Table 19. Poultry - Inventory and Sales: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
United States 
Alabama 
Alaska 
Arizena 
Arkansas 
California 
INVENTORY 
Any poultry 
farms, 2012 
233,770 
5,940 
152 
3,126 
5,895 
7,536 
2007 
187,420 
5,188 
103 
2,095 
6,089 
5,959 
Layers (see text) 
farms, 2012 
198,272 
3,469 
141 
2,456 
3,549 
6,744 
2007 
145,615 
2,417 
86 
1,885 
3,047 
5,098 
number, 2012 
350,715,978 
9,435,605 
8,265 
(D) 
12,545,952 
19,000,779 
2007 
349,772,508 
9,624,254 
3,623 
(D) 
13,977,804 
21,091,629 
2012 farms by inventory: 
1 to 49 
174,211 
2,587 
119 
2,231 
2,818 
6,069 
50 to 99 
13,074 
324 
13 
135 
211 
339 
100 to 399 
6,268 
173 
5 
73 
76 
245 
400 to 3,1 99 
1,103 
31 
4 
16 
6 
39 
3,200 to 9,999 
482 
25 
- 
- 
54 
4 
10,000 to 19,999 
1,199 
175 
- 
- 
187 
4 
20,000 to 49,999 
1,292 
138 
- 
- 
180 
5 
50,000 to 99,999 
256 
7 
- 
- 
10 
8 
100,000 or more 
387 
9 
- 
1 
7 
31 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
farms, 2012 
26,749 
732 
29 
682 
623 
873 
2007 
22,514 
571 
20 
179 
674 
724 
number, 2012 
110,297,133 
5,457,121 
1,278 
(D) 
6,749,434 
4,633,558 
2007 
105,876,529 
5,435,952 
530 
(D) 
8,074,630 
4,613,085 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
farms, 2012 
42,226 
2,344 
32 
186 
2,150 
829 
2007 
32,668 
2,263 
22 
101 
2,408 
374 
number, 2012 
1 ,506,276,846 
172,955,409 
1,863 
8,451 
170,380,435 
42,268,482 
2007 
1,602,574,592 
178,338,741 
2,100 
2,006 
202,397,626 
44,384,231 
Turkeys (see text) 
farms, 2012 
19,956 
340 
27 
399 
458 
682 
2007 
17,226 
279 
24 
226 
530 
469 
number, 2012 
100,792,198 
7,354 
(D) 
2,465 
8,821,769 
4,532,307 
2007 
107,173,804 
8,788 
718 
856 
9,437,181 
6,703,230 
Ducks, geese, and other miscellaneous poultry 
(see text) 
farms, 2012 
55,743 
1,510 
46 
1,163 
1,361 
1,727 
2007 
66,612 
1,245 
42 
620 
1,557 
2,160 
SALES 
Any poultry sold (see text) 
farms, 2012 
137,541 
4,739 
123 
922 
4,520 
3,758 
2007 
148,911 
4,884 
88 
1,022 
5,640 
4,114 
Layers seld (see text) 
farms, 2012 
31,089 
986 
34 
234 
928 
831 
2007 
24,971 
778 
22 
220 
934 
667 
number, 2012 
204,941,679 
7,948,547 
2,711 
9,200 
11,339,920 
8,195,242 
2007 
194,955,057 
7,681,447 
5,678 
3,778 
11,576,276 
8,786,250 
Pullets for laying flock replacement sold 
farms, 2012 
4,634 
284 
8 
18 
230 
86 
2007 
4,169 
240 
3 
27 
311 
84 
number, 2012 
176,802,415 
10,871,077 
717 
423 
11,365,371 
3,508,788 
2007 
161,354,686 
10,203,084 
(D) 
609 
14,193,264 
3,855,640 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold 
farms, 2012 
32,935 
2,356 
23 
91 
2,109 
421 
2007 
27,091 
2,428 
12 
29 
2,485 
229 
number, 2012 
8,463,194,794 
1,001,776,907 
2,044 
39,310 
975,950,973 
273,277,272 
2007 
8,914,828,122 
1,016,230,625 
(D) 
456 
1,171,556,369 
280,512,754 
2012 farms by number sold: 
1 to 1 ,999 
16,514 
176 
23 
83 
119 
336 
2,000 to 59,999 
714 
30 
- 
8 
28 
26 
60,000 to 99,999 
373 
58 
- 
- 
47 
- 
100,000 to 199,999 
1,810 
251 
- 
- 
236 
18 
200,000 to 499,999 
7,192 
1,129 
- 
- 
863 
14 
500,000 or more 
6,332 
712 
- 
- 
816 
27 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
farms, 2012 
9,677 
88 
24 
47 
278 
302 
2007 
8,284 
76 
16 
39 
318 
218 
number, 2012 
286,030,261 
6,623 
425 
2,742 
27,939,333 
15,384,675 
2007 
295,793,159 
(D) 
983 
280 
29,164,234 
16,151,754 
Ducks, geese, and other miscellaneous poultry 
sold (see text) 
farms, 2012 
17,119 
823 
24 
137 
670 
505 
2007 
15,823 
366 
15 
77 
510 
540 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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