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) 
2,991 
1,113,238 
2,580 
1,220,280 
Pullets for laying 
Farms with inventory of- 
flock replacement 
58 
1,490,895 
52 
1,429,440 
1 to 49 
2,669 
42,098 
2,308 
38,365 
Farms by number sold- 
50 to 99 
173 
10,308 
139 
8,326 
1 to 1 ,999 
28 
1,056 
26 
1,444 
100 to 399 
70 
10,622 
50 
7,718 
2,000 to 15,999 
4 
38,762 
4 
38,996 
400 to 3,199 
9 
9,232 
3 
2,050 
16,000 to 29,999 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
3,200 to 9,999 
14 
92,391 
19 
122,636 
30,000 to 59,999 
9 
332,077 
7 
227,000 
10,000 to 19,999 
42 
565,587 
44 
599,685 
60,000 to 99,999 
14 
938,000 
11 
753,000 
20,000 to 49,999 
14 
383,000 
17 
441,500 
100,000 or more 
1 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
50,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Broilers and other meat-type 
chickens 
273 
93,749,081 
216 
88,778,413 
Pullets for laying 
Farms by number sold- 
flock replacement 
357 
708,412 
303 
653,630 
1 to 1 ,999 
123 
(D) 
54 
2,965 
2,000 to 15,999 
1 
(□) 
2 
(D) 
16,000 to 29,999 
- 
- 
Broilers and other meat-type 
30,000 to 59,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
chickens 
491 
14,781,332 
334 
12,813,593 
60,000 to 99,999 
1 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
100,000 to 199,999 
5 
784,000 
10 
1,554,000 
Turkeys (see text) 
253 
1,817,308 
214 
1,641,120 
200,000 to 299,999 
10 
2,451,000 
14 
3,593,629 
300,000 to 499,999 
46 
17,725,203 
55 
21,307,935 
Chukars 
2 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
500,000 or more 
87 
72,670,620 
79 
62,159,584 
Ducks 
240 
2,185 
411 
3,076 
Turkeys (see text) 
115 
4,889,115 
87 
3,690,527 
Farms by number sold- 
Emus 
13 
30 
29 
117 
1 to 1,999 
58 
(D) 
35 
(D) 
2,000 to 7,999 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
Geese 
98 
627 
193 
1,076 
8,000 to 15,999 
4 
47,579 
3 
38,000 
16,000 to 29,999 
3 
77,991 
6 
127,732 
Guineas 
271 
2,683 
(NA) 
(NA) 
30,000 to 59,999 
12 
466,122 
17 
742,250 
60,000 to 99,999 
19 
1,351,744 
12 
906,085 
Hungarian partridge 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
100,000 or more 
18 
2,940,362 
13 
1,869,240 
Ostriches 
3 
11 
6 
38 
Chukars 
1 
(D) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Peacocks or peahens 
71 
416 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Ducks 
40 
1,426 
45 
559 
Pheasants 
14 
151 
38 
1,113 
Emus 
- 
- 
3 
(D) 
Pigeons or squabs 
13 
127 
45 
436 
Geese 
15 
124 
19 
86 
Quail 
13 
392 
29 
2,392 
Guineas 
38 
535 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Rheas 
7 
13 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Hungarian partridge 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Roosters 
227 
129,982 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Ostriches 
- 
- 
2 
(D) 
Other poultry (see text) 
21 
446 
473 
(D) 
Peacocks or peahens 
7 
26 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Pheasants 
3 
(D) 
13 
709 
NUMBER SOLD 
Pigeons or squabs 
2 
(D) 
7 
62 
Layers (see text) 
409 
1,096,451 
382 
1,325,661 
Farms by number sold- 
Quail 
3 
2,744 
15 
2,577 
1 to 99 
305 
5,783 
266 
5,087 
100 to 399 
16 
3,145 
9 
1,582 
Rheas 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
400 to 3,199 
10 
9,654 
6 
6,259 
3,200 to 9,999 
17 
110,912 
32 
215,720 
Roosters 
107 
136,855 
(NA) 
(NA) 
10,000 to 19,999 
50 
655,757 
52 
684,915 
20,000 to 49,999 
11 
311,200 
17 
412,098 
Other poultry (see text) 
3 
38 
69 
4,856 
50,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry hatched (see text) 
295 
(D) 
265 
(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 
11 
54 
8 
(D) 
Mollusks 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Trout 
26 
2,774 
23 
2,402 
Ornamental fish 
4 
(D) 
6 
(D) 
Other food fish (see text) 
7 
(D) 
5 
(D) 
Sport or game fish 
5 
7 
7 
(D) 
Baitfish 
3 
(□) 
2 
(D) 
Other aquaculture products (see text) 
2 
(D) 
1 
- 
Crustaceans 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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