Milk production in United States

Milk production in the United States was 102,477,507 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 0.2% from 2023. That is the 2nd highest of 184 countries in 2024.

2024, tonnes102,477,507

Change on 2023-0.2%

Rank2nd of 184Countries ranked

Series high102,726,6192022

Series low52,343,3761975

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Milk production in United States, 1961 to 2024

tonnes. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Milk; Total, production, t (item 1780, element 5510). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-12-31.

All 64 values

Period	tonnes
2024	102,477,507
2023	102,678,763
2022	102,726,619
2021	102,646,067
2020	101,317,752
2019	99,109,439
2018	98,713,535
2017	97,787,289
2016	96,391,953
2015	94,644,861
2014	93,490,183
2013	91,310,694
2012	91,043,523
2011	89,053,609
2010	87,521,070
2009	85,852,535
2008	86,203,608
2007	84,241,352
2006	82,483,414
2005	80,282,643
2004	77,515,395
2003	77,295,458
2002	77,167,809
2001	75,020,230
2000	75,953,489
1999	73,772,810
1998	71,354,871
1997	70,822,082
1996	69,874,137
1995	70,455,684
1994	69,688,207
1993	68,342,393
1992	68,437,612
1991	67,008,541
1990	67,005,000
1989	65,269,000
1988	65,786,000
1987	64,731,008
1986	64,920,000
1985	64,930,000
1984	61,439,000
1983	63,316,000
1982	61,464,000
1981	60,223,008
1980	58,244,000
1979	55,950,608
1978	55,093,488
1977	55,634,624
1976	54,512,448
1975	52,343,376
1974	52,428,656
1973	52,385,568
1972	54,442,144
1971	53,780,352
1970	53,073,200
1969	52,665,424
1968	53,172,096
1967	53,855,648
1966	54,390,880
1965	56,323,872
1964	57,591,216
1963	56,790,624
1962	57,266,448
1961	57,019,696

Rankings

Countries by milk production 191 places
EU countries by milk production 27 places

Definition

Raw milk produced in the calendar year from cattle, buffaloes, goats, sheep and camels, in tonnes. FAOSTAT item "Milk; Total", the sum FAO calculates from the raw milk of each species.

All species: in India and Pakistan buffalo milk is a large share, so the figure is well above cow milk alone. FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.

How to cite

FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Milk; Total, production, t (item 1780, element 5510). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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APA 7

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Milk; Total, production, t (item 1780, element 5510) (Milk production, United States, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

MLA 9

Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Milk; Total, production, t (item 1780, element 5510), Milk production, United States, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 31 Dec. 2025, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/milk-production/united-states. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2025. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Milk; Total, production, t (item 1780, element 5510). Milk production, United States, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/milk-production/united-states.

Harvard

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Milk; Total, production, t (item 1780, element 5510), Milk production, United States, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/milk-production/united-states (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{food_milk_production_united_states_2024,
  author = {{Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations}},
  title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Milk; Total, production, t (item 1780, element 5510): Milk production, United States, 1961 to 2024}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/milk-production/united-states. Publisher attribution: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Milk; Total, production, t (item 1780, element 5510). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production\_Crops\_Livestock\_E\_All\_Data\_\%28Normalized\%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.},
}

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