Top Broiler Producing States

In 2021 the United States produced 9,130,700,000 broilers (9.131 billion) weighing 59,248,400,000 pounds, liveweight (59.248 billion pounds).

STATE	NUMBER (000)	LIVEWEIGHT (000 / pounds)
North Carolina	971,400	8,062,600
Georgia	1,298,900	7,923,300
Arkansas	1,051,300	7,464,200
Alabama	1,171,600	6,561,000
Texas	706,600	4,734,200
Mississippi	707,000	4,454,100
Kentucky	297,400	1,933,100
South Carolina	249,400	1,895,400
Virginia	285,400	1,798,000
Maryland	259,900	1,715,300
Delaware	222,400	1,712,500
Missouri	301,200	1,566,200
Oklahoma	197,100	1,399,400
Pennsylvania	239,100	1,386,800
Tennessee	195,300	1,132,700
Ohio	126,100	554,800
Florida	63,900	396,200
Minnesota	56,800	352,200
West Virginia	66,200	258,200
Wisconsin	55,900	223,600
Other States¹	607,800	3,724,600
Total	9,130,700	59,248,400
December 1, 2020, through November 30, 2021
¹ CA, IL, IN, IA, LA, MI, NE, NY, OR, & WA combined to avoid disclosing individual operations
Poultry-Production and Value, 2021 Summary, April 2022, USDA/NASS

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

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