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U.S States with the Most Cows

Try to name the ten U.S. states which have the highest cattle populations.
Source: USDA, January 2023 estimates
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Cattle
State
12.0 m
Texas
6.05 m
Nebraska
5.95 m
Kansas
4.60 m
Oklahoma
5.05 m
California
Cattle
State
3.95 m
Missouri
3.50 m
Iowa
3.55 m
South Dakota
3.25 m
Wisconsin
2.55 m
Colorado
19 Comments
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Level 47
Feb 22, 2018
Welcome to tornado alley (minus California and Wisconsin)
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Level 77
Apr 3, 2023
I knew it was the cows that caused those tornadoes.
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Level 86
Apr 4, 2023
As anyone who has seen "The Wizard of Oz" can testify, cows love riding in tornadoes! ;-)
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Level 88
Apr 5, 2023
And Twister
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Level 87
Apr 4, 2023
We just started binge watching Yellowstone. Would have thought Montana or Utah (where it's shot) would make the cut.
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Level 37
May 4, 2023
Glad to know i wasn't the only one going in with that mindset
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Level 85
Apr 4, 2023
Booo, I'm sad that Wisconsin is the least-guessed state. :-( You people have let me down. Go Badgers.
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Level 70
May 3, 2023
Where do folks think the cheese comes from?!
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Level 79
May 8, 2023
Badgers
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Level 75
Apr 27, 2023
I better have gotten 100% on this... it's my profession!
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Level 79
May 8, 2023
You're a professional cow?
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Level 74
May 3, 2023
For some reason I thought Texas and California would've had too many people for there to be more cows but I guess I thought wrong
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Level 65
May 4, 2023
Texas isn't particularly dense outside of the cities, and it's a big state, so I don't see why it wouldn't have cows
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Level 68
May 3, 2023
What encourages cattle farming? Subsidies? Or, I guess you need to have the local industry (to buy/sell; it probably is expensive to transport cows; and I assume there are legal hurdles when crossing state lines).

I guess some/a lot of cattle farmers also grow their own feed. So you need also need land for .. I think they eat feed corn. And it has to be close enough to the cattle location.

Maybe ND/MT are too high latitude/cold? But Wisconsin is there.

I know there are some cool youtube farming channels, which kind of get into the logistics, like Sonne Farms, and 10th generation dairyman. Seems likes a rewarding line of work.

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Level 69
Jan 22, 2025
Not financially
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Level 82
May 3, 2023
South Florida Bulls, my keister. Maybe they're in the top 20.
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Level 52
May 3, 2023
Moo
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Level 32
May 4, 2023
Who would've thought the cows like to ski in Colorado
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Level 50
May 20, 2023
How is Wisconsin the least guessed? A cow is on the state quarter!