

These statistics are USDA data

Per Capita Consumption of Poultry and Livestock, 1960 to Forecast 2021, in Pounds

Year Beef Pork Total Red Meat Broilers Other Chicken Total Chicken Turkey Total Poultry Total Red Meat & Poultry Commercial Fish & Shell-Fish 1960 63.3 59.1 133.0 23.6 4.4 28.0 6.2 34.2 167.2 10.3 1965 74.7 51.5 133.9 32.4 4.0 36.4 7.6 44.0 177.9 10.9 1966 78.1 50.3 135.8 32.1 3.7 35.8 7.9 43.7 179.5 10.9 1967 79.8 55.0 141.6 32.6 4.0 36.7 8.7 45.3 187.0 10.6 1968 82.0 56.2 144.6 32.9 4.0 36.9 8.1 44.9 189.6 11.0 1969 82.5 54.3 142.7 34.9 3.6 38.5 8.3 46.8 189.6 11.2 1970 84.4 55.4 145.1 36.5 3.7 40.1 8.1 48.2 193.3 11.7 1971 83.9 60.6 149.6 36.3 3.8 40.1 8.4 48.5 198.1 11.5 1972 85.3 54.7 144.8 37.9 3.5 41.5 9.0 50.4 195.2 12.5 1973 80.5 48.7 133.1 36.6 3.2 39.8 8.4 48.2 181.3 12.7 1974 85.6 52.7 142.3 36.5 3.2 39.7 8.7 48.4 190.7 12.1 1975 88.2 42.9 136.3 36.0 2.7 38.7 8.3 47.0 183.3 12.1 1976 94.1 45.1 144.2 39.4 2.6 42.0 8.9 50.9 195.1 12.9 1977 91.5 46.7 142.9 40.1 2.6 42.7 8.7 51.4 194.3 12.6 1978 87.1 46.5 137.5 42.5 2.3 44.7 8.7 53.4 190.9 13.4 1979 77.9 53.2 134.1 45.4 2.2 47.7 9.2 56.9 191.0 13.0 1980 76.4 56.8 136.1 45.2 2.1 47.4 10.2 57.6 193.7 12.4 1981 77.2 54.2 134.4 46.2 2.5 48.7 10.6 59.3 193.7 12.6 1982 76.9 48.6 128.6 46.5 2.5 48.9 10.6 59.5 188.1 12.4 1983 78.5 51.3 133.0 46.8 2.2 49.0 11.0 60.0 193.0 13.3 1984 78.3 51.0 132.6 48.8 2.1 50.9 11.0 61.9 194.5 14.1 1985 79.0 51.5 133.8 50.5 2.0 52.5 11.6 64.1 197.9 15.0 1986 78.7 48.6 130.5 51.1 2.1 53.1 12.9 66.0 196.5 15.4 1987 73.7 48.8 125.3 54.5 2.1 56.6 14.7 71.3 196.6 16.1 1988 72.5 52.1 127.3 54.8 1.9 56.7 15.7 72.4 199.7 15.1 1989 68.9 51.5 123.0 56.1 1.7 57.8 16.6 74.4 197.4 15.6 1990 67.5 49.4 119.4 59.0 1.7 60.6 17.5 78.1 197.5 14.9 1991 66.4 49.8 118.6 61.4 1.6 62.9 17.8 80.7 199.3 14.8 1992 65.9 52.3 120.6 64.9 1.6 66.5 17.8 84.2 204.8 14.6 1993 64.4 51.6 118.2 67.4 1.5 69.0 17.7 86.5 204.7 14.8 1994 66.1 52.1 120.4 68.4 1.3 69.7 17.5 87.3 207.7 15.0 1995 66.4 51.5 120.0 67.6 1.3 68.9 17.6 86.5 206.5 14.8 1996 67.0 48.1 117.4 69.0 0.7 69.7 18.1 87.8 205.2 14.5 1997 65.5 47.6 115.2 71.1 0.3 71.4 17.2 88.6 203.8 14.3 1998 66.5 51.3 119.7 71.7 0.3 71.9 17.6 89.5 209.2 14.5 1999 67.3 52.5 121.7 76.0 0.5 76.4 17.5 93.9 215.6 14.8 2000 67.5 50.8 120.2 76.6 0.8 77.4 17.3 94.7 214.9 15.2 2001 66.0 50.0 117.7 76.3 0.8 77.1 17.5 94.6 212.3 14.7 2002 67.5 51.3 120.6 80.1 0.9 81.0 17.7 98.7 219.3 15.6 2003 64.8 51.6 118.1 81.1 1.0 82.1 17.4 99.5 217.6 16.3 2004 65.9 51.0 118.6 83.9 0.7 84.6 17.0 101.6 220.2 16.6 2005 65.4 49.6 116.5 85.4 1.0 86.4 16.7 103.1 219.6 16.2 2006 65.7 49.0 116.1 86.0 0.9 86.9 16.9 103.8 219.9 16.5 2007 65.0 50.3 116.8 84.7 0.8 85.5 17.5 103.0 219.8 16.3 2008 62.1 48.9 112.5 82.9 0.9 83.8 17.6 101.4 213.9 15.9 2009 60.8 49.6 111.7 79.2 0.8 80.0 16.9 96.9 208.6 15.8 2010 59.3 47.2 107.9 81.8 1.0 82.8 16.0 98.8 206.7 15.8 2011 56.9 45.1 103.2 82.3 1.0 83.3 16.0 99.3 202.5 14.9 2012 57.1 45.3 103.5 79.8 1.0 80.8 15.9 96.7 200.2 14.2 2013 56.0 46.3 103.5 81.4 0.9 82.3 15.9 98.2 201.7 14.3 2014 53.9 45.3 100.4 82.9 0.9 83.8 15.8 99.6 200.0 14.6 2015 53.8 49.2 104.2 88.4 0.9 89.3 15.9 105.2 209.4 15.5 2016 56.5 50.1 106.9 89.8 1.2 91.0 16.6 107.6 214.5 14.7 2017 56.9 50.1 108.2 90.8 1.3 92.1 16.4 108.5 216.8 16.0 2018 57.2 50.9 109.5 92.4 1.4 93.8 16.2 110.0 219.5 16.1 2019 58.1 52.4 111.9 95.1 1.4 96.5 16.0 112.5 224.4 estimated 2020 58.2 51.0 110.5 96.4 1.4 97.8 15.8 113.6 224.1 forecast 2021 57.7 50.6 109.6 97.1 1.4 98.5 15.7 114.2 223.9

1/ Includes beef, pork, veal, and mutton/lamb, but excludes edible offals.Note: All poultry and livestock products are on a retail weight basis, except “other chicken” and “turkey” which are reported by USDA on a carcass-weight basis.Fish/shellfish is reported by The National Marine Fisheries Service on an edible weight basis.Source: USDA2020 estimate and 2021 forecast by Economic Research Service/USDALast updated September 16, 2020