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) 
5,656 
2,897,238 
3,464 
3,208,912 
Pullets for laying 
Farms with inventory of- 
flock replacement 
142 
2,809,131 
109 
2,263,004 
1 to 49 
4,911 
76,595 
2,977 
47,138 
Farms by number sold- 
50 to 99 
394 
23,947 
227 
13,492 
1 to 1 ,999 
97 
5,971 
60 
4,142 
1 00 to 399 
218 
35,691 
122 
20,865 
2,000 to 15,999 
6 
77,000 
3 
39,078 
400 to 3,199 
42 
28,392 
21 
11,020 
16,000 to 29,999 
5 
130,900 
12 
279,100 
3,200 to 9,999 
25 
186,402 
41 
295,533 
30,000 to 59,999 
17 
739,884 
17 
695,000 
10,000 to 19,999 
42 
610,307 
53 
754,722 
60,000 to 99,999 
10 
668,000 
14 
911,684 
20,000 to 49,999 
17 
464,871 
16 
413,200 
100,000 or more 
7 
1,187,376 
3 
334,000 
50,000 to 99,999 
4 
303,855 
3 
199,919 
100,000 or more 
3 
1,167,178 
4 
1,453,023 
Broilers and other meat-type 
chickens 
807 
237,669,378 
672 
249,184,367 
Pullets for laying 
Farms by number sold- 
flock replacement 
701 
1,301,917 
509 
1,187,798 
1 to 1,999 
309 
(D) 
128 
21,725 
2,000 to 15,999 
17 
57,177 
16 
54,513 
16,000 to 29,999 
1 
(D) 
- 
- 
Broilers and other meat-type 
30,000 to 59,999 
4 
147,500 
10 
475,480 
chickens 
966 
38,386,310 
738 
43,744,639 
60,000 to 99,999 
9 
711,866 
10 
763,775 
100,000 to 199,999 
66 
10,166,165 
80 
12,336,456 
Turkeys (see text) 
663 
5,160,805 
572 
6,330,958 
200,000 to 299,999 
84 
19,864,905 
96 
22,831,862 
300,000 to 499,999 
137 
54,140,372 
168 
66,354,772 
Chukars 
8 
2,639 
(NA) 
(NA) 
500,000 or more 
180 
152,504,003 
164 
146,345,784 
Ducks 
549 
5,943 
593 
6,025 
Turkeys (see text) 
429 
18,223,608 
344 
18,434,065 
Farms by number sold- 
Emus 
47 
439 
77 
440 
1 to 1,999 
200 
1 1 ,234 
101 
(D) 
2,000 to 7,999 
3 
12,280 
2 
(D) 
Geese 
223 
2,280 
380 
3,032 
8,000 to 15,999 
16 
190,039 
14 
185,250 
16,000 to 29,999 
38 
871,072 
41 
920,190 
Guineas 
519 
6,046 
(NA) 
(NA) 
30,000 to 59,999 
65 
2,903,241 
72 
3,273,561 
60,000 to 99,999 
48 
3,656,793 
50 
3,727,166 
Hungarian partridge 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
100,000 or more 
59 
10,578,949 
64 
10,316,139 
Ostriches 
6 
36 
18 
83 
Chukars 
7 
6,579 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Peacocks or peahens 
173 
776 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Ducks 
106 
2,367 
90 
5,995 
Pheasants 
54 
3,506 
93 
24,114 
Emus 
7 
46 
20 
168 
Pigeons or squabs 
45 
1,451 
81 
4,121 
Geese 
29 
476 
44 
386 
Quail 
70 
17,971 
109 
87,292 
Guineas 
94 
1,850 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Rheas 
4 
10 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Hungarian partridge 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Roosters 
455 
190,827 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Ostriches 
1 
(D) 
6 
32 
Other poultry (see text) 
28 
271 
911 
28,011 
Peacocks or peahens 
26 
97 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Pheasants 
21 
13,893 
32 
23,857 
NUMBER SOLD 
Pigeons or squabs 
12 
380 
18 
2,545 
Layers (see text) 
937 
2,687,902 
602 
2,323,378 
Farms by number sold- 
Quail 
44 
51,297 
42 
111,966 
1 to 99 
730 
15,439 
442 
7,911 
100 to 399 
86 
14,817 
33 
5,945 
Rheas 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
400 to 3,199 
20 
13,733 
6 
(D) 
3,200 to 9,999 
32 
225,997 
42 
289,245 
Roosters 
143 
213,049 
(NA) 
(NA) 
10,000 to 19,999 
45 
647,686 
58 
792,353 
20,000 to 49,999 
15 
406,600 
16 
404,272 
Other poultry (see text) 
5 
21 
159 
19,397 
50,000 to 99,999 
5 
323,000 
2 
(D) 
100,000 or more 
4 
1,040,630 
3 
711,154 
Poultry hatched (see text) 
745 
315,271,832 
539 
335,192,029 
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 
16 
12 
18 
17 
Mollusks 
85 
39,011 
72 
36,948 
Trout 
32 
3,343 
35 
3,358 
Ornamental fish 
4 
(D) 
9 
(D) 
Other food fish (see text) 
13 
(D) 
15 
(D) 
Sport or game fish 
10 
679 
13 
(D) 
Baitfish 
3 
1 
3 
(D) 
Other aquaculture products (see text) 
5 
(D) 
8 
366 
Crustaceans 
14 
202 
28 
669 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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