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) 
2,243 
464,802 
1,650 
355,226 
Pullets for laying 
Farms with inventory of- 
flock replacement 
18 
(D) 
8 
(D) 
1 to 49 
2,099 
31,766 
1,522 
24,245 
Farms by number sold- 
50 to 99 
70 
4,504 
66 
4,044 
1 to 1 ,999 
16 
876 
7 
93 
100 to 399 
33 
4,349 
24 
(D) 
2,000 to 15,999 
2 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
400 to 3,199 
6 
8,795 
7 
8,100 
16,000 to 29,999 
- 
- 
3,200 to 9,999 
17 
133,680 
15 
121,575 
30,000 to 59,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
14 
178,708 
15 
173,190 
60,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
4 
103,000 
1 
(D) 
100,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Broilers and other meat-type 
chickens 
95 
166,380 
87 
119,677 
Pullets for laying 
Farms by number sold- 
flock replacement 
273 
225,021 
214 
135,228 
1 to 1 ,999 
73 
(D) 
67 
20,627 
2,000 to 15,999 
20 
106,180 
20 
99,050 
16,000 to 29,999 
1 
(D) 
- 
- 
Broilers and other meat-type 
30,000 to 59,999 
1 
(D) 
- 
- 
chickens 
238 
89,862 
150 
107,962 
60,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 to 199,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Turkeys (see text) 
204 
20,206 
149 
16,297 
200,000 to 299,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
300,000 to 499,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Chukars 
6 
275 
(NA) 
(NA) 
500,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Ducks 
207 
4,360 
296 
26,489 
Turkeys (see text) 
68 
28,348 
64 
22,376 
Farms by number sold- 
Emus 
20 
356 
22 
164 
1 to 1,999 
63 
14,298 
59 
10,076 
2,000 to 7,999 
5 
14,050 
5 
12,300 
Geese 
119 
863 
179 
5,955 
8,000 to 15,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
16,000 to 29,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Guineas 
64 
506 
(NA) 
(NA) 
30,000 to 59,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
60,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hungarian partridge 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
100,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Ostriches 
- 
- 
5 
24 
Chukars 
6 
4,239 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Peacocks or peahens 
55 
441 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Ducks 
37 
15,918 
57 
17,517 
Pheasants 
13 
(D) 
39 
15,833 
Emus 
1 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
Pigeons or squabs 
14 
617 
29 
1,097 
Geese 
14 
2,101 
23 
(D) 
Quail 
6 
(D) 
24 
2,029 
Guineas 
6 
110 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Rheas 
5 
16 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Hungarian partridge 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Roosters 
107 
293 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Ostriches 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other poultry (see text) 
12 
303 
267 
4,051 
Peacocks or peahens 
10 
91 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Pheasants 
12 
95,770 
41 
107,500 
NUMBER SOLD 
Pigeons or squabs 
- 
- 
6 
1,281 
Layers (see text) 
191 
73,208 
189 
(D) 
Farms by number sold- 
Quail 
5 
(D) 
13 
6,268 
1 to 99 
177 
(D) 
174 
2,965 
100 to 399 
1 
(D) 
8 
(D) 
Rheas 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
400 to 3,199 
8 
8,397 
3 
2,050 
3,200 to 9,999 
2 
(D) 
4 
30,000 
Roosters 
8 
267 
(NA) 
(NA) 
10,000 to 19,999 
3 
46,000 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other poultry (see text) 
7 
69 
40 
3,375 
50,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry hatched (see text) 
164 
100,344 
171 
(D) 
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 
- 
- 
2 
(D) 
Mollusks 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Trout 
20 
2,614 
20 
1,015 
Ornamental fish 
- 
- 
3 
8 
Other food fish (see text) 
2 
(D) 
6 
(D) 
Sport or game fish 
6 
302 
3 
(D) 
Baitfish 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other aquaculture products (see text) 
1 
(D) 
11 
1,580 
Crustaceans 
- 
- 
2 
(D) 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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