Maple Syrup Production Facts and Figures

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Maple Syrup Production Facts and Figures

Maple syrup production in the United States is mainly in the Northeast and the northern Midwest. In Canada is takes place in most of the provinces. The Canadian province of Quebec produces 90% of Canada's maple syrup and 70% of the entire world's production of maple syrup. Canada exported about $360 million (US) of maple syrup in 2016. Maple syrup can be made wherever suitable species of maple trees grow, such as New Zealand. One tap on one tree will produce approximately 10 gallons of sap (in a typical year, it does vary from year to year) which will boil down to make about one quart of maple syrup. Once a tree reaches a diameter of 12 inches or larger, one tap can be put in it. At 18 inches or greater in diameter, 2 taps in trees can be put in.

Most recent Maple syrup production figures for the United States

The United States produces a total of approximately 4 million gallons of maple syrup annually. The data is usually released in June of each year by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA),

the United States produced 4.18 million gallons of maple syrup in 2023, down 15% from the previous season.
The number of taps totaled 13.4 million, down 4% from 2022, and
the yield per tap was 0.311 gallon, down 0.042 gallon from the previous season.

The top states in the U.S. and their production figures are shown below. As you can see, the rankings between the states rarely change. Vermont is, by far, the largest producer in the United States. But Ontario, Canada's production dwarfs the entirety of the United States maple syrup production.

	United States Maple Syrup Product by State and Year
Rank	State and production in gallons by year	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2010
1	Vermont	2,045,000	2,554,000	1,750,000	2,220,000	2,070,000	890,000
2	New York	750,000	815,000	647,000	804,000	820,000	312,000
3	Maine	470,000	634,000	514,000	590,000	580,000	310,000
4	Wisconsin	402,000	443,000	365,000	265,000	270,000	117,000
5	Michigan	195,000	188,000	150,000	170,000	195,000	82, 000
6	Pennsylvania	178,000	155,000	168,000	169,000	157,000	54,000
7	New Hampshire	139,000	154,000	127,000	154,000	148,000	87,000
8	Ohio	*	*	*	*	*	65,000
9	Massachusetts	*	*	*	*	*	29,000
10	Connecticut	*	*	*	*	*	9,000
	United States (total) includes other states with minor production	4,180,000	4,943,000	3,721,000	4,372,000	4,240,000	1,960,000

* USDA stopped collecting maple syrup production data in this state after 2018

Maple Syrup Production 2021-2023

Maple Syrup Production on the West Coast of the United States

There is only one small commercial farm in Washington State and 3 hobbyist farms in Washington State, with a total of 36 taps. The University of Washington plans to install 700 experimental taps in Pack Forest in 2020.

There are no commercial maple syrup farms in California or Oregon.

Canadian Maple Syrup Production

As noted above it is concentrated in Quebec, but there are specialty producers in most provinces. There are three tribes: Hupacasath First Nation, Muh-uulth-aht, Klee khoot aht and Cuu-ma-as-aht that make commercial syrup together on Vancouver Island. There is also an annual bigleaf maple syrup festival on Vancouver Island, B.C.