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Producer  Area

Olive Oil Trees by California County

Alameda

21418

Amador

432

Butte

833988

Calaveras

1260

Contra Costa

550

El Dorado

2174

Fresno

111500

Glenn

400

Madera

40

Marin

18130

Mendocino

4339

Monterey

19258

Napa

14353

Placer

3200

Sacramento

17030

San Benito

4000

San Francisco

100

San Joaquin

3530

San Luis Obispo

23135

Santa Barbara

16915

Santa Clara

3500

Shasta

54

Solano

9400

Sonoma

12781

Sutter

2100

Tehama

437

Tulare

37400

Tuolumne

693

Ventura

2500

Yolo

7800

Yuba

11270

Orchard data is self reported by growers. Chart generated instantly & may change daily. Dots show numbers on log scale. Map Graphed data can only be viewed with Microsoft Internet Explorer

 
Alameda -

21,418

Amador -

432

Butte -

833,988

Calaveras -

1,260

Contra Costa -

550

El Dorado -

2,174

Fresno -

111,500

Glenn -

400

Madera -

40

Marin -

18,130

Mendocino -

4,339

Monterey -

19,258

Napa -

14,353

Placer -

3,200

Sacramento -

17,030

San Benito -

4,000

San Francisco -

100

San Joaquin -

3,530

San Luis Obispo -

23,135

Santa Barbara -

16,915

Santa Clara -

3,500

Shasta -

54

Solano -

9,400

Sonoma -

12,781

Sutter -

2,100

Tehama -

437

Tulare -

37,400

Tuolumne -

693

Ventura -

2,500

Yolo -

7,800

Yuba -

11,270

Total: 
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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