Meat Outlook       


Annual Consumption (Pounds of Chicken Person)

 

 

 

Per Capita Consumption of Poultry & Livestock 

                       
                                                      

Year

Beef

Pork

Total Red Meat(1)

Broilers

Other Chicken

Total Chicken

Total Turkey

Total Poultry

Total Meat and Poultry

Fish and Shell Fish

2000

67.7

51.2

120.7

76.9

1.0

77.9

17.4

95.3

216.0

15.2

2001

66.2

50.2

117.7

76.6

1.5

78.1

17.5

95.6

213.3

14.8

2002

67.7

51.5

120.9

80.5

1.4

81.9

17.7

99.6

220.5

15.6

2003 (2)

65.2

51.2

118.1

80.6

1.5

82.1

17.7

99.8

217.9

15.6

2004 (3)

62.2

51.3

115.1

81.2

1.4

82.6

17.8

100.4

215.5

15.6

2005 (3)

60.0

51.0

112.8

83.2

1.5

84.7

17.9

102.6

214.4

 


(1) Includes beef/port/veal, and mutton/lamb, but excludes edible offals.
(2) Estimated by ERS/USDA
(3) Forecasted by National Chicken Council

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 meat basis.

Data Source: Economic Research Service/USDA (December 11, 2003)