2. Alabama
Number produced: 1.08 billion
Pounds produced: 6.17 billion
Value of production: $3.32 billion
The value of chicken production in Alabama that ranked second on our list of biggest chicken producing states in America is almost in line with Arkansas but the number it produces still greatly outnumbers the latter. The mammoth size of the chicken industry in the state can be estimated from the fact that Alabama employs more chicken cutters than any other part of the country: 12,680.
