Fruits and vegetables (fresh weight equivalent): Per capita availability, 1970-2012

Fruit
Processing
Year

Fresh1

Canning2

Freezing3

Dried4

Juice5

Other process

Total
processed

Total fruit6

Fresh7

Canning8

Freezing9

Dried10

fruit6

Vegetables
Processing
Potatoes
for
chips

Total
processed

Legumes11

Total vege-tables6

vegetables6

Total
fruit
and
vegetables6

1970

100.9

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pounds -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------26.2

3.9
10.0
96.7
0.7
137.4
238.3
154.4
93.0
43.7
13.1
17.4
6.3
173.5

327.8

566.1

1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977

100.9
94.4
96.7
96.1
101.4
102.0
99.6

26.5
24.2
24.5
24.0
23.5
23.4
24.4

4.0
4.0
4.1
3.3
3.1
3.5
3.6

10.0
7.2
10.2
9.7
10.3
13.5
9.9

101.2
101.4
99.8
101.6
113.3
115.5
132.8

0.6
0.7
0.6
1.0
0.4
0.3
0.6

142.3
137.4
139.1
139.5
150.7
156.3
171.3

243.1
231.8
235.9
235.6
252.0
258.2
270.9

148.1
151.4
148.1
146.2
149.1
148.4
148.8

108.0
104.0
98.7
99.5
97.6
103.3
101.5

45.3
45.3
50.6
51.0
52.6
57.5
59.0

13.8
13.3
14.2
16.1
16.7
17.1
12.7

17.2
16.7
16.3
15.7
15.5
15.8
16.2

6.8
5.8
7.6
5.5
6.9
6.3
6.7

191.1
185.1
187.3
187.9
189.3
200.0
196.2

339.1
336.5
335.5
334.1
338.4
348.3
345.0

582.2
568.3
571.3
569.7
590.4
606.6
615.9

1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984

103.7
99.9
106.5
103.5
108.1
110.7
112.7

24.1
25.0
24.6
21.0
22.1
20.1
19.7

3.9
3.2
3.4
3.1
3.4
3.4
3.4

8.6
10.1
11.3
9.7
12.1
11.8
12.8

119.1
112.2
119.3
124.3
117.6
133.8
117.9

0.8
0.6
0.7
0.4
0.5
0.4
0.4

156.5
151.1
159.3
158.5
155.6
169.5
154.3

260.2
251.0
265.8
262.0
263.7
280.2
267.0

143.9
149.0
151.8
145.5
151.3
151.8
157.2

97.0
100.6
102.5
97.0
95.1
96.5
102.6

58.9
55.4
51.6
58.2
54.4
55.9
62.7

13.4
13.1
10.5
11.7
12.4
11.6
11.8

16.5
16.7
16.5
16.6
17.0
17.8
18.0

5.1
6.4
5.1
5.6
7.6
6.4
5.5

190.9
192.2
186.2
189.2
186.4
188.2
200.6

334.8
341.2
337.9
334.6
337.8
340.1
357.8

595.0
592.2
603.7
596.6
601.4
620.3
624.8

1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990

110.8
118.7
121.3
121.5
123.1
117.0

20.9
21.1
21.0
20.8
21.5
21.0

3.5
4.1
4.2
4.2
4.6
4.3

12.9
11.6
12.2
15.0
13.3
12.2

122.2
122.9
127.2
112.4
117.6
103.1

0.3
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.3

159.7
160.1
164.9
152.6
157.3
141.0

270.5
278.8
286.2
274.1
280.4
257.9

159.1
159.2
168.6
174.7
181.0
176.4

99.3
99.6
99.0
94.6
101.7
110.3

64.5
64.5
67.0
64.3
67.4
66.7

12.8
12.8
12.3
12.1
12.4
14.7

17.6
18.1
17.6
17.1
17.4
16.3

7.1
6.7
5.6
7.1
5.5
6.8

201.2
201.8
201.4
195.2
204.4
214.8

360.4
360.9
370.0
369.9
385.4
391.2

630.9
639.7
656.2
644.0
665.8
649.1

1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997

113.1
124.3
123.3
125.4
123.4
126.7
130.3

19.8
22.8
20.6
20.8
17.3
18.5
20.1

4.4
4.1
3.8
3.9
4.3
4.1
3.8

12.4
10.9
12.7
12.8
12.8
11.3
10.7

117.6
106.2
122.7
119.1
116.5
127.0
123.8

0.4
0.6
0.3
0.5
0.3
0.2
0.7

154.6
144.6
160.2
157.1
151.3
161.1
159.2

267.6
268.9
283.5
282.5
274.7
287.8
289.5

176.3
179.8
187.8
193.3
188.1
193.2
199.0

112.4
110.1
109.9
109.7
108.2
106.4
105.5

72.5
70.5
75.4
77.5
78.8
83.3
80.0

15.4
14.3
15.7
14.2
14.5
17.5
16.4

17.2
17.0
17.5
16.2
16.1
16.2
15.2

7.6
7.9
7.3
7.8
7.7
7.6
7.6

225.0
219.7
225.8
225.5
225.4
231.0
224.6

401.3
399.5
413.6
418.8
413.6
424.2
423.6

668.9
668.4
697.0
701.2
688.3
712.0
713.1

1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004

129.5
130.5
128.8
126.0
127.0
128.3
127.8

17.1
19.3
17.6
17.8
16.9
17.4
17.0

4.3
3.9
4.6
4.9
4.1
5.1
4.3

12.2
10.3
10.5
9.9
10.5
9.9
9.4

129.0
123.7
124.9
122.0
116.9
119.3
119.9

0.3
0.5
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.4
0.5

162.9
157.6
158.0
154.8
148.5
152.0
151.1

292.3
288.1
286.8
280.8
275.6
280.3
278.9

195.6
201.4
200.8
198.1
197.4
200.8
204.5

105.3
102.9
103.2
96.5
100.4
100.9
102.5

80.3
80.8
79.7
79.7
76.8
78.6
78.9

17.6
14.6
17.3
15.8
15.8
17.3
15.3

14.3
15.5
15.6
17.4
16.3
17.2
16.4

7.4
7.9
7.8
7.3
6.9
6.9
6.2

225.0
221.7
223.5
216.7
216.2
220.9
219.3

420.6
423.1
424.3
414.8
413.6
421.7
423.8

712.9
711.2
711.1
695.6
689.2
702.0
702.7

2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011

125.3
128.0
123.6
126.7
124.4
128.8
129.8

16.7
15.6
16.1
15.7
15.5
15.0
14.3

5.2
5.0
5.3
4.9
4.9
5.0
4.9

10.1
10.6
9.9
9.9
9.0
9.4
9.3

112.6
109.6
106.7
99.3
99.4
97.7
95.0

0.5
0.6
0.5
0.8
0.6
0.7
0.7

145.2
141.4
138.5
130.6
129.5
127.7
124.1

270.5
269.4
262.2
257.3
253.9
256.6
253.9

196.6
194.1
194.4
188.6
185.9
190.5
187.3

104.9
94.5
96.8
94.9
100.7
99.4
91.5

76.4
75.1
75.8
73.4
71.7
71.5
70.2

13.9
14.2
14.1
13.9
13.7
12.5
11.9

16.0
18.6
18.6
15.7
13.7
15.0
16.8

6.2
7.2
6.6
6.4
6.4
8.0
6.0

217.5
209.6
211.9
204.3
206.2
206.4
196.4

414.1
403.7
406.2
392.9
392.1
396.9
383.7

684.5
673.1
668.4
650.2
645.9
653.5
637.6

2012

131.0

13.8

4.9

9.3

85.2

0.5

113.7

244.7

191.6

93.0

72.2

14.5

16.8

6.7

203.2

394.8

639.6

Includes apples, apricots, avocados, bananas, cherries, cantaloup, cranberries, grapes, grapefruit, honeydew, kiwifruit, lemons, limes, mangoes, nectarines, oranges, papayas, peaches, pears, pineapples, plums, prunes, strawberries, tangelos, tangerines,
temples, and watermelon. 2Includes apples, applesauce, apricots, cherries, olives, peaches, pears, pineapples, plums, and prunes. 3Includes apples, apricots, blackberries, blueberries, boysenberries, cherries, loganberries, peaches, plums, loganberries,
peaches, plums, prunes, raspberries, strawberries, and other miscellaneous fruit and berries. 4Includes apples, apricots, dates, figs, peaches, pears, prunes, and raisins. 5Includes apple, cranberry, grape, grapefruit, lemon, lime, orange, pineapple, and
prune juice. 6Computed from unrounded data. 7Includes artichokes, asparagus, snap beans, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celery, sweet corn, cucumbers, eggplant, endive, escarole, garlic, head, romaine, and leaf lettuce, mushrooms, onions, bell
peppers, potatoes, radishes, spinach, sweetpotatoes, and tomatoes. 8Includes asparagus, lima beans, snap beans, beets, cabbage, carrots, sweet corn, cucumbers, mushrooms, green peas, chile peppers, potatoes, spinach, tomatoes, and other
miscellaneous vegetables. 9Includes asparagus, lima beans, snap beans, broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, sweet corn, green peas, potatoes, spinach and other miscellaneous vegetables. 10Includes potatoes and onions. 11Note: At this this time dry field peas and
lentils are not available and therefore not included in the total legumes.
1

Source: Calculated by ERS/USDA based on data from various sources (see http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-availability-(per-capita)-data-system/food-availability-documentation.aspx). Data last updated February 1, 2014.