Texas Counties: Chicken Population in 2012

Chicken population (or inventory) in 2012.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture groups counties in each state into agricultural districts according to factors such as soil type, elevation, temperature, and need for irrigation. Texas has 15 USDA agricultural districts.

Map of Texas Counties By Chicken Population in 2012

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3	10M or more	17	10,000 to 99,999

19	1M to 10M	86	1,000 to 9,999

9	100,000 to 999,999	120	999 or fewer

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Table of Texas Counties Ordered By Chicken Population

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Rank	Name	Agricultural District	Number of Chickens, 2012
1	Shelby	East Texas North	25,104,776
2	Gonzales	South Central	20,745,958
3	Nacogdoches	East Texas North	15,126,216
4	Leon	East Texas South	7,492,171
5	Titus	East Texas North	4,385,533
6	Panola	East Texas North	3,814,834
7	Hopkins	East Texas North	3,801,006
8	Cass	East Texas North	3,757,922
9	Robertson	East Texas South	3,590,106
10	San Augustine	East Texas South	3,568,662
11	Camp	East Texas North	3,489,099
12	Franklin	East Texas North	2,965,818
13	Rusk	East Texas North	2,750,046
14	Wood	East Texas North	2,458,230
15	Angelina	East Texas South	2,298,317
16	Morris	East Texas North	2,062,484
17	Upshur	East Texas North	1,700,400
18	Cherokee	East Texas North	1,244,274
19	Fayette	South Central	1,196,894
20	Bowie	East Texas North	1,194,875
21	Milam	Blacklands	1,098,558
22	Madison	East Texas South	1,070,317
23	Red River	East Texas North	816,940
24	Sabine	East Texas South	807,890
25	Burleson	South Central	760,157
26	Grimes	East Texas South	728,973
27	Lavaca	South Central	485,460
28	Caldwell	South Central	344,159
29	Houston	East Texas North	214,646
30	Guadalupe	South Central	145,652
31	Coryell	Blacklands	123,418
32	Walker	East Texas South	75,591
33	DeWitt	South Central	67,277
34	Polk	East Texas South	34,432
35	Austin	South Central	29,469
36	Bastrop	South Central	23,950
37	Freestone	East Texas South	20,085
38	Hunt	Blacklands	17,600
39	Fannin	Blacklands	17,115
40	Comal	South Central	15,845
41	Travis	South Central	14,402
42	Bell	Blacklands	14,297
43	Kaufman	Blacklands	14,224
44	Colorado	South Central	13,476
45	Wise	Cross Timbers	13,380
46	Parker	Cross Timbers	10,797
47	Navarro	Blacklands	10,744
48	Collin	Blacklands	10,406
49	Liberty	Upper Coast	9,967
50	Smith	East Texas North	9,487
51	Waller	East Texas South	9,294
52	Grayson	Blacklands	8,687
53	Williamson	Blacklands	8,266
54	Johnson	Blacklands	8,037
55	Bexar	South Central	7,548
56	Van Zandt	East Texas North	7,092
57	Kendall	Edwards Plateau	7,007
58	Cooke	Blacklands	6,997
59	Montgomery	East Texas South	6,437
60	Wilson	South Central	6,266
61	Harris	Upper Coast	6,190
62	Henderson	East Texas North	6,070
63	Hood	Cross Timbers	6,070
64	Brazoria	Upper Coast	5,996
65	Dallas	Blacklands	5,752
66	Anderson	East Texas North	5,536
67	Gillespie	Edwards Plateau	5,151
68	Ellis	Blacklands	5,121
69	Hays	South Central	5,021
70	Burnet	Edwards Plateau	4,967
71	Cameron	Lower Valley	4,955
72	Tarrant	Blacklands	4,471
73	Orange	Upper Coast	4,334
74	Wichita	Northern Low Plains	4,162
75	Medina	South Central	3,878
76	Hill	Blacklands	3,738
77	Hidalgo	Lower Valley	3,670
78	Jefferson	Upper Coast	3,652
79	Bandera	Edwards Plateau	3,589
80	Atascosa	South Texas	3,447
81	Bosque	Blacklands	3,443
82	Erath	Cross Timbers	3,424
83	Palo Pinto	Cross Timbers	3,341
84	Jack	Cross Timbers	3,164
85	Lamar	Blacklands	3,161
86	Hardin	East Texas South	3,093
87	Lee	South Central	3,027
88	Jim Wells	South Texas	2,948
89	Fort Bend	Upper Coast	2,893
90	Tom Green	Edwards Plateau	2,889
91	Tyler	East Texas South	2,736
92	Harrison	East Texas North	2,713
93	Jasper	East Texas South	2,664
94	Galveston	Upper Coast	2,620
95	Eastland	Cross Timbers	2,443
96	Kerr	Edwards Plateau	2,437
97	Lampasas	Edwards Plateau	2,419
98	Brown	Cross Timbers	2,342
99	San Jacinto	East Texas South	2,273
100	Starr	Lower Valley	2,231
101	Gregg	East Texas North	2,230
102	Chambers	Upper Coast	2,215
103	Montague	Cross Timbers	2,205
104	Rains	East Texas North	2,154
105	Hamilton	Blacklands	2,151
106	Comanche	Cross Timbers	2,125
107	Young	Cross Timbers	2,115
108	Jones	Southern Low Plains	2,094
109	San Patricio	Coastal Bend	2,029
110	Victoria	Upper Coast	2,018
111	Bee	South Central	1,997
112	Blanco	Edwards Plateau	1,937
113	Taylor	Southern Low Plains	1,889
114	El Paso	Trans-Pecos	1,817
115	Calhoun	Upper Coast	1,690
116	Newton	East Texas South	1,612
117	Goliad	South Central	1,588
118	Delta	Blacklands	1,524
119	Mills	Cross Timbers	1,513
120	Callahan	Cross Timbers	1,455
121	Midland	Southern High Plains	1,448
122	Potter	Northern High Plains	1,422
123	Carson	Northern High Plains	1,313
124	Clay	Cross Timbers	1,301
125	Uvalde	Edwards Plateau	1,263
126	Matagorda	Upper Coast	1,261
127	Webb	South Texas	1,216
128	Karnes	South Central	1,149
129	Hale	Northern High Plains	1,091
130	Rockwall	Blacklands	1,076
131	San Saba	Edwards Plateau	1,065
132	McCulloch	Edwards Plateau	1,062
133	Falls	Blacklands	1,058
134	Limestone	Blacklands	1,024
135	Kleberg	Coastal Bend	991
136	Randall	Northern High Plains	981
137	Trinity	East Texas South	959
138	Scurry	Southern Low Plains	943
139	Howard	Southern High Plains	934
140	Denton	Blacklands	917
141	Nueces	Coastal Bend	893
142	Llano	Edwards Plateau	870
143	Dimmit	South Texas	857
144	Jackson	Upper Coast	820
145	Coke	Edwards Plateau	766
146	Zapata	South Texas	766
147	Val Verde	Edwards Plateau	765
148	Maverick	South Texas	746
149	Kimble	Edwards Plateau	710
150	Brooks	South Texas	702
151	Live Oak	South Texas	702
152	Coleman	Southern Low Plains	677
153	Nolan	Southern Low Plains	639
154	Willacy	Lower Valley	604
155	Brewster	Trans-Pecos	601
156	Menard	Edwards Plateau	578
157	Schleicher	Edwards Plateau	576
158	Lubbock	Southern High Plains	568
159	Deaf Smith	Northern High Plains	551
160	Runnels	Southern Low Plains	544
161	Marion	East Texas North	493
162	Stonewall	Southern Low Plains	475
163	Real	Edwards Plateau	427
164	Ochiltree	Northern High Plains	425
165	Floyd	Northern High Plains	424
166	Swisher	Northern High Plains	401
167	Hudspeth	Trans-Pecos	378
168	Duval	South Texas	376
169	Donley	Northern Low Plains	370
170	Wilbarger	Northern Low Plains	370
171	Ector	Trans-Pecos	369
172	Gray	Northern High Plains	369
173	Hockley	Southern High Plains	360
174	Somervell	Cross Timbers	336
175	Fisher	Southern Low Plains	334
176	Frio	South Texas	332
177	Zavala	South Texas	330
178	Mitchell	Southern Low Plains	328
179	Presidio	Trans-Pecos	324
180	Lynn	Southern High Plains	322
181	Washington	South Central	317
182	Gaines	Southern High Plains	281
183	Aransas	Coastal Bend	280
184	Ward	Trans-Pecos	274
185	Pecos	Trans-Pecos	272
186	Mason	Edwards Plateau	271
187	Hardeman	Northern Low Plains	270
188	Refugio	Coastal Bend	269
189	Edwards	Edwards Plateau	265
190	Haskell	Southern Low Plains	262
191	Hutchinson	Northern High Plains	250
192	Archer	Cross Timbers	237
193	Wheeler	Northern Low Plains	233
194	Sutton	Edwards Plateau	232
195	Upton	Edwards Plateau	230
196	Oldham	Northern High Plains	228
197	Wharton	Upper Coast	222
198	La Salle	South Texas	205
199	Stephens	Cross Timbers	199
200	Shackelford	Cross Timbers	187
201	McLennan	Blacklands	186
202	Lamb	Southern High Plains	181
203	Winkler	Trans-Pecos	178
204	Hansford	Northern High Plains	159
205	Garza	Northern Low Plains	158
206	Reagan	Edwards Plateau	152
207	Armstrong	Northern High Plains	151
208	Dickens	Northern Low Plains	141
209	Terry	Southern High Plains	136
210	Kent	Northern Low Plains	130
211	Irion	Edwards Plateau	127
212	Hartley	Northern High Plains	122
213	Bailey	Southern High Plains	111
214	Concho	Edwards Plateau	108
215	Crane	Trans-Pecos	99
216	Hemphill	Northern High Plains	98
217	Collingsworth	Northern Low Plains	89
218	Yoakum	Southern High Plains	82
219	Glasscock	Southern High Plains	81
220	Andrews	Southern High Plains	80
221	Castro	Northern High Plains	79
222	Crosby	Southern High Plains	79
223	Knox	Southern Low Plains	76
224	Roberts	Northern High Plains	75
225	Lipscomb	Northern High Plains	72
226	McMullen	South Texas	71
227	Reeves	Trans-Pecos	64
228	Briscoe	Northern High Plains	62
229	Childress	Northern Low Plains	62
230	Cottle	Northern Low Plains	61
231	Borden	Northern Low Plains	60
232	Foard	Northern Low Plains	56
233	Martin	Southern High Plains	53
234	Baylor	Southern Low Plains	52
235	Sherman	Northern High Plains	49
236	Cochran	Southern High Plains	42
237	Throckmorton	Cross Timbers	35
238	Hall	Northern Low Plains	34
239	Motley	Northern Low Plains	34
240	Dallam	Northern High Plains	28
241	Crockett	Edwards Plateau	13
242	Brazos	East Texas South	0
243	Culberson	Trans-Pecos	0
244	Dawson	Southern High Plains	0
245	Jeff Davis	Trans-Pecos	0
246	Jim Hogg	South Texas	0
247	Kenedy	South Texas	0
248	King	Northern Low Plains	0
249	Kinney	Edwards Plateau	0
250	Loving	Trans-Pecos	0
251	Moore	Northern High Plains	0
252	Parmer	Northern High Plains	0
253	Sterling	Edwards Plateau	0
254	Terrell	Trans-Pecos	0
Total			120,085,017

The value for "Number of Chickens" is the sum of the USDA's reported data for "layers," "broilers," "pullets," and "roosters."

Sources:

U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service Quick Stats Tools