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) 
19,748 
20,902,244 
14,562 
19,116,712 
Pullets for laying 
Farms with inventory of- 
flock replacement 
376 
7,314,981 
274 
5,939,792 
1 to 49 
18,058 
265,211 
12,965 
193,299 
Farms by number sold- 
50 to 99 
1,055 
65,152 
1,043 
62,625 
1 to 1 ,999 
301 
18,485 
205 
(D) 
too to 399 
403 
62,143 
328 
50,317 
2,000 to 15,999 
6 
40,150 
2 
(D) 
400 to 3,199 
71 
69,907 
44 
42,578 
16,000 to 29,999 
7 
150,000 
6 
132,500 
3,200 to 9,999 
9 
62,180 
6 
42,898 
30,000 to 59,999 
19 
832,180 
20 
891 ,280 
10,000 to 19,999 
22 
332,027 
37 
592,037 
60,000 to 99,999 
16 
1,266,547 
15 
1,126,284 
20,000 to 49,999 
89 
2,791,437 
99 
2,922,906 
100,000 or more 
27 
5,007,619 
26 
3,756,517 
50,000 to 99,999 
17 
1,087,250 
22 
1,400,142 
100,000 or more 
24 
16,166,937 
18 
13,809,910 
Broilers and other meat-type 
chickens 
1,566 
600,353,797 
1,277 
616,299,999 
Pullets for laying 
Farms by number sold- 
flock replacement 
2,564 
6,244,474 
2,234 
5,718,579 
1 to 1 ,999 
782 
50,604 
435 
39,860 
2,000 to 15,999 
17 
109,749 
5 
70,000 
16,000 to 29,999 
3 
73,000 
7 
142,398 
Broilers and other meat-type 
30,000 to 59,999 
6 
219,000 
11 
489,080 
chickens 
3,638 
107,351,698 
1,872 
118,612,254 
60,000 to 99,999 
9 
735,076 
22 
1,764,200 
100,000 to 199,999 
40 
5,599,358 
63 
9,881,142 
Turkeys (see text) 
1,353 
1,747,526 
1,210 
1,986,815 
200,000 to 299,999 
39 
10,009,588 
47 
11,444,508 
300,000 to 499,999 
184 
73,065,179 
234 
95,111,019 
Chukars 
48 
17,398 
(NA) 
(NA) 
500,000 or more 
486 
510,492,243 
453 
497,357,792 
Ducks 
1,834 
39,881 
3,031 
44,526 
T urkeys (see text) 
379 
6,721,048 
306 
6,609,401 
Farms by number sold- 
Emus 
236 
2,587 
635 
5,215 
1 to 1 ,999 
361 
7,692 
289 
6,917 
2,000 to 7,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geese 
1,002 
12,580 
1,788 
14,054 
8,000 to 15,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
16,000 to 29,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Guineas 
2,175 
34,201 
(NA) 
(NA) 
30,000 to 59,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
60,000 to 99,999 
1 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
Hungarian partridge 
1 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
100,000 or more 
17 
(D) 
15 
(D) 
Ostriches 
44 
2,686 
101 
2,768 
Chukars 
16 
23,911 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Peacocks or peahens 
724 
6,148 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Ducks 
337 
25,641 
476 
32,093 
Pheasants 
112 
12,656 
317 
52,175 
Emus 
35 
560 
78 
1,077 
Pigeons or squabs 
193 
(D) 
478 
19,421 
Geese 
159 
5,429 
226 
2,979 
Quail 
305 
1,080,357 
466 
1,435,992 
Guineas 
316 
11,641 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Rheas 
45 
309 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Hungarian partridge 
1 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Roosters 
1,416 
611,930 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Ostriches 
7 
1,995 
20 
1,846 
Other poultry (see text) 
300 
22,158 
4,171 
124,910 
Peacocks or peahens 
116 
1,562 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Pheasants 
39 
45,158 
86 
76,757 
NUMBER SOLD 
Pigeons or squabs 
54 
3,273 
80 
3,773 
Layers (see text) 
2,445 
14,433,677 
1,976 
7,912,914 
Farms by number sold- 
Quail 
172 
2,712,802 
205 
2,111,356 
1 to 99 
2,074 
34,415 
1,702 
32,046 
100 to 399 
150 
26,662 
105 
19,388 
Rheas 
11 
75 
(NA) 
(NA) 
400 to 3,199 
61 
55,904 
28 
28,338 
3,200 to 9,999 
7 
40,672 
5 
38,128 
Roosters 
347 
644,454 
(NA) 
(NA) 
10,000 to 19,999 
27 
403,132 
38 
621,989 
20,000 to 49,999 
91 
2,726,880 
74 
2,181,685 
Other poultry (see text) 
82 
25,240 
642 
121,882 
50,000 to 99,999 
20 
1 ,277,332 
14 
943,119 
100,000 or more 
15 
9,868,680 
10 
4,048,221 
Poultry hatched (see text) 
3,274 
686,591,310 
2,676 
754,815,069 
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 
128 
14,179 
159 
12,123 
Mollusks 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Trout 
8 
(D) 
3 
(D) 
Ornamental fish 
32 
157 
27 
892 
Other food fish (see text) 
28 
37,217 
20 
14,692 
Sport or game fish 
46 
9,839 
44 
4,182 
Baitfish 
19 
1,989 
25 
398 
Other aquaculture products (see text) 
11 
(D) 
16 
(D) 
Crustaceans 
46 
17,748 
41 
12,501 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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