Retail food sales in New England increased 19.8% ($26.7 billion) from 2017 to 2022, with 83.8% of sales taking place at supermarkets, warehouse clubs, restaurants, and fast food. Massachusetts accounted for 47.7% of New England retail food sales in 2022. Direct to consumer sales at farmers markets, farm stands, and community supported agriculture (CSAs)—the only official source of local food sales available—accounted for just 0.2% ($273 million) of total sales.
Note About Connecticut Maps: Although Connecticut has not had county governments since 1960, county boundaries have historically been used to depict data. For example, all USDA Census of Agriculture data for Connecticut is collected at a county-level. In 2022, the U.S. Census Bureau shifted to using Connecticut's nine planning regions as county equivalent geographic units for data collection. This has presented a challenge for depicting data for Connecticut's planning regions in Tableau. This mapping challenge has not been resolved yet, but when a solution is available, we will update Connecticut maps.