Table 19. Poultry - Inventory and Sales: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Georgia 
Appling 
Atkinson 
Bacon 
Baker 
Baldwin 
Banks 
Barrow 
INVENTORY 
Any poultry 
farms, 2012 
6,340 
78 
52 
25 
17 
18 
212 
49 
2007 
5,490 
62 
39 
35 
14 
23 
192 
53 
Layers (see text) 
farms, 2012 
3,483 
27 
12 
15 
12 
11 
70 
19 
2007 
2,870 
26 
13 
24 
10 
20 
83 
26 
number, 2012 
17,445,067 
188,497 
152 
780,195 
133,600 
128 
635,916 
(D) 
2007 
19,273,181 
131,176 
184 
1,228,907 
160,337 
487 
1,239,494 
46,970 
2012 farms by inventory: 
1 to 49 
2,672 
18 
12 
11 
5 
11 
24 
18 
50 to 99 
266 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
3 
- 
100 to 399 
106 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
400 to 3,199 
24 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
3,200 to 9,999 
37 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
1 
10,000 to 19,999 
112 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
20 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
229 
7 
- 
- 
2 
- 
12 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
14 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
100,000 or more 
23 
" 
- 
4 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
farms, 2012 
613 
4 
5 
- 
- 
- 
31 
2 
2007 
587 
9 
5 
8 
- 
3 
26 
10 
number, 2012 
7,718,153 
89,733 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
652,357 
(D) 
2007 
7,675,221 
235,078 
(D) 
64 
- 
55 
733,798 
162,102 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
farms, 2012 
2,689 
47 
35 
10 
5 
2 
120 
25 
2007 
2,170 
28 
23 
7 
4 
4 
76 
29 
number, 2012 
243,463,943 
3,531,446 
2,996,600 
1,078,000 
612,815 
(D) 
7,805,016 
1,677,524 
2007 
235,400,227 
1,772,612 
3,455,400 
424,021 
769,000 
(D) 
6,652,199 
1,603,481 
Turkeys (see text) 
farms, 2012 
326 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
2007 
350 
- 
3 
11 
- 
5 
- 
1 
number, 2012 
2,661 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
8 
2007 
1,986 
3 
20 
- 
51 
- 
(D) 
Ducks, geese, and other miscellaneous poultry 
(see text) 
farms, 2012 
1,369 
17 
10 
3 
7 
9 
47 
10 
2007 
1,430 
13 
2 
16 
4 
15 
25 
12 
SALES 
Any poultry sold (see text) 
farms, 2012 
5,129 
64 
44 
19 
14 
- 
227 
35 
2007 
5,041 
60 
35 
30 
12 
17 
195 
50 
Layers sold (see text) 
farms, 2012 
1,033 
9 
3 
7 
8 
- 
51 
1 
2007 
914 
14 
1 
8 
4 
3 
67 
4 
number, 2012 
14,372,977 
167,025 
52 
620,078 
122,502 
- 
639,955 
(D) 
2007 
16,615,602 
127,338 
(D) 
1,541,778 
144,900 
36 
1,180,213 
39,600 
Pullets for laying flock replacement sold 
farms, 2012 
257 
5 
1 
- 
- 
- 
29 
3 
2007 
271 
6 
5 
- 
- 
- 
28 
4 
number, 2012 
13,371,144 
244,200 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
1,144,090 
325,000 
2007 
13,533,873 
393,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
1,407,763 
96,000 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold 
farms, 2012 
2,743 
44 
35 
10 
6 
_ 
146 
26 
2007 
2,265 
27 
24 
5 
4 
2 
87 
26 
number, 2012 
1,369,162,943 
19,245,108 
13,854,000 
5,409,000 
4,249,025 
- 
50,724,051 
6,323,966 
2007 
1,398,912,031 
10,178,746 
17,531,500 
2,517,000 
4,029,000 
(D) 
38,319,872 
8,631,572 
2012 farms by number sold: 
1 to 1,999 
145 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
6 
1 
2,000 to 59,999 
27 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
60,000 to 99,999 
62 
1 
4 
- 
- 
- 
11 
- 
100,000 to 199,999 
240 
6 
5 
1 
- 
- 
21 
8 
200,000 to 499,999 
1,239 
16 
17 
5 
1 
- 
81 
14 
500,000 or more 
1,030 
19 
9 
4 
4 
- 
24 
3 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
farms, 2012 
77 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2007 
46 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number, 2012 
3,110 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
2007 
395 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Ducks, geese, and other miscellaneous poultry 
sold (see text) 
farms, 2012 
781 
13 
6 
1 
6 
- 
47 
1 
2007 
391 
4 
2 
5 
2 
6 
11 
- 
-continued 
552 Georgia 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
