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Which state leads in broiler chickens? 🐔

1Guess
Which states produce the most broiler chickens? Tap them most-to-least.

Tapping assigns 1→4 in order

I bet… Kentucky… fried chicken?
2Answer
The real order is…
    Georgia produces about 1.2× as much as #2 Alabama!
    📚 Background Georgia raises over a billion chickens a year — the heart of the South's poultry belt. If Georgia were a country, it would be one of the world's top chicken producers. (USDA NASS Quick Stats)
    I bet… Kentucky… fried chicken?
    3Compare
    Broiler chickens (birds, by state, 2024)
    🇺🇸 United States (national)9,328,600,000 birds
    Georgia #1 1,364,900,000 birds
    Most: Georgia (1,364,900,000 birds); least of this top group: Kentucky (281,500,000 birds).

    Note: measured in birds. Only the top states are shown; ranks can shift between years. Only the top states are shown here — smaller producers (and states USDA doesn't publish) aren't listed.

    Where things grow has a reason!
    4Recap
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    🏅 Georgia is the USA's #1!
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    : 2024
    USDA NASS Quick Stats: CHICKENS, BROILERS - PRODUCTION, MEASURED IN HEAD, 2024, by state (2026-07-12) — Published estimates only. States with unpublished (suppressed) values are omitted.
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