One in five households will have a real Christmas tree. Dec 14, 2020 While consumers have a choice between selecting a real Christmas tree or artificial, the Texas A&M Forest Service is shedding light on the benefits of the real tree. An average of 20-25 million real Christmas trees are sold in the U.S. every year, or roughly one tree for every five households, according to Marsha Gray of the Christmas Tree Promotion Board. Nationally, the real Christmas tree industry employs around 100,000 people. “Christmas trees are grown in all 50 states,” Gray said . “But the top producing regions are centered around Oregon, North Carolina and Michigan.”