Top Broiler Producing States

Georgia, North Carolina, Arkansas, Alabama, and Texas were the top five states for liveweight broiler production in 2024, accounting for 57.8 percent of total U.S. federally inspected production, up from 55.5 percent in 2023.

Total federally inspected broiler production in 2024 was 61.068 billion pounds, 1.4 percent above the 60.222 billion pounds in 2023.

Source: All data is from USDA. No estimated or forward-looking figures are provided by NCC.

STATE	NUMBER (000)	LIVEWEIGHT (000 / pounds)
Georgia	1,364,900	8,189,400
North Carolina	964,800	8,104,300
Arkansas	1,035,899	7,561,300
Alabama	1,168,400	6,426,200
Texas	727,500	5,019,800
Mississippi	669,800	4,487,700
Delaware	276,600	2,158,300
Maryland	311,000	1,959,300
Kentucky	281,500	1,886,100
South Carolina	237,500	1,757,500
Tennessee	282,500	1,723,300
Virginia	263,400	1,685,800
Oklahoma	189,600	1,459,900
Missouri	266,600	1,439,600
Pennsylvania	230,900	1,339,200
Ohio	128,600	591,600
Minnesota	60,300	392,000
Florida	60,600	387,800
West Virginia	83,100	340,700
Wisconsin	58,600	228,500

Other States¹	666,500	3,929,700
Total	9,328,600	61,068,000
December 1, 2021, through November 30, 2022
¹ CA, IL, IN, IA, LA, MI, NE, NY, OR, & WA combined to avoid disclosing individual operations
Poultry-Production and Value, 2024 Summary, April 2025, USDA/NASS

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