USDA data shows U.S. citrus utilized production for the 2024-25 season totaled 5.02 million tons, down 2% nationally from the prior year. But the headline number understates Florida's continued collapse — the state's all-citrus production fell 28% year-over-year, reducing its share of total U.S. citrus output to just 13%. California now accounts for 84% of national production.
Florida's citrus industry has been in long-term decline driven by citrus greening disease and repeated weather disasters. The 28% single-season drop adds to a multi-year trend that has fundamentally reshuffled where U.S. citrus comes from and how buyers source it. The state's $196 million recovery package, approved by the Florida Legislature, reflects how seriously growers and policymakers are treating the existential threat to the industry.
For buyers, California's dominant position means supply disruptions in the San Joaquin Valley now carry outsized consequences for the entire U.S. citrus market — a concentration risk worth factoring into sourcing strategy.