United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service ISSN: 1949- 1573 Poultry - Production and Value 2025 Summary April 2026 Contents Summary.............................................................................. 5 Broiler Production and Value - States and United States: 2024........................ 6 Broiler Production and Value - States and United States: 2025........................ 7 Turkey Production and Value - States and United States: 2024......................... 8 Turkey Production and Value - States and United States: 2025......................... 9 Chickens Lost, Sold for Slaughter, Sold, and Value - States and United States: 2024.. 10 Chickens Lost, Sold for Slaughter, Sold, and Value - States and United States: 2025.. 11 All Eggs Production and Value - States and United States: 2024 and 2025 ............. 12 Statistical Methodology........................................ 13 Information Contacts........................................... 13 This page intentionally left blank Summary Value of Production and Sales Up 16 Percent The combined value of production from broilers, eggs, turkeys, and the value of sales from chickens in 2025 was $81.7 billion, up 16 percent from $70.3 billion in 2024. Of the combined total, 55 percent was from broilers, 39 percent from eggs, 7 percent from turkeys, and less than 1 percent from chickens. The value of broilers produced during 2025 was $44.6 billion, down 2 percent from 2024. The total number of broilers produced in 2025 was 9.40 billion, up 1 percent from 2024. The total amount of live weight broilers produced in 2025 was 62.2 billion pounds, up 2 percent from 2024. The value of turkeys produced during 2025 was $5.58 billion, up 51 percent from the $3.69 billion the previous year. The total number of turkeys raised in 2025 was 194 million, down 3 percent from 2024. Turkey production in 2025 totaled 6.22 billion pounds, down 5 percent from the 6.58 billion pounds produced in 2024. The value of sales from chickens (excluding broilers) in 2025 was $6.91 million, down 77 percent from $29.7 million a year ago. The number of chickens sold in 2025 totaled 175 million, down 4 percent from the total sold during the previous year. Value of all egg production in 2025 was $31.5 billion, up 49 percent from $21.2 billion in 2024. Egg production totaled 105 billion eggs, down 4 percent from 109 billion eggs produced in 2024. Poultry Value of Production - United States: 2024 and 2025 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Year :Broilers 1/: Turkeys :Chickens 2/: Eggs : Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 dollars : 2024 ...............:45,434,590 3,688,916 29,734 21,160,650 70,313,890 2025 ...............:44,567,421 5,583,516 6,913 31,500,605 81,658,455 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Excludes States which produced less than 500,000 broilers. 2/ Value of sales. Broiler Production and Value - States and United States: 2024 [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 : : : Value of : Broilers : Production : production ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head 1,000 pounds 1,000 dollars : Alabama ....................: 1,168,400 6,426,200 4,781,093 Arkansas ...................: 1,035,800 7,561,300 5,625,607 Delaware ...................: 276,700 2,158,300 1,605,775 Florida ....................: 60,600 387,800 288,523 Georgia ....................: 1,364,900 8,189,400 6,092,914 Kentucky ...................: 281,500 1,886,100 1,403,258 Louisiana ..................: 141,900 964,900 717,886 Maryland ...................: 311,000 1,959,300 1,457,719 Mississippi ................: 669,800 4,487,700 3,338,849 Missouri ...................: 266,600 1,439,600 1,071,062 : North Carolina .............: 964,800 8,104,300 6,029,599 Oklahoma ...................: 189,600 1,459,900 1,086,166 Pennsylvania ...............: 230,900 1,339,200 996,365 South Carolina .............: 237,500 1,757,500 1,307,580 Texas ......................: 727,500 5,019,800 3,734,731 Virginia ...................: 263,400 1,685,800 1,254,235 California, Tennessee, .....: and West Virginia .........: 672,500 3,813,300 2,837,095 : Other States 1/ ............: 465,200 2,427,600 1,806,133 : United States ..............: 9,328,600 61,068,000 45,434,590 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Washington, and Wisconsin combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. Broiler Production and Value - States and United States: 2025 [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 : : : Value of : Broilers : Production : production ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head 1,000 pounds 1,000 dollars : Alabama ....................: 1,183,600 6,628,200 4,745,791 Arkansas ...................: 1,052,700 7,790,000 5,577,640 Delaware ...................: 263,000 2,025,100 1,449,972 Georgia ....................: 1,317,300 8,167,300 5,847,787 Kentucky ...................: 291,000 1,978,800 1,416,821 Maryland ...................: 322,000 2,093,000 1,498,588 Mississippi ................: 701,100 4,697,400 3,363,338 Missouri ...................: 284,200 1,563,100 1,119,180 North Carolina .............: 984,700 8,271,500 5,922,394 Oklahoma ...................: 181,300 1,468,500 1,051,446 : Pennsylvania ...............: 244,500 1,418,100 1,015,360 South Carolina .............: 237,000 1,730,100 1,238,752 Texas ......................: 731,800 5,049,400 3,615,370 Virginia ...................: 248,400 1,564,900 1,120,468 California, Tennessee, .....: and West Virginia .........: 681,600 3,930,000 2,813,880 : Other States 1/ ............: 673,000 3,869,600 2,770,634 : United States ..............: 9,397,200 62,245,000 44,567,421 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Washington, and Wisconsin combined to avoid disclosing individual operations. Turkey Production and Value - States and United States: 2024 [Based on turkeys placed September 1, 2023, through August 31, 2024. Dollar values based on data received from United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Turkeys : : Value of : raised : Production : production ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head 1,000 pounds 1,000 dollars : Arkansas ...................: 25,000 512,500 287,513 California .................: 5,200 167,440 93,934 Indiana ....................: 20,000 848,000 475,728 Iowa .......................: 10,900 504,670 283,120 Michigan ...................: 4,600 198,720 111,482 Minnesota ..................: 32,000 918,400 515,222 Missouri ...................: 15,500 334,800 187,823 North Carolina .............: 27,000 1,020,600 572,557 Ohio .......................: 6,400 273,280 153,310 Pennsylvania ...............: 7,700 219,450 123,111 : South Dakota ...............: 2,800 128,520 72,100 Virginia ...................: 15,300 429,930 241,191 West Virginia ..............: 3,900 126,750 71,107 : Other States 1/ ............: 23,700 892,544 500,718 : United States ..............: 200,000 6,575,604 3,688,916 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes State estimates not shown and States withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. Turkey Production and Value - States and United States: 2025 [Based on turkeys placed September 1, 2024, through August 31, 2025. Dollar values based on data received from United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Turkeys : : Value of : raised : Production : production ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 head 1,000 pounds 1,000 dollars : Arkansas ...................: 21,500 389,150 349,457 California .................: 4,300 82,990 74,525 Indiana ....................: 20,000 826,000 741,748 Iowa .......................: 10,800 471,960 423,820 Michigan ...................: 4,300 184,040 165,268 Minnesota ..................: 33,500 971,500 872,407 Missouri ...................: 14,700 320,460 287,773 North Carolina .............: 28,000 1,094,800 983,130 Ohio .......................: 6,200 257,920 231,612 Pennsylvania ...............: 7,600 218,880 196,554 : South Dakota ...............: 1,800 83,880 75,324 Virginia ...................: 15,300 429,930 386,077 West Virginia ..............: 4,000 127,600 114,585 : Other States 1/ ............: 21,500 758,612 681,236 : United States ..............: 193,500 6,217,722 5,583,516 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes State estimates not shown and States withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. Chickens Lost, Sold for Slaughter, Sold, and Value - States and United States: 2024 [Annual estimates cover the period December 1 previous year through November 30. Excludes broilers. Totals may not add due to rounding] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Chickens : Sold : : Value of State : lost 1/ : for slaughter : Sold : sales -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- 1,000 head ------ 1,000 pounds 1,000 dollars : Alabama ..............: 4,851.3 14,070.2 113,546.5 4,655.4 Arkansas .............: 4,830.1 18,612.5 133,265.5 4,930.8 California ...........: 12,617.3 1,336.4 6,094.0 103.6 Colorado .............: 5,289.3 907.0 5,233.4 162.2 Georgia ..............: 5,814.7 17,894.9 129,201.2 4,522.0 Illinois .............: 3,414.0 2,027.2 8,149.3 73.3 Indiana ..............: 18,535.9 6,502.4 22,953.5 45.9 Iowa .................: 23,227.2 8,644.2 30,686.9 92.1 Kentucky .............: 1,174.0 4,965.1 31,826.3 1,050.3 Louisiana ............: 380.9 1,682.3 12,028.4 336.8 : Massachusetts ........: 11.7 112.2 388.2 (Z) Michigan .............: 10,585.5 3,655.6 14,476.2 144.8 Minnesota ............: 3,268.5 1,493.9 7,469.5 149.4 Mississippi ..........: 1,474.2 5,382.0 40,472.6 1,538.0 Missouri .............: 9,215.8 6,852.6 39,333.9 1,101.3 Montana ..............: 682.2 23.0 79.6 (Z) Nebraska .............: 1,783.9 4,827.3 17,378.3 69.5 New York .............: 802.0 3,309.3 11,516.4 11.5 North Carolina .......: 4,962.8 15,789.6 117,474.6 4,229.1 Ohio .................: 20,504.5 10,152.6 38,376.8 268.6 : Oklahoma .............: 663.5 2,655.8 19,467.0 759.2 Oregon ...............: 1,960.5 47.4 164.0 (Z) Pennsylvania .........: 3,365.9 12,107.9 48,552.7 388.4 South Carolina .......: 1,389.8 2,862.5 17,976.5 575.2 Tennessee ............: 640.7 3,035.4 24,526.0 1,079.1 Texas ................: 6,373.8 14,895.9 81,182.7 1,948.4 Utah .................: 2,806.1 2,906.2 10,084.5 10.1 Vermont ..............: 21.6 170.4 645.8 4.5 Washington ...........: 4,365.1 173.4 598.2 (Z) West Virginia ........: 347.5 1,790.1 14,517.7 537.2 : Wisconsin ............: 1,393.0 5,104.2 19,549.1 136.8 : Other States 2/ ......: 13,510.6 8,822.1 42,880.4 810.3 : United States ........: 170,263.9 182,811.6 1,060,095.7 29,733.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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. Chickens Lost, Sold for Slaughter, Sold, and Value - States and United States: 2025 [Annual estimates cover the period December 1 previous year through November 30. Excludes broilers. Totals may not add due to rounding] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Chickens : Sold : : Value of State : lost 1/ : for slaughter : Sold : sales -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------- 1,000 head ------ 1,000 pounds 1,000 dollars : Alabama ..............: 4,315.1 12,401.6 99,708.9 897.4 Arkansas .............: 5,785.0 18,049.6 125,264.2 1,127.4 California ...........: 9,249.5 467.2 2,625.7 13.1 Colorado .............: 1,177.6 775.7 4,522.3 31.7 Georgia ..............: 5,470.8 16,436.9 118,674.4 1,068.1 Illinois .............: 1,681.5 1,339.7 5,506.2 16.5 Indiana ..............: 20,884.3 8,408.8 29,514.9 29.5 Iowa .................: 22,906.5 9,108.5 32,335.2 32.3 Kentucky .............: 1,370.9 4,653.4 29,595.6 266.4 Louisiana ............: 368.6 1,621.3 11,332.9 90.7 : Massachusetts ........: 12.0 115.2 398.6 (Z) Michigan .............: 3,257.1 4,936.9 19,451.4 58.4 Minnesota ............: 2,023.3 1,664.9 7,825.0 39.1 Mississippi ..........: 1,612.9 5,940.3 45,146.3 451.5 Missouri .............: 13,205.0 8,469.7 41,247.4 206.2 Montana ..............: 634.1 24.5 84.8 (Z) Nebraska .............: 1,679.4 4,289.2 15,698.5 31.4 New York .............: 1,070.5 2,812.0 9,842.0 9.8 North Carolina .......: 7,951.4 15,241.6 114,159.6 1,027.4 Ohio .................: 29,638.1 8,363.5 32,199.5 64.4 : Oklahoma .............: 516.6 1,889.7 15,004.2 105.0 Oregon ...............: 2,688.5 26.5 91.7 (Z) Pennsylvania .........: 6,514.0 10,145.4 42,813.6 128.4 South Carolina .......: 932.7 3,309.0 19,225.3 134.6 Tennessee ............: 590.5 2,310.9 18,464.1 184.6 Texas ................: 3,825.3 14,079.7 76,875.2 538.1 Utah .................: 1,023.1 2,427.5 8,399.2 8.4 Vermont ..............: 23.3 173.4 674.5 2.0 Washington ...........: 5,586.3 85.9 298.1 (Z) West Virginia ........: 343.1 1,842.0 15,049.1 135.4 : Wisconsin ............: 5,422.0 4,155.3 16,247.2 48.7 : Other States 2/ ......: 17,734.2 9,263.5 42,548.4 166.0 : United States ........: 179,493.2 174,829.3 1,000,824.0 6,912.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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. All Eggs Production and Value - States and United States: 2024 and 2025 [Annual estimates cover the period December 1 previous year through November 30. Includes hatching and market (table) eggs] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Egg production : Value of production State :------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2024 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 : 2024 : 2025 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--- million eggs --- --- 1,000 dozen eggs --- ---- 1,000 dollars ---- : Alabama ..........: 2,377.6 2,472.4 198,133.2 206,033.4 528,789 591,102 Arkansas .........: 3,979.0 4,004.8 331,583.4 333,733.6 840,713 1,058,107 California .......: 2,320.8 1,275.5 193,400.2 106,291.7 623,075 432,756 Colorado .........: 1,023.4 747.0 85,283.3 62,250.1 170,887 220,890 Georgia ..........: 5,223.5 5,153.5 435,291.6 429,458.6 1,024,389 1,419,903 Illinois .........: 1,905.2 1,934.3 158,767.2 161,191.6 349,048 556,500 Indiana ..........: 10,741.5 10,687.2 895,125.1 890,600.1 1,991,234 3,187,654 Iowa .............: 13,436.6 13,505.6 1,119,716.5 1,125,466.5 2,481,369 3,859,028 Kentucky .........: 1,377.2 1,382.5 114,766.5 115,208.8 259,529 395,689 Louisiana ........: 512.1 514.2 42,674.7 42,849.8 102,794 141,980 : Massachusetts ....: 45.5 45.5 3,791.8 3,791.8 7,493 14,052 Michigan .........: 3,743.6 3,832.7 311,966.5 319,391.6 678,447 1,087,528 Minnesota ........: 2,048.6 2,287.0 170,716.7 190,583.5 378,171 656,566 Mississippi ......: 1,445.5 1,505.7 120,458.4 125,475.0 305,917 376,377 Missouri .........: 4,813.3 5,062.3 401,108.2 421,858.3 883,236 1,549,955 Montana ..........: 392.3 398.7 32,691.6 33,224.8 106,136 163,719 Nebraska .........: 2,519.0 2,643.1 209,916.8 220,258.5 470,259 762,872 New York .........: 1,711.5 1,808.8 142,625.4 150,733.2 286,022 557,818 North Carolina ...: 4,336.5 3,764.2 361,375.1 313,683.3 854,039 998,541 Ohio .............: 12,354.2 11,145.0 1,029,516.7 928,749.9 2,294,052 3,296,474 : Oklahoma .........: 568.7 507.9 47,391.7 42,324.9 117,703 138,112 Oregon ...........: 744.7 475.2 62,058.4 39,599.8 201,323 197,833 Pennsylvania .....: 8,216.8 7,972.8 684,733.2 664,399.7 1,396,254 2,398,973 South Carolina ...: 1,012.1 1,048.2 84,341.4 87,350.2 186,395 310,864 Tennessee ........: 429.8 445.7 35,816.5 37,141.9 96,243 105,348 Texas ............: 6,091.0 6,177.5 507,583.2 514,791.9 1,126,991 1,904,775 Utah .............: 2,096.9 1,992.4 174,741.4 166,033.2 566,344 815,073 Vermont ..........: 55.3 55.5 4,608.6 4,625.3 9,305 16,892 Washington .......: 1,718.4 1,509.2 143,200.1 125,766.6 463,506 652,209 West Virginia ....: 275.4 273.4 22,950.2 22,783.6 61,637 64,567 : Wisconsin ........: 2,425.8 2,404.3 202,150.0 200,358.3 449,534 728,980 : Other States 1/ ..: 9,187.6 8,214.4 765,632.7 684,533.8 1,849,816 2,839,468 : United States ....:109,129.4 105,246.5 9,094,116.3 8,770,543.3 21,160,650 31,500,605 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes State estimates not shown and States withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. 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. 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