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Counting the counties with more animals than people
Several commonwealth counties boast more livestock than residents
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We know what they say about keeping all your eggs in one basket. Luckily for Pennsylvania’s diverse agricultural economy, commonwealth farmers have nothing to worry about.
Farms keep stock of their live animals – from cows and pigs to chickens and turkeys – and share that information with the Department of Agriculture to help track the nation’s animal armory and farms’ functions. And in Pennsylvania, we’ve found that several counties boast larger livestock populations than resident populations.
Straight from the horse’s mouth, and by that we mean the 2022 Ag Census data, we’ve got a county-by-county breakdown of the areas with more livestock than people.
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Counties With More Chickens Than People
Adams - 588,694
Berks - 6,630,855
Chester - 312,717
Columbia - 205,985
Cumberland - 1,410,952
Dauphin - 1,380,090
Juniata - 2,362,535
Lancaster - 24,122,179
Lebanon - 10,666,879
Mifflin - 308,119
Montour - 681,582
Northumberland - 1,963,688
Perry - 1,315,601
Schuylkill - 2,961,818
Snyder - 3,449,266
Union - 2,838,502
York - 2,112,798
Counties With More Turkeys Than People
Adams - 394,532
Franklin - 308,370
Fulton - 67,697
Juniata - 119,181
Mifflin - 147,292
Perry - 121,236
Snyder - 177,194
Union - 343,005
Counties With More Hogs Than People
Fulton - 44,468
Mifflin - 69,457
Perry - 102,816
Syder - 71,285
Tioga - 60,945
Union - 70,632
Counties With More Cows Than People
Fulton - 15,275
Juniata - 23,738
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