2015 U.S. dairy statistics
10
Washington
6,606
+0.5%
10
277
16
480
6
23,848
11
577
28
$0.247
11
8.9
18
6,480
16% 1,622
19
Oregon
2,551NC
18
125
27
23
521
16
$0.258
18
6.1
23
3,888
12%
651
32
1
California
40,898
36
240
12
20,408
Nevada
669
3
Idaho
14,114
4
585
5
29
46
20
8
23,069
3
1,450
25
$0.248
26
2.2
39
1,148
20%
170
15
520
24,126
6
1,125
46
$0.231
1
82.7
9
1,330
-3.4%
1
1,778
7
1,465
9
23,002
5
1,214
48
$0.221
9
10.1
2
18,701
Montana
299
35
-0.7%
14
41
70
35
16
37
90
20
21,357
22
200
23
20,750
24
178
49
$0.220
24
2.8
43
$0.236
22
4.3
20
5,830
1%
65
17
7,075
1%
75
20
South Dakota
2,359
+11.8%
Wyoming
135
43
37% 3,198
21
Utah
2,222
21
96
26
210
7
23,146
14
457
42
$0.237
13
7.2
27
3,425
22%
514
+4.6%
13
195
3
24,477
2
1,773
45
$0.232
15
6.8
24
3,763
24% 1,087
Total milk production
(in millions of lbs)
State rankingnumber of cows
Number of cows
(in thousands)
State rankingmilk lbs per cow
Milk per cow (lbs)
State ranking2014 Value of milk per lb.
7
+6.7%
8
408
6
1,880
2
25,130
20
217
39
$0.241
10
10.0
11
10,035
27% 2,310
2014 Value of milk per lb.
State rankingall forage production
All forage production
(in thousands of tons)
14
All information is from 2015, unless otherwise noted.
37
14
32
120
34
19
32
130
32
30
22
250
44
15,667
40
120
37
18,143
43
108
29
20,197
26
155
30
20,143
41
117
22
20,842
25
158
33
19,800
39
120
36
$0.244
40
0.7
23
$0.249
49
0.1
19
$0.255
3
41.3
14
$0.259
29
2.1
11
$0.261
37
1.1
6
$0.268
21
4.3
37
1,287
4%
34
46
327
3%
31
29
2,940
68%
676
45
378
29%
73
43
489
16%
99
42
773
19%
160
39
Massachusetts
217
-6.9%
16.7
16,344
Wisconsin
29,030
2
12% 2,237
2
0.245
14
22,567
10
600
8
12,375
5%
519
1
32,890
44
$0.234
27
2.2
30
2,890
2%
30
15
Colorado
3,750
15
146
1
+4.4%
27
57
27
185
11
22,930
17
308
22
$0.250
16
6.7
10
11,008
1%
297
8
1,360
10
22,943
26
155
34
$0.246
7
15.0
7
12,972
4%
1,139
22
Illinois
1,892
22
94
15,511
49
74
4
36
18,462
18
229
24,245
1
2,153
24
$0.249
31
1.8
47
$0.223
4
36.4
19
6,169
2%
179
26
3,427
49% 1,798
Percentage
increase/decrease
in total milk from
2014-2015
6
Texas
10,295
6
463
18
430
16
22,235
8
1,077
31
$0.246
23
3.6
4
16,212
10% 2,529
-0.1%
30
Tennessee
742
19
350
2.2
30
14
8,311
3%
335
42
16,489
36
129
13
$0.260
36
1.1
26
61
12
690
192
40
17,607
46
88
47
44
22
Arkansas
91
4,621
4%
15
16
41
70
48
13,000
44
100
19
$0.255
45
0.3
41
11
38
75
33
2,284
0.2%
24
46
15,000
30
147
7
$0.268
41
0.5
35
1,724
1%
50
40
37
Louisiana
188
14
41
Mississippi
165
-7.8%
35
110
47
13,429
38
127
10
$0.262
43
0.4
40
1,089
1%
52
50
0.3
49
2
Average herd size
50
11,667
28
150
50
$0.219
50
0.05
NA
2%
1
Gallons of milk per
person per month
(GMPM)
2014 dairy receipts as
a percentage of state’s
total farm receipts
49
2
43
15,909
7
1,100
1
$0.354
46
0.2
NA
1%
11
+17.1%
$0.258
7,089
45
530
2
6,770
28
20,387
48
78
16
$0.257
12
8.2
6
13,609
33% 2,729
Virginia
1,771
Alabama
101
0.9
47
15
39
17,667
50
60
8
$0.264
48
0.1
48
46
6%
4
29
Maryland
983
28
49
-0.4%
17
440
-0.4%
32
20,061
42
111
$0.248
33
1.6
1,522
10%
243
23
91
14
630
35
19,462
31
144
36
5
$0.270
30
2.0
21
5,270
11%
478
46
South Carolina
261
-0.8%
28
North Carolina
986
+2.6%
29
47
24
230
2.4
36
15
38
75
21
20,979
21
204
256
41
17,400
22
200
18
$0.257
39
1.0
4
$0.272
42
0.5
31
2,668
2%
245
41
782
3%
71
25
4%
38
49
25
+7.2%
-12.2%
State rankingaverage herd size
2.2
27
-5.2%
7
Kentucky
1,074
5
24
13% 1,329
28
Alaska
3.5NC
48
4.6
$0.246
50
Hawaii
35
20
31
Number of licensed
dairy herds
48
98
-0.4%
State rankingnumber of licensed herds
State rankingGMPM
45
45
-0.8%
150
20,573
939
45
29
26
7%
10.6
323
2,730
3,186
8
9
5
28
$0.240
170
267
5.9
41
28
11
19
1,190
+1.3%
+3.5%
$0.243
10
39
Indiana
4,030
37
88
31
14
11
Ohio
5,493
8,317
24
-3.4%
27% 2,310
13
477
9
10,035
150
13
New Mexico
7,831
11
Pennsylvania
10,805
+1.3%
5
28
22,231
Oklahoma
720
10.0
22,143
17
31
10
18
857
744
$0.241
454
11%
Rhode Island
15.9
-7.0%
39
2%
7,355
49
55% 3,478
3,631
15
60
14,448
25
-1.3%
44
5
$0.246
25
0.3
13%
217
31
300
44
406
20
1,210
20
$0.261
25,130
9
143
11
6.9
182
16
4,830
3
14
14
6.7
80
$0.254
1.4
17
47
21
34
$0.240
18,083
1,880
$0.247
40
38
6
29
Missouri
1,365
+2.7%
128
33
1,217
4%
680
150
37
+2.3%
13
29
22,816
31
4
9,850
618
12
12
138
25,685
+2.1%
3
40
+6.7%
20,128
120
Kansas
3,179
53% 6,745
+4.2%
32
16
2
35
35
211
48.7
22,697
26.6
12
408
13
5
+9.4%
8
9,900
$0.247
12
129
1
30
Nebraska
1,307
7
Michigan
10,253
1,279
10
Iowa
4,841
+4.4%
2
48
26
4
New York
14,100
+3.7%
6
Legend
Michigan
10,253
850
46
+1.7%
110
11
6
3
+1.5%
35
132
133
416
12
Arizona
4,773
17
34
15
-0.8%
65
20,578
22,255
Maine
594
43
25
15
33
7
3,470
$0.248
Connecticut
396
+3.4%
34
44
4
25
New Hampshire
282NC
37
75
460
255
Vermont
2,666NC
38
7
21
17
9
Minnesota
9,466
106
New Jersey
127NC
44
42
8
20
17% 9,358
13
State rankingtotal milk production
North Dakota
332
+2.5%
37
+1.7%
-3.0%
33
West Virginia
141
+0.7%
42
47
Delaware
98.5
+2.1%
5
44
35
34
19,700
32
143
38
$0.242
38
1.0
47
124
2%
23
-7.3%
23
Georgia
1,797
229
47
25
83
25
220
0.2
19
21,651
16
377
0.5%
30
9
$0.263
32
1.7
32
2,305
4%
442
43
8
44
35
49
12,625
18
3
$0.278
34
2,179
18
Florida
2,582
18
125
31
130
24
20,656
9
962
2
$0.282
35
1.2
38
1,237
8%
705
+6.3%
+3.0%
United States
208,633
+1.3%
9,317
+0.6%
43,584
-3.0%
22,393
+0.6%
214
+3.5%
$0.241 +13.6%
6.3
+3.0%
49,349
+12%
294,836
-1.7%
Source: February 2015 Milk Production Report, USDA
Statistical ties are represented by the same numerical ranking.
2014 dairy receipts
annual total
(in millions of dollars)
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