# Milk cows on 1 January in Wisconsin

Milk cows on 1 January in Wisconsin was 1,285,000 head in 2026. Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

- Indicator id: `milk_cows_inventory`
- Place id: `us-state-55`
- Unit: head
- 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.
- Note: 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.
- Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Quick Stats, CATTLE, COWS, MILK - INVENTORY, first of January, survey, nation and states (https://www.nass.usda.gov/datasets/)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/usda-nass
- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
- License: Public domain (US federal government work, may be freely reproduced; USDA NASS acknowledgment requested)
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/milk-cows/wisconsin
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=milk_cows_inventory&place=us-state-55

| Period | head |
|---|---:|
| 2026 | 1,285,000 |
| 2025 | 1,265,000 |
| 2024 | 1,270,000 |
| 2023 | 1,270,000 |
| 2022 | 1,275,000 |
| 2021 | 1,260,000 |
| 2020 | 1,260,000 |
| 2019 | 1,270,000 |
| 2018 | 1,275,000 |
| 2017 | 1,280,000 |
| 2016 | 1,280,000 |
| 2015 | 1,275,000 |
| 2014 | 1,270,000 |
| 2013 | 1,270,000 |
| 2012 | 1,265,000 |
| 2011 | 1,265,000 |
| 2010 | 1,260,000 |
| 2009 | 1,255,000 |
| 2008 | 1,250,000 |
| 2007 | 1,245,000 |
| 2006 | 1,240,000 |
| 2005 | 1,235,000 |
| 2004 | 1,245,000 |
| 2003 | 1,265,000 |
| 2002 | 1,280,000 |
| 2001 | 1,325,000 |
| 2000 | 1,360,000 |
| 1999 | 1,370,000 |
| 1998 | 1,380,000 |
| 1997 | 1,410,000 |
| 1996 | 1,475,000 |
| 1995 | 1,500,000 |
| 1994 | 1,500,000 |
| 1993 | 1,590,000 |
| 1992 | 1,650,000 |
| 1991 | 1,725,000 |
| 1990 | 1,740,000 |
| 1989 | 1,730,000 |
| 1988 | 1,790,000 |
| 1987 | 1,825,000 |
| 1986 | 1,892,000 |
| 1985 | 1,837,000 |
| 1984 | 1,850,000 |
| 1983 | 1,840,000 |
| 1982 | 1,830,000 |
| 1981 | 1,820,000 |
| 1980 | 1,813,000 |
| 1979 | 1,811,000 |
| 1978 | 1,810,000 |
| 1977 | 1,800,000 |
| 1976 | 1,812,000 |
| 1975 | 1,810,000 |
| 1974 | 1,796,000 |
| 1973 | 1,825,000 |
| 1972 | 1,832,000 |
| 1971 | 1,814,000 |
| 1970 | 1,815,000 |
| 1969 | 2,071,000 |
| 1968 | 2,133,000 |
| 1967 | 2,175,000 |
| 1966 | 2,259,000 |
| 1965 | 2,378,000 |
| 1964 | 2,378,000 |
| 1963 | 2,402,000 |
| 1962 | 2,402,000 |
| 1961 | 2,402,000 |
| 1960 | 2,402,000 |
| 1959 | 2,426,000 |
| 1958 | 2,475,000 |
| 1957 | 2,552,000 |
| 1956 | 2,578,000 |
| 1955 | 2,578,000 |
| 1954 | 2,552,000 |
| 1953 | 2,478,000 |
| 1952 | 2,383,000 |
| 1951 | 2,359,000 |
| 1950 | 2,383,000 |