Milk cows on 1 January in Alaska

Milk cows on 1 January in Alaska was 200 head in 2024, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 50th highest of 50 states in 2024.

2024, head200

Change on 20230%

Rank50th of 50US states ranked

Series high3,2001962

Series low2002019

Next release: Saturday, 30 January 2027, estimated by Invokely from past publication dates (low confidence), not announced by the publisher. Release calendar

Milk cows on 1 January in Alaska, 1961 to 2024

head. Source: USDA NASS, Quick Stats, CATTLE, COWS, MILK - INVENTORY, first of January, survey, nation and states. Retrieved 2026-10-18, published 2026-01-30.

All 64 values

Period	head
2024	200
2023	200
2022	200
2021	200
2020	300
2019	200
2018	300
2017	300
2016	300
2015	300
2014	300
2013	400
2012	500
2011	500
2010	600
2009	600
2008	600
2007	600
2006	800
2005	1,200
2004	1,200
2003	1,300
2002	1,200
2001	1,100
2000	900
1999	900
1998	900
1997	900
1996	800
1995	700
1994	700
1993	700
1992	800
1991	1,100
1990	1,400
1989	1,900
1988	2,300
1987	2,400
1986	2,100
1985	1,300
1984	1,100
1983	1,000
1982	1,100
1981	1,100
1980	1,100
1979	1,300
1978	1,400
1977	1,500
1976	1,600
1975	1,600
1974	1,700
1973	1,700
1972	1,600
1971	1,600
1970	1,700
1969	1,900
1968	2,000
1967	2,100
1966	2,400
1965	2,600
1964	2,800
1963	2,900
1962	3,200
1961	2,800

Compared with United States

Place	2024
Alaska	200
United States	9,346,800

Alaska compared with nearby places

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Milk cows on 1 January, 2024, head. Alaska is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Rankings

US states by milk cows on 1 January 50 places

Definition

Cows that have calved and are kept for milk production, on farms on 1 January, in head, as estimated by USDA NASS in its January Cattle report. Dry cows are included; heifers that have not calved are not.

NASS also publishes an annual average number of milk cows with its milk production estimates; this series is the 1 January count. USDA NASS survey estimates for the nation and the states; the District of Columbia is not covered, and states that NASS groups as "other states" to avoid disclosing single operations have no value for that year. NASS revises recent years when it publishes later reports, and values it withholds are left out.

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USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, Quick Stats. Quick Stats, CATTLE, COWS, MILK - INVENTORY, first of January, survey, nation and states. https://www.nass.usda.gov/datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

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U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service. (2026). Quick Stats, CATTLE, COWS, MILK - INVENTORY, first of January, survey, nation and states (Milk cows on 1 January, Alaska, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://www.nass.usda.gov/datasets/

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Quick Stats, CATTLE, COWS, MILK - INVENTORY, first of January, survey, nation and states, Milk cows on 1 January, Alaska, 1961 to 2024. U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, 30 Jan. 2026, https://www.nass.usda.gov/datasets/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/milk-cows/alaska. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service. 2026. Quick Stats, CATTLE, COWS, MILK - INVENTORY, first of January, survey, nation and states. Milk cows on 1 January, Alaska, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://www.nass.usda.gov/datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/milk-cows/alaska.

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U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service (2026) Quick Stats, CATTLE, COWS, MILK - INVENTORY, first of January, survey, nation and states, Milk cows on 1 January, Alaska, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.nass.usda.gov/datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/milk-cows/alaska (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service}},
  title = {{Quick Stats, CATTLE, COWS, MILK - INVENTORY, first of January, survey, nation and states: Milk cows on 1 January, Alaska, 1961 to 2024}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www.nass.usda.gov/datasets/},
  urldate = {2026-10-18},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/milk-cows/alaska. Publisher attribution: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, Quick Stats. Quick Stats, CATTLE, COWS, MILK - INVENTORY, first of January, survey, nation and states. https://www.nass.usda.gov/datasets/. Retrieved 2026-10-18.},
}

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U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Quick Stats, CATTLE, COWS, MILK - INVENTORY, first of January, survey, nation and states. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-18.

What was the highest milk cows on 1 January in Alaska?

3,200 head in 1962, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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