Table 2

Meat and poultry processing is a key part of several state economies: Gross State Product, value of shipments (revenues), payroll, and value-added in meat and poultry processing in 2022, in millions of dollars, top-23 states

Total ($millions) Meat and poultry processing ($millions)
State Gross State Product Value of shipments Payroll Value-added Value of shipments as % of GSP
Nebraska 167,480 27,990 1,784 8,334 16.7%
Kansas 212,612 24,270 1,127 7,733 11.4%
Iowa 242,753 19,863 1,798 4,948 8.2%
Arkansas 168,606 11,568 1,325 4,004 6.9%
Mississippi 142,762 6,319 711 2,308 4.4%
Delaware 92,558 3,589 329 1,854 3.9%
South Dakota 69,069 2,640 353 497 3.8%
Alabama 284,949 9,818 1,089 3,793 3.4%
Wisconsin 400,621 10,732 984 3,534 2.7%
Minnesota 454,993 10,246 928 2,614 2.3%
North Carolina 728,499 15,168 1,430 5,290 2.1%
Missouri 400,265 8,099 897 2,628 2.0%
Georgia 779,684 14,831 1,684 4,977 1.9%
Oklahoma 245,976 4,670 487 1,226 1.9%
Colorado 494,673 8,847 512 0 1.8%
Kentucky 261,541 4,449 491 1,373 1.7%
Illinois 1,040,353 14,871 1,301 4,260 1.4%
Idaho 112,290 1,425 131 397 1.3%
South Carolina 301,945 3,983 382 1,326 1.3%
Utah 261,081 3,388 254 1,199 1.3%
Indiana 473,493 5,834 545 1,414 1.2%
Texas 2,436,925 29,163 2,289 9,466 1.2%
Pennsylvania 919,741 10,257 1,000 3,021 1.1%
Economic Policy Institute

Note: “Meat and poultry processing” is NAICS code 3116 (“animal slaughtering and processing”) with NAICS code 316615 (“poultry processing”).

Source: EPI analysis of Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) Gross State Product and 2022 Economic Census of Manufacturing data.

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