Table 1 9 . Poultry - Inventory and Sales: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Stokes 
Surry 
Swain 
Transylvania 
Tyrrell 
Union 
Vance 
Wake 
INVENTORY 
Any poultry 
farms, 2012 
106 
157 
19 
34 
3 
270 
20 
130 
2007 
92 
150 
3 
41 
5 
247 
32 
82 
Layers (see text) 
farms, 2012 
100 
108 
19 
34 
3 
99 
15 
113 
2007 
87 
88 
3 
41 
5 
55 
23 
71 
number, 2012 
260,207 
582,734 
429 
1,616 
330 
1,207,069 
287 
2,935 
2007 
148,656 
369,285 
97 
877 
219 
1,149,230 
614 
24,534 
2012 farms by inventory: 
1 to 49 
80 
85 
17 
19 
1 
78 
13 
97 
50 to 99 
3 
6 
2 
9 
- 
3 
2 
12 
100 to 399 
7 
1 
- 
6 
2 
7 
- 
4 
400 to 3,1 99 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
3,200 to 9,999 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
2 
5 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
8 
6 
- 
- 
- 
5 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
1 
" 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
farms, 2012 
10 
26 
5 
5 
- 
15 
- 
16 
2007 
4 
28 
1 
10 
- 
15 
1 
14 
number, 2012 
191 
211,239 
73 
140 
- 
451,313 
- 
573 
2007 
88 
195,240 
(D) 
68 
- 
145,149 
(D) 
(D) 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
farms, 2012 
11 
45 
6 
3 
_ 
143 
1 
19 
2007 
4 
50 
1 
- 
- 
157 
- 
8 
number, 2012 
511 
5,259,921 
284 
330 
- 
12,666,699 
(D) 
445 
2007 
66 
4,113,950 
(D) 
- 
- 
13,907,937 
(D) 
Turkeys (see text) 
farms, 2012 
6 
13 
- 
3 
- 
35 
5 
16 
2007 
- 
10 
- 
6 
- 
30 
7 
14 
number, 2012 
40 
136 
- 
14 
- 
1,695,002 
126 
110 
2007 
- 
125 
- 
6 
- 
1,314,394 
157 
310 
Ducks, geese, and other miscellaneous poultry 
(see text) 
farms, 2012 
35 
47 
3 
5 
- 
29 
8 
51 
2007 
18 
41 
- 
15 
- 
33 
23 
49 
SALES 
Any poultry sold (see text) 
farms, 2012 
55 
119 
13 
26 
3 
238 
6 
88 
2007 
82 
138 
3 
24 
5 
268 
22 
58 
Layers sold (see text) 
farms, 2012 
22 
32 
3 
4 
2 
20 
2 
29 
2007 
19 
40 
- 
- 
- 
28 
1 
13 
number, 2012 
232,293 
602,052 
71 
174 
(D) 
957,995 
(D) 
574 
2007 
(D) 
376,376 
- 
1,135,414 
(D) 
(D) 
Pullets for laying flock replacement sold 
farms, 2012 
- 
11 
- 
- 
- 
9 
- 
6 
2007 
1 
11 
- 
- 
- 
9 
1 
5 
number, 2012 
- 
347,080 
- 
- 
- 
307,500 
- 
136 
2007 
(D) 
367,400 
- 
- 
207,340 
(D) 
(D) 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold 
farms, 2012 
9 
52 
- 
3 
- 
147 
- 
17 
2007 
- 
48 
- 
- 
- 
184 
- 
10 
number, 2012 
282 
27,098,147 
- 
2,400 
- 
63,041,172 
- 
5,917 
2007 
- 
19,748,772 
- 
- 
- 
77,217,814 
- 
(D) 
2012 farms by number sold: 
1 to 1,999 
9 
9 
- 
3 
- 
6 
- 
16 
2,000 to 59,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
1 
60,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
- 
- 
100,000 to 199,999 
- 
5 
- 
- 
- 
8 
- 
- 
200,000 to 499,999 
- 
20 
- 
- 
- 
86 
- 
- 
500,000 or more 
- 
18 
- 
- 
- 
39 
- 
- 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
farms, 2012 
3 
5 
- 
3 
- 
38 
2 
10 
2007 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
30 
1 
9 
number, 2012 
37 
108 
- 
84 
- 
4,427,321 
(D) 
(D) 
2007 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
4,096,957 
(D) 
(D) 
Ducks, geese, and other miscellaneous poultry 
sold (see text) 
farms, 2012 
15 
31 
- 
- 
- 
19 
3 
11 
2007 
5 
10 
- 
- 
- 
13 
5 
13 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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