Michigan Sales Hit $270.9M in July, Topping Illinois to Lead U.S. State Markets
Michigan's 7.0% monthly jump made it the largest state total on file, while Montana posted the sharpest percentage gain and Massachusetts led declines.
FILE — harvest · My 420 Tours / CC BY-SA 4.0Michigan cannabis sales climbed to $270.9M in July 2026, up from $253.1M the prior month, a 7.0% increase that made it the largest single-month total among the state filings reviewed this week. That figure edges past Illinois's $262.2M for June 2026, though the two states report on different lag schedules and are not directly comparable month-for-month.
Michigan's adult-use segment drove nearly all of the total, at $270.5M, with medical sales contributing just $0.3M — underscoring how thoroughly the state's legacy medical channel has been absorbed into adult-use retail.
Gainers and Decliners
Montana posted the week's strongest percentage move, with July sales rising to $29.7M from $27.2M, a 9.2% gain. New Mexico followed at $49.8M versus $46.9M (+6.2%), Maryland rose to $109M from $103M (+5.8%), and Maine reached $42.2M in June versus $40M (+5.5%). Oregon and Connecticut also advanced, to $79.5M (+4.7%) and $25.6M (+3.6%), respectively.
On the downside, Massachusetts sales fell to $161.5M in July from $169.4M, a 4.7% decline, the steepest drop among reporting states. Colorado slipped to $105.1M from $108.8M (-3.4%) in April, Vermont eased to $13M from $13.3M (-2.3%) in June, Arizona dipped to $105.7M from $107.9M (-2.0%) in May, and Illinois softened slightly to $262.2M from $266.8M (-1.7%) in June.
International and Quarterly Data
Canada's national cannabis sales came in at CAD 485M for May 2026, down 1.2% from CAD 490.8M the prior month, a modest pullback after several months of steadier readings.
California, which reports quarterly rather than monthly, logged $956.7M in sales for the quarter starting January 1, 2026 — the only figure available for the state this cycle and not directly comparable to the monthly totals above.
What to Watch
Massachusetts' average price per gram stood at $3.87 as of June 2026, a data point worth tracking alongside the state's sales decline for signs of price compression. Connecticut moved 908,491 products in July 2026, offering a volume benchmark as that market's dollar sales continue to grind higher. Because each state files on its own lag — spanning April through July in this dataset — month-over-month comparisons across states should be read with that timing gap in mind.