Tree farms in the United States cut down 14.5 million Christmas trees in 2022, according to the most recent USDA data. At any given time, there are 300 million Christmas trees growing on 15,000 farms across the country. Michigan, North Carolina and Oregon are the biggest producers of the trees, with these three states boasting an aggregate of 400 square miles of land devoted to their production. Of the 14.5 million trees cut in 2022, half came from just six counties, with Clackamas County, Oregon, responsible for a nation-leading 2,088,169 trees alone.
Joe Murphy, NBC News
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