Data / Milk cows on 1 January / North Carolina

Milk cows on 1 January in North Carolina

Milk cows on 1 January in North Carolina was 38,000 head in 2024, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service. That is down 2.6% from 2023. That is the 29th highest of 50 states in 2024.

2024, head38,000
Change on 2023-2.6%
Rank29th of 50US states ranked
Series high399,0001954
Series low38,0002024

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Milk cows on 1 January in North Carolina, 1950 to 2024

0100K200K300K400K19501961197219831994200520241950: 361,000 head1951: 372,000 head1952: 376,000 head1953: 391,000 head1954: 399,000 head1955: 391,000 head1956: 356,000 head1957: 345,000 head1958: 331,000 head1959: 308,000 head1960: 305,000 head1961: 296,000 head1962: 284,000 head1963: 270,000 head1964: 259,000 head1965: 246,000 head1966: 239,000 head1967: 225,000 head1968: 214,000 head1969: 203,000 head1970: 172,000 head1971: 169,000 head1972: 165,000 head1973: 159,000 head1974: 150,000 head1975: 145,000 head1976: 143,000 head1977: 141,000 head1978: 136,000 head1979: 131,000 head1980: 133,000 head1981: 135,000 head1982: 134,000 head1983: 131,000 head1984: 135,000 head1985: 127,000 head1986: 127,000 head1987: 114,000 head1988: 105,000 head1989: 107,000 head1990: 101,000 head1991: 101,000 head1992: 99,000 head1993: 97,000 head1994: 91,000 head1995: 89,000 head1996: 84,000 head1997: 80,000 head1998: 78,000 head1999: 73,000 head2000: 72,000 head2001: 69,000 head2002: 66,000 head2003: 63,000 head2004: 58,000 head2005: 55,000 head2006: 52,000 head2007: 48,000 head2008: 48,000 head2009: 46,000 head2010: 43,000 head2011: 44,000 head2012: 45,000 head2013: 46,000 head2014: 45,000 head2015: 47,000 head2016: 47,000 head2017: 45,000 head2018: 45,000 head2019: 43,000 head2020: 41,000 head2021: 40,000 head2022: 39,000 head2023: 39,000 head2024: 38,000 head0100K200K300K400K19501975200020242024: 38,000 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
202438,000
202339,000
202239,000
202140,000
202041,000
201943,000
201845,000
201745,000
201647,000
201547,000
201445,000
201346,000
201245,000
201144,000
201043,000
200946,000
200848,000
200748,000
200652,000
200555,000
200458,000
200363,000
200266,000
200169,000
200072,000
199973,000
199878,000
199780,000
199684,000
199589,000
199491,000
199397,000
199299,000
1991101,000
1990101,000
1989107,000
1988105,000
1987114,000
1986127,000
1985127,000
1984135,000
1983131,000
1982134,000
1981135,000
1980133,000
1979131,000
1978136,000
1977141,000
1976143,000
1975145,000
1974150,000
1973159,000
1972165,000
1971169,000
1970172,000
1969203,000
1968214,000
1967225,000
1966239,000
1965246,000
1964259,000
1963270,000
1962284,000
1961296,000
1960305,000
1959308,000
1958331,000
1957345,000
1956356,000
1955391,000
1954399,000
1953391,000
1952376,000
1951372,000
1950361,000

Compared with United States

Place2024
North Carolina38,000
United States9,346,800

North Carolina 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
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Milk cows on 1 January, 2024, head. North Carolina 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, North Carolina, 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, North Carolina, 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/north-carolina. 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, North Carolina, 1950 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://www.nass.usda.gov/datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/milk-cows/north-carolina.

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

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  title = {{Quick Stats, CATTLE, COWS, MILK - INVENTORY, first of January, survey, nation and states: Milk cows on 1 January, North Carolina, 1950 to 2024}},
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What is the milk cows on 1 January in North Carolina?

Milk cows on 1 January in North Carolina was 38,000 head in 2024, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service. That is down 2.6% from 2023. That is the 29th 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 North Carolina?

399,000 head in 1954, the highest value since 1950 in this series.

Milk cows on 1 January elsewhere in United States

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