Recent data on J/psi, psi(2S), chi_c, and Upsilon production has unraveled unexpected features of QQbar bound states production in high energy hadronic collisions. In the 1992-1995 runs CDF has collected large samples of J/psi, psi(2S) and Upsilon identified through their muonic decay. In the charmonium system all production sources have been separately measured and compared with the theoretical predictions. A large excess of direct production has been observed for both psi(2S) and J/psi. The relative production rate for the chi^1_c and chi^2_c has also been measured. Results on J/psi, psi(2S) and chi_c production from the fixed target experiments E789, E705 and E672/706 are also presented. Important features of the production of chramonium states are shared by fixed target and collider data.