By The Numbers

Crunching the Numbers

some stats that will get you in the holiday spirit

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859

Number of Christmas tree farms in Wisconsin, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In 2017, more than 700,000 trees were cut on these farms.

 

9

The number of official White House Christmas Trees from Wisconsin since 1961. Most recently, the 2017 tree was a balsam fir from Silent Night Evergreens in Endeavor, Wisconsin.

 

463

Population of the Village of Rudolph, Wisconsin, according to a 2018 U.S. Census Bureau estimate. The village was named after an early settler’s child, not a reindeer.

 

54%

Share of the nation’s cranberries grown in Wisconsin during 2019. Wisconsin has been a longtime leader in producing these beloved holiday berries.

 

5.6 million

Number of turkeys sold annually in Wisconsin, according to 2017 U.S.D.A. stats. Wisconsin ranks far behind the No. 1 turkey state, Minnesota, which sold 48 million turkeys that year.