Hog and Pork Production Merit Badge History

Earned through 195843,235

Best year19512,767 earned

All-time popularity#176official, as of 2020#182by 2025 (estimate)

Earned by Year

First earned in 1928. Peak year 1951 with 2,767. Hover over or tap a year for its numbers.

192883 earned#84 of 88

1929292 earned#82 of 89

1930520 earned#74 of 92

19311,005 earned#72 of 96

1932832 earned#73 of 98

19331,116 earned#68 of 101

19341,080 earned#66 of 101

19351,580 earned#66 of 101

1936689 earned#75 of 101

19371,834 earned#59 of 102

19381,028 earned#73 of 105

19391,330 earned#68 of 106

19401,366 earned#66 of 106

19411,314 earned#65 of 106

19421,151 earned#66 of 110

19431,527 earned#64 of 112

19441,860 earned#64 of 111

19451,822 earned#66 of 111

19461,596 earned#66 of 111

19471,611 earned#62 of 111

19481,412 earned#65 of 111

19491,416 earned#67 of 111

19501,690 earned#65 of 111

19512,767 earned#58 of 111

19522,311 earned#68 of 120

19531,515 earned#72 of 105

19541,955 earned#71 of 103

19551,680 earned#77 of 100

19561,615 earned#80 of 100

19571,628 earned#80 of 100

19581,610 earned#79 of 101

"#79 of 101" means the badge was number 79 of the 101 merit badges earned that year. The 2025 all-time place is an estimate, because the counts for 2021 to 2025 are worked out from each year's official ranking and the total number of merit badges earned that year.

192883#84 of 88

1929292#82 of 89

1930520#74 of 92

19311,005#72 of 96

1932832#73 of 98

19331,116#68 of 101

19341,080#66 of 101

19351,580#66 of 101

1936689#75 of 101

19371,834#59 of 102

19381,028#73 of 105

19391,330#68 of 106

19401,366#66 of 106

19411,314#65 of 106

19421,151#66 of 110

19431,527#64 of 112

19441,860#64 of 111

19451,822#66 of 111

19461,596#66 of 111

19471,611#62 of 111

19481,412#65 of 111

19491,416#67 of 111

19501,690#65 of 111

19512,767#58 of 111

19522,311#68 of 120

19531,515#72 of 105

19541,955#71 of 103

19551,680#77 of 100

19561,615#80 of 100

19571,628#80 of 100

19581,610#79 of 101

Grand total through 1958:

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Hog and Pork Production: workbook data

Printings (19)

Have	Year	Month	Cover	Back	Run	©	BSA #	HC
c	1929	September	3B	back-3		1929	3361
x	1929	December	3B	back-3		1929	3361
	1930	not made
x	1931	June	3B	back-3		1929	3361
	1932	not made
	1933	not made
c	1934	December	3B	back-3	1M	1929	3361
	1935	not made
	1936	not made
x	1937	March	3B	back-3	1M	1929	3361
	1938	not made
x	1939	May	3B	back-3	1M	1929	3361
	1940	not made
	1941	December	3B	back-3	1M		3361
	1942	not made
	1943	not made
x	1944	April	3B	back-3	1M	1944	3361	HCC
x	1945	January	3B	back-3	1M	1944	3361
x	1945	November	3B	back-3	1M	1944	3361	HCE
	1946	not made
x	1947	May	5B-1	blank	1M	1944	3361
	1948	not made
x	1949	April	5B-2	blank	1M	1944	3361
c	1950	September	5B		1M	1944	3361	HCH
x	1951	November	5B-3	back-6a	1M	1944	3361
	1952	not made
	1953	not made
c	1954	January	6A	back-6b-2	1M		3361
c	1954	November	6A	back-6b-2	1M		3361
	1955	not made
x	1956	May	6B	back-6b-2	2M	1956	3361
x	1957	May	6B	back-6b-2	2M	1956	3361
x	1958	December	6B	back-6c-2	2M	1956	3361	HCJV1

Earned and rank by year

Year	Earned	Rank	Of
1928	83	84	88
1929	292	82	89
1930	520	74	92
1931	1,005	72	96
1932	832	73	98
1933	1,116	68	101
1934	1,080	66	101
1935	1,580	66	101
1936	689	75	101
1937	1,834	59	102
1938	1,028	73	105
1939	1,330	68	106
1940	1,366	66	106
1941	1,314	65	106
1942	1,151	66	110
1943	1,527	64	112
1944	1,860	64	111
1945	1,822	66	111
1946	1,596	66	111
1947	1,611	62	111
1948	1,412	65	111
1949	1,416	67	111
1950	1,690	65	111
1951	2,767	58	111
1952	2,311	68	120
1953	1,515	72	105
1954	1,955	71	103
1955	1,680	77	100
1956	1,615	80	100
1957	1,628	80	100
1958	1,610	79	101