Which state has the most ducks?
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Which states have the most ducks on farms? Tap them most-to-least.
Tapping assigns 1→4 in order
I bet… Minnesota — land of 10,000 lakes!
Answer
The real order is…
Indiana has about 1.44× as many as #2 Pennsylvania!
📚 Background Nobody guesses it: Indiana is America's duck capital, home to giant duck farms with over 1.7 million birds. Pennsylvania — with its famous Long Island duck heritage next door in the Northeast — is #2. (USDA NASS Quick Stats) (opens in a new tab)
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Ducks on farms (Census of Agriculture, 2022)
Most: Indiana (1,719,865 ducks); least shown here: North Carolina (27,158 ducks).
Note: measured in ducks (counted every 5 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!
Recap
🏅 Today's discovery
🏅 Indiana is the USA's #1!
🐕 States in Numbers
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| Rank | State | Value | Share of U.S. total |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Indiana | 1,719,865 ducks | 38.7% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | 1,195,142 ducks | 26.9% |
| #3 | California | 621,454 ducks | 14% |
| #4 | New York | 280,513 ducks | 6.3% |
| #5 | Texas | 53,576 ducks | 1.2% |
| #6 | Oklahoma | 30,237 ducks | 0.7% |
| #7 | Ohio | 27,734 ducks | 0.6% |
| #8 | North Carolina | 27,158 ducks | 0.6% |
| 🇺🇸 USA (total) | 4,449,078 ducks | 100% |
Only the top states are shown here — smaller producers (and states USDA doesn't publish) aren't listed.
Figures are published for 48 states; this table shows the top 8.
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (2022 (Census of Agriculture))
Sources
Data as of: 2022 (Census of Agriculture)
USDA NASS Quick Stats: DUCKS - INVENTORY, 2022, by state (opens in a new tab) (2026-07-12) — Published estimates only. States with unpublished (suppressed) values are omitted.
↳ In Quick Stats, pick DUCKS / INVENTORY, Census year 2022, and compare states.