Texas Counties: Chicken Population in 2017

Broilers - chickens sold for meat - were Texas's second-largest agricultural product in 2017. This page shows Texas's chicken population (or inventory) in 2017.

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 2017

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3	10M or more	94	1,000 to 9,999

17	1M to 10M	80	1 to 999

10	100,000 to 999,999	11	withheld

31	10,000 to 99,999	8	none

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Table of Texas Counties Ordered By Chicken Population

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Rank	Name	Agricultural District	Number of Chickens, 2017	Change From 2012
1	Gonzales	South Central	22,722,937	1,976,979
2	Shelby	East Texas North	19,158,930	-5,945,846
3	Nacogdoches	East Texas North	16,573,710	1,447,494
4	Leon	East Texas South	7,039,291	-452,880
5	Hopkins	East Texas North	6,980,099	3,179,093
6	Titus	East Texas North	6,782,260	2,396,727
7	Franklin	East Texas North	5,883,700	2,917,882
8	Wood	East Texas North	4,731,281	2,273,051
9	Rusk	East Texas North	4,404,720	1,654,674
10	Panola	East Texas North	4,259,366	444,532
11	Robertson	East Texas South	3,527,667	-62,439
12	Angelina	East Texas South	2,981,151	682,834
13	San Augustine	East Texas South	2,653,119	-915,543
14	Cass	East Texas North	2,502,178	-1,255,744
15	Camp	East Texas North	2,432,811	-1,056,288
16	Freestone	East Texas South	2,201,240	2,181,155
17	Morris	East Texas North	1,784,395	-278,089
18	Houston	East Texas North	1,515,395	1,300,749
19	Madison	East Texas South	1,487,735	417,418
20	Anderson	East Texas North	1,244,902	1,239,366
21	Milam	Blacklands	984,097	-114,461
22	Red River	East Texas North	904,957	88,017
23	Cherokee	East Texas North	872,550	-371,724
24	Guadalupe	South Central	842,551	696,899
25	Upshur	East Texas North	714,589	-985,811
26	Bowie	East Texas North	700,883	-493,992
27	Limestone	Blacklands	516,580	515,556
28	Burleson	South Central	124,496	-635,661
29	Brazoria	Upper Coast	123,757	117,761
30	Lavaca	South Central	111,175	-374,285
31	Hill	Blacklands	66,987	63,249
32	Walker	East Texas South	62,555	-13,036
33	Kerr	Edwards Plateau	40,323	37,886
34	Travis	South Central	36,064	21,662
35	Parker	Cross Timbers	27,106	16,309
36	Comal	South Central	26,247	10,402
37	Johnson	Blacklands	23,306	15,269
38	Kaufman	Blacklands	20,371	6,147
39	McLennan	Blacklands	20,302	20,116
40	Bailey	Southern High Plains	19,720	19,609
41	Wise	Cross Timbers	18,611	5,231
42	Galveston	Upper Coast	17,221	14,601
43	Hidalgo	Lower Valley	17,038	13,368
44	Medina	South Central	16,956	13,078
45	Smith	East Texas North	16,438	6,951
46	Hunt	Blacklands	16,017	-1,583
47	Williamson	Blacklands	15,856	7,590
48	Collin	Blacklands	15,733	5,327
49	Fannin	Blacklands	14,570	-2,545
50	Jack	Cross Timbers	13,607	10,443
51	DeWitt	South Central	13,222	-54,055
52	Grayson	Blacklands	12,399	3,712
53	Montgomery	East Texas South	12,141	5,704
54	Bell	Blacklands	11,919	-2,378
55	Ellis	Blacklands	11,656	6,535
56	Harris	Upper Coast	11,620	5,430
57	Colorado	South Central	11,537	-1,939
58	Van Zandt	East Texas North	11,312	4,220
59	Bastrop	South Central	10,985	-12,965
60	Bexar	South Central	10,643	3,095
61	Liberty	Upper Coast	10,464	497
62	Orange	Upper Coast	9,860	5,526
63	Cameron	Lower Valley	9,408	4,453
64	Hays	South Central	9,046	4,025
65	Fayette	South Central	8,878	-1,188,016
66	Dallas	Blacklands	8,688	2,936
67	San Jacinto	East Texas South	8,659	6,386
68	Wilson	South Central	8,487	2,221
69	Wharton	Upper Coast	8,354	8,132
70	Burnet	Edwards Plateau	8,172	3,205
71	Cooke	Blacklands	8,154	1,157
72	Henderson	East Texas North	8,042	1,972
73	Coryell	Blacklands	7,852	-115,566
74	Grimes	East Texas South	7,732	-721,241
75	Tarrant	Blacklands	7,623	3,152
76	Waller	East Texas South	7,469	-1,825
77	Kendall	Edwards Plateau	6,869	-138
78	Erath	Cross Timbers	6,562	3,138
79	Navarro	Blacklands	6,258	-4,486
80	Lee	South Central	5,980	2,953
81	Palo Pinto	Cross Timbers	5,910	2,569
82	Atascosa	South Texas	5,727	2,280
83	Tyler	East Texas South	5,645	2,909
84	Montague	Cross Timbers	5,387	3,182
85	Harrison	East Texas North	5,364	2,651
86	Lampasas	Edwards Plateau	5,292	2,873
87	Jasper	East Texas South	5,217	2,553
88	Starr	Lower Valley	5,216	2,985
89	Gillespie	Edwards Plateau	5,212	61
90	Jefferson	Upper Coast	5,091	1,439
91	Austin	South Central	4,996	-24,473
92	Bee	South Central	4,676	2,679
93	Hardin	East Texas South	4,670	1,577
94	Callahan	Cross Timbers	4,633	3,178
95	Hood	Cross Timbers	4,597	-1,473
96	Jim Wells	South Texas	4,538	1,590
97	Brown	Cross Timbers	4,530	2,188
98	Jones	Southern Low Plains	4,296	2,202
99	Eastland	Cross Timbers	4,265	1,822
100	Taylor	Southern Low Plains	4,210	2,321
101	Tom Green	Edwards Plateau	4,202	1,313
102	Lamar	Blacklands	4,032	871
103	Rains	East Texas North	3,758	1,604
104	Live Oak	South Texas	3,639	2,937
105	Bosque	Blacklands	3,631	188
106	Bandera	Edwards Plateau	3,599	10
107	Young	Cross Timbers	3,449	1,334
108	Hamilton	Blacklands	3,334	1,183
109	Trinity	East Texas South	3,304	2,345
110	Goliad	South Central	3,297	1,709
111	Nueces	Coastal Bend	3,261	2,368
112	Comanche	Cross Timbers	3,258	1,133
113	Newton	East Texas South	3,137	1,525
114	Victoria	Upper Coast	2,953	935
115	Wichita	Northern Low Plains	2,899	-1,263
116	Polk	East Texas South	2,876	-31,556
117	Fort Bend	Upper Coast	2,778	-115
118	Blanco	Edwards Plateau	2,743	806
119	San Patricio	Coastal Bend	2,634	605
120	El Paso	Trans-Pecos	2,510	693
121	Mason	Edwards Plateau	2,399	2,128
122	Randall	Northern High Plains	2,311	1,330
123	Webb	South Texas	2,280	1,064
124	Karnes	South Central	2,266	1,117
125	Scurry	Southern Low Plains	2,110	1,167
126	Coleman	Southern Low Plains	1,917	1,240
127	Llano	Edwards Plateau	1,908	1,038
128	Matagorda	Upper Coast	1,880	619
129	Hale	Northern High Plains	1,877	786
130	Kleberg	Coastal Bend	1,852	861
131	Clay	Cross Timbers	1,832	531
132	Midland	Southern High Plains	1,810	362
133	Stephens	Cross Timbers	1,802	1,603
134	Ector	Trans-Pecos	1,769	1,400
135	Gregg	East Texas North	1,766	-464
136	Rockwall	Blacklands	1,741	665
137	McCulloch	Edwards Plateau	1,721	659
138	Val Verde	Edwards Plateau	1,699	934
139	Mills	Cross Timbers	1,576	63
140	Delta	Blacklands	1,554	30
141	Chambers	Upper Coast	1,515	-700
142	Reeves	Trans-Pecos	1,390	1,326
143	Denton	Blacklands	1,285	368
144	Irion	Edwards Plateau	1,259	1,132
145	Hockley	Southern High Plains	1,203	843
146	Jackson	Upper Coast	1,188	368
147	Wilbarger	Northern Low Plains	1,157	787
148	Haskell	Southern Low Plains	1,143	881
149	Gray	Northern High Plains	1,142	773
150	Carson	Northern High Plains	1,084	-229
151	San Saba	Edwards Plateau	1,084	19
152	Potter	Northern High Plains	1,050	-372
153	Brewster	Trans-Pecos	1,011	410
154	Maverick	South Texas	1,011	265
155	Somervell	Cross Timbers	1,006	670
156	Kimble	Edwards Plateau	992	282
157	Nolan	Southern Low Plains	958	319
158	Floyd	Northern High Plains	935	511
159	Schleicher	Edwards Plateau	872	296
160	Mitchell	Southern Low Plains	837	509
161	Caldwell	South Central	822	-343,337
162	Uvalde	Edwards Plateau	805	-458
163	Frio	South Texas	785	453
164	Willacy	Lower Valley	778	174
165	Andrews	Southern High Plains	733	653
166	Coke	Edwards Plateau	717	-49
167	Pecos	Trans-Pecos	701	429
168	Kinney	Edwards Plateau	664	664
169	Howard	Southern High Plains	637	-297
170	Aransas	Coastal Bend	612	332
171	Marion	East Texas North	612	119
172	Hudspeth	Trans-Pecos	603	225
173	Duval	South Texas	598	222
174	Martin	Southern High Plains	582	529
175	Fisher	Southern Low Plains	560	226
176	Calhoun	Upper Coast	549	-1,141
177	Dickens	Northern Low Plains	531	390
178	Lubbock	Southern High Plains	525	-43
179	Falls	Blacklands	457	-601
180	Edwards	Edwards Plateau	450	185
181	Moore	Northern High Plains	440	440
182	Zavala	South Texas	414	84
183	Concho	Edwards Plateau	394	286
184	Foard	Northern Low Plains	392	336
185	Presidio	Trans-Pecos	382	58
186	Ward	Trans-Pecos	381	107
187	Zapata	South Texas	379	-387
188	La Salle	South Texas	374	169
189	Reagan	Edwards Plateau	372	220
190	Sabine	East Texas South	359	-807,531
191	Sutton	Edwards Plateau	353	121
192	Shackelford	Cross Timbers	345	158
193	Dimmit	South Texas	339	-518
194	Archer	Cross Timbers	328	91
195	Swisher	Northern High Plains	327	-74
196	Wheeler	Northern Low Plains	318	85
197	Washington	South Central	313	-4
198	Armstrong	Northern High Plains	309	158
199	Lamb	Southern High Plains	290	109
200	Crockett	Edwards Plateau	274	261
201	Runnels	Southern Low Plains	274	-270
202	Lynn	Southern High Plains	255	-67
203	Deaf Smith	Northern High Plains	251	-300
204	Glasscock	Southern High Plains	250	169
205	Donley	Northern Low Plains	224	-146
206	Stonewall	Southern Low Plains	209	-266
207	Upton	Edwards Plateau	207	-23
208	Lipscomb	Northern High Plains	196	124
209	Real	Edwards Plateau	194	-233
210	Menard	Edwards Plateau	183	-395
211	Brooks	South Texas	175	-527
212	Gaines	Southern High Plains	172	-109
213	Collingsworth	Northern Low Plains	165	76
214	Dawson	Southern High Plains	165	165
215	McMullen	South Texas	163	92
216	Jim Hogg	South Texas	157	157
217	Hutchinson	Northern High Plains	156	-94
218	Crane	Trans-Pecos	142	43
219	Refugio	Coastal Bend	126	-143
220	Borden	Northern Low Plains	120	60
221	Castro	Northern High Plains	119	40
222	Hartley	Northern High Plains	118	-4
223	Hardeman	Northern Low Plains	106	-164
224	Ochiltree	Northern High Plains	92	-333
225	Jeff Davis	Trans-Pecos	76	76
226	Terry	Southern High Plains	64	-72
227	Childress	Northern Low Plains	63	1
228	Brazos	East Texas South	58	58
229	Culberson	Trans-Pecos	48	48
230	Throckmorton	Cross Timbers	44	9
231	Cottle	Northern Low Plains	36	-25
232	Hall	Northern Low Plains	33	-1
233	Roberts	Northern High Plains	30	-45
234	Hemphill	Northern High Plains	27	-71
235	Terrell	Trans-Pecos	27	27
236	Baylor	Southern Low Plains	(withheld)	-52
237	Briscoe	Northern High Plains	(withheld)	-62
238	Cochran	Southern High Plains	(withheld)	-42
239	Crosby	Southern High Plains	(withheld)	-79
240	Hansford	Northern High Plains	(withheld)	-159
241	Kent	Northern Low Plains	(withheld)	-130
242	Knox	Southern Low Plains	(withheld)	-76
243	Oldham	Northern High Plains	(withheld)	-228
244	Parmer	Northern High Plains	(withheld)	0
245	Sterling	Edwards Plateau	(withheld)	0
246	Winkler	Trans-Pecos	(withheld)	-178
247	Dallam	Northern High Plains	0	-28
248	Garza	Northern Low Plains	0	-158
249	Kenedy	South Texas	0	0
250	King	Northern Low Plains	0	0
251	Loving	Trans-Pecos	0	0
252	Motley	Northern Low Plains	0	-34
253	Sherman	Northern High Plains	0	-49
254	Yoakum	Southern High Plains	0	-82
Total			127,797,028	7,712,011

The value for "Number of Chickens" is the sum of the USDA's reported data for "layers," "broilers," "pullets," and "roosters." Data for some counties is withheld by the USDA "to avoid disclosing data for individual operations."

Sources:

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