Table 32. Poultry - Inventory and Number Sold: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
INVENTORY 
NUMBER SOLD - Con. 
Layers (see text) 
6,744 
19,000,779 
5,098 
21,091,629 
Pullets for laying 
Farms with inventory of- 
flock replacement 
86 
3,508,788 
84 
3,855,640 
1 to 49 
6,069 
87,898 
4,553 
61,148 
Farms by number sold- 
50 to 99 
339 
21,176 
265 
16,183 
1 to 1 ,999 
70 
6,040 
68 
10,448 
1 00 to 399 
245 
39,795 
159 
27,267 
2,000 to 15,999 
6 
53,646 
4 
28,500 
400 to 3,199 
39 
38,972 
48 
49,040 
16,000 to 29,999 
- 
- 
1 
(D) 
3,200 to 9,999 
4 
25,700 
4 
18,428 
30,000 to 59,999 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
10,000 to 19,999 
4 
63,200 
9 
130,932 
60,000 to 99,999 
2 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
20,000 to 49,999 
5 
162,000 
15 
520,200 
100,000 or more 
6 
3,225,800 
8 
3,628,692 
50,000 to 99,999 
8 
535,830 
8 
566,000 
100,000 or more 
31 
18,026,208 
37 
19,702,431 
Broilers and other meat-type 
chickens 
421 
273,277,272 
229 
280,512,754 
Pullets for laying 
Farms by number sold- 
flock replacement 
873 
4,633,558 
724 
4,613,085 
1 to 1,999 
336 
45,293 
153 
12,547 
2,000 to 15,999 
18 
101,500 
3 
14,200 
16,000 to 29,999 
5 
113,402 
2 
(D) 
Broilers and other meat-type 
30,000 to 59,999 
3 
119,000 
- 
chickens 
829 
42,268,482 
374 
44,384,231 
60,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
7 
606,000 
100,000 to 199,999 
18 
2,706,000 
15 
2,113,000 
Turkeys (see text) 
682 
4,532,307 
469 
6,703,230 
200,000 to 299,999 
4 
895,000 
3 
(D) 
300,000 to 499,999 
10 
3,822,710 
11 
4,299,560 
Chukars 
30 
98,146 
(NA) 
(NA) 
500,000 or more 
27 
265,474,367 
35 
272,737,447 
Ducks 
599 
1,399,187 
850 
802,076 
Turkeys (see text) 
302 
15,384,675 
218 
16,151,754 
Farms by number sold- 
Emus 
141 
1,670 
243 
1,770 
1 to 1,999 
264 
(D) 
144 
3,779 
2,000 to 7,999 
- 
2 
(D) 
Geese 
355 
7,079 
672 
8,084 
8,000 to 15,999 
5 
58,134 
2 
(D) 
16,000 to 29,999 
- 
- 
12 
269,105 
Guineas 
221 
3,085 
(NA) 
(NA) 
30,000 to 59,999 
1 
(D) 
4 
183,200 
60,000 to 99,999 
6 
474,011 
9 
671,017 
Hungarian partridge 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
100,000 or more 
26 
14,796,246 
45 
14,988,229 
Ostriches 
23 
142 
74 
1,860 
Chukars 
27 
264,422 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Peacocks or peahens 
179 
1,422 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Ducks 
129 
3,468,262 
160 
6,222,352 
Pheasants 
94 
255,694 
183 
217,584 
Emus 
8 
76 
40 
410 
Pigeons or squabs 
177 
170,461 
326 
170,473 
Geese 
71 
(D) 
76 
1,844 
Quail 
117 
392,894 
152 
261,032 
Guineas 
45 
1,418 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Rheas 
9 
40 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Hungarian partridge 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Roosters 
344 
12,461 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Ostriches 
2 
(D) 
13 
569 
Other poultry (see text) 
102 
47,293 
969 
149,888 
Peacocks or peahens 
29 
181 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Pheasants 
49 
432,478 
74 
532,765 
NUMBER SOLD 
Pigeons or squabs 
90 
523,461 
126 
657,592 
Layers (see text) 
831 
8,195,242 
667 
8,786,250 
Farms by number sold- 
Quail 
54 
576,039 
44 
531,423 
1 to 99 
706 
12,505 
534 
(D) 
100 to 399 
58 
(D) 
55 
10,151 
Rheas 
5 
22 
(NA) 
(NA) 
400 to 3,199 
26 
22,504 
32 
32,720 
3,200 to 9,999 
5 
35,700 
27,320 
Roosters 
65 
9,321 
(NA) 
(NA) 
10,000 to 19,999 
7 
95,495 
(D) 
20,000 to 49,999 
1 
(D) 
269,357 
Other poultry (see text) 
33 
(D) 
187 
401,313 
50,000 to 99,999 
5 
351,000 
7 
489,529 
100,000 or more 
23 
7,637,343 
23 
7,919,542 
Poultry hatched (see text) 
1,146 
291,277,897 
853 
357,300,976 
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 
60 
10,593 
58 
12,529 
Mollusks 
27 
17,369 
23 
1 1 ,724 
Trout 
49 
17,749 
43 
17,913 
Ornamental fish 
46 
5,302 
55 
13,415 
Other food fish (see text) 
49 
28,218 
32 
20,200 
Sport or game fish 
8 
4,937 
27 
3,871 
Baitfish 
6 
(□) 
(D) 
Other aquaculture products (see text) 
36 
18,709 
20 
13,835 
Crustaceans 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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