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) 
6,252 
4,308,549 
4,129 
4,584,535 
Pullets for laying 
Farms with inventory of- 
flock replacement 
167 
3,981,329 
170 
3,734,401 
1 to 49 
5,501 
86,934 
3,545 
59,754 
Farms by number sold- 
50 to 99 
459 
28,660 
344 
21,778 
1 to 1 ,999 
118 
12,975 
125 
(D) 
100 to 399 
169 
25,501 
131 
21,634 
2,000 to 15,999 
3 
20,857 
2 
(D) 
400 to 3,199 
39 
34,182 
19 
18,230 
16,000 to 29,999 
10 
262,028 
4 
92,000 
3,200 to 9,999 
2 
(D) 
3 
27,300 
30,000 to 59,999 
23 
979,884 
27 
1,240,317 
10,000 to 19,999 
33 
(D) 
36 
(D) 
60,000 to 99,999 
6 
517,829 
7 
626,400 
20,000 to 49,999 
47 
(D) 
47 
1,172,148 
100,000 or more 
7 
2,187,756 
5 
1,743,467 
50,000 to 99,999 
- 
1 
(D) 
100,000 or more 
2 
(D) 
3 
(D) 
Broilers and other meat-type 
chickens 
826 
305,383,434 
647 
309,769,263 
Pullets for laying 
Farms by number sold- 
flock replacement 
933 
1,820,101 
788 
1,796,532 
1 to 1 ,999 
379 
(D) 
179 
(D) 
2,000 to 15,999 
9 
38,691 
9 
64,200 
16,000 to 29,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Broilers and other meat-type 
30,000 to 59,999 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
chickens 
1,274 
51,189,742 
909 
49,776,656 
60,000 to 99,999 
2 
(D) 
9 
622,800 
100,000 to 199,999 
15 
2,394,220 
12 
1,963,016 
Turkeys (see text) 
553 
34,629 
434 
30,785 
200,000 to 299,999 
32 
7,657,112 
40 
9,266,604 
300,000 to 499,999 
110 
47,452,051 
134 
56,515,018 
Chukars 
6 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
500,000 or more 
278 
247,633,149 
263 
241,272,314 
Ducks 
672 
7,107 
909 
11,095 
Turkeys (see text) 
147 
54,330 
117 
(D) 
Farms by number sold- 
Emus 
23 
182 
73 
437 
1 to 1,999 
145 
(D) 
115 
3,584 
2,000 to 7,999 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
Geese 
257 
1,781 
521 
3,549 
8,000 to 15,999 
- 
- 
16,000 to 29,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Guineas 
556 
6,575 
(NA) 
(NA) 
30,000 to 59,999 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
60,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
Hungarian partridge 
4 
3,304 
(NA) 
(NA) 
100,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
Ostriches 
5 
9 
12 
43 
Chukars 
3 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Peacocks or peahens 
146 
856 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Ducks 
135 
3,599 
152 
4,430 
Pheasants 
32 
10,220 
118 
26,626 
Emus 
4 
25 
9 
48 
Pigeons or squabs 
82 
4,892 
189 
7,334 
Geese 
38 
366 
63 
531 
Quail 
48 
11,895 
124 
59,413 
Guineas 
106 
1,924 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Rheas 
2 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Hungarian partridge 
2 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Roosters 
495 
185,079 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Ostriches 
- 
- 
2 
(D) 
Other poultry (see text) 
79 
6,471 
1,009 
25,953 
Peacocks or peahens 
27 
266 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Pheasants 
15 
12,026 
41 
38,492 
NUMBER SOLD 
Pigeons or squabs 
24 
1,995 
49 
5,403 
Layers (see text) 
1,014 
3,146,697 
738 
3,454,855 
Farms by number sold- 
Quail 
22 
29,117 
56 
90,906 
1 to 99 
831 
15,758 
580 
13,467 
100 to 399 
79 
14,983 
48 
8,181 
Rheas 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
400 to 3,199 
18 
12,988 
18 
(D) 
3,200 to 9,999 
5 
46,982 
8 
71,146 
Roosters 
188 
231,219 
(NA) 
(NA) 
10,000 to 19,999 
46 
(D) 
47 
728,167 
20,000 to 49,999 
33 
(D) 
30 
728,258 
Other poultry (see text) 
36 
2,927 
214 
30,749 
50,000 to 99,999 
- 
5 
(D) 
100,000 or more 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
Poultry hatched (see text) 
957 
344,830,939 
727 
338,963,412 
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 
27 
645 
41 
579 
Mollusks 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Trout 
2 
(D) 
3 
(D) 
Ornamental fish 
4 
(D) 
8 
(D) 
Other food fish (see text) 
10 
4 
11 
32 
Sport or game fish 
12 
1,578 
9 
1,145 
Baitfish 
5 
(□) 
2 
(D) 
Other aquaculture products (see text) 
1 
(D) 
4 
(D) 
Crustaceans 
9 
33 
21 
96 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
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