State | Total number of rice counties | Total rice harvested area, ha | Rice county near weather station with >20 years weather data archives | Total number of weather stations | Range of total number of recorded years | Total number of observations used1 |
California (CA) | 13 | 207,766 | Fresno, Merced, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tehama, Yuba | 12 | 33 - 67 | 1,111,053 |
Arkansas (AR) | 31 | 508,287 | Craighead, Jefferson, Mississippi, Pulaski | 5 | 28 - 57 | 330,526 |
Louisiana (LA) | 16 | 120,373 | Lafayette, Rapides | 3 | 42 - 56 | 345,483 |
Texas (TX) | 13 | 52,609 | Jefferson, Matagorda | 2 | 46 - 48 | 181,635 |