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) 
2,303 
1,910,683 
1,450 
1,991,941 
Pullets for laying 
Farms with inventory of- 
flock replacement 
46 
1,096,198 
37 
1,210,877 
1 to 49 
2,045 
33,175 
1,236 
21,117 
Farms by number sold- 
50 to 99 
165 
10,200 
126 
7,615 
1 to 1 ,999 
37 
(D) 
24 
277 
100 to 399 
60 
10,008 
55 
8,008 
2,000 to 15,999 
- 
- 
- 
400 to 3,199 
3 
1,974 
2 
(D) 
16,000 to 29,999 
1 
(D) 
- 
- 
3,200 to 9,999 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
30,000 to 59,999 
1 
(D) 
5 
(D) 
10,000 to 19,999 
10 
172,182 
7 
(D) 
60,000 to 99,999 
- 
1 
(D) 
20,000 to 49,999 
14 
468,100 
18 
642,289 
100,000 or more 
7 
1,032,000 
7 
961,000 
50,000 to 99,999 
3 
(D) 
3 
(D) 
100,000 or more 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
Broilers and other meat-type 
chickens 
314 
151,933,586 
308 
187,733,125 
Pullets for laying 
Farms by number sold- 
flock replacement 
324 
652,377 
241 
596,038 
1 to 1 ,999 
92 
(D) 
27 
5,408 
2,000 to 15,999 
4 
14,600 
1 
(D) 
16,000 to 29,999 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
Broilers and other meat-type 
30,000 to 59,999 
- 
2 
(D) 
chickens 
574 
25,061,453 
410 
36,286,035 
60,000 to 99,999 
3 
255,200 
5 
381,000 
100,000 to 199,999 
17 
2,496,733 
14 
1,930,935 
Turkeys (see text) 
244 
1,400 
127 
801 
200,000 to 299,999 
11 
2,596,419 
40 
9,443,705 
300,000 to 499,999 
49 
19,078,629 
80 
31,994,016 
Chukars 
2 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
500,000 or more 
137 
127,469,509 
138 
143,875,004 
Ducks 
343 
4,790 
423 
14,010 
Turkeys (see text) 
43 
320 
21 
177 
Farms by number sold- 
Emus 
20 
181 
28 
284 
1 to 1,999 
43 
320 
21 
177 
2,000 to 7,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geese 
197 
1,759 
207 
1,938 
8,000 to 15,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
16,000 to 29,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Guineas 
253 
3,175 
(NA) 
(NA) 
30,000 to 59,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
60,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hungarian partridge 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
100,000 or more 
- 
- 
" 
Ostriches 
1 
(D) 
7 
42 
Chukars 
2 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Peacocks or peahens 
66 
306 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Ducks 
79 
3,246 
60 
13,831 
Pheasants 
6 
426 
29 
1,608 
Emus 
2 
(D) 
3 
6 
Pigeons or squabs 
22 
1,855 
82 
2,396 
Geese 
31 
218 
22 
191 
Quail 
48 
49,655 
66 
67,008 
Guineas 
45 
1,258 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Rheas 
5 
50 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Hungarian partridge 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Roosters 
218 
99,110 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Ostriches 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other poultry (see text) 
62 
4,541 
388 
11,587 
Peacocks or peahens 
11 
48 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Pheasants 
1 
(D) 
8 
1,033 
NUMBER SOLD 
Pigeons or squabs 
5 
961 
20 
1,028 
Layers (see text) 
262 
901,305 
211 
1,734,991 
Farms by number sold- 
Quail 
20 
34,374 
21 
59,497 
1 to 99 
207 
3,935 
161 
2,940 
100 to 399 
21 
4,221 
16 
2,911 
Rheas 
3 
77 
(NA) 
(NA) 
400 to 3,199 
5 
2,580 
2 
(D) 
3,200 to 9,999 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
Roosters 
56 
120,363 
(NA) 
(NA) 
10,000 to 19,999 
10 
168,139 
7 
107,503 
20,000 to 49,999 
15 
503,700 
21 
736,457 
Other poultry (see text) 
23 
9,464 
69 
5,111 
50,000 to 99,999 
2 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
100,000 or more 
1 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
Poultry hatched (see text) 
398 
149,712,117 
318 
173,039,164 
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 
18 
962 
36 
12,662 
Mollusks 
57 
24,295 
85 
37,348 
Trout 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Ornamental fish 
6 
73 
3 
(D) 
Other food fish (see text) 
10 
814 
7 
829 
Sport or game fish 
7 
4,272 
14 
868 
Baitfish 
10 
479 
9 
(D) 
Other aquaculture products (see text) 
73 
58,316 
98 
40,316 
Crustaceans 
496 
33,778 
497 
16,714 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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