| 1905 | 12 | 15.2 |
| 1904 | 11.5 | 12.9 |
| 1903 | 10.5 | 13.7 |
| 1902 | 8 | 14.9 |
| 1901 | 11 | 15 |
| 1900 | 9.5 | 12.2 |
| 1899 | 9.7 | 12.5 |
| 1898 | 13 | 15.2 |
| 1897 | 13.5 | 14 |
| 1896 | 10 | 12.8 |
| 1895 | 10.5 | 13.9 |
| 1894 | 12 | 13.5 |
| 1893 | 12 | 12.4 |
| 1892 | 11.5 | 14.2 |
| 1891 | 11 | 16.5 |
| 1890 | 8 | 12.2 |
| 1889 | 10.4 | 14 |
| 1888 | 9.5 | 12.1 |
| 1887 | 9.5 | 13.3 |
| 1886 | 11 | 14.1 |
| 1885 | 6 | 11.4 |
| 1884 | 11 | 14.8 |
| 1883 | 10.5 | 12.3 |
| 1882 | 11.5 | 15.1 |
| 1881 | 10.5 | 11 |
| 1880 | 11.5 | 13.2 |
| 1879 | 10.2 | 13 |
| 1878 | 11.5 | 13.5 |
| 1877 | 11.5 | 14.1 |
| 1876 | 12 | 10.9 |
| 1875 | 7.5 | 11.1 |
| 1874 | 12 | 13 |
| 1873 | 10 | 12.9 |
| 1872 | 10.5 | 11.8 |
| 1871 | 10 | 12.2 |
| 1870 | 11 | 12.1 |
| 1869 | 11.5 | 13.7 |
| 1868 | 10.5 | 12.9 |
| 1867 | 10.5 | 12.6 |
| 1866 | 8 | 11 |
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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 - YIELD, MEASURED IN BU / ACRE". 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 bushels of wheat harvested from an acre, averaged over the acres harvested.