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Pork Per Capita by State
(National Average: $33.03 Per Person)

2005 Rank	State	2005 Pork	Population	Pork/Capita	2004 Rank
1	Alaska	$645,502,000	655,435	$984.85	1
2	District of Columbia	$257,171,000	553,523	$464.61	3
3	Hawaii	$573,926,000	1,262,840	$454.47	2
4	West Virginia	$398,622,250	1,815,354	$219.58	5
5	Montana	$152,441,000	926,865	$164.47	6
6	South Dakota	$81,770,250	770,883	$106.07	7
7	North Dakota	$64,371,250	634,366	$101.47	10
8	New Mexico	$183,658,750	1,903,289	$96.50	16
9	Mississippi	$276,307,000	2,902,966	$95.18	9
10	Vermont	$56,522,000	621,394	$90.96	12
11	Nevada	$205,199,000	2,334,771	$87.89	11
12	Alabama	$345,157,750	4,530,182	$76.19	8
13	Idaho	$98,991,000	1,393,262	$71.05	14
14	Wyoming	$33,571,000	506,529	$66.28	26
15	New Hampshire	$84,555,000	1,299,500	$65.07	4
16	Oklahoma	$198,823,061	3,523,553	$56.43	18
17	Rhode Island	$60,953,500	1,080,632	$56.41	17
18	South Carolina	$233,176,000	4,198,068	$55.54	19
19	Iowa	$159,057,750	2,954,451	$53.84	13
20	Tennessee	$317,329,000	5,900,962	$53.78	34
21	Kentucky	$215,874,250	4,145,922	$52.07	15
22	Delaware	$40,083,000	830,364	$48.27	27
23	Kansas	$115,183,000	2,735,502	$42.11	23
24	Utah	$100,293,250	2,389,039	$41.98	25
25	Missouri	$224,917,978	5,754,618	$39.08	29
26	Maine	$49,053,500	1,317,253	$37.24	21
27	Virginia	$271,526,250	7,459,827	$36.40	24
28	Washington	$215,011,750	6,203,788	$34.66	22
29	Maryland	$184,458,250	5,558,058	$33.19	30
30	Louisiana	$147,860,500	4,515,770	$32.74	31
31	Wisconsin	$178,260,343	5,509,026	$32.36	32
32	Arkansas	$82,917,500	2,752,629	$30.12	35
33	Nebraska	$52,021,000	1,747,214	$29.77	38
34	Pennsylvania	$359,872,931	12,406,292	$29.01	28
35	Oregon	$95,046,750	3,594,586	$26.44	49
36	Connecticut	$88,494,000	3,503,604	$25.26	36
37	Ohio	$284,611,750	11,459,011	$24.84	33
38	Arizona	$136,283,800	5,743,834	$23.73	40
39	Massachusetts	$150,372,000	6,416,505	$23.44	39
40	Illinois	$296,477,000	12,713,634	$23.32	42
41	New Jersey	$192,643,750	8,698,879	$22.15	51
42	Florida	$379,959,857	17,397,161	$21.84	44
43	New York	$393,032,750	19,227,088	$20.44	46
44	Colorado	$92,843,750	4,601,403	$20.18	20
45	Indiana	$115,811,250	6,237,569	$18.57	37
46	Minnesota	$89,132,500	5,100,958	$17.47	48
47	North Carolina	$133,666,000	8,541,221	$15.65	50
48	Michigan	$152,614,750	10,112,620	$15.09	47
49	Georgia	$130,664,250	8,829,383	$14.80	41
50	California	$237,593,250	35,893,799	$6.62	43
51	Texas	$65,301,250	22,490,022	$2.90	45
	TOTAL**	$9,698,986,720	293,655,404	$33.03

 

*CAGW began calculating pork per capita in 2000. 

 

**This figure differs from the total dollar amount of pork identified in the Pig Book.  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.