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% |
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.