Coffee Statistics Updated November 2026

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100 US Coffee Statistics for 2026

American coffee demand extends from daily routines to a supply chain built around imports, domestic processing and a small measured producing base in Hawaii. This page separates consumer surveys from agricultural and trade statistics so you can answer the right question with the right denominator.

The latest NCA fall findings sit alongside explicitly labelled spring research. USDA estimates retain their publication vintage, and the retail-price series follows a defined packaged-coffee product instead of the price of a café drink.

Headline figures

How do Americans fit coffee into everyday life?

Consumption reach, cup counts and occasions measure different things. A survey of adults should not be mistaken for a census of transactions.

How does consumption vary across regions?

The NCA reports regional differences in past-day drinking within the adult population. These results describe the survey period, not a permanent ranking of regional preferences. The average number of cups applies to coffee drinkers, whereas prevalence uses all eligible adults. Keeping those denominators visible prevents an average among drinkers from being interpreted as consumption by every resident. The regions follow the study's definitions and should not be used to infer a particular state's result.

Where and when do people drink coffee?

Home and out-of-home drinking are overlapping activities: a respondent can do both. Breakfast, first-thing-in-the-morning and afternoon questions also describe different occasions. The spring observations are retained as earlier survey evidence, while the fall report supplies the more recent home and breakfast measures. They are not directly interchangeable trend points because the wording and reporting window matter. These results help describe routines without establishing the number of purchases, the location of preparation or the amount spent on each occasion.

What distinguishes specialty coffee drinkers?

  • 36% of past-day US specialty coffee drinkers had coffee prepared outside the home in the 2026 Specialty Coffee Report. (National Coffee Association, Jun 2026)
  • 23% of past-day US traditional coffee drinkers had coffee prepared outside the home in the 2026 Specialty Coffee Report. (National Coffee Association, Jun 2026)
  • 76% of past-day US specialty coffee drinkers enjoyed hot coffee in the 2026 Specialty Coffee Report. (National Coffee Association, Jun 2026)
  • 60% of past-day US specialty coffee drinkers enjoyed cold coffee in the 2026 Specialty Coffee Report. (National Coffee Association, Jun 2026)
  • 35% of past-day US specialty coffee drinkers identified flavor as part of what makes coffee specialty in the 2026 Specialty Coffee Report. (National Coffee Association, Jun 2026)

The NCA's specialty definition includes espresso drinks and coffee perceived as premium. Age and preparation-location comparisons use different respondent groups. Hot and cold preferences overlap, and flavor is a reported perception instead of an independent grade. These findings come from the spring study released in June, not new June fieldwork.

What does the measured US coffee crop look like?

NASS reports coffee production in Hawaii on a cherry basis. Fresh cherry weight cannot be compared directly with imported green beans or roasted coffee sold in shops.

How have bearing area and yield changed?

  • Hawaii 2023/24 coffee bearing area: 7,400 acres. (USDA NASS, May 2026)
  • Hawaii 2024/25 coffee bearing area: 7,000 acres. (USDA NASS, May 2026)
  • Hawaii 2023/24 coffee yield: 3,150 pounds of coffee cherries per acre. (USDA NASS, May 2026)
  • Hawaii 2024/25 coffee yield: 3,610 pounds of coffee cherries per acre. (USDA NASS, May 2026)
  • Hawaii 2025/26 coffee yield: 3,190 pounds of coffee cherries per acre. (USDA NASS, May 2026)

Bearing acreage measures land supporting a crop, while yield measures output per acre. The annual observations come from the same final NASS summary, allowing comparison without mixing preliminary releases. A change in yield does not independently identify a weather effect or a shift in farming technique. These are state-level estimates instead of the output of an individual farm. The reporting seasons cross calendar years, so the labels should remain intact when comparing the figures with annual sales or import records.

How much coffee was produced and utilized?

  • Hawaii 2023/24 coffee total production: 23,310,000 pounds of coffee cherries. (USDA NASS, May 2026)
  • Hawaii 2024/25 coffee total production: 25,270,000 pounds of coffee cherries. (USDA NASS, May 2026)
  • Hawaii 2023/24 coffee utilized production: 19,210,000 pounds of coffee cherries. (USDA NASS, May 2026)
  • Hawaii 2024/25 coffee utilized production: 22,370,000 pounds of coffee cherries. (USDA NASS, May 2026)
  • Hawaii 2025/26 coffee utilized production: 20,185,000 pounds of coffee cherries. (USDA NASS, May 2026)
  • Hawaii 2023/24 coffee harvested-but-unsold production: 4,100,000 pounds of coffee cherries. (USDA NASS, May 2026)
  • Hawaii 2024/25 coffee harvested-but-unsold production: 2,900,000 pounds of coffee cherries. (USDA NASS, May 2026)
  • Hawaii 2025/26 coffee harvested-but-unsold production: 550,000 pounds of coffee cherries. (USDA NASS, May 2026)

Total and utilized production differ in the NASS table. Utilized quantity excludes harvested volume not sold in this framework. The observations share a cherry basis and must not be added as independent supplies. The final summary supports historical comparison but does not describe subsequent processing losses or the amount of roasted coffee reaching consumers.

How did farm prices and production value compare?

  • Hawaii 2023/24 coffee average grower price: 2.51 US dollars per pound of coffee cherries. (USDA NASS, May 2026)
  • Hawaii 2024/25 coffee average grower price: 2.37 US dollars per pound of coffee cherries. (USDA NASS, May 2026)
  • Hawaii 2025/26 coffee average grower price: 2.3 US dollars per pound of coffee cherries. (USDA NASS, May 2026)
  • Hawaii 2023/24 coffee value of utilized production: 48,217,000 US dollars. (USDA NASS, May 2026)
  • Hawaii 2024/25 coffee value of utilized production: 53,017,000 US dollars. (USDA NASS, May 2026)
  • Hawaii 2025/26 coffee value of utilized production: 46,426,000 US dollars. (USDA NASS, May 2026)

The grower price is per pound of coffee cherries; utilized-production value is an aggregate dollar measure. Neither is a retail price. Farm receipts depend on quantity and price, so total value cannot isolate a pricing effect. These nominal observations retain their agricultural-season labels and describe the measured farm sector, without implying that the entire supply chain experienced the same result.

How do imports support the US coffee market?

USDA's balance sheet puts different processed forms onto a green-bean-equivalent basis. That conversion enables supply comparisons but does not turn bag equivalents into retail packages.

How much coffee arrives in different forms?

Bean, roasted-and-ground and soluble imports are components of the import total. The final season is a July-vintage forecast, while earlier seasons are estimates. All quantities use green-bean equivalents. They are not customs-confirmed shipments for a completed future season.

How do imports, consumption and stocks compare?

Imports are an annual flow; ending stocks are inventory at year-end. Consumption is a balance-sheet estimate, not survey prevalence. Quantities use green-bean equivalents and one July publication vintage. Avoid adding incompatible measures.

What do Brazilian exporter records add to the picture?

  • The US received 625,192 bags of Brazilian coffee in September 2026. (Cecafé, Oct 2026)
  • United States received 3.805 million bags of Brazilian coffee in January–September 2026. (Cecafé, Oct 2026)

Cecafé records shipments from one supplying country to the United States. Its monthly and year-to-date observations describe different windows and do not represent total US imports from every origin. They also use the exporter's recording framework, so timing and product coverage can differ from a US import release. These figures are useful for following a specific bilateral flow without converting it into a measure of American consumption. The shorter window should not be scaled mechanically into an annual forecast, because shipping patterns can vary through the year. Preserve the source and period when comparing these results with USDA's prospective balance sheet.

How have US retail coffee prices changed?

BLS tracks a defined ground-roast coffee product per pound in US cities. This average price is not the price of a café cup and is not itself a quality-adjusted inflation index.

What did the first part of the retail-price series show?

These monthly observations provide a consistent view of the packaged ground-roast product covered by BLS. The series can change with the prices and characteristics of sampled products, so percentage changes in these averages should not be labelled CPI inflation. Values remain in nominal dollars per pound. They do not describe every brand, promotional offer or regional store, and they should not be compared directly with raw-bean indicator prices without accounting for the different stage of production.

How did prices move through the end of the earlier year?

The available observations continue the same product definition and unit. BLS marks the missing autumn month as unavailable because of the lapse in appropriations; no value is interpolated here. That gap should remain visible in a chart instead of being filled with an invented data point. The late-year observations can be compared with the preceding months, but do not establish the cause of the movement or the cost paid by every household.

What does the latest year's retail sequence show?

Monthly averages moved in both directions. These are descriptive observations from the retrieved release vintage, not forecasts. Check the original series for new months and revisions before refreshing the page.

Glossary

Methodology and sources

Every figure on this page comes from the organisation that produced it: regulators, statistics offices, public bodies, research institutes, and companies reporting their own data or surveys. Each one links to the original report or dataset and carries its release date. Survey results keep their population and fieldwork period, and financial figures keep the measure the producer used. Figures from different producers are not added together or ranked against each other. The page is reviewed monthly and updated when a producer releases newer data.