Cattle: January 1, by county, 2005-2006 1/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- County :All cattle and calves: Milk cows :: County :All cattle and calves: Milk cows and :-------------------------------------------:: and :------------------------------------------- district : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 :: district : 2005 : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Head :: : Head : :: : Alger : 1,700 1,800 :: Arenac : 6,000 6,500 2,600 2,700 Baraga : 1,100 1,100 :: Bay : 4,000 4,500 1,500 1,500 Chippewa : 9,000 9,000 1,000 1,000 :: Huron : 89,000 98,000 18,600 20,900 Delta : 8,300 8,000 1,600 1,500 :: Saginaw : 9,000 9,000 2,500 2,500 Dickinson : 3,000 3,000 700 600 :: Sanilac : 53,000 54,000 18,500 17,900 Houghton : 1,500 1,400 :: Tuscola : 18,000 18,000 4,300 4,500 Iron : 1,900 1,700 :: East Central : 179,000 190,000 48,000 50,000 Mackinac : 2,500 2,400 800 700 :: : Marquette : 2,000 1,700 :: Allegan : 43,000 50,000 17,000 18,700 Menominee : 17,500 17,000 6,900 7,000 :: Berrien : 4,900 4,900 1,500 1,600 Ontonagon : 3,000 3,200 600 500 :: Cass : 5,300 5,000 700 700 Schoolcraft : 1,300 1,300 :: Kalamazoo : 12,000 12,000 5,200 Other counties 2/ : 1,200 1,400 1,700 1,700 :: Kent : 28,000 29,000 10,400 10,400 Upper Peninsula : 54,000 53,000 13,300 13,000 :: Ottawa : 38,000 40,000 13,200 11,800 : :: Van Buren : 7,800 7,100 2,000 Antrim : 3,900 4,000 700 700 :: Other counties 2/ : 8,800 Benzie : 1,500 1,500 :: Southwest : 139,000 148,000 50,000 52,000 Charlevoix : 3,200 3,100 600 600 :: : Emmet : 4,700 5,000 700 700 :: Barry : 25,000 26,000 8,800 9,200 Grand Traverse : 4,800 5,100 :: Branch : 11,000 11,000 2,600 2,800 Kalkaska : 900 1,000 :: Calhoun : 16,500 15,000 4,300 4,100 Leelanau : 2,900 2,900 :: Clinton : 47,000 47,000 19,800 19,700 Manistee : 2,100 2,200 :: Eaton : 12,000 12,000 1,900 1,900 Missaukee : 24,000 24,000 10,000 10,700 :: Hillsdale : 24,000 25,000 11,300 11,000 Wexford : 4,000 4,200 700 700 :: Ingham : 17,000 18,000 5,400 5,500 Other counties 2/ : 1,200 1,100 :: Ionia : 35,500 34,500 11,800 12,200 Northwest : 52,000 53,000 13,900 14,500 :: Jackson : 23,000 23,000 3,700 3,900 : :: St Joseph : 7,500 7,500 1,300 1,400 Alcona : 5,500 5,900 800 1,000 :: Shiawassee : 12,500 13,000 3,800 3,300 Alpena : 10,000 9,500 3,200 3,400 :: South Central : 231,000 232,000 74,700 75,000 Cheboygan : 5,400 5,500 1,200 1,200 :: : Iosco : 8,800 8,500 2,000 2,000 :: Genesee : 7,300 7,200 1,700 1,700 Montmorency : 3,200 3,000 700 700 :: Lapeer : 18,000 17,000 4,000 3,900 Ogemaw : 15,000 16,000 5,500 5,600 :: Lenawee : 29,000 28,500 10,200 9,900 Oscoda : 3,000 3,100 :: Livingston : 7,500 8,000 2,800 2,800 Otsego : 2,300 :: Macomb : 4,200 4,200 600 600 Presque Isle : 7,300 6,700 1,600 1,400 :: Monroe : 4,300 4,300 Other counties 2/ : 500 2,800 700 700 :: St Clair : 11,000 11,000 1,700 1,400 Northeast : 61,000 61,000 15,700 16,000 :: Washtenaw : 14,000 13,000 3,000 2,900 : :: Other counties 2/ : 1,700 1,800 600 800 Lake : 2,000 2,100 :: Southeast : 97,000 95,000 24,600 24,000 Mason : 7,100 7,400 2,400 2,300 :: : Muskegon : 18,000 20,000 :: Michigan : 1,010,000 1,040,000 307,000 312,000 Newaygo : 24,000 24,500 12,100 12,400 :: : Oceana : 7,900 8,000 2,500 2,400 :: : Other counties 2/ : 6,700 6,900 :: : West Central : 59,000 62,000 23,700 24,000 :: : : :: : Clare : 14,000 13,000 2,600 2,500 :: : Gladwin : 7,000 7,200 1,300 :: : Gratiot : 29,000 33,000 9,600 10,100 :: : Isabella : 25,000 27,000 7,500 7,300 :: : Mecosta : 15,000 15,000 4,500 4,600 :: : Midland : 5,000 5,800 2,100 :: : Montcalm : 24,000 25,000 10,100 9,900 :: : Osceola : 19,000 20,000 5,400 5,300 :: : Other counties 2/ : 3,800 :: : Central : 138,000 146,000 43,100 43,500 :: : ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Estimates are not published for counties with less than 500 head. 2/ Not published separately because of insufficient data or to avoid disclosure of individual operations.