Top Broiler Producing States

In 2022 the United States produced 9,165,400,000 broilers (9.165 billion) weighing 59,348,100,000 pounds, liveweight (59.348 billion pounds).

STATE	NUMBER (000)	LIVEWEIGHT (000 / pounds)
North Carolina	976,200	8,102,500
Georgia	1,308,400	7,850,400
Arkansas	1,051,400	7,359,800
Alabama	1,204,700	6,746,300
Texas	723,300	4,918,400
Mississippi	670,700	4,292,500
Virginia	294,500	1,884,800
South Carolina	235,600	1,814,100
Delaware	234,000	1,801,800
Missouri	318,300	1,750,700
Maryland	269,200	1,749,800
Kentucky	254,400	1,679,000
Oklahoma	215,300	1,507,100
Pennsylvania	224,300	1,278,500
Tennessee	190,700	1,144,200
Ohio	127,200	572,400
Florida	63,000	390,600
West Virginia	78,500	298,300
Minnesota	40,600	259,800
Wisconsin	57,100	228,400
Other States¹	628,000	3,718,700
Total	9,165,400	59,348,100
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, 2022 Summary, April 2023, USDA/NASS

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

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