Floriculture Crops 2023 Highlights

NASS Highlights

May 2024

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No. 2024-5

2023 Floriculture Crops
About the Survey
The Floriculture Program of
USDA’s National Agricultural
Statistics Service (NASS) is the
federal government’s official
source of statistics about
Floriculture crops.

Since 2021, the Floriculture survey and estimating program includes all
50 states. The top 28 states are published individually with the remaining
states combined into the “other states” total. (Fig.1)

Fig. 1. States in the 2023 Floriculture Survey

NASS conducted the survey
among operations that annually
produce and sell at least $10,000
of fresh cut flowers, potted
flowering plants, foliage plants,
annual bedding and garden
plants, potted herbaceous
perennials, cut cultivated
florist greens, and propagative
(unfinished) floriculture material.
Annual sales include retail
and wholesale sales of items
surveyed.

Published
Not Published

Access the Data
Access 2023 and earlier
floriculture data through the
Quick Stats database
(http://quickstats.nass.usda.gov).
• In Program, select “Survey”
• In Sector, select “Crops”
• In Group, select “Horticulture”
• In Commodity, select the
crop(s) for which you
want data
• Select your category, data item,
geographic level, and year

Floriculture in 2023
The number of floriculture producers totaled 10,216, compared to 8,949 in 2022. For the 28 program
states published, the number of producers increased 17% from 7,590 in 2022 to 8,887.
The total value of sales across all floriculture crops totaled $6.69 billion, virtually unchanged from
2022. For the 28 program states published, the total value was $6.31 billion, a decrease of less than 1%
from 2022.
Area used for production was 851 million square feet compared to 833 million square feet in 2022.

United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Statistics Service

www.nass.usda.gov

Fig. 2 Value of Floriculture Sales, 2013-2023 ($ billion)
7.50

6.69

6.50
5.50
4.50
3.50
2.50
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

2013 2014 2015
Program States

Of the 10 largest states,
Florida had the highest
sales, followed by
California. Combined, Florida
and California accounted
for 33% of all sales in the
United States.

United States

Estimates suspended in 2016 and 2017.

Top States
Floriculture Sales, 2023 ($ million)
Florida
California
Michigan
Texas
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
North Carolina

1,208
983
695
319
308
236
233
215
170
168

Fig. 3 Number of Floriculture Operations, 2013-2023
Top States
Floriculture Operations, 2023

11,000
10,216

10,000
9,000

The top five states each had
more than 600 floriculture
operations in 2023. Over
one-third of all operations
were in these states.

8,000
7,000
6,000
5,000
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

2013 2014 2015

Program States

United States

California
Pennsylvania
Michigan
New York
Florida
Ohio
Wisconsin
Washington
Texas
North Carolina

746
702
681
680
675
513
474
350
341
320

Estimates suspended in 2016 and 2017.

Operations with Hired Workers in 2023
The number of operations with hired workers totaled 6,527 in 2023. The U.S total increased 3% from 2022.
The average peak number of workers per operation was 16.4 nationally in 2023. The U.S average number decreased from 17.7 to 16.4 per operation.

Fig. 4 Value of Sales by Plant Category, Operations with $100,000+ in Sales, 2023 ($ million)
2,475.7

Annual Bedding/Garden Plants
Herbaceous Perennial Plants

1,038.1

Potted Flowering Plants

1,002.0
918.9

Foliage Plants, Indoor/Patio Use

513.8

Propagative Floriculture Materials

350.0

Cut Flowers
Cut Cultivated Greens

Sales of Annual Bedding/Garden Plants
represented the largest total among all plant
categories in 2023.

97.8

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