Alabama

Alaska

Alberta

Arizona

Arkansas

British Columbia

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

District of Columbia

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Manitoba

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Brunswick

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

Newfoundland and Labrador

North Carolina

North Dakota

Northwest Territories

Nova Scotia

Nunavut

Ohio

Oklahoma

Ontario

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Prince Edward Island

Québec

Rhode Island

Saskatchewan

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

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A world map shows beef cow distribution in North America. Highest numbers (dark blue) are in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Texas, and Oklahoma. Lowest numbers (light blue) are in Alaska, Vermont, Nova Scotia, and Michigan.

Number of beef cows in North America, by state or province

US / CA States

North America

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A map illustrates prevailing agricultural practices around the world to represent different types of agriculture.

Prevailing Agricultural Practices

Pink-shaded regions indicate regions of commercial gardening, which includes parts of the southeastern United States, some in the western United States, northern Africa, central Asia, and southern Australia, as well as western Sweden. Purple-shaded regions represent dairy farming, notably seen in parts of northern Europe, such as the United Kingdom, Denmark, and the Netherlands, as well as parts of the northeastern and southeastern United States, northeastern New Zealand, and southeastern coastal regions of Australia. Orange shaded regions show grain farming, visible across large portions of the central United States, Canada, and parts of Europe including Ukraine and southern Russia, as well as parts of Argentina and southern Australia. Blue shaded regions denote intensive subsistence farming with wet rice dominant, primarily seen in parts of eastern China, the western and eastern coastal regions of India including Nepal, Bangladesh, and Southeast Asia. Green shaded regions represent intensive subsistence farming where wet rice is not dominant, covering areas in North, West, and East Asia, parts of China, much of India, Pakistan, and some regions in Africa and Central and South America. Light pink shaded regions indicate areas with little or no agriculture, found in parts of northern Canada, Greenland, northern Russia, some desert areas in Africa and the Middle East, and central parts of Australia. Green shaded areas show livestock ranching, prevalent in parts of the western United States, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Australia. Light orange shaded regions represent Mediterranean agriculture, visible in areas around the Mediterranean Sea including parts of Spain, Italy, Greece, and Turkey, as well as coastal California, Chile, and South Africa. Yellow shaded regions indicate mixed crop and livestock farming, observed in parts of central Europe, the eastern United States, and some regions in South America, South Africa, and southern Russia. Dark green shaded regions denote pastoral nomadism, mainly found in parts of North Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia. Gray shaded regions signify plantation agriculture, visible in parts of Central and South America, Central Africa, and Southeast Asia including Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, and Malaysia.

	Beef Cows			Prevailing Agricultural Practices
	Class	Rank	Value	Commercial gardening	Dairy	Grain	Intensive subsistence, wet rice not dominant	Little or no agriculture	Livestock Ranching	Mediterranean	Mixed crop and livestock	Plantation
Alaska		53	7,800					0.159%
Arizona		40	175,000	11.4%				12.2%	74.4%		0.405%	0.105%
Utah		31	318,000	2.61%					10.7%
Yukon		63	0					100%
Northwest Territories		62	0					0.342%
District of Columbia		64	0	100%
Florida		11	888,000	0.114%				0.118%
Idaho		23	449,000	4.10%		31.1%			53.6%
New Hampshire		56	4,500	23.1%	76.9%
Rhode Island		59	1,100	3.94%
Vermont		49	14,000	0.385%	99.6%
Washington		36	221,000	11.0%	0.217%	6.88%			24.7%
Wyoming		17	671,000	10.2%		23.1%			18.3%
Nunavut		61	0					0.595%
Montana		8	1,270,000			25.6%			30.7%		5.29%
Maine		50	11,000	0.284%	20.2%			37.6%			12.1%
North Dakota		12	876,000		32.1%	63.4%		2.35%	2.14%
Kentucky		10	895,000								100%
Nova Scotia		48	15,100					0.183%			49.4%
Virginia		20	563,000	12.3%							80.1%
Delaware		58	1,200	99.1%
Prince Edward Island		54	7,700								98.4%
Saskatchewan		9	1,040,000		1.89%	11.9%		81.2%			5.04%
Mississippi		24	449,000	17.6%							49.2%	33.2%
West Virginia		38	191,000		13.1%						86.9%
Nebraska		4	1,700,000			33.9%			2.53%		63.6%
Texas		1	4,300,000	3.30%		2.73%			33.1%		56.8%	0.184%
Missouri		3	1,950,000								96.0%	4.01%
Louisiana		26	437,000	0.203%							45.3%	11.7%
Hawaii		46	82,400					1.65%				58.6%
North Carolina		30	341,000	0.120%							69.0%
Oregon		21	507,000	3.15%	41.2%	22.3%			5.82%
New Brunswick		51	10,800					0.147%			0.167%
Alabama		16	678,000	19.1%							80.8%
New Mexico		25	446,000	0.302%		5.01%			0.786%		4.18%
Kansas		7	1,320,000			44.9%			0.337%		54.8%
Wisconsin		33	280,000		97.7%			0.782%			1.50%
British Columbia		39	189,000	1.22%	2.96%	0.192%	1.58%	0.252%	17.2%
Newfoundland and Labrador		60	600					25.0%
New Jersey		52	8,900	0.133%
South Carolina		42	159,000	32.9%							67.0%
Michigan		45	98,000		99.0%			0.555%			0.431%
Alberta		5	1,560,000			13.2%		76.8%	0.686%		7.41%
Connecticut		57	4,500	99.9%
Pennsylvania		37	195,000	15.9%	5.77%						35.8%
Colorado		19	642,000	0.215%		35.4%			46.4%
Nevada		34	232,000	5.36%				0.608%	0.185%
Massachusetts		55	7,500	0.491%	6.18%			0.195%
Georgia		22	478,000	4.17%							60.4%
New York		44	100,000	2.89%	55.9%	15.1%
Maryland		47	40,000	0.157%							24.7%
Québec		43	126,000		2.81%		1.06%	0.475%
Manitoba		27	393,000		2.12%			97.9%
Oklahoma		2	1,980,000	4.69%		21.6%					73.7%
Tennessee		15	844,000								99.9%
Ontario		35	225,000		2.23%	0.558%	0.386%	93.7%
California		18	665,000		4.11%			9.14%	51.8%	34.7%
Arkansas		13	866,000	0.748%							33.1%	66.2%
South Dakota		6	1,530,000		0.441%	8.22%			19.4%		71.9%
Ohio		32	290,000		40.0%						60.0%
Indiana		41	173,000		4.74%						95.3%
Minnesota		28	360,000		56.7%			29.9%			13.4%
Iowa		14	860,000		5.06%	2.79%					92.1%
Illinois		29	341,000		5.45%	18.4%					76.2%

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