Table 19. Poultry - Inventory and Sales: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Arkansas 
Arkansas 
Ashley 
Baxter 
Benton 
Boone 
Bradley 
INVENTORY 
Any poultry 
farms, 2012 
5,895 
10 
37 
87 
393 
178 
30 
2007 
6,089 
13 
30 
69 
425 
165 
37 
Layers (see text) 
farms, 2012 
3,549 
9 
35 
79 
202 
123 
16 
2007 
3,047 
11 
27 
57 
177 
87 
18 
number, 2012 
12,545,952 
205 
573 
1,860 
1,672,147 
170,647 
295,528 
2007 
13,977,804 
337 
824 
1,663 
1,664,829 
229,148 
317,755 
2012 farms by inventory: 
1 to 49 
2,818 
9 
35 
69 
135 
105 
7 
50 to 99 
211 
- 
- 
8 
12 
8 
- 
100 to 399 
76 
- 
- 
2 
1 
1 
- 
400 to 3,1 99 
6 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
3,200 to 9,999 
54 
- 
- 
- 
8 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
187 
- 
- 
- 
28 
6 
1 
20,000 to 49,999 
180 
- 
- 
- 
13 
3 
8 
50,000 to 99,999 
10 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
7 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
Pullets fer laying flock replacement 
farms, 2012 
623 
- 
11 
14 
30 
20 
8 
2007 
674 
1 
7 
19 
52 
16 
7 
number, 2012 
6,749,434 
- 
152 
224 
468,442 
(D) 
170,754 
2007 
8,074,630 
(D) 
152 
724 
804,222 
72,476 
103,520 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
farms, 2012 
2,150 
_ 
_ 
7 
165 
34 
10 
2007 
2,408 
- 
1 
8 
204 
49 
13 
number, 2012 
170,380,435 
- 
- 
124 
17,760,938 
2,246,316 
972,360 
2007 
202,397,626 
- 
(D) 
71 
20,360,012 
4,396,332 
1 ,239,320 
Turkeys (see text) 
farms, 2012 
458 
- 
2 
11 
18 
30 
- 
2007 
530 
1 
6 
11 
26 
30 
3 
number, 2012 
8,821,769 
- 
(D) 
140,017 
518,672 
949,194 
- 
2007 
9,437,181 
(D) 
81 
107,028 
577,344 
836,893 
15 
Ducks, geese, and other miscellaneous poultry 
(see text) 
farms, 2012 
1,361 
3 
13 
20 
90 
31 
12 
2007 
1,557 
8 
14 
26 
98 
35 
13 
SALES 
Any peultry sold (see text) 
farms, 2012 
4,520 
5 
18 
40 
356 
133 
29 
2007 
5,640 
9 
25 
58 
402 
155 
35 
Layers seld (see text) 
farms, 2012 
928 
1 
6 
12 
84 
23 
10 
2007 
934 
2 
5 
5 
78 
20 
13 
number, 2012 
1 1 ,339,920 
(D) 
60 
682 
1,241,385 
155,362 
292,100 
2007 
11,576,276 
(D) 
(D) 
116 
1 ,284,392 
211,977 
307,924 
Pullets for laying flock replacement sold 
farms, 2012 
230 
1 
- 
- 
29 
3 
8 
2007 
311 
- 
2 
4 
28 
5 
7 
number, 2012 
11,365,371 
(D) 
- 
- 
988,012 
(D) 
502,800 
2007 
14,193,264 
(D) 
63 
1,586,772 
131,050 
209,320 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold 
farms, 2012 
2,109 
_ 
_ 
2 
193 
37 
11 
2007 
2,485 
- 
- 
2 
202 
54 
13 
number, 2012 
975,950,973 
- 
- 
(D) 
121,900,380 
12,925,042 
5,222,800 
2007 
1,171,556,369 
- 
- 
(D) 
116,599,600 
26,251,454 
7,006,600 
2012 farms by number sold: 
1 to 1 ,999 
119 
- 
- 
2 
7 
3 
- 
2,000 to 59,999 
28 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
60,000 to 99,999 
47 
- 
- 
- 
3 
1 
- 
100,000 to 199,999 
236 
- 
- 
- 
7 
6 
- 
200,000 to 499,999 
863 
- 
- 
- 
57 
17 
7 
500,000 or more 
816 
- 
- 
- 
119 
9 
4 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
farms, 2012 
278 
- 
- 
4 
16 
30 
- 
2007 
318 
- 
- 
4 
22 
27 
3 
number, 2012 
27,939,333 
- 
- 
445,000 
1,688,493 
3,074,253 
- 
2007 
29,164,234 
- 
- 
434,000 
2,262,302 
2,449,094 
40 
Ducks, geese, and other miscellaneous poultry 
sold (see text) 
farms, 2012 
670 
1 
- 
8 
57 
12 
10 
2007 
510 
3 
7 
8 
53 
10 
10 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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