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Top Producing U.S. States

Name the state that is the #1 producer of each selected product.
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Last updated: April 4, 2017
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First submittedApril 4, 2017
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Product
State
Wine
California
Cars
Michigan
Oil
Texas
Apples
Washington
Cheese
Wisconsin
Lobsters
Maine
Shrimp
Louisiana
Avocados
California
Product
State
Wind Energy
Texas
Textiles
North Carolina
Oranges
Florida
Cotton
Texas
Coffee
Hawaii
Potatoes
Idaho
Corn
Iowa
Silver
Nevada
Product
State
Almonds
California
Sugarcane
Florida
Timber Products
Oregon
Tobacco
North Carolina
Maple Syrup
Vermont
Coal
Wyoming
Peanuts
Georgia
Marijuana
California
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Level 87
Apr 4, 2017
No real surprises here.
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Level 62
Apr 4, 2017
Wyoming producing coal is the only one that surprised me. I always associated coal with the Appalachians, i.e. Pennsylvania. Also, I figured Wyoming's population is small enough that the industry wouldn't be too mature there
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Level 41
Jul 24, 2017
You should see the coal trains out in Wyoming, rolling along under those wide open skies. Also Bloomberg's "From The Ashes" documentary about coal talks about Wyoming coal.
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Level 54
Jul 25, 2017
I think I guessed every state except Wyoming.
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Level 90
Apr 4, 2017
Ditto. The term "coal country" refers to PA, WV, KY, etc. Wyoming is about the last place I would've thought of as a coal producer. Probably more a function of the Appalachians being TOO mature, I'd guess. All the easy-to-get coal was mined there long ago, I suppose.
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Level 74
Dec 10, 2018
Yeah. Last I heard they dug out all the tops of the Appalachian mountains. It's gone.
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Level 75
Jul 24, 2017
I struggled with coal and textiles. My biggest surprise is how many stereotypes fit.
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Level 70
Sep 22, 2021
Actually, there are some surprises for us that don't live or frequent in the USA. For instance, I never knew Wisconsin is a cheese producing giant.
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Level 43
Sep 22, 2021
That is like saying I had no idea sushi was big in Japan.
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Level 80
Jun 12, 2017
The North Antelope Rochelle coal mine in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming, US, is currently the world's largest coal mine by reserve. In 2013, there were 17 active coal mines in Wyoming, which produced 388 million short tons, 39 percent of all the coal mined in the US, and more than three times the production of second-place West Virginia.

Courtesy of Wikipedia

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Level 56
Jul 24, 2017
Everyone to California for a wine, avocado, almond and marijuana party.
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Level 89
Jul 24, 2017
Hmm. Four of the answers are California. As an average JetPunk user would say, too California-centric!
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Level 72
Sep 21, 2021
Too Earth-centric. There are hundreds of other planets with no representation. :P
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Level 53
Jul 24, 2017
Who would know Forrest Gump would be so useful... Bubba Gump fwt...
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Level 75
Jul 27, 2017
Thank you Sally Field and Norma Rae for the textile answer.
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Level 82
Apr 19, 2018
Really need to read the instructions. Wasted a lot of time before realising I could re-use Texas and California.
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Level 48
Jan 27, 2019
Managed to guess Coal Wyoming and Textiles North Carolina with 40 seconds left
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Level 79
Sep 21, 2021
The plant is called cannabis or hemp, not marijuana.
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Level 65
Sep 21, 2021
It is also called Panama Red or Maui Wow-ee. Please accept Panama and Maui as US States. Also, Thomas Jefferson farmed hemp and was clearly baked out of his gourd when writing the Declaration of Independence. Please accept this doobie I am passing you in lieu of any answer.
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Level 67
Sep 21, 2021
Kinda surprised Texas leads in wind.
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Level 54
Sep 21, 2021
Much of West Texas is flat desert, there are huge wind farms out there.
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Level 43
Sep 22, 2021
An absolute surplus of hot air out there for sure!
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Level 66
Sep 27, 2021
Yeah, I only knew that because they don't weatherproof their turbines, and recently they had a cold day, and they all froze and basically the entire state had a black out. 35% of the grid is the number I heard, wild.
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Level 74
Dec 20, 2022
I managed to get timber products with 0 seconds left
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Level 53
Mar 14, 2023
I'm fairly certain Alaska tops the charts in silver production. Roughly over half the US Silver comes from two mines in Alaska.
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Level 79
Jul 29, 2023
This appears to be true. I couldn't find anything that shows Nevada topping Alaska in silver production, and it's not even close.