Data / Milk cows on 1 January / Rhode Island

Milk cows on 1 January in Rhode Island

Milk cows on 1 January in Rhode Island was 500 head in 2024, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 48th highest of 50 states in 2024.

2024, head500
Change on 20230%
Rank48th of 50US states ranked
Series high20,0001950
Series low5002021

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Milk cows on 1 January in Rhode Island, 1950 to 2024

05,00010K15K20K19501961197219831994200520241950: 20,000 head1951: 20,000 head1952: 20,000 head1953: 20,000 head1954: 20,000 head1955: 19,000 head1956: 19,000 head1957: 18,000 head1958: 17,000 head1959: 17,000 head1960: 16,000 head1961: 15,000 head1962: 14,000 head1963: 13,000 head1964: 12,000 head1965: 12,000 head1966: 11,000 head1967: 10,000 head1968: 9,000 head1969: 8,000 head1970: 7,000 head1971: 7,000 head1972: 7,000 head1973: 6,000 head1974: 6,000 head1975: 6,000 head1976: 6,000 head1977: 5,000 head1978: 5,000 head1979: 4,700 head1980: 4,100 head1981: 3,900 head1982: 3,800 head1983: 3,800 head1984: 3,600 head1985: 3,600 head1986: 3,400 head1987: 3,000 head1988: 2,900 head1989: 2,600 head1990: 2,400 head1991: 2,500 head1992: 2,400 head1993: 2,400 head1994: 2,300 head1995: 2,100 head1996: 2,100 head1997: 2,000 head1998: 2,100 head1999: 2,100 head2000: 1,900 head2001: 1,600 head2002: 1,400 head2003: 1,400 head2004: 1,300 head2005: 1,100 head2006: 1,000 head2007: 1,100 head2008: 1,100 head2009: 1,100 head2010: 1,100 head2011: 1,100 head2012: 1,100 head2013: 1,100 head2014: 900 head2015: 900 head2016: 900 head2017: 800 head2018: 800 head2019: 700 head2020: 600 head2021: 500 head2022: 500 head2023: 500 head2024: 500 head05,00010K15K20K19501975200020242024: 500 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
2024500
2023500
2022500
2021500
2020600
2019700
2018800
2017800
2016900
2015900
2014900
20131,100
20121,100
20111,100
20101,100
20091,100
20081,100
20071,100
20061,000
20051,100
20041,300
20031,400
20021,400
20011,600
20001,900
19992,100
19982,100
19972,000
19962,100
19952,100
19942,300
19932,400
19922,400
19912,500
19902,400
19892,600
19882,900
19873,000
19863,400
19853,600
19843,600
19833,800
19823,800
19813,900
19804,100
19794,700
19785,000
19775,000
19766,000
19756,000
19746,000
19736,000
19727,000
19717,000
19707,000
19698,000
19689,000
196710,000
196611,000
196512,000
196412,000
196313,000
196214,000
196115,000
196016,000
195917,000
195817,000
195718,000
195619,000
195519,000
195420,000
195320,000
195220,000
195120,000
195020,000

Compared with United States

Place2024
Rhode Island500
United States9,346,800

Rhode Island 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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  • 60K to 160K
  • 160K to 260K
  • 260K and over
  • No data
Milk cows on 1 January, 2024, head. Rhode Island 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, Rhode Island, 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, Rhode Island, 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/rhode-island. 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, Rhode Island, 1950 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://www.nass.usda.gov/datasets/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/milk-cows/rhode-island.

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

BibTeX
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  author = {{U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service}},
  title = {{Quick Stats, CATTLE, COWS, MILK - INVENTORY, first of January, survey, nation and states: Milk cows on 1 January, Rhode Island, 1950 to 2024}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www.nass.usda.gov/datasets/},
  urldate = {2026-10-18},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/milk-cows/rhode-island. Publisher attribution: 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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What is the milk cows on 1 January in Rhode Island?

Milk cows on 1 January in Rhode Island was 500 head in 2024, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 48th 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 Rhode Island?

20,000 head in 1950, the highest value since 1950 in this series.

Milk cows on 1 January elsewhere in United States

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