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The San Diego Union-Tribune

 
THE LIST
Farming states

July 3, 2008

60 percent: The percentage of sweet corn produced nationally in 2007 that came from just four states – Florida, California, Georgia and New York.

52 percent: The percentage of the nation's potatoes that were produced in Idaho or Washington state in 2007.

75 percent: The percentage of the nation's head lettuce that came from California in 2007.

Nearly 3 in 4: The chances that the fresh tomatoes in your salad came from Florida or California, which combined accounted for 73 percent of U.S. tomato production last year.

About 4 in 10: The odds that your side dish of baked beans originated from North Dakota, which produced 42 percent of the nation's dry, edible beans in 2007.

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau

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