Data / Milk cows on 1 January / Maryland

Milk cows on 1 January in Maryland

Milk cows on 1 January in Maryland was 40,000 head in 2024, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 28th highest of 50 states in 2024.

2024, head40,000
Change on 20230%
Rank28th of 50US states ranked
Series high256,0001955
Series low40,0002023

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Milk cows on 1 January in Maryland, 1950 to 2024

050K100K150K200K250K300K19501961197219831994200520241950: 236,000 head1951: 241,000 head1952: 241,000 head1953: 246,000 head1954: 253,000 head1955: 256,000 head1956: 246,000 head1957: 244,000 head1958: 239,000 head1959: 232,000 head1960: 230,000 head1961: 232,000 head1962: 223,000 head1963: 221,000 head1964: 210,000 head1965: 200,000 head1966: 198,000 head1967: 190,000 head1968: 178,000 head1969: 175,000 head1970: 153,000 head1971: 149,000 head1972: 149,000 head1973: 146,000 head1974: 140,000 head1975: 144,000 head1976: 135,000 head1977: 131,000 head1978: 130,000 head1979: 129,000 head1980: 125,000 head1981: 126,000 head1982: 126,000 head1983: 126,000 head1984: 124,000 head1985: 121,000 head1986: 124,000 head1987: 116,000 head1988: 111,000 head1989: 109,000 head1990: 106,000 head1991: 101,000 head1992: 95,000 head1993: 96,000 head1994: 93,000 head1995: 91,000 head1996: 91,000 head1997: 86,000 head1998: 86,000 head1999: 86,000 head2000: 86,000 head2001: 82,000 head2002: 81,000 head2003: 80,000 head2004: 75,000 head2005: 75,000 head2006: 68,000 head2007: 60,000 head2008: 57,000 head2009: 56,000 head2010: 54,000 head2011: 53,000 head2012: 52,000 head2013: 51,000 head2014: 50,000 head2015: 49,000 head2016: 49,000 head2017: 47,000 head2018: 47,000 head2019: 44,000 head2020: 42,000 head2021: 43,000 head2022: 41,000 head2023: 40,000 head2024: 40,000 head0100K200K300K19501975200020242024: 40,000 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
202440,000
202340,000
202241,000
202143,000
202042,000
201944,000
201847,000
201747,000
201649,000
201549,000
201450,000
201351,000
201252,000
201153,000
201054,000
200956,000
200857,000
200760,000
200668,000
200575,000
200475,000
200380,000
200281,000
200182,000
200086,000
199986,000
199886,000
199786,000
199691,000
199591,000
199493,000
199396,000
199295,000
1991101,000
1990106,000
1989109,000
1988111,000
1987116,000
1986124,000
1985121,000
1984124,000
1983126,000
1982126,000
1981126,000
1980125,000
1979129,000
1978130,000
1977131,000
1976135,000
1975144,000
1974140,000
1973146,000
1972149,000
1971149,000
1970153,000
1969175,000
1968178,000
1967190,000
1966198,000
1965200,000
1964210,000
1963221,000
1962223,000
1961232,000
1960230,000
1959232,000
1958239,000
1957244,000
1956246,000
1955256,000
1954253,000
1953246,000
1952241,000
1951241,000
1950236,000

Compared with United States

Place2024
Maryland40,000
United States9,346,800

Maryland 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
  • Under 10K
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  • 160K to 260K
  • 260K and over
  • No data
Milk cows on 1 January, 2024, head. Maryland 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, Maryland, 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, Maryland, 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/maryland. 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, Maryland, 1950 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://www.nass.usda.gov/datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/milk-cows/maryland.

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

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What is the milk cows on 1 January in Maryland?

Milk cows on 1 January in Maryland was 40,000 head in 2024, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 28th 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 Maryland?

256,000 head in 1955, the highest value since 1950 in this series.

Milk cows on 1 January elsewhere in United States

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