Table 31. — Poultry animal units 1 and percentage change by States and AAA regions, 

 year beginning October 1, 194-0-41 — 194-3-44 







Poultry animal units 





Percentage change 



State and region 



1940-41 



1941-42 



1942-43 



1943-44 



1941-42 



1942-43 



1943-44 





1940-41 



1940-41 



1940-41 



Northeast Region: 



Maine 



New Hampshire 



Thousands 



185 



156 



85 



384 



43 



280 



1,094 



515 



1,396 



Thousands 



211 



175 



97 



441 



44 



318 



1,167 



552 



1,530 



Thousands 



263 

 214 

 114 

 544 

 50 

 375 



1,323 

 623 



1,767 



Thousands 



237 

 223 

 111 

 535 

 48 

 362 



1,304 

 606 



1,794 



Percent 



114.1 



112.2 

 114.1 

 114.8 

 102.3 

 113.6 

 106.7 

 107.2 

 109.6 



Percent 



142.2 



137.2 

 134.1 

 141.7 

 116.3 

 133.9 

 120.9 

 121.0 

 126.6 



Percent 



128.1 



142.9 

 130.6 





139 3 





111.6 



Connecticut 



129.3 

 119.2 





117 7 





128 5 







Total 



4,138 



4,535 



5,273 



5,220 



109.6 



127.4 



126.1 







North Central Region: 

 Illinois 



1,442 



1,107 

 2,065 



865 

 1,607 

 1,500 



971 

 1,511 



528 

 1,089 



1,623 

 1,228 

 2,430 



911 

 1,933 

 1,688 

 1,200 

 1,622 



672 

 1,248 



1,873 

 1,423 

 2,747 

 1,035 

 2,385 

 1,941 

 1,377 

 1,768 

 755 

 1,414 



1,871 

 1,348 

 2,795 

 1,022 

 2,375 

 1,890 

 1,353 

 1,733 

 743 

 1,408 



112.6 

 110.9 

 117.7 

 105.3 

 120.3 

 112.5 

 123.6 

 107.3 

 127.3 

 114.6 



129.9 

 128.5 

 133.0 

 119.7 

 148.4 

 129.4 

 141.8 

 117.0 

 143.0 

 129.8 



129.8 

 121.8 



Iowa 



Michigan 



135.4 



118.2 

 147.8 





126.0 





139.3 



Ohio 



114.7 

 140.7 



Wisconsin 



129.3 



Total 



12,685 



14,555 



16,718 



16,538 



114.7 



131.8 



130.4 



East Central Region: 

 Delaware 



504 

 408 

 756 

 297 

 627 

 694 

 580 



556 

 454 

 857 

 350 

 729 

 835 

 679 



607 

 503 

 952 

 398 

 915 

 944 

 813 



560 

 480 

 940 

 374 

 867 

 886 

 758 



110.3 

 111.3 

 113.4 

 117.8 

 116.3 

 120.3 

 117.1 



120.4 

 123.3 

 125.9 

 134.0 

 145.9 

 136.0 

 140.2 



111.1 

 117.6 



Virginia 



West Virginia 



North Carolina 



124.3 

 125.9 

 138.3 

 127.7 



Tennessee 



130.7 



Total 



3,866 



4,460 



5,132 



4,865 



115.4 



132.7 



125.8 



Southern Region: 



Alabama 



Arkansas 



Florida 



Georgia 



407 

 580 

 184 

 481 

 265 

 402 

 813 

 262 

 1,844 



483 

 611 

 200 

 563 

 292 

 467 

 936 

 291 

 2,075 



579 

 689 

 222 

 698 

 340 

 554 



1,075 

 333 



2,398 



510 

 630 

 184 

 740 

 310 

 520 



1,037 

 323 



2,329 



118.7 



105.3 

 108.7 

 117.0 

 110.2 

 116.2 

 115.1 

 111.1 

 112.5 



142.3 

 118.8 

 120.7 

 145.1 

 128.3 

 137.8 

 132.2 

 127.1 

 130.0 



125.3 



108.6 

 100.0 

 153.8 

 117.0 



Mississippi 



129.4 

 127.6 



South Carolina 



Texas 



123.3 

 126.3 



Total ' 



5,238 



5,918 



6,888 



6,583 



113.0 



131.5 



125.7 



Western- Region: 



Arizona 



California 



Colorado 



Idaho 



Kansas 



Montana 



Nevada 



New Mexico 



47 



1,283 



262 



176 



1,105 



155 



21 



67 

 354 

 344 

 203 

 552 



63 



53 



1,364 



311 



188 



1,298 



176 



22 



74 



453 



365 



232 



566 



73 



64 



1,558 



370 



210 



1,471 



197 



25 



89 

 514 

 408 

 261 

 629 



83 



54 



1,579 



344 



216 



1,403 



189 



26 



89 

 508 

 391 

 287 

 601 



80 



112.8 

 106.3 



118.7 

 106.8 

 117.5 

 113.5 

 104.8 

 110.4 

 128.0 

 106.1 

 114.3 

 102.5 

 115.9 



136.2 

 121.4 

 141.2 

 119.3 

 133.1 

 127.1 

 119.0 

 132.8 

 145.2 

 118.6 

 128.6 

 113.9 

 131.7 



114.9 

 123.1 

 131.3 

 122.7 

 127.0 

 121.9 

 123.8 

 132.8 

 143.5 



Oregon 



Utah 



113.7 

 141.4 



Washington 



Wyoming 



108.9 

 127.0 



Total 



4,632 



5,175 



5,879 



5,767 



111.7 



126.9 



124.5 



United States. . . . 



30,559 



34,643 



39,890 



38,973 



113.4 



130.5 



127.5 



'Chickens raised, broilers, turkeys, and egg production. 



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