Facts for Features available from the United States Census Bureau
254 million
The number of turkeys raised in the United States in 2012
46 million
The estimate of turkeys Minnesota raised in 2012. The Gopher State was tops in turkey production, followed by North Carolina (36 million), Arkansas (29 million), Missouri (18 million), Virginia (17 million), Indiana (17 million) and California (16 million). These seven states together accounted for about 70 percent of U.S. turkeys produced in 2012
$23.1 million
The value of U.S. imports of live turkeys for 2012, with 99.8 percent of them coming from Canada
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