Table 13. Number of farms with confined livestock types in the 1997

Number of farms with confined livestock types in the 1997 Census of Agriculture, by dominant livestock type for each state

 
State Fattened cattle Milk cows Swine Poultry Cattle (other than fattened cattle and milk cows) Veal and confined heifers
Alabama 33 286 228 2,960 465 19
Alaska <10 15 11 0 <10 0
Arizona 27 133 18 <10 38 12
Arkansas 91 676 444 4,448 762 15
California 102 2,202 234 451 314 150
Colorado 344 350 213 15 390 134
Connecticut <10 283 22 39 43 <10
Delaware <10 106 36 814 15 <10
Florida 13 329 204 370 304 <10
Georgia 23 639 712 2,975 565 14
Hawaii <10 15 79 12 32 <10
Idaho 133 1,008 87 <10 257 118
Illinois 1,236 1,843 5,072 84 2,727 186
Indiana 743 2,451 4,523 422 1,695 126
Iowa 2,952 3,452 13,539 265 5,236 557
Kansas 936 946 1,152 53 1,552 271
Kentucky 201 2,483 575 276 1,181 32
Louisiana 12 631 57 349 181 <10
Maine <10 552 29 48 59 <10
Maryland 71 937 147 1,041 208 12
Massachusetts <10 374 62 35 60 <10
Michigan 715 3,585 1,188 89 840 88
Minnesota 1,647 9,027 5,237 481 2,228 328
Mississippi 42 465 153 1,585 289 13
Missouri 482 2,747 2,427 862 2,941 82
Montana 118 136 150 <10 333 14
Nebraska 2,154 884 3,629 45 2,863 286
Nevada 24 45 11 <10 53 <10
N. Hampshire <10 250 22 16 18 <10
New Jersey <10 237 51 24 49 0
New Mexico 36 198 34 <10 137 42
New York 87 8,128 168 69 439 62
N. Carolina 34 661 1,895 3,363 426 11
North Dakota 186 878 286 20 805 50
Ohio 1,126 4,590 2,928 521 1,626 133
Oklahoma 194 959 425 736 968 114
Oregon 98 503 110 60 274 31
Pennsylvania 950 9,992 1,023 974 1,018 135
Rhode Island <10 34 15 <10 <10 <10
S. Carolina 14 201 381 583 222 <10
South Dakota 834 1,290 1,403 23 2,056 140
Tennessee 105 1,372 511 570 949 22
Texas 485 2,073 677 1,071 1,779 325
Utah 99 626 74 83 244 57
Vermont <10 1,811 18 <10 57 19
Virginia 167 1,222 179 1,087 644 34
Washington 73 936 111 90 207 53
West Virginia 52 277 32 347 230 10
Wisconsin 1,027 21,888 1,155 139 1,602 337
Wyoming 81 61 35 0 161 19
 
All states 17,796 94,787 51,772 27,530 39,557 4,088

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