Pork Facts
Pork production in the United States is a vital part of the economy. In 2011, there were nearly 35,000 direct, full-time equivalent pork producing jobs, which helped generate an additional 515,000 indirect jobs. The industry produced nearly $21.8 billion in personal income from total sales of more than $97 billion and added $34.5 billion to the country’s gross national product.
Today there are more than 67,000 pork operations compared with nearly 3 million in the 1950s. Farms have grown in size; 53 percent of them now produce 5,000 or more pigs per year. Nearly 21 billion pounds of pork were processed from about 110 million hogs in 2011. A total of 2.3 million metric tons of pork valued at more than $6.1 billion was exported in 2011.
2011 Top 10 Destinations for U.S. Pork
Note: Quantity units (Metric Tons) Value (USD 1000)
Partner Country |
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USD |
Quantity |
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Japan
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1,962,673,607 | 493,315 |
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Mexico |
1,041,998,107 |
537,531 |
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China/Hong Kong |
909,954,414 |
483,323 |
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Canada |
737,594,412 |
206,278 |
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South Korea |
497,089,010 |
188,307 |
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Russia |
217,076,005 |
69,382 |
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Australia |
204,637,306 |
64,351 |
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Philippines |
92,208,582 |
38,884 |
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Taiwan |
53,831,972 |
26,981 |
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Honduras |
47,347,601 |
19,464 |
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World |
6,108,663,670 |
2,255,456 |
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*Updated information from the 2012 U.S. Census of Ag will be provided in 2013.