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Milk cows on 1 January in Colorado

Milk cows on 1 January in Colorado was 210,000 head in 2026, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service. That is up 2.4% from 2025.

2026, head210,000
Change on 2025+2.4%
Series high210,0002026
Series low71,0001977

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Milk cows on 1 January in Colorado, 1950 to 2026

50K100K150K200K250K195019611972198319942005201620261950: 192,000 head1951: 186,000 head1952: 173,000 head1953: 175,000 head1954: 177,000 head1955: 168,000 head1956: 163,000 head1957: 161,000 head1958: 153,000 head1959: 145,000 head1960: 139,000 head1961: 132,000 head1962: 127,000 head1963: 124,000 head1964: 119,000 head1965: 114,000 head1966: 107,000 head1967: 101,000 head1968: 95,000 head1969: 89,000 head1970: 81,000 head1971: 79,000 head1972: 79,000 head1973: 75,000 head1974: 76,000 head1975: 75,000 head1976: 75,000 head1977: 71,000 head1978: 72,000 head1979: 72,000 head1980: 72,000 head1981: 71,000 head1982: 75,000 head1983: 75,000 head1984: 77,000 head1985: 75,000 head1986: 82,000 head1987: 78,000 head1988: 73,000 head1989: 75,000 head1990: 76,000 head1991: 77,000 head1992: 77,000 head1993: 80,000 head1994: 80,000 head1995: 83,000 head1996: 82,000 head1997: 84,000 head1998: 84,000 head1999: 83,000 head2000: 85,000 head2001: 90,000 head2002: 93,000 head2003: 98,000 head2004: 98,000 head2005: 101,000 head2006: 105,000 head2007: 115,000 head2008: 126,000 head2009: 130,000 head2010: 116,000 head2011: 123,000 head2012: 131,000 head2013: 132,000 head2014: 140,000 head2015: 146,000 head2016: 150,000 head2017: 157,000 head2018: 168,000 head2019: 178,000 head2020: 189,000 head2021: 201,000 head2022: 202,000 head2023: 202,000 head2024: 197,000 head2025: 205,000 head2026: 210,000 head50K100K150K200K250K19501976200220262026: 210,000 head
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 77 values
Periodhead
2026210,000
2025205,000
2024197,000
2023202,000
2022202,000
2021201,000
2020189,000
2019178,000
2018168,000
2017157,000
2016150,000
2015146,000
2014140,000
2013132,000
2012131,000
2011123,000
2010116,000
2009130,000
2008126,000
2007115,000
2006105,000
2005101,000
200498,000
200398,000
200293,000
200190,000
200085,000
199983,000
199884,000
199784,000
199682,000
199583,000
199480,000
199380,000
199277,000
199177,000
199076,000
198975,000
198873,000
198778,000
198682,000
198575,000
198477,000
198375,000
198275,000
198171,000
198072,000
197972,000
197872,000
197771,000
197675,000
197575,000
197476,000
197375,000
197279,000
197179,000
197081,000
196989,000
196895,000
1967101,000
1966107,000
1965114,000
1964119,000
1963124,000
1962127,000
1961132,000
1960139,000
1959145,000
1958153,000
1957161,000
1956163,000
1955168,000
1954177,000
1953175,000
1952173,000
1951186,000
1950192,000

Compared with United States

Place2026
Colorado210,000
United States9,568,300

Colorado compared with nearby places

Alabama: 2,000 headArizona: 195,000 headArkansas: 2,000 headCalifornia: 1,710,000 headColorado: 210,000 headFlorida: 98,000 headGeorgia: 89,000 headIdaho: 725,000 headIllinois: 76,000 headIowa: 245,000 headKansas: 225,000 headKentucky: 38,000 headMichigan: 460,000 headMinnesota: 455,000 headMissouri: 54,000 headMontana: 8,000 headNebraska: 50,000 headNew Mexico: 230,000 headNew York: 650,000 headNorth Dakota: 9,000 headOhio: 255,000 headOklahoma: 44,000 headOregon: 120,000 headPennsylvania: 455,000 headSouth Dakota: 240,000 headTennessee: 22,000 headTexas: 705,000 headVirginia: 65,000 headWashington: 235,000 headWisconsin: 1,285,000 headWyoming: 9,000 head
  • Under 20K
  • 20K to 70K
  • 70K to 200K
  • 200K to 240K
  • 240K to 460K
  • 460K and over
  • No data
Milk cows on 1 January, 2026, head. Colorado 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.

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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, Colorado, 1950 to 2026) [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, Colorado, 1950 to 2026. 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/colorado. 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, Colorado, 1950 to 2026. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://www.nass.usda.gov/datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/milk-cows/colorado.

Harvard

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, Colorado, 1950 to 2026 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.nass.usda.gov/datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/milk-cows/colorado (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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What is the milk cows on 1 January in Colorado?

Milk cows on 1 January in Colorado was 210,000 head in 2026, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service. That is up 2.4% from 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

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 Colorado?

210,000 head in 2026, the highest value since 1950 in this series.

Milk cows on 1 January elsewhere in United States

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