Table 32. Poultry - Inventory and Number Sold: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbois, see introductory text.] 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
INVENTORY 
NUMBER SOLD - Con. 
Layers (see text) 
3,469 
9,435,605 
2,417 
9,624,254 
Pullets for laying 
Farms with inventory of- 
flock replacement 
284 
10,871,077 
240 
10,203,084 
1 to 49 
2,587 
43,391 
1,751 
27,032 
Farms by number sold- 
50 to 99 
324 
20,159 
146 
8,963 
1 to 1 ,999 
91 
13,224 
56 
2,327 
too to 399 
173 
30,160 
67 
9,298 
2,000 to 15,999 
13 
124,982 
5 
67,500 
400 to 3,199 
31 
28,754 
27 
41,508 
16,000 to 29,999 
23 
501,800 
29 
640,440 
3,200 to 9,999 
25 
191,395 
45 
343,198 
30,000 to 59,999 
76 
3,184,355 
74 
3,113,608 
10,000 to 19,999 
175 
2,753,315 
243 
3,637,495 
60,000 to 99,999 
70 
5,374,516 
62 
4,503,329 
20,000 to 49,999 
138 
3,802,805 
125 
3,602,119 
100,000 or more 
11 
1 ,672,200 
14 
1,875,880 
50,000 to 99,999 
7 
469,389 
6 
349,466 
100,000 or more 
9 
2,096,237 
7 
1,605,175 
Broilers and other meat-type 
chickens 
2,356 
1,001,776,907 
2,428 
1,016,230,625 
Pullets for laying 
Farms by number sold- 
flock replacement 
732 
5,457,121 
571 
5,435,952 
1 to 1 ,999 
176 
12,978 
55 
(D) 
2,000 to 15,999 
8 
89,000 
11 
125,805 
16,000 to 29,999 
6 
138,872 
2 
(D) 
Broilers and other meat-type 
30,000 to 59,999 
16 
769,764 
13 
493,600 
chickens 
2,344 
172,955,409 
2,263 
178,338,741 
60,000 to 99,999 
58 
4,396,976 
55 
4,379,110 
100,000 to 199,999 
251 
38,729,450 
509 
83,490,830 
Turkeys (see text) 
340 
7,354 
279 
8,788 
200,000 to 299,999 
479 
116,985,615 
381 
89,418,730 
300,000 to 499,999 
650 
235,260,016 
627 
246,387,825 
Chukars 
7 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
500,000 or more 
712 
605,394,236 
775 
591,891,932 
Ducks 
312 
4,017 
484 
4,785 
T urkeys (see text) 
88 
6,623 
76 
(D) 
Farms by number sold- 
Emus 
37 
258 
102 
1,993 
1 to 1 ,999 
87 
(D) 
75 
1,081 
2,000 to 7,999 
1 
(D) 
- 
- 
Geese 
171 
3,295 
337 
3,231 
8,000 to 15,999 
- 
- 
- 
16,000 to 29,999 
- 
- 
1 
(D) 
Guineas 
365 
4,603 
(NA) 
(NA) 
30,000 to 59,999 
- 
- 
- 
60,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hungarian partridge 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
100,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Ostriches 
6 
22 
13 
28 
Chukars 
6 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Peacocks or peahens 
96 
614 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Ducks 
85 
3,661 
83 
1,475 
Pheasants 
48 
13,309 
72 
23,993 
Emus 
7 
54 
17 
(D) 
Pigeons or squabs 
24 
1,260 
88 
2,508 
Geese 
35 
291 
59 
554 
Quail 
133 
1,104,670 
161 
1,458,393 
Guineas 
77 
2,621 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Rheas 
7 
23 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Hungarian partridge 
2 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Roosters 
669 
990,825 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Ostriches 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other poultry (see text) 
98 
19,022 
692 
35,185 
Peacocks or peahens 
25 
214 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Pheasants 
28 
32,149 
31 
40,538 
NUMBER SOLD 
Pigeons or squabs 
9 
236 
28 
406 
Layers (see text) 
986 
7,948,547 
778 
7,681,447 
Farms by number sold- 
Quail 
103 
2,446,700 
115 
3,265,438 
1 to 99 
520 
1 1 ,495 
299 
5,702 
100 to 399 
76 
13,785 
31 
5,110 
Rheas 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
400 to 3,199 
18 
15,746 
13 
(D) 
3,200 to 9,999 
30 
233,737 
65 
484,311 
Roosters 
469 
1,112,265 
(NA) 
(NA) 
10,000 to 19,999 
214 
3,325,255 
260 
3,844,811 
20,000 to 49,999 
118 
3,391,140 
106 
3,053,670 
Other poultry (see text) 
54 
18,949 
179 
22,948 
50,000 to 99,999 
7 
467,389 
3 
165,350 
100,000 or more 
3 
490,000 
1 
(D) 
Poultry hatched (see text) 
761 
1,258,154,801 
558 
1,385,765,265 
Table 33. Aquaculture Sales: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
Item 
Farms 
Value 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Value 
($1,000) 
Item 
Farms 
Value 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Value 
($1,000) 
Catfish 
208 
112,159 
268 
95,675 
Mollusks 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Trout 
- 
- 
2 
(D) 
Ornamental fish 
8 
(D) 
9 
299 
Other food fish (see text) 
32 
471 
24 
244 
Sport or game fish 
38 
2,693 
38 
2,677 
Baitfish 
7 
30 
1 
(D) 
Other aquaculture products (see text) 
7 
(D) 
7 
13 
Crustaceans 
12 
2,339 
6 
592 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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