Statistics and Definitions

Overall Database Statistics for All Samples
Distribution of All Database Samples by State
State Samples
AL 7
AR 7,013
CA 3,099
CO 546
CT 86
DE 541
FL 2,715
GA 37,083
HI 5
IA 14,174
ID 933
IL 13,828
IN 40,374
KS 2,132
KY 95
MA 39
MD 453
ME 137
MI 12,794
MN 1,115
MO 426
MS 7
MT 30
NC 168,435
ND 122
NE 3,992
NH 245
NJ 160
NM 13
NY 25,701
OH 10,908
OK 2,234
OR 837
PA 10,085
RI 6
SC 10,945
SD 137
TN 695
TX 7,309
UT 128
VA 18,009
VT 1,939
WA 865
WI 47,559
WV 40

Database Statistics
Number of All Samples in Database: 554,616
Number of All Samples in Database with known location: 447,996
Number of All Lab Results in Database: 5,847,133

Updated 2026-02-24

Distribution of All Database Samples by Region
Region Samples
Midwest 232,259
Northeast 40,713
Northern Plains 4,945
Pacific Northwest 2,742
Southeast 256,748
Southern Plains 11,807
Southwest 3,322
Undisclosed Region 2,080
If an Animal or other amendment type <5 for the USA, it is labeled as an "Undisclosed Region" for a given year.

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Unit conversion equations used came from the Recommend Methods of Manure Analysis, Second Edition.

Definitions
IQR
Interquartile range
IQR25
25th percentile of values
IQR50
middle value of all samples, same as the median
Median
middle value of all samples
IQR75
75th percentile of values
Min
minimum value of all samples
Mean
average value of all samples
Max
maximum value of all samples
Animal Type Combined Category Animal Type
Swine Swine, Swine - Farrow to Wean, Swine - Farrow to Feeder, Swine - Farrow to Finish, Swine - Gestation, Swine - Finisher, Swine - Boar Stud, Swine - Nursery, Swine - Wean to Finish, Swine - Feeder to Finish
Poultry Poultry, Chicken, Chicken - Breeder, Chicken - Broiler, Chicken - Broiler Layer, Chicken - Layer, Chicken - Pullet, Turkey, Turkey - Meat, Turkey - Hen
Beef Beef, Beef - Breeding, Beef - Calf, Beef - Finisher, Beef - Replacement Heifers, Beef - Stocker
Dairy Dairy, Dairy - Calf and Heifer, Dairy - Calf, Dairy - Heifers, Dairy - Lactating Cow, Dairy - Dry Cow, Dairy - Steer