Data / Milk cows on 1 January / Maine

Milk cows on 1 January in Maine

Milk cows on 1 January in Maine was 24,000 head in 2024, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service. That is down 4% from 2023. That is the 33rd highest of 50 states in 2024.

2024, head24,000
Change on 2023-4%
Rank33rd of 50US states ranked
Series high126,0001954
Series low24,0002024

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Milk cows on 1 January in Maine, 1950 to 2024

025K50K75K100K125K150K19501961197219831994200520241950: 120,000 head1951: 114,000 head1952: 116,000 head1953: 125,000 head1954: 126,000 head1955: 123,000 head1956: 123,000 head1957: 118,000 head1958: 110,000 head1959: 106,000 head1960: 105,000 head1961: 106,000 head1962: 106,000 head1963: 103,000 head1964: 96,000 head1965: 90,000 head1966: 83,000 head1967: 80,000 head1968: 76,000 head1969: 72,000 head1970: 62,000 head1971: 61,000 head1972: 61,000 head1973: 61,000 head1974: 59,000 head1975: 60,000 head1976: 60,000 head1977: 58,000 head1978: 58,000 head1979: 57,000 head1980: 57,000 head1981: 55,000 head1982: 59,000 head1983: 57,000 head1984: 59,000 head1985: 56,000 head1986: 54,000 head1987: 49,000 head1988: 47,000 head1989: 44,000 head1990: 43,000 head1991: 41,000 head1992: 41,000 head1993: 41,000 head1994: 41,000 head1995: 40,000 head1996: 40,000 head1997: 40,000 head1998: 41,000 head1999: 42,000 head2000: 41,000 head2001: 38,000 head2002: 38,000 head2003: 36,000 head2004: 34,000 head2005: 33,000 head2006: 32,000 head2007: 32,000 head2008: 33,000 head2009: 33,000 head2010: 33,000 head2011: 32,000 head2012: 32,000 head2013: 32,000 head2014: 30,000 head2015: 30,000 head2016: 30,000 head2017: 30,000 head2018: 30,000 head2019: 29,000 head2020: 28,000 head2021: 27,000 head2022: 26,000 head2023: 25,000 head2024: 24,000 head050K100K150K19501975200020242024: 24,000 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 75 values
Periodhead
202424,000
202325,000
202226,000
202127,000
202028,000
201929,000
201830,000
201730,000
201630,000
201530,000
201430,000
201332,000
201232,000
201132,000
201033,000
200933,000
200833,000
200732,000
200632,000
200533,000
200434,000
200336,000
200238,000
200138,000
200041,000
199942,000
199841,000
199740,000
199640,000
199540,000
199441,000
199341,000
199241,000
199141,000
199043,000
198944,000
198847,000
198749,000
198654,000
198556,000
198459,000
198357,000
198259,000
198155,000
198057,000
197957,000
197858,000
197758,000
197660,000
197560,000
197459,000
197361,000
197261,000
197161,000
197062,000
196972,000
196876,000
196780,000
196683,000
196590,000
196496,000
1963103,000
1962106,000
1961106,000
1960105,000
1959106,000
1958110,000
1957118,000
1956123,000
1955123,000
1954126,000
1953125,000
1952116,000
1951114,000
1950120,000

Compared with United States

Place2024
Maine24,000
United States9,346,800

Maine compared with nearby places

Alabama: 2,000 headAlaska: 200 headArizona: 197,000 headArkansas: 3,000 headCalifornia: 1,710,000 headColorado: 197,000 headConnecticut: 17,500 headDelaware: 2,600 headFlorida: 98,000 headGeorgia: 88,000 headHawaii: 500 headIdaho: 663,000 headIllinois: 79,000 headIndiana: 190,000 headIowa: 240,000 headKansas: 175,000 headKentucky: 43,000 headLouisiana: 7,000 headMaine: 24,000 headMaryland: 40,000 headMassachusetts: 9,000 headMichigan: 439,000 headMinnesota: 450,000 headMississippi: 6,000 headMissouri: 60,000 headMontana: 9,000 headNebraska: 53,000 headNevada: 35,000 headNew Hampshire: 9,500 headNew Jersey: 4,000 headNew Mexico: 250,000 headNew York: 630,000 headNorth Carolina: 38,000 headNorth Dakota: 10,000 headOhio: 255,000 headOklahoma: 38,000 headOregon: 120,000 headPennsylvania: 465,000 headRhode Island: 500 headSouth Carolina: 8,000 headSouth Dakota: 210,000 headTennessee: 25,000 headTexas: 635,000 headUtah: 89,000 headVermont: 116,000 headVirginia: 66,000 headWashington: 257,000 headWest Virginia: 4,000 headWisconsin: 1,270,000 headWyoming: 9,000 head
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  • 260K and over
  • No data
Milk cows on 1 January, 2024, head. Maine 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, Maine, 1950 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, Maine, 1950 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/maine. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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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, Maine, 1950 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://www.nass.usda.gov/datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/milk-cows/maine.

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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, Maine, 1950 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.nass.usda.gov/datasets/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/milk-cows/maine (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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  urldate = {2026-10-18},
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What is the milk cows on 1 January in Maine?

Milk cows on 1 January in Maine was 24,000 head in 2024, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service. That is down 4% from 2023. That is the 33rd highest of 50 states in 2024.

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 Maine?

126,000 head in 1954, the highest value since 1950 in this series.

Milk cows on 1 January elsewhere in United States

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