9/30/2012

Cattle Inventory: Ranking Of All States From One To Fifty (2011 vs. 2012)

Cattle can only be used in the plural and not in the singular: it is a plurale tantum. Thus one may refer to "three cattle" or "some cattle", but not "one cattle". There is no universally used singular form in modern English of "cattle", other than the sex- and age-specific terms such as cow, bull, steer and heifer.

Historically, "ox" was a non-sex-specific term for adult cattle, but generally this is now used only for draft cattle, especially adult castrated males. The term is also incorporated into the names of other species such as the musk ox and "grunting ox" (yak), and is used in some areas to describe certain cattle products such as ox-hide and ox-tail.



Cattle Inventory By State  (Head)




United States

92,682,400

90,768,500

-1,913,900


Rank

State

2011

2012

Difference


1

Texas

13,300,000

11,900,000

-1,400,000


2

Nebraska

6,200,000

6,450,000

250,000


3

Kansas

6,300,000

6,100,000

-200,000


4

California

5,200,000

5,350,000

150,000


5

Oklahoma

5,100,000

4,500,000

-600,000


6

Iowa

3,900,000

3,900,000

0


7

Missouri

3,950,000

3,900,000

-50,000


8

South Dakota

3,700,000

3,650,000

-50,000


9

Wisconsin

3,450,000

3,400,000

-50,000


10

Colorado

2,650,000

2,750,000

100,000


11

Montana

2,500,000

2,500,000

0


12

Minnesota

2,380,000

2,360,000

-20,000


13

Idaho

2,220,000

2,220,000

0


14

Kentucky

2,190,000

2,150,000

-40,000


15

Tennessee

1,990,000

1,970,000

-20,000


16

Florida

1,630,000

1,710,000

80,000


17

North Dakota

1,700,000

1,690,000

-10,000


18

Arkansas

1,720,000

1,670,000

-50,000


19

Pennsylvania

1,610,000

1,610,000

0


20

Virginia

1,540,000

1,490,000

-50,000


21

New York

1,400,000

1,410,000

10,000


22

New Mexico

1,540,000

1,390,000

-150,000


23

Wyoming

1,300,000

1,360,000

60,000


24

Oregon

1,330,000

1,300,000

-30,000


25

Ohio

1,230,000

1,280,000

50,000


26

Alabama

1,230,000

1,210,000

-20,000


27

Michigan

1,090,000

1,110,000

20,000


28

Washington

1,090,000

1,110,000

20,000


29

Illinois

1,100,000

1,070,000

-30,000


30

Georgia

1,030,000

1,020,000

-10,000


31

Mississippi

900,000

950,000

50,000


32

Arizona

870,000

920,000

50,000


33

Indiana

850,000

860,000

10,000


34

North Carolina

800,000

810,000

10,000


35

Utah

800,000

800,000

0


36

Louisiana

790,000

790,000

0


37

Nevada

460,000

470,000

10,000


38

West Virginia

370,000

390,000

20,000


39

South Carolina

385,000

370,000

-15,000


40

Vermont

270,000

260,000

-10,000


41

Maryland

195,000

200,000

5,000


42

Hawaii

141,000

140,000

-1,000


43

Maine

90,000

86,000

-4,000


44

Connecticut

49,000

49,000

0


45

Massachusetts

40,000

41,000

1,000


46

New Hampshire

34,000

35,000

1,000


47

New Jersey

32,000

31,000

-1,000


48

Delaware

18,000

19,000

1,000


49

Alaska

13,500

13,000

-500


50

Rhode Island

4,900

4,500

-400


Source:  NASS/USDA


 


**Source: Rob Cook