Ohio Dairy Statistics

Dairy Farms	2,948
Milking Cows	268,000 head
Average Herd Size	86 cows
Average Production p/ Cow	19,187 lbs/year or 2,257 gallons/year
Milk Produced	5.14 billion lbs or 605 million gallons
Estimated Gross Receipts	$683 million
Generated Economic Impact	about $4.2 billion
Jobs	14,350 jobs created
Number of Processing/Receiving Plants	106
Ohio Ranks Nationally	1st in Swiss cheese production 4th in Lowfat cottage cheese production 5th in total number of manufacturing plants 5th  in ice cream production 10th in all cheese production 10th in number of dairy cows 11th in amount of milk produced
Dairy per capita consumption	604 lbs of milk equivalent pounds
Ohio total dairy consumption   Updated 4/2013	7 billion lbs