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MILK PRODUCTION: Number of milk cows and annual production, for selected States and United States 2001
State Milk
cows
1/ 		Production 2/ Milkfat
in
milk
Per milk cow Total milk
  Thousands Pounds Million pounds Percent
Alabama 21 14,286 300 3.66
Arizona 140 20,679 2,895 3.62
Arkansas 35 12,343 432 3.64
California 1,590 20,913 33,251 3.69
Colorado 91 21,648 1,970 3.55
Connecticut 25 18,240 456 3.68
Florida 153 15,758 2,411 3.60
Georgia 86 16,640 1,431 3.64
Idaho 366 21,194 7,757 3.60
Illinois 116 17,414 2,020 3.73
Indiana 153 16,732 2,560 3.70
Iowa 210 18,024 3,785 3.71
Kansas 93 17,312 1,610 3.69
Kentucky 128 12,969 1,660 3.65
Louisiana 54 11,704 632 3.52
Maine 38 17,211 654 3.68
Maryland 82 15,780 1,294 3.66
Massachusetts 21 17,048 358 3.68
Michigan 303 19,323 5,855 3.63
Minnesota 510 17,278 8,812 3.70
Mississippi 35 14,200 497 3.64
Missouri 145 13,441 1,949 3.69
Nebraska 72 16,056 1,156 3.71
New Mexico 268 20,750 5,561 3.58
New York 672 17,527 11,778 3.65
North Carolina 67 17,373 1,164 3.64
North Dakota 46 14,000 644 3.67
Ohio 260 16,612 4,319 3.73
Oklahoma 89 14,528 1,293 3.61
Oregon 95 18,074 1,717 3.66
Pennsylvania 599 18,112 10,849 3.69
South Carolina 21 17,476 367 3.65
South Dakota 99 15,960 1,580 3.70
Tennessee 92 14,511 1,335 3.65
Texas 325 15,689 5,099 3.66
Utah 93 17,581 1,635 3.64
Vermont 153 17,431 2,667 3.68
Virginia 118 15,898 1,876 3.62
Washington 247 22,324 5,514 3.66
Wisconsin 1,292 17,182 22,199 3.73
United States 9,115 18,139 165,336 3.67
1/ Average number on farms during year, excluding heifers not yet fresh.
2/ Excludes milk sucked by calves.

MILK COWS AND PRODUCTION: Cows on farms, quarterly milk production per cow,
and United States production, by quarters, 1992-2001
Year Jan-Mar Apr-Jun Jul-Sep Oct-Dec Annual 1/
MILK COWS (Thousands)
1992 9,709 9,692 9,675 9,678 9,688
1993 9,632 9,601 9,566 9,524 9,581
1994 9,479 9,493 9,508 9,495 9,494
1995 9,474 9,481 9,472 9,435 9,466
1996 9,404 9,388 9,363 9,331 9,372
1997 9,299 9,273 9,236 9,200 9,252
1998 9,175 9,167 9,145 9,128 9,154
1999 9,128 9,155 9,171 9,171 9,156
2000 9,186 9,212 9,221 9,203 9,206
2001 9,143 9,114 9,098 9,105 9,115
QUARTERLY PRODUCTION PER COW (Pounds)
1992 3,891 4,008 3,858 3,816 15,570
1993 3,901 4,100 3,890 3,831 15,722
1994 3,965 4,202 4,016 3,996 16,179
1995 4,108 4,268 4,034 3,996 16,405
1996 4,146 4,217 4,012 4,058 16,433
1997 4,179 4,375 4,182 4,134 16,871
1998 4,269 4,447 4,212 4,262 17,190
1999 4,436 4,590 4,336 4,410 17,772
2000 4,640 4,688 4,458 4,416 18,202
2001 4,514 4,683 4,459 4,483 18,139
NATIONAL PRODUCTION (Million pounds)
1992 37,778 38,850 37,324 36,934 150,847
1993 37,578 39,363 37,208 36,487 150,636
1994 37,586 39,887 38,185 37,944 153,602
1995 38,918 40,465 38,208 37,701 155,292
1996 38,988 39,587 37,564 37,867 154,006
1997 38,859 40,574 38,627 38,031 156,091
1998 39,167 40,767 38,513 38,901 157,348
1999 40,489 42,021 39,766 40,440 162,716
2000 42,622 43,185 41,108 40,644 167,559
2001 41,267 42,681 40,570 40,818 165,336
1/ Average number of milk cows during year, excluding heifers not yet fresh.

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