America’s Top 20 Pig Counties, Page 2

• 749,482 head

• 827,589 head

• 924.340 head

• 1,011,344 head

• 1,072,839 head

• 1,094,877 head

• 1,259,133 head

• 1,332,048 head

• 1,884,585 head

• 1,957,364 head

The total number of hogs in the U.S. grew from 66 million in 2012 to nearly 72.4 million in 2017, while the number of hog farms grew 5% from 63,246 to 66,439 respectively.

Source: 2017 Census of Agriculture

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