Poultry Production and Value - 2020 Summary - Release

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Department of
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National
Agricultural
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Poultry - Production and
Value
2020 Summary
April 2021

ISSN: 1949-1573

Contents
Summary ................................................................................................................................................................................. 5
Broiler Production and Value – States and United States Total: 2019 ................................................................................... 6
Broiler Production and Value – States and United States Total: 2020 ................................................................................... 7
Turkey Production and Value – States and United States: 2019............................................................................................. 8
Turkey Production and Value – States and United States: 2020............................................................................................. 9
Chickens Lost, Sold for Slaughter, Sold, and Value – States and United States: 2019 ........................................................ 10
Chickens Lost, Sold for Slaughter, Sold, and Value – States and United States: 2020 ........................................................ 11
All Eggs Production and Value – States and United States: 2019 and 2020 ........................................................................ 12
Statistical Methodology ........................................................................................................................................................ 13
Information Contacts ............................................................................................................................................................ 13

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Summary
Value of Production and Sales Down 11 Percent
The combined value of production from broilers, eggs, turkeys, and the value of sales from chickens in 2020 was
$35.5 billion, down 11 percent from $40.0 billion in 2019. Of the combined total, 61 percent was from broilers, 24 percent
from eggs, 15 percent from turkeys, and less than 1 percent from chickens.
The value of broilers produced during 2020 was $21.7 billion, down 23 percent from 2019. The total number of broilers
produced in 2020 was 9.22 billion, up slightly from 2019. The total amount of live weight broilers produced in 2020 was
59.4 billion pounds, up 2 percent from 2019.
The value of turkeys produced during 2020 was $5.19 billion, up 20 percent from the $4.32 billion the previous year. The
total number of turkeys raised in 2020 was 224 million, down 2 percent from 2019. Turkey production in 2020 totaled
7.32 billion pounds, down 2 percent from the 7.47 billion pounds produced in 2019.
The value of sales from chickens (excluding broilers) in 2020 was $18.8 million, down 50 percent from $37.6 million a
year ago. The number of chickens sold in 2020 totaled 185 million, down 1 from the total sold during the previous year.
Value of all egg production in 2020 was $8.66 billion, up 18 percent from $7.33 billion in 2019. Egg production totaled
112 billion eggs, down 1 percent from 113 billion eggs produced in 2019.
Poultry Value of Production – United States: 2019 and 2020
Year

2019 ................................................
2020 ................................................
1
2

Broilers 1

Turkeys

Chickens 2

Eggs

Total

(1,000 dollars)

(1,000 dollars)

(1,000 dollars)

(1,000 dollars)

(1,000 dollars)

28,313,919
21,683,052

4,323,977
5,189,938

37,560
18,777

7,334,686
8,655,581

40,010,142
35,547,348

Excludes States which produced less than 500,000 broilers.
Value of sales.

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Broiler Production and Value – States and United States Total: 2019
[Annual estimates cover the period December 1 previous year through November 30. Broiler production including other domestic meat-type strains.
Excludes States producing less than 500,000 broilers]
State

Broilers

Value of
production

Production

(1,000 head)

(1,000 pounds)

(1,000 dollars)

Alabama ..........................................................
Arkansas ..........................................................
Delaware .........................................................
Florida ..............................................................
Georgia ............................................................
Kentucky ..........................................................
Maryland ..........................................................
Minnesota ........................................................
Mississippi .......................................................
Missouri ...........................................................

1,134,600
1,108,800
268,800
61,700
1,360,300
299,200
295,600
63,900
769,000
290,900

6,240,300
7,429,000
1,935,400
357,900
8,297,800
1,914,900
1,832,700
389,800
4,844,700
1,454,500

3,032,786
3,610,494
940,604
173,939
4,032,731
930,641
890,692
189,443
2,354,524
706,887

North Carolina ..................................................
Ohio .................................................................
Oklahoma ........................................................
Pennsylvania ...................................................
South Carolina .................................................
Tennessee .......................................................
Texas ...............................................................
Virginia .............................................................
West Virginia ....................................................
Wisconsin ........................................................

916,100
109,700
211,300
201,200
245,000
177,700
675,000
281,300
75,500
58,500

7,420,400
570,400
1,500,200
1,126,700
1,837,500
941,800
4,455,000
1,744,100
286,900
228,200

3,606,314
277,214
729,097
547,576
893,025
457,715
2,165,130
847,633
139,433
110,905

Other States 1 ..................................................

573,100

3,450,900

1,677,136

United States ...................................................

9,177,200

58,259,100

28,313,919

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California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Michigan, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, and Washington combined to avoid disclosing
individual operations.

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Broiler Production and Value – States and United States Total: 2020
[Annual estimates cover the period December 1 previous year through November 30. Broiler production including other domestic meat-type strains.
Excludes States producing less than 500,000 broilers]
State

Broilers

Value of
production

Production

(1,000 head)

(1,000 pounds)

(1,000 dollars)

Alabama ..........................................................
Arkansas .........................................................
Delaware .........................................................
Florida .............................................................
Georgia ...........................................................
Kentucky ..........................................................
Maryland ..........................................................
Minnesota ........................................................
Mississippi .......................................................
Missouri ...........................................................

1,200,900
1,049,700
250,500
65,200
1,325,100
299,000
287,300
57,800
732,200
292,100

6,605,000
7,347,900
1,928,900
391,200
8,083,100
1,943,500
1,867,500
358,400
4,612,900
1,489,700

2,410,825
2,681,984
704,049
142,788
2,950,332
709,378
681,638
130,816
1,683,709
543,741

North Carolina .................................................
Ohio .................................................................
Oklahoma ........................................................
Pennsylvania ...................................................
South Carolina .................................................
Tennessee .......................................................
Texas ..............................................................
Virginia ............................................................
West Virginia ...................................................
Wisconsin ........................................................

961,300
108,200
204,700
221,100
243,500
187,400
702,500
276,200
70,200
55,000

7,882,700
551,800
1,494,300
1,260,300
1,875,000
1,030,700
4,636,500
1,712,400
273,800
225,500

2,877,186
201,407
545,420
460,010
684,375
376,206
1,692,323
625,026
99,937
82,308

Other States 1 ..................................................

632,200

3,834,500

1,399,594

United States ...................................................

9,222,100

59,405,600

21,683,052

1

California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Michigan, Nebraska, New York, Oregon, and Washington combined to avoid disclosing individual
operations.

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Turkey Production and Value – States and United States: 2019
[Based on turkeys placed September 1, 2018, through August 31, 2019]
State

Turkeys
raised

Production

Value of
production

(1,000 head)

(1,000 pounds)

(1,000 dollars)

Arkansas ..........................................................
California .........................................................
Indiana .............................................................
Iowa .................................................................
Michigan ..........................................................
Minnesota ........................................................
Missouri ...........................................................
North Carolina ..................................................
Ohio .................................................................
Pennsylvania ...................................................

30,000
8,500
20,000
11,700
5,400
40,000
17,000
32,000
6,500
6,200

576,000
254,150
804,000
498,420
237,060
1,104,000
606,900
1,203,200
289,900
169,880

333,504
147,153
465,516
288,585
137,258
639,216
351,395
696,653
167,852
98,361

South Dakota ...................................................
Virginia .............................................................
West Virginia ....................................................

4,500
16,000
3,400

200,250
446,400
108,800

115,945
258,466
62,995

Other States 1 ..................................................

27,300

969,041

561,078

United States ...................................................

228,500

7,468,001

4,323,977

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Includes State estimates not shown and States withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.

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Turkey Production and Value – States and United States: 2020
[Based on turkeys placed September 1, 2019, through August 31, 2020]
State

Turkeys
raised

Production

Value of
production

(1,000 head)

(1,000 pounds)

(1,000 dollars)

Arkansas .........................................................
California .........................................................
Indiana ............................................................
Iowa .................................................................
Michigan ..........................................................
Minnesota ........................................................
Missouri ...........................................................
North Carolina .................................................
Ohio .................................................................
Pennsylvania ...................................................

31,000
8,000
20,000
11,700
5,200
40,000
17,000
30,000
6,000
6,700

595,200
232,000
814,000
505,440
232,440
1,092,000
581,400
1,134,000
271,200
190,950

421,997
164,488
577,126
358,357
164,800
774,228
412,213
804,006
192,281
135,384

South Dakota ...................................................
Virginia ............................................................
West Virginia ...................................................

4,500
16,000
3,900

205,650
446,400
125,970

145,806
316,498
89,313

Other States 1 ..................................................

24,000

893,425

633,441

United States ...................................................

224,000

7,320,075

5,189,938

1

Includes State estimates not shown and States withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.

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Chickens Lost, Sold for Slaughter, Sold, and Value – States and United States: 2019
[Annual estimates cover the period December 1 previous year through November 30. Excludes broilers. Totals may not add due to rounding]
State

Chickens
lost 1

Sold
for slaughter

Sold

Value of
sales

(1,000 head)

(1,000 head)

(1,000 pounds)

(1,000 dollars)

Alabama ...........................................
Arkansas ...........................................
California ..........................................
Colorado ...........................................
Georgia .............................................
Illinois ................................................
Indiana ..............................................
Iowa ..................................................
Kentucky ...........................................
Louisiana ..........................................

3,603.7
4,096.9
9,820.5
1,829.3
6,443.0
2,168.1
13,173.7
32,825.0
1,283.7
364.0

11,412.1
16,719.9
1,808.2
2,116.7
16,604.4
1,504.9
10,852.1
10,882.0
4,869.2
1,758.5

92,209.8
124,897.7
8,046.5
9,038.3
119,717.7
5,929.3
38,742.0
38,087.0
28,290.1
11,676.4

5,348.2
6,744.5
193.1
180.8
6,345.0
83.0
155.0
76.2
1,159.9
572.1

Maryland ...........................................
Massachusetts ..................................
Michigan ...........................................
Minnesota .........................................
Mississippi ........................................
Missouri ............................................
Montana ............................................
Nebraska ..........................................
New York ..........................................
North Carolina ...................................

253.3
120.3
6,269.6
5,785.6
1,441.0
3,562.2
702.7
1,815.2
506.5
3,866.4

1,339.5
0.9
4,846.9
3,948.9
5,124.2
8,908.3
6.1
4,294.0
3,716.0
13,224.2

5,009.7
3.1
16,770.3
15,677.1
37,150.5
41,958.1
21.1
15,329.6
12,931.7
97,065.6

40.1
(Z)
16.8
203.8
1,969.0
1,132.9
(Z)
61.3
25.9
5,241.5

Ohio ..................................................
Oklahoma .........................................
Oregon ..............................................
Pennsylvania ....................................
South Carolina ..................................
South Dakota ....................................
Tennessee ........................................
Texas ................................................
Utah ..................................................
Vermont ............................................

15,431.7
833.0
1,595.2
3,061.9
2,204.5
1,397.2
421.8
3,516.4
1,230.2
24.4

12,320.8
2,471.4
14.6
13,191.6
2,171.6
327.9
1,783.7
15,557.6
1,764.0
95.4

45,833.4
19,252.2
50.5
49,468.5
15,070.9
1,111.6
13,805.8
77,165.7
6,068.2
469.4

366.7
1,078.1
(Z)
395.7
768.6
1.1
773.1
2,392.1
6.1
14.6

Virginia ..............................................
Washington .......................................
West Virginia .....................................
Wisconsin .........................................

1,486.8
4,972.4
306.1
3,601.4

2,296.4
34.4
1,680.0
2,150.9

18,141.6
119.0
13,356.0
9,528.5

1,034.1
(Z)
761.3
219.2

Other States 2 ...................................

10,902.2

7,037.6

26,138.8

199.9

United States ....................................

150,915.9

186,834.9

1,014,131.7

37,559.9

(Z) Less than half of the unit shown.
1
Includes rendered, died, destroyed, composted, or disappeared for any reason except sold during the 12-month period.
2
Includes State estimates not shown and States withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.

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Chickens Lost, Sold for Slaughter, Sold, and Value – States and United States: 2020
[Annual estimates cover the period December 1 previous year through November 30. Excludes broilers. Totals may not add due to rounding]
State

Chickens
lost 1

Sold
for slaughter

Sold

Value of
sales

(1,000 head)

(1,000 head)

(1,000 pounds)

(1,000 dollars)

Alabama ...........................................
Arkansas ..........................................
California ..........................................
Colorado ...........................................
Georgia ............................................
Illinois ...............................................
Indiana .............................................
Iowa ..................................................
Kentucky ...........................................
Louisiana ..........................................

4,444.1
3,719.9
8,811.8
2,340.1
6,168.1
2,427.3
17,493.1
32,692.8
1,092.6
358.2

12,212.8
16,451.2
2,191.2
2,636.7
18,784.8
1,177.4
10,184.2
13,741.1
5,083.4
1,692.7

98,679.4
122,232.4
8,458.0
10,889.6
133,184.2
5,004.0
36,663.1
48,506.1
30,703.7
11,933.5

2,664.3
3,055.8
50.7
98.0
3,329.6
50.0
110.0
97.0
614.1
286.4

Maryland ...........................................
Massachusetts ..................................
Michigan ...........................................
Minnesota .........................................
Mississippi ........................................
Missouri ............................................
Montana ...........................................
Nebraska ..........................................
New York ..........................................
North Carolina ..................................

249.8
94.4
4,950.4
3,184.8
1,428.9
3,973.3
807.5
2,262.9
528.5
3,953.7

844.3
10.2
3,395.9
3,430.0
5,044.3
7,389.7
8.4
5,210.9
4,771.1
15,055.3

3,267.4
35.2
11,749.8
14,097.3
37,630.5
36,948.5
29.1
19,801.4
16,603.4
108,548.7

19.6
(Z)
11.7
112.8
940.8
554.2
(Z)
79.2
16.6
2,713.7

Ohio ..................................................
Oklahoma .........................................
Oregon .............................................
Pennsylvania ....................................
South Carolina ..................................
South Dakota ....................................
Tennessee ........................................
Texas ...............................................
Utah ..................................................
Vermont ............................................

19,022.9
657.9
1,666.6
4,697.7
1,868.1
2,070.3
515.4
4,161.3
2,168.4
26.1

6,635.2
2,724.4
12.7
13,128.5
1,958.2
424.4
1,796.7
14,165.2
1,744.6
142.4

26,275.4
19,969.9
43.9
49,363.2
14,197.0
1,468.4
14,176.0
73,942.3
6,018.9
553.9

183.9
519.2
(Z)
246.8
369.1
1.5
340.2
1,257.0
6.0
3.3

Virginia .............................................
Washington ......................................
West Virginia ....................................
Wisconsin .........................................

1,445.4
4,574.1
364.7
1,947.5

2,160.6
35.2
1,590.9
2,770.3

17,047.1
121.8
12,790.8
11,773.8

460.3
(Z)
345.4
106.0

Other States 2 ...................................

10,251.6

6,198.4

23,645.8

133.2

United States ....................................

156,420.2

184,803.3

1,026,353.5

18,776.5

(Z) Less than half of the unit shown.
1
Includes rendered, died, destroyed, composted, or disappeared for any reason except sold during the 12-month period.
2
Includes State estimates not shown and States withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.

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All Eggs Production and Value – States and United States: 2019 and 2020
[Annual estimates cover the period December 1 previous year through November 30. Includes hatching and market (table) eggs]
State

Egg production
2019

2020

(million eggs)

(million eggs)

2019

Value of production
2020

(1,000 dozen eggs) (1,000 dozen eggs)

2019

2020

(1,000 dollars)

(1,000 dollars)

Alabama .............................
Arkansas .............................
California ............................
Colorado .............................
Georgia ...............................
Illinois ..................................
Indiana ................................
Iowa ....................................
Kentucky .............................
Louisiana ............................

2,275.4
3,573.7
3,899.7
1,494.4
5,046.8
1,911.7
10,048.1
17,083.8
1,477.6
524.8

2,435.3
3,816.3
3,932.9
1,604.4
5,100.4
1,893.0
10,376.5
15,385.0
1,579.6
517.8

189,616.8
297,808.1
324,974.9
124,533.1
420,566.6
159,308.4
837,341.6
1,423,649.8
123,133.3
43,733.4

202,941.4
318,025.0
327,741.7
133,700.0
425,033.3
157,749.9
864,708.2
1,282,083.5
131,632.9
43,150.1

387,984
499,162
318,184
65,455
564,014
88,725
467,896
778,055
122,464
55,217

447,257
567,680
424,976
84,833
626,561
108,442
584,563
872,367
145,659
60,111

Maryland .............................
Massachusetts ....................
Michigan .............................
Minnesota ...........................
Mississippi ..........................
Missouri ..............................
Montana ..............................
Nebraska ............................
New York ............................
North Carolina .....................

792.6
47.3
4,516.6
3,255.7
1,407.8
3,722.3
330.8
2,660.8
1,674.3
3,791.3

795.7
42.0
4,331.0
2,558.5
1,391.7
3,804.8
357.1
2,434.5
1,751.1
4,075.2

66,050.2
3,941.4
376,383.2
271,308.4
117,316.7
310,191.4
27,566.9
221,733.3
139,525.0
315,941.5

66,308.3
3,499.8
360,916.4
213,208.8
115,975.0
317,067.0
29,757.7
202,874.7
145,924.9
339,600.0

33,306
1,746
196,213
154,930
212,832
204,174
26,277
130,434
69,648
443,693

40,478
1,934
230,751
151,274
223,301
246,700
38,073
153,307
88,098
504,777

Ohio ....................................
Oklahoma ...........................
Oregon ................................
Pennsylvania ......................
South Carolina ....................
South Dakota ......................
Tennessee ..........................
Texas ..................................
Utah ....................................
Vermont ..............................

10,705.4
705.5
703.1
8,901.1
1,063.5
854.0
344.6
6,057.9
1,449.7
58.3

10,146.7
631.1
683.5
9,247.9
999.9
830.5
348.2
6,254.3
1,446.5
60.6

892,116.5
58,792.0
58,591.5
741,758.1
88,624.9
71,166.7
28,716.5
504,825.2
120,808.3
4,857.9

845,558.4
52,591.7
56,958.4
770,658.0
83,325.0
69,208.4
29,016.6
521,191.2
120,541.5
5,050.3

480,542
81,125
56,226
407,695
83,830
36,160
59,194
370,840
115,415
3,119

563,795
83,396
72,999
498,067
92,559
44,071
64,413
454,660
153,633
3,279

Virginia ................................
Washington .........................
West Virginia .......................
Wisconsin ...........................

741.2
2,079.1
306.2
2,163.1

716.3
2,062.6
290.3
2,274.9

61,766.5
173,258.2
25,516.7
180,257.8

59,691.6
171,883.2
24,191.6
189,574.8

86,369
165,929
55,512
104,750

94,379
220,203
56,688
132,154

Other States 1 .....................

7,537.9

7,397.2

628,158.7

616,434.6

407,571

520,143

United States ......................

113,206.1

111,573.3

9,433,839.5

9,297,773.9

7,334,686

8,655,581

1

Includes State estimates not shown and States withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.

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Statistical Methodology
Survey Procedures: These estimates were based on inventory, disposition, production, and price estimates as published
in various NASS poultry and agricultural prices reports, as well as information on imports, exports, and slaughter obtained
from other sources. Individual NASS Regional Field Offices (RFOs) maintain a list of all known poultry operations and
use known sources to update their lists. Data are collected from broiler hatcheries which hatch over one million chicks
annually and from turkey grow-out operations raising 1,000 or more turkeys annually. Also, data are collected from layer
and egg contractors and independent producers who have at least 30,000 table egg layers, flocks of hatchery supply layers,
or pullet only operations with at least 500 pullets. In every situation, operations are contacted as close to the reference date
as possible and given adequate time to respond via mail, fax, or electronic data reporting (EDR). Those that do not
respond are contacted by phone. Care is exercised to ensure that all operations of interest are accounted for in the
estimates.
Estimation Procedures: Sound statistical methodology is employed to derive the estimates from reported data. All data
are analyzed for unusual values. Data from each operation are compared to their own past operating profile and to trends
from similar operations. Data for missing operations are estimated based on similar operations or historical data. RFOs
prepare these estimates by using a combination of survey indications and historic trends. Individual State estimates are
reviewed by the Agricultural Statistics Board for reasonableness.
Revision Policy: Revisions to previous estimates are made to improve estimates and are generally the result of late or
corrected data. For all species, previous year estimates are subject to revision when the current year estimates are made.
Five years of estimates are also reviewed after the Census of Agriculture data are available. Estimates are considered final
after Census review and no revisions are made after the final estimates are published.
Reliability: All estimates in this report have no sampling error since they are based on a census of all known contractors
and independent producers who have at least 30,000 table egg layers, flocks of hatchery supply layers, pullet only
operations with at least 500 pullets; broiler hatcheries which hatch over one million chicks annually; and turkey grow-out
operations raising 1,000 or more turkeys annually. Estimates are subject to errors such as omission, duplication, and
mistakes in reporting, recording, and processing the data. While these errors cannot be measured directly, they are
minimized through strict quality controls in the data collection process and a careful review of all reported data for
consistency and reasonableness.

Information Contacts
Listed below are the commodity specialists in the Livestock Branch of the National Agricultural Statistics Service to
contact for additional information. E-mail inquiries may be sent to [email protected]
Travis Averill, Chief, Livestock Branch ......................................................................................................... (202) 692-0069
Jean Porter, Head, Poultry and Specialty Commodities Section ..................................................................... (202) 690-3223
Holly Brenize – Poultry Slaughter............................................................................................................. (202) 720-0585
Alissa Cowell-Mytar – Cold Storage, Capacity of Refrigerated Warehouses .......................................... (202) 720-4751
Liana Cuffman – Catfish and Trout, Mink, Census of Aquaculture ........................................................ (202) 720-8784
Fatema Haque – Turkey Hatchery, Turkeys Raised ................................................................................. (202) 720-3244
Derron Martin – Chicken Hatchery, Egg Products.................................................................................... (202) 690-3237
Vacant – Honey, Honey Bee Colonies ..................................................................................................... (202) 690-4870
Autumn Stone – Layers, Eggs .................................................................................................................. (202) 690-3676
Takiyah Walker – Broiler Hatchery .......................................................................................................... (202) 720-6147

Poultry - Production and Value 2020 Summary (April 2021)
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