POULTRY RANKINGS

    

By State, 1997
Rank Egg Production Turkeys Broilers
State Inventory State Inventory State Inventory
-Million Eggs- -Thousand Head- -Thousand Head-
1 OH 6,976.00 NC 53,500.00 GA 1,182,800.00
2 CA 6,663.00 MN 46,000.00 AR 1,164,600.00
3 PA 5,788.00 AR 30,000.00 AL 906,200.00
4 IN 5,652.00 VA 25,000.00 MS 720,300.00
5 IA 5,528.00 MO 22,000.00 NC 665,000.00
6 GA 4,867.00 CA 21,000.00 TX 455,100.00
7 TX 4,186.00 IN 14,200.00 MD 295,300.00
8 AR 3,215.00 PA 11,600.00 VA 259,400.00
9 MN 2,957.00 SC 11,200.00 DE 256,900.00
10 NC 2,788.00 IA 7,000.00 MO 250,000.00
11 FL 2,499.00 OH 6,700.00 CA 237,300.00
12 AL 2,499.00 WV 4,500.00 OK 197,400.00
13 NE 2,469.00 CO 3,900.00 SC 182,800.00
14 MO 1,719.00 IL 3,500.00 TN 138,600.00
15 MS 1,547.00 SD 3,200.00 PA 135,200.00
16 ME 1,434.00 ND 2,600.00 FL 132,400.00
17 WA 1,410.00 KS 1,900.00 KY 110,600.00
18 MI 1,327.00 NY 510.00 WV 90,800.00
19 SC 1,228.00 MD & DE 510.00 MN 46,300.00
20 WI 998.00 GA 175.00 OH 45,800.00
21 NY 931.00 MA 81.00 WA 38,800.00
22 CT 917.00 NJ 74.00 WI 32,900.00
23 MD 882.00 VT 39.00 OR 21,700.00
24 VA 862.00 NH 15.00 NE 1,600.00
25 CO 855.00 CT 5.00 NY 1,400.00
26 OK 842.00 HI 1,000.00
27 IL 838.00 MI 640.00
28 OR 783.00
29 KY 717.00
30 SD 542.00
31 NJ 463.00
32 LA 460.00
33 UT 436.00
34 KS 322.00
35 NM 302.00
36 TN 255.00
37 WV 245.00
38 ID 236.00
39 HI 172.00
40 MA 156.00
41 DE 112.00
42 MT 88.00
43 VT 50.00
44 ND 50.00
45 NH 46.00
46 RI 24.00
47 WY 3.50

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