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) 
4,501 
9,693,648 
3,760 
10,596,573 
Pullets for laying 
Farms with inventory of- 
flock replacement 
86 
5,510,205 
75 
6,142,852 
1 to 49 
3,852 
66,370 
3,156 
56,395 
Farms by number sold- 
50 to 99 
351 
21,667 
342 
20,654 
1 to 1 ,999 
68 
2,105 
51 
1,760 
1 00 to 399 
199 
30,088 
181 
25,982 
2,000 to 15,999 
1 
(D) 
3 
(D) 
400 to 3,199 
30 
28,505 
24 
(D) 
16,000 to 29,999 
2 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
3,200 to 9,999 
6 
42,180 
6 
29,534 
30,000 to 59,999 
4 
170,500 
5 
200,500 
10,000 to 19,999 
33 
467,170 
15 
211,583 
60,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
3 
246,111 
20,000 to 49,999 
5 
155,000 
1 
(D) 
100,000 or more 
11 
5,282,000 
12 
5,638,795 
50,000 to 99,999 
4 
277,121 
8 
503,882 
100,000 or more 
21 
8,605,547 
27 
9,698,048 
Broilers and other meat-type 
chickens 
1,157 
45,037,969 
940 
47,948,383 
Pullets for laying 
Farms by number sold- 
flock replacement 
539 
2,823,994 
523 
3,178,990 
1 to 1,999 
1,004 
119,994 
781 
100,048 
2,000 to 15,999 
5 
(D) 
19 
99,258 
16,000 to 29,999 
3 
76,500 
5 
(D) 
Broilers and other meat-type 
30,000 to 59,999 
7 
352,550 
3 
106,000 
chickens 
1,287 
7,765,172 
1,195 
8,649,569 
60,000 to 99,999 
2 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
100,000 to 199,999 
8 
1,119,000 
5 
790,000 
Turkeys (see text) 
559 
19,449,992 
601 
18,298,316 
200,000 to 299,999 
59 
15,600,000 
36 
9,375,750 
300,000 to 499,999 
53 
17,817,122 
63 
20,500,500 
Chukars 
21 
38,873 
(NA) 
(NA) 
500,000 or more 
16 
9,736,000 
27 
16,786,000 
Ducks 
619 
18,207 
1,092 
20,266 
Turkeys (see text) 
383 
48,237,708 
375 
46,177,541 
Farms by number sold- 
Emus 
25 
559 
62 
1,121 
1 to 1,999 
173 
7,903 
161 
7,118 
2,000 to 7,999 
4 
21,650 
5 
22,050 
Geese 
343 
3,911 
752 
12,774 
8,000 to 15,999 
8 
102,700 
8 
92,977 
16,000 to 29,999 
8 
182,027 
15 
339,128 
Guineas 
319 
3,649 
(NA) 
(NA) 
30,000 to 59,999 
23 
929,478 
34 
1,480,804 
60,000 to 99,999 
47 
3,619,253 
43 
3,264,997 
Hungarian partridge 
1 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
100,000 or more 
120 
43,374,697 
109 
40,970,467 
Ostriches 
3 
13 
16 
28 
Chukars 
16 
110,265 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Peacocks or peahens 
176 
1,215 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Ducks 
200 
35,362 
278 
32,815 
Pheasants 
101 
147,313 
272 
311,481 
Emus 
8 
170 
10 
140 
Pigeons or squabs 
56 
13,954 
188 
24,217 
Geese 
66 
2,035 
119 
(D) 
Quail 
17 
19,484 
64 
29,674 
Guineas 
46 
1,408 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Rheas 
3 
7 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Hungarian partridge 
1 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Roosters 
174 
103,329 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Ostriches 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
Other poultry (see text) 
12 
337 
1,008 
67,358 
Peacocks or peahens 
21 
146 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Pheasants 
72 
514,920 
168 
1,104,303 
NUMBER SOLD 
Pigeons or squabs 
24 
8,086 
61 
16,682 
Layers (see text) 
746 
5,989,829 
613 
4,593,883 
Farms by number sold- 
Quail 
13 
117,958 
30 
110,576 
1 to 99 
637 
13,002 
503 
11,603 
100 to 399 
37 
(D) 
57 
(D) 
Rheas 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
400 to 3,199 
20 
23,926 
15 
15,810 
3,200 to 9,999 
1 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
Roosters 
54 
112,449 
(NA) 
(NA) 
10,000 to 19,999 
32 
435,770 
17 
236,147 
20,000 to 49,999 
5 
129,209 
3 
87,209 
Other poultry (see text) 
4 
149 
186 
99,789 
50,000 to 99,999 
1 
(D) 
4 
273,560 
100,000 or more 
13 
5,302,592 
12 
3,948,097 
Poultry hatched (see text) 
572 
150,761,278 
647 
138,216,159 
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 
1 
(D) 
- 
Mollusks 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Trout 
21 
1,152 
692 
Ornamental fish 
5 
41 
11 
106 
Other food fish (see text) 
7 
(D) 
127 
Sport or game fish 
31 
4,324 
48 
5,282 
Baitfish 
35 
5,666 
3,807 
Other aquaculture products (see text) 
3 
15 
5 
(D) 
Crustaceans 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
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