The Agriculture Department’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) on Wednesday released the Congressional District Profiles and Rankings from the 2022 Census of Agriculture.
The summary presents data by congressional district from the 118th Congress that includes land, farms, market value of agricultural products sold, rankings, and producer characteristics.
Arkansas’s 4th congressional district topped the list for the number of broilers sold in 2022, with 483,202,175 broilers sold, and 995 farms. The district is located in the southwestern portion of the state and includes Camden, Hope, Hot Springs, Magnolia, Pine Bluff, and Texarkana. It is currently represented by Republican Bruce Westerman, chairman of the House Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
The top 10 congressional districts in terms of broilers sold in 2022 were:
- Arkansas 4th: 483,202,175
- Mississippi 3rd: 451,759,844
- Alabama 4th: 443,877,684
- Alabama 2nd: 404,570,248
- Arkansas 3rd: 307,152,999
- Georgia 9th: D*
- Texas 1st: 297,878,482
- Georgia 10th: 286,499,271
- Maryland 1st: 277,208,083
- Delaware At Large: 242,072,919
For the complete list of broiler rankings, please click here. The full report is available on the NASS website and can be found here.
*Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual farms.
