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Consumers in foreign countries pay, on average, 20% more for sugar than grocery shoppers in the US.
Sugar is produced in 22 states and supports 142,000 jobs nationwide.
Sugar generates $20 billion a year in economic activity across the U.S.
Sugar Facts
American food manufacturers pay about the same for sugar today as they did in the 1980s.
Consumers in foreign countries pay, on average, 20% more for sugar than grocery shoppers in the US.
Sugar is produced in 22 states and supports 142,000 jobs nationwide.
Sugar generates $20 billion a year in economic activity across the U.S.
economic activity across the U.S.
By the Numbers…
| Jobs | Economic Impact | |
| Minnesota | 28,021 | $3.36 billion |
| Louisiana | 16,353 | $3.52 billion |
| Idaho | 15,039 | $2.08 billion |
| North Dakota | 14,324 | $1.78 billion |
| Michigan | 12,641 | $1.28 billion |
| Florida | 12,311 | $3.27 billion |
| Nebraska | 11,477 | $397 million |
| California | 6,437 | $942 million |
| Colorado | 5,562 | $333 million |
| Montana | 4,332 | $434 million |
| Wyoming | 3,568 | $404 million |
| Texas | 3,409 | $196 million |
| Maryland | 2,660 | $456 million |
| Georgia | 1,976 | $474 million |
| Hawaii* | 1,426 | $210 million |
| Oregon | 1,222 | $33 million |
| New York | 1,105 | $292 million |