2. Minnesota
Number raised: 41 million
Pounds produced: 0.98 billion
Value of production: $801 million
In 2014, Minnesota was undoubtedly the largest producing state in the U.S. when it comes to turkeys. The state still leads in number raised, but there was a significant 4.5 million decrease, which led to Minnesota producing almost 300 million pounds less and decreasing value of production by $65 million.