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) 
2,277 
5,593,802 
1,925 
6,236,952 
Pullets for laying 
Farms with inventory of- 
flock replacement 
104 
6,332,484 
119 
6,319,132 
1 to 49 
1,862 
30,202 
1,498 
24,821 
Farms by number sold- 
50 to 99 
139 
8,408 
139 
8,652 
1 to 1 ,999 
36 
(D) 
38 
2,111 
too to 399 
71 
11,012 
70 
10,476 
2,000 to 15,999 
2 
(D) 
5 
58,000 
400 to 3,199 
14 
8,664 
17 
21,123 
16,000 to 29,999 
6 
129,000 
9 
188,400 
3,200 to 9,999 
3 
20,600 
7 
(D) 
30,000 to 59,999 
12 
502,818 
23 
861,456 
10,000 to 19,999 
99 
(D) 
75 
1,200,966 
60,000 to 99,999 
28 
2,137,564 
27 
2,070,365 
20,000 to 49,999 
85 
2,248,348 
111 
2,902,781 
100,000 or more 
20 
3,532,776 
17 
3,138,800 
50,000 to 99,999 
2 
(D) 
5 
310,067 
100,000 or more 
2 
(D) 
3 
(D) 
Broilers and other meat-type 
chickens 
1,430 
761,180,486 
1,453 
823,427,574 
Pullets for laying 
Farms by number sold- 
flock replacement 
374 
3,519,525 
425 
3,590,994 
1 to 1 ,999 
80 
(D) 
47 
(D) 
2,000 to 15,999 
- 
2 
(D) 
16,000 to 29,999 
2 
(D) 
6 
129,600 
Broilers and other meat-type 
30,000 to 59,999 
3 
162,200 
5 
257,400 
chickens 
1,491 
134,479,892 
1,478 
150,596,764 
60,000 to 99,999 
13 
999,900 
19 
1,551,827 
100,000 to 199,999 
65 
9,784,339 
55 
8,043,610 
Turkeys (see text) 
232 
1,548 
203 
1,396 
200,000 to 299,999 
180 
45,357,994 
103 
25,147,728 
300,000 to 499,999 
381 
141,835,458 
442 
181,533,240 
Chukars 
8 
2,524 
(NA) 
(NA) 
500,000 or more 
706 
562,995,264 
774 
606,742,027 
Ducks 
263 
2,839 
495 
5,976 
T urkeys (see text) 
37 
323 
28 
209 
Farms by number sold- 
Emus 
12 
80 
45 
734 
1 to 1 ,999 
37 
323 
28 
209 
2,000 to 7,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geese 
135 
1,049 
267 
2,501 
8,000 to 15,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
16,000 to 29,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Guineas 
266 
3,266 
(NA) 
(NA) 
30,000 to 59,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
60,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hungarian partridge 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
100,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Ostriches 
1 
(D) 
7 
28 
Chukars 
8 
2,560 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Peacocks or peahens 
73 
536 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Ducks 
37 
601 
79 
2,341 
Pheasants 
18 
5,783 
38 
4,089 
Emus 
- 
- 
3 
(D) 
Pigeons or squabs 
27 
1,350 
86 
(D) 
Geese 
16 
182 
32 
365 
Quail 
67 
95,028 
128 
286,973 
Guineas 
40 
1,792 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Rheas 
1 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Hungarian partridge 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Roosters 
342 
521,310 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Ostriches 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other poultry (see text) 
22 
1,101 
573 
43,190 
Peacocks or peahens 
12 
77 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Pheasants 
6 
4,098 
16 
5,244 
NUMBER SOLD 
Pigeons or squabs 
7 
581 
14 
792 
Layers (see text) 
436 
5,264,787 
447 
6,118,344 
Farms by number sold- 
Quail 
48 
120,481 
80 
392,684 
1 to 99 
208 
3,607 
198 
3,721 
100 to 399 
18 
3,251 
27 
4,195 
Rheas 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
400 to 3,199 
14 
12,514 
11 
10,813 
3,200 to 9,999 
14 
(D) 
11 
85,560 
Roosters 
223 
546,389 
(NA) 
(NA) 
10,000 to 19,999 
97 
1,538,160 
100 
1,656,144 
20,000 to 49,999 
81 
2,186,139 
92 
2,500,678 
Other poultry (see text) 
11 
(D) 
89 
(D) 
50,000 to 99,999 
2 
(D) 
7 
(D) 
100,000 or more 
2 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
Poultry hatched (see text) 
435 
881,122,152 
424 
834,292,981 
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 
275 
179,209 
451 
229,400 
Mollusks 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Trout 
2 
(D) 
7 
(D) 
Ornamental fish 
3 
(D) 
5 
73 
Other food fish (see text) 
8 
119 
13 
648 
Sport or game fish 
20 
(D) 
27 
(D) 
Baitfish 
4 
(D) 
7 
502 
Other aquaculture products (see text) 
6 
521 
11 
900 
Crustaceans 
6 
58 
7 
87 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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