Illinois 2022 adult-use cannabis sales surpass $1B
Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation announced August’s recreational sales totals today. The total cannabis sales in August could not keep up with the record 2022 sales of $135,658,291.46 set in July. August sales totaled dipped slightly back to $129,441,315.80, which is still above the 2022 monthly average of about $127 million. With August sales totals, Illinois surpasses one billion dollars with an eight-month total of $1,015,700,115.70.
August total out-of-state resident sales reached $41,132,196.95 and in-of-state resident sales totaled $88,309,118.85. Illinois sold a total of 3,063,423 cannabis items in August. Illinois is well on its way to top 2021 totals of $1,379,088,278.61. Find all monthly sales totals below.
2022 total monthly sales include:
January: $117,251,759.72
February: $113,993,046.06
March: $130,960,120.66
April: $131,782,657.26
May: $129,804,017.72
June: $126,808,907.02
July: $135,658,291.46
August: $129,441,315.80
2021 total monthly sales include:
January: $88,813,872.78
February: $80,741,641.84
March: $109,149,355.98
April: $114,961,668.22
May: $116,380,348.01
June: $115,574,741.27
July: $127,794,220.50
August: $121,933,542.23
September: $121,717,709.51
October: $123,375,372.44
November: $120,748,946.72
December: $137,896,859.11
Year totals: $1,379,088,278.61
The recreational cannabis sales for 2020 totals included:
January: $39,247,840.83
February: $34,805,072.01
March: $35,902,543.22
April: $37,260,497.89
May: $44,317,385.72
June: $47,646,437.25
July: $60,956,981.41
August: $63,963,846.90
September: $67,648,362.14
October: $75,278,200.15
November: $75,199,344.33
December: $86,857,898.27
Totals: $669,084,410.12
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