The Brewers Association just released some mid year numbers. At a glance, the current brewery count in the United States stands at 2,126. Of that number, 2,075 are considered craft breweries (less than 6 million barrels; barrel = 31 gallons) a year.
In planning, are a whopping 1,252 breweries are in planning. up from 725 in June, 2011.
97% percent of U.S. brewers are craft brewers.