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Milk cows on 1 January in Illinois

Milk cows on 1 January in Illinois was 76,000 head in 2026, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service. That is down 1.3% from 2025.

2026, head76,000
Change on 2025-1.3%
Series high1,001,0001950
Series low76,0002026

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Milk cows on 1 January in Illinois, 1950 to 2026

0200K400K600K800K1M1.2M195019611972198319942005201620261950: 1,001,000 head1951: 971,000 head1952: 913,000 head1953: 922,000 head1954: 931,000 head1955: 875,000 head1956: 858,000 head1957: 841,000 head1958: 765,000 head1959: 704,000 head1960: 648,000 head1961: 635,000 head1962: 610,000 head1963: 573,000 head1964: 533,000 head1965: 490,000 head1966: 451,000 head1967: 415,000 head1968: 378,000 head1969: 363,000 head1970: 308,000 head1971: 293,000 head1972: 286,000 head1973: 275,000 head1974: 260,000 head1975: 249,000 head1976: 240,000 head1977: 234,000 head1978: 233,000 head1979: 230,000 head1980: 235,000 head1981: 230,000 head1982: 234,000 head1983: 230,000 head1984: 228,000 head1985: 216,000 head1986: 230,000 head1987: 215,000 head1988: 210,000 head1989: 191,000 head1990: 177,000 head1991: 171,000 head1992: 170,000 head1993: 168,000 head1994: 160,000 head1995: 155,000 head1996: 145,000 head1997: 135,000 head1998: 130,000 head1999: 125,000 head2000: 120,000 head2001: 118,000 head2002: 115,000 head2003: 114,000 head2004: 108,000 head2005: 105,000 head2006: 104,000 head2007: 103,000 head2008: 103,000 head2009: 102,000 head2010: 101,000 head2011: 98,000 head2012: 99,000 head2013: 98,000 head2014: 95,000 head2015: 94,000 head2016: 94,000 head2017: 93,000 head2018: 93,000 head2019: 85,000 head2020: 82,000 head2021: 84,000 head2022: 81,000 head2023: 79,000 head2024: 79,000 head2025: 77,000 head2026: 76,000 head0250K500K750K1M1.25M19501976200220262026: 76,000 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
202676,000
202577,000
202479,000
202379,000
202281,000
202184,000
202082,000
201985,000
201893,000
201793,000
201694,000
201594,000
201495,000
201398,000
201299,000
201198,000
2010101,000
2009102,000
2008103,000
2007103,000
2006104,000
2005105,000
2004108,000
2003114,000
2002115,000
2001118,000
2000120,000
1999125,000
1998130,000
1997135,000
1996145,000
1995155,000
1994160,000
1993168,000
1992170,000
1991171,000
1990177,000
1989191,000
1988210,000
1987215,000
1986230,000
1985216,000
1984228,000
1983230,000
1982234,000
1981230,000
1980235,000
1979230,000
1978233,000
1977234,000
1976240,000
1975249,000
1974260,000
1973275,000
1972286,000
1971293,000
1970308,000
1969363,000
1968378,000
1967415,000
1966451,000
1965490,000
1964533,000
1963573,000
1962610,000
1961635,000
1960648,000
1959704,000
1958765,000
1957841,000
1956858,000
1955875,000
1954931,000
1953922,000
1952913,000
1951971,000
19501,001,000

Compared with United States

Place2026
Illinois76,000
United States9,568,300

Illinois 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
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  • 240K to 460K
  • 460K and over
  • No data
Milk cows on 1 January, 2026, head. Illinois 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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APA 7

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

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

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What is the milk cows on 1 January in Illinois?

Milk cows on 1 January in Illinois was 76,000 head in 2026, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service. That is down 1.3% 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 Illinois?

1,001,000 head in 1950, the highest value since 1950 in this series.

Milk cows on 1 January elsewhere in United States

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