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Pig Book

 

2009 Links:    Summary | Oinker Awards | State Rankings | Historical Trends | Video

Other Years:   2009 | 2008 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000


Pork Per Capita by State
(National Average: $29.60 Per Person)

2009 Rank

State

2009 Pork

Population

Pork/Capita

2008 Rank

Difference

1

Alaska

$221,222,875

686,293

$322.34

1

0

2

Hawaii

$302,678,707

1,288,198

$234.96

2

0

3

North Dakota

$142,549,091

641,481

$222.22

3

0

4

District of Columbia

$109,794,850

591,833

$185.52

10

6

5

West Virginia

$257,635,000

1,814,468

$141.99

4

-1

6

New Mexico

$267,138,821

1,984,356

$134.62

8

2

7

South Dakota

$106,070,750

804,194

$131.90

7

0

8

Vermont

$76,944,280

621,270

$123.85

6

-2

9

Mississippi

$331,472,118

2,938,618

$112.80

5

-4

10

Delaware

$75,966,820

873,092

$87.01

14

4

11

Montana

$81,549,250     

967,440

$84.29

9

-2

12

Rhode Island

$71,463,822

1,050,788

$68.01

13

1

13

Nevada 

$165,861,473

2,600,167

$63.79

15

2

14

Idaho

$86,257,139 

1,523,816

$56.61

20

6

15

Wyoming 

$29,876,350

532,668

$56.09

32

17

16

Alabama

$258,844,169

4,661,900

$55.52

17

1

17

Maine

$72,664,000

1,316,456

$55.20

41

24

18

Utah

$148,581,925

2,736,424

$54.30

21

3

19

Iowa

$160,045,986

3,002,555

$53.30

16

-3

20

Kentucky

$197,547,484

4,269,245

$46.27

18

-2

21

New Hampshire

$58,023,487

1,315,809

$44.10

28

7

22

Kansas

$115,341,773

2,802,134

$41.16

19

-3

23

Maryland

$229,944,418

5,633,597

$40.82

22

-1

24

Arkansas

$106,865,268

2,855,390

$37.43 

11

-13

25

Connecticut

$122,956,874

3,501,252

$35.12

27

2

26

Missouri

$203,765,241

5,911,605

$34.47

24

-2

27

Washington

$208,227,997

6,549,224

$31.79

25

-2

28

Massachusetts

$201,374,416

6,497,967

$30.99

31

3

29

Nebraska

$51,158,050

1,783,432

$28.69

30

1

30

South Carolina

$117,740,872

4,479,800

$26.28

37

7

31

Louisiana

$113,389,813

4,410,796

$25.71

12

-19

32

Wisconsin

$141,754,050

5,627,967

$25.19

29

-3

33

Pennsylvania

$309,522,247

12,448,279

$24.86

35

2

34

North Carolina

$227,965,030

9,222,414

$24.72

39

5

35

New Jersey

$214,206,750 

8,682,661

$24.67

43

8

36

Michigan

$243,896,540

10,003,422

$24.38

46

10

37

Tennessee

$150,990,750

6,214,888

$24.30

33

-4

38

Virginia

$188,312,775

7,769,089

$24.24

23

-15

39

Minnesota 

$104,168,643

5,220,393

$19.95

26

-13

40

Texas

$469,499,650

24,326,974

$19.30

40

0

41

Florida

$350,316,596

18,328,340

$19.11

42

1

42

Ohio 

$218,761,612

11,485,910

$19.05

48

6

43

Indiana

$120,190,560

6,376,792

$18.85

38

-5

44

Oklahoma

$68,609,290

3,642,361

$18.84

34

-10

45

Illinois

$237,714,100

12,901,563

$18.43

36

-9

46

Oregon

$68,114,425     

3,790,060  

$17.97  

45

-1

47

Colorado

$85,312,500

4,939,456

$17.27

47

0

48

New York

$326,151,422

19,490,297

$16.73

50

2

49

California

$560,918,597

36,756,666

$15.26

49

0

50

Georgia

$146,688,776

9,685,744

$15.14

44

-6

51

Arizona

$75,249,275

6,500,180

$11.58

51

0

 

TOTAL*

$9,001,249,707

304,059,724

$29.60

 

 

*This figure differs from the $19.6 billion total for pork.  Pork projects earmarked for multiple states or projects that cannot be attributed to a specific state are not included in the pork per capita calculations

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

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