Data source: National Agricultural Statistics Service
http://www.nass.usda.gov/
From 2007 Census of Agriculture (updated every five years)
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?contentidonly=true&contentid=NASS_Agency_Splash.xml&x=11&y=12
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2007 Dairy farms by state-top 15
From 2007 State Summary Highlights
2007 Number
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farms
1 Wisconsin 14,158
2 Pennsylvania 8,333
3 New York 5,683
4 16,000
Minnesota 5,148
Number of Farms
5 Ohio 3,650
6 Michigan 2,647
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Iowa
14,000 2,621
2,390
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9 Kentucky 2,277
10 California 2,165
11 Indiana 2,023
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Texas
10,000
Tennessee
1,293
1,230
14 Vermont 1,219
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Virginia 8,000 1,217
1,154
17 Oklahoma 981
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19 Idaho 6,000
Washington 817
811
20 Kansas 776
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4,000
South Dakota
663
656
23 Georgia 639
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Nebraska
2,000 596
493
26 Maine 479
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North Carolina 463
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29 Colorado 449
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