Table 15. — Chickens raised on farms and percentage change by States and AAA 

 regions, calendar years. 194-1-44 



State and region 



Number of chickens raised 



1941 



1942 



1943 



1944 



Percentage change 



1942 

 1941 



1943 

 1941 



1944 

 1941 



NOBTHEAST REGION 



Maine 



New Hampshire . . 



Vermont 



Massachusetts. . . 

 Rhode Island. . . . 



Connecticut 



New York 



New Jersey 



Pennsylvania .... 



Thousands Thousands Thousands Thousands > Percent \ Percent i Percent 



3,884 

 3,218 

 1,290 

 7,744 

 811 

 4,307 



19,032 

 9,819 



29,718 



4,661 



3,540 



1,651 



9,293 



908 



4,824 



21,696 



10,310 



31,501 



5,500 



4,531 



2,014 



11,152 



1,090 



5,789 



27,120 



12,372 



40,951 



4,400 

 3,715 

 1,692 



10,483 



894 



4,747 



21,154 

 9,898 



35,218 



120.0 

 110.0 

 128.0 

 120.0 

 112.0 

 112.0 

 114.0 

 105.0 

 106.0 



141.6 



140.8 

 156.1 

 144.0 

 134.4 

 134.4 

 142.5 

 126.0 

 137.8 



113.3 

 115.4 

 131.2 

 135.4 

 110.2 

 110.2 

 111.1 

 100.8 

 118.5 



Total 



79,823 



88,384 



110,519 



92,201 



110.7 



138.5 



115.5 



North Central Region: 



Illinois 



Indiana 



Iowa 



37,452 

 29,707 

 54,307 

 18,926 

 36,938 

 36,444 

 28,950 

 31,691 

 14,591 

 21,969 



40,448 

 31,489 

 60,281 

 19,872 

 44,695 

 38,266 

 34,740 

 33,592 

 19,114 

 24,166 



46,920 

 36,212 

 69,323 

 24,840 

 55,422 

 44,006 

 38,561 

 37,959 

 22,555 

 30,208 



38,944 

 30,418 

 59,618 

 18,133 

 43,783 

 33,445 

 32,391 

 29,988 

 18,044 

 22,656 



108.0 

 106.0 

 111.0 

 105.0 

 121.0 

 105.0 

 120.0 

 106.0 

 131.0 

 110.0 



125.3 

 121.9 



127.7 

 131.2 

 150.0 

 120.7 

 133.2 

 119.8 

 154.6 

 137.5 



104.0 



102.4 



109.8 



95.8 



Minnesota 



Missouri 



Nebraska 



Ohio 



118.5 

 91.8 



111.9 

 94.6 



123.7 



Wisconsin 



103.1 



Total 



310,975 



346,663 



406,006 



327,420 



111.5 



130.6 



105.3 



East Central Region: 

 Delaware 



2,597 



7,521 

 16,755 



5,394 

 19,729 

 22,198 

 15,726 



2,597 



7,822 

 17,928 



5,879 

 21,505 

 25,084 

 18,399 



3,246 

 9,465 

 20,259 

 6,878 

 26,666 

 27,091 

 20,607 



2,467 

 7,572 

 18,638 

 5,159 

 23,466 

 23,027 

 16,486 



100.0 

 104.0 

 107.0 

 109.0 

 109.0 

 113.0 

 117.0 



125.0 

 125.8 

 120.9 

 127.5 

 135.2 

 122.0 

 131.0 



95.0 

 100.7 





111.2 



West Virginia 



95.6 

 118 9 



Kentucky 



Tennessee 



103.7 

 104.8 



Total 



89,920 



99,214 



114,212 



96,815 



110.3 



127.0 



107.7 



Southern Region: 



13,189 

 15,578 



4,847 

 15,594 



9,616 

 14,165 

 19,833 



9,172 

 40,759 



15,431 

 16,045 



4,847 

 15,750 

 10,097 

 16,431 

 21,618 



9,722 

 46,058 



17,746 

 17,650 

 5,816 

 18,585 

 11,612 

 19,553 

 25,725 

 11,278 

 53,427 



13,310 

 13,061 



3,780 

 16,355 



8,593 

 15,251 

 18,265 



9,812 

 40,605 



117.0 

 103.0 

 100.0 

 101.0 

 105.0 

 116.0 

 109.0 

 106.0 

 113.0 



134.6 

 113.3 

 120.0 

 119.2 

 120.8 

 138.0 

 129.7 

 123.0 

 131.1 



100.9 



Arkansas 



Florida 



Georgia 



83.8 



78.0 



104.9 



89.4 





107.7 





92.1 



South Carolina 



Texas 



107.0 

 99.6 







Total 



142,753 



155,999 



181,392 



139,032 



109.3 



127.1 



97.4 







Western Region: 



918 



22,580 

 5,999 

 4,303 



27,852 

 3,905 

 416 

 1,297 

 8,684 

 4,875 

 2,610 

 8,342 

 1,578 



991 



23,709 



6,599 



4,303 



31,194 



4,647 



458 



1,556 



12,592 



5,021 



3,054 



8,509 



1,894 



1,338 

 26,080 



8,579 



5,336 

 35,249 



5,576 

 582 



1,634 

 14,481 



5,975 



4,031 

 10,892 



2,083 



723 



19,821 

 5,576 

 4,269 



28,199 



4,572 



436 



1,373 



12,309 

 4,182 

 2,620 

 8,387 

 1,708 



108.0 

 105.0 

 110.0 

 100.0 

 112.0 

 119.0 

 110.1 

 120.0 

 145.0 

 103.0 

 117.0 

 102.0 

 120.0 



145.8 

 115.5 

 143.0 

 124.0 

 126.6 

 142.8 

 139.9 

 126.0 

 166.8 

 122.6 

 154.4 

 130.6 

 132.0 



78.8 





87.8 





92.9 





99.2 





101.2 





117.1 





104.8 



New Mexico 



North Dakota 



Oregon 



Utah 



105.9 



141.7 



85.8 



100.4 





100.5 





108.2 







Total 



93,359 



104,527 



121,836 



94,175 



112.0 



130.5 



100.9 



United States. . . 



716,830 



794,787 



933,965 



749,643 



110.9 



130.3 



104.6 



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