U.S. chicken inventory by state 2022 | Statista (2024)

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Top U.S. states based on number of chickens 2022

In the USA, Iowa Produces the Highest Number of Chickens (USDA) Iowa is rightly known as a chicken state, producing 60 million broiler chickens annually.

In 2021, Georgia raised the largest number of broiler chickens (1,298,900,000 head), but that doesn't mean it produced the most in terms of weight. That honor goes to North Carolina with 8,062,600 pounds, according to data from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

United States imports Poultry Meat primarily from: Chile ($341M), Canada ($137M), Netherlands ($1.24M), Mexico ($1.11M), and United Arab Emirates ($499k). The fastest growing import markets in Poultry Meat for United States between 2021 and 2022 were Chile ($116M), Canada ($15.8M), and Netherlands ($823k).

Much smaller numbers of other birds (e.g. ducks, pheasants) are produced in the US, but are not concentrated in large feeding operations. The top five broiler producing states in the US are: Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, North Carolina and Mississippi.

Tyson Foods, Inc. stands tall as the USA's largest poultry producer and a global meat processing giant. Based in Springdale, Arkansas, Tyson Foods is renowned for its chicken products, fresh and frozen. Its commitment to sustainability and animal welfare cements its status as an industry leader.

US per capita chicken consumption

In 2022, US residents consumed 97.7 pounds per capita of meat from broiler chickens. This represents a massive increase from 1960, when Americans consumed only 23.6 pounds of meat from broiler chickens each year. In short, per capita chicken consumption has tripled.

The United States is the world's top producer of chicken meat. In 2022, the US produced 21 million metric tons of broiler meat, while Brazil produced 14.5 million metric tons. The US and China together represent about a third of global poultry production.

Here are some key insights: Top Producing States: Iowa, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Ohio and California are the top 5 chicken egg producers in the US in terms of Wage & Salary Employment (as of 2022).

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After World War II, a businessman named Jesse Jewell started the poultry industry in north Georgia. Chickens have since become the state's largest agricultural crop. This $1 billion a year industry has given Gainesville the title "Poultry Capital of the World".

Louisiana. According to the Food Network and the Travel Channel, this isn't just the best fried chicken in Louisiana…it's the best in the whole country. Seasoned solely with salt and pepper, the skin is stuff of fast-food fantasies: a deep golden color and tantalizingly crispy texture.

Costco Raises its Own Chickens

To cut costs, Costco opened its own 400,000-square-foot poultry processing plant in Nebraska in 2019. The plant enables the company to manage the chickens from farm to production and ensures that the birds are grown to the correct size, typically around 3 pounds.

Our chicken is raised in barns (not cages), on farms in the United States, in accordance with our Animal Wellbeing Standards, and with No Antibiotics Important to Human Medicine (NAIHM). * No artificial or added hormones are used in the production of any poultry in the United States.

Eighty per cent of the broilers (6.36 billion) were produced in mostly southern states: Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, West Virginia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Missouri, and Texas.

Louisiana. According to the Food Network and the Travel Channel, this isn't just the best fried chicken in Louisiana…it's the best in the whole country. Seasoned solely with salt and pepper, the skin is stuff of fast-food fantasies: a deep golden color and tantalizingly crispy texture.