Milk, Total — Milk Animals in United States of America
United States of America: Milk, Total — Milk Animals was 9.60 million An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in United States of America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
United States of America recorded 9.60 million An for milk, total — milk animals in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — milk animals in United States of America peaked at 17.24 million An in 1961 and was at its lowest, 9.29 million An, in 2004.
That places United States of America 22nd out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Milk, Total — Milk Animals in United States of America, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 17.24 million An | — |
| 1962 | 16.84 million An | -2.3% |
| 1963 | 16.26 million An | -3.5% |
| 1964 | 15.68 million An | -3.6% |
| 1965 | 14.95 million An | -4.6% |
| 1966 | 14.07 million An | -5.9% |
| 1967 | 13.41 million An | -4.7% |
| 1968 | 12.83 million An | -4.3% |
| 1969 | 12.31 million An | -4.1% |
| 1970 | 12.00 million An | -2.5% |
| 1971 | 11.84 million An | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 11.70 million An | -1.2% |
| 1973 | 11.41 million An | -2.5% |
| 1974 | 11.23 million An | -1.6% |
| 1975 | 11.14 million An | -0.8% |
| 1976 | 11.03 million An | -1.0% |
| 1977 | 10.95 million An | -0.8% |
| 1978 | 10.80 million An | -1.3% |
| 1979 | 10.73 million An | -0.6% |
| 1980 | 10.80 million An | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 10.90 million An | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 11.01 million An | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 11.06 million An | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 10.79 million An | -2.4% |
| 1985 | 10.98 million An | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 10.77 million An | -1.9% |
| 1987 | 10.33 million An | -4.1% |
| 1988 | 10.22 million An | -1.0% |
| 1989 | 10.05 million An | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 9.99 million An | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 9.95 million An | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 9.81 million An | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 9.71 million An | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 9.63 million An | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 9.61 million An | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 9.54 million An | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 9.44 million An | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 9.36 million An | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 9.38 million An | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 9.45 million An | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 9.37 million An | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 9.43 million An | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 9.35 million An | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 9.29 million An | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 9.34 million An | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 9.43 million An | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 9.50 million An | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 9.64 million An | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 9.54 million An | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 9.48 million An | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 9.56 million An | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 9.60 million An | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 9.58 million An | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 9.51 million An | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 9.56 million An | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 9.57 million An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 9.62 million An | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 9.69 million An | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 9.61 million An | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 9.61 million An | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 9.71 million An | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 9.64 million An | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 9.65 million An | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 9.60 million An | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14.84 million An | 12.31 million An | 17.24 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 11.28 million An | 10.73 million An | 12.00 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 10.69 million An | 10.05 million An | 11.06 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 9.64 million An | 9.36 million An | 9.99 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 9.43 million An | 9.29 million An | 9.64 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.58 million An | 9.48 million An | 9.69 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.64 million An | 9.60 million An | 9.71 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near United States of America
- 19 Afghanistan 13.03 million An compare
- 20 Russian Federation 10.56 million An compare
- 21 Romania 10.16 million An compare
- 22 Ethiopia PDR 8.24 million An compare
- 23 Greece 7.59 million An compare
- 24 Italy 6.51 million An compare
- 25 Saudi Arabia 5.97 million An compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — milk animals in United States of America?
- Milk, total — milk animals in United States of America was 9.60 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — milk animals recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 17.24 million An in 1961.
- What is the lowest milk, total — milk animals recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.29 million An in 2004.
- How does United States of America rank for milk, total — milk animals?
- United States of America ranks 22nd out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — milk animals rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United States of America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Milk, Total — Milk Animals. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.