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Maple syrup in Minnesota, county by county

Minnesota had 364 maple operations running 97,822 taps in the 2022 Census of Agriculture, led by Chisago County. Pick a county for its typical season dates, 36 seasons of sap weather and this week's forecast.
Maple farms, 2022
364
+25% since 2017
Taps, 2022
97,822
-1% since 2017
Gallons of syrup
21,507
0.22 gal per tap
Counties with a page
29
of 54 with maple farms
Aitkin County, MN — taps withheldAnoka County, MN — 556 tapsBecker County, MN — 1,757 tapsBeltrami County, MN — 646 tapsCarlton County, MN — 4,706 tapsCarver County, MN — 908 tapsCass County, MN — taps withheldChisago County, MN — 10,667 tapsCrow Wing County, MN — 995 tapsDakota County, MN — 288 tapsDouglas County, MN — 3,910 tapsFillmore County, MN — 163 tapsGoodhue County, MN — 200 tapsHennepin County, MN — 7,200 tapsIsanti County, MN — 585 tapsItasca County, MN — 5,146 tapsKanabec County, MN — 1,030 tapsMcLeod County, MN — 94 tapsMille Lacs County, MN — 1,863 tapsMorrison County, MN — 764 tapsOlmsted County, MN — 164 tapsOtter Tail County, MN — 4,132 tapsPine County, MN — 2,525 tapsRice County, MN — 1,545 tapsSt. Louis County, MN — 7,080 tapsStearns County, MN — 3,398 tapsTodd County, MN — taps withheldWashington County, MN — 2,588 tapsWright County, MN — 700 taps
Maple taps, 202294–556556–908908–1,8631,863–4,1324,132–10,667fewer than 5 maple farms

Reading the map

Where Minnesota's sugaring happens

Chisago County alone holds 10,667 taps (11% of the state). Counties shaded lightest have the fewest taps; grey counties reported fewer than five maple farms and have no atlas page. Click any county for its season calendar.

USDA's reported Minnesota season ran from about Mar 6 to Apr 6 in a median year (3 years of records). Our weather signal for the same counties, weighted by farms, gives Mar 16 to Apr 15; county dates below are scaled so the state matches USDA, keeping only the within-state differences.

Sugaring in Minnesota

Every county

Minnesota maple production and season dates by county

Farms, taps and gallons from the 2022 Census of Agriculture, with the change in taps since 2017. Season dates are each county's typical year from 36 seasons of daily temperatures.
Minnesota maple syrup production by county, 2022 Census of Agriculture, with typical season dates
CountyFarmsTapsGallonsTaps vs 2017Sap usually runs
Chisago2910,6671,160+30%Mar 2 – Apr 2
Hennepin127,200994+374%Feb 25 – Mar 29
St. Louis347,0801,4050%Mar 19 – Apr 15
Itasca185,1461,215+29%Mar 11 – Apr 13
Carlton174,7061,089-6%Mar 13 – Apr 16
Otter Tail94,132911+16%Mar 7 – Apr 6
Douglas73,910580+1017%Mar 7 – Apr 6
Stearns113,398withheld-24%Mar 5 – Apr 5
Washington162,588598+581%Feb 28 – Mar 30
Pine92,525680+160%Mar 6 – Apr 6
Mille Lacs81,863454+68%Mar 6 – Apr 5
Becker121,757299+10%Mar 9 – Apr 11
Rice71,545610+36%Feb 28 – Mar 31
Kanabec71,030169+72%Mar 5 – Apr 6
Crow Wing6995281+84%Mar 8 – Apr 11
Carver7908172—Feb 26 – Mar 28
Morrison10764283+82%Mar 6 – Apr 6
Mahnomen3750159—fewer than 5 farms · no page
Wright11700119-59%Mar 3 – Apr 1
Beltrami6646112—Mar 13 – Apr 15
Isanti6585118-67%Mar 5 – Apr 4
Anoka14556102+237%Mar 2 – Apr 1
Nicollet430092—fewer than 5 farms · no page
Dakota628861—Mar 1 – Mar 29
Sibley323058—fewer than 5 farms · no page
Le Sueur421880-30%fewer than 5 farms · no page
Goodhue920074-81%Feb 27 – Mar 31
Hubbard418126-9%fewer than 5 farms · no page
Olmsted816434-34%Feb 28 – Apr 1
Fillmore516338-89%Feb 26 – Mar 29
Winona414038—fewer than 5 farms · no page
McLeod79432-94%Mar 3 – Apr 1
Benton000—fewer than 5 farms · no page
Brown000-100%fewer than 5 farms · no page
Dodge000—fewer than 5 farms · no page
Mower000—fewer than 5 farms · no page
Murray000—fewer than 5 farms · no page
Polk000—fewer than 5 farms · no page
Renville000—fewer than 5 farms · no page
Rock000—fewer than 5 farms · no page
Yellow Medicine000-100%fewer than 5 farms · no page
Aitkin12withheldwithheld—Mar 9 – Apr 12
Cass5withheldwithheld—Mar 11 – Apr 13
Todd5withheldwithheld—Mar 7 – Apr 6
Blue Earth4withheldwithheld—fewer than 5 farms · no page
Cook3withheldwithheld—fewer than 5 farms · no page
Clearwater2withheldwithheld—fewer than 5 farms · no page
Houston2withheldwithheld—fewer than 5 farms · no page
Martin2withheldwithheld—fewer than 5 farms · no page
Stevens2withheldwithheld—fewer than 5 farms · no page
Wadena2withheldwithheld—fewer than 5 farms · no page
Kandiyohi1withheldwithheld—fewer than 5 farms · no page
Lake1withheldwithheld—fewer than 5 farms · no page
Lake of the Woods1withheldwithheld—fewer than 5 farms · no page
Meeker1withheldwithheld—fewer than 5 farms · no page
Nobles1withheldwithheld—fewer than 5 farms · no page
Ramsey1withheldwithheld—fewer than 5 farms · no page
Scott1withheldwithheld—fewer than 5 farms · no page
Sherburne1withheldwithheld—fewer than 5 farms · no page
Steele1withheldwithheld—fewer than 5 farms · no page
Wabasha1withheldwithheld—fewer than 5 farms · no page
Waseca1withheldwithheld—fewer than 5 farms · no page
Wilkin1withheldwithheld—fewer than 5 farms · no page
Minnesota total36497,82221,507-1%USDA median Mar 6 – Apr 6

“Withheld” = USDA suppressed the figure to avoid disclosing individual operations. County totals need not sum to the state total for that reason.

About this page

Production figures are copied, unchanged, from Table 37 of the 2022 Census of Agriculture county volume for Minnesota. Season dates come from our county maple atlas: 36 seasons of daily temperatures at each county seat scored with the freeze-thaw rule behind our live forecast, calibrated against 117 state-seasons of USDA-reported dates. How the atlas is built, and the downloadable dataset →

Sources · 3

  1. 1.2022 Census of Agriculture, County Level Data — Minnesota, Table 37: Maple Syrup, 2022 and 2017 · USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service
  2. 2.USDA NASS maple syrup reports — approximate average season opened and closed dates, 2011–2022 · USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (mirrored by the University of Vermont)
  3. 3.PRISM daily temperature grids (AN81d, 4 km), accessed 2026-10-05 · PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu

FAQ

Minnesota maple questions

Which county in Minnesota makes the most maple syrup?
Chisago County, with 10,667 taps and 1,160 gallons of syrup across 29 farms in the 2022 Census of Agriculture, about 11% of the state's taps. USDA withheld totals for 23 counties to protect individual farms, so the ranking covers published counties.
How many maple producers are there in Minnesota?
The 2022 Census of Agriculture counted 364 farms producing maple syrup in Minnesota (291 in 2017), with 97,822 taps and 21,507 gallons of syrup. The Census counts farms, so backyard sugarmakers who don't sell are not included.
Where does the sap run first in Minnesota?
By our weather record, Hennepin County (Minneapolis) typically starts around February 25, while St. Louis County (Duluth) starts around March 19, a spread of about 22 days across the state.

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