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Olive Oil Trees by California County |
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| Alameda - | 21,418 |
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| Amador - | 432 |
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| Butte - | 833,988 |
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| Calaveras - | 1,260 |
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| Contra Costa - | 550 |
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| El Dorado - | 2,174 |
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| Fresno - | 111,500 |
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| Glenn - | 400 |
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| Madera - | 40 |
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| Marin - | 18,130 |
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| Mendocino - | 4,339 |
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| Merced - | 919 |
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| Monterey - | 19,258 |
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| Napa - | 14,353 |
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| Placer - | 3,200 |
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| Sacramento - | 17,030 |
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| San Benito - | 4,000 |
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| San Francisco - | 100 |
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| San Joaquin - | 6,530 |
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| San Luis Obispo - | 23,135 |
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| Santa Barbara - | 16,915 |
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| Santa Clara - | 3,500 |
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| Shasta - | 54 |
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| Solano - | 9,400 |
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| Sonoma - | 13,195 |
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| Sutter - | 2,100 |
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| Tehama - | 437 |
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| Tulare - | 37,400 |
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| Tuolumne - | 693 |
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| Ventura - | 2,500 |
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| Yolo - | 7,800 |
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| Yuba - | 11,270 |
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Total: Back to Statistics |
1,188,020.00 |
Why are these numbers so small?
Most olive trees in California produce table olives and most of the oil
produced in California comes from undersized table olives not used by the
canneries. The following statistics are from Paul Vossen. University of
California Cooperative Extension,
Farm Advisor - Sonoma - Marin.
California Extra Virgin Olive Oil Processed
FROM TABLE OLIVES (TONS)
| 1996
1997 1998 |
3,400 7,200 10,700 |
FROM GOURMET OIL OLIVES (TONS)
| 1996
1997 1998 |
100 500 400 |