Alabama Cattle: Number on Farms, January 1
County 1995 1996 1997
All Cattle Beef Cows All Cattle Beef Cows All Cattle Beef Cows
Head Head Head
Autauga
 24,000 12,500 24,500 13,000 19,000 9,500
Baldwin
 42,500 18,500 41,000 19,000 35,000 18,000
Barbour
 25,500 13,000 23,000 12,000 24,000 12,500
Bibb
 10,500 5,500 9,500 5,000 10,000 5,500
Blount
 43,000 21,000 42,000 21,500 41,000 19,500
Bullock
 16,000 9,000 17,000 10,000 14,000 9,000
Butler
 21,000 11,000 19,500 11,000 18,000 11,000
Calhoun
 19,500 10,000 20,000 10,500 19,000 10,500
Chambers
 19,000 10,500 16,500 9,000 15,500 8,000
Cherokee
 15,000 7,000 16,000 7,500 14,000 7,000
Chilton
 22,000 12,000 22,000 12,000 19,000 10,000
Choctaw
 10,500 6,000 10,500 6,000 9,500 5,500
Clarke
 9,000 5,500 8,500 5,000 8,000 4,500
Clay
 24,500 12,500 24,500 13,500 21,000 10,500
Cleburne
 11,000 6,000 11,500 6,500 11,000 6,000
Coffee
 30,500 15,500 31,500 15,500 30,000 16,000
Colbert
 23,500 11,500 22,000 11,000 22,000 12,000
Conecuh
 17,000 8,500 16,500 8,500 14,000 6,500
Coosa
 7,500 4,000 7,500 4,000 6,000 3,500
Covington
 38,500 20,000 36,000 18,500 32,000 15,500
Crenshaw
 29,500 16,000 27,000 14,500 23,000 11,000
Cullman
 75,500 38,000 80,000 41,000 75,000 36,000
Dale
 21,000 9,500 19,000 10,000 18,000 9,500
Dallas
 43,000 23,000 41,000 22,000 41,000 22,000
DeKalb
 59,000 31,000 62,000 33,500 56,000 31,000
Elmore
 22,000 11,000 20,500 10,500 19,000 9,000
Escambia
 14,000 6,000 14,000 6,500 11,500 6,500
Etowah
 27,000 12,500 28,000 13,000 26,000 13,000
Fayette
 12,000 5,500 10,500 5,000 9,500 4,500
Franklin
 36,500 18,500 34,000 17,000 31,000 16,000
Geneva
 42,500 20,000 39,000 19,000 38,000 18,000
Greene
 18,000 10,000 15,500 8,500 16,000 10,000
Hale
 35,500 18,000 31,500 16,500 31,000 18,000
Henry
 20,000 10,500 20,000 10,500 18,000 9,500
Houston
 36,500 17,000 38,000 18,500 37,000 16,500
Jackson
 44,000 20,000 42,000 19,000 39,000 19,000
Jefferson
 10,000 5,500 10,500 5,500 9,500 5,000
Lamar
 10,000 4,500 10,500 5,000 10,000 4,500
Lauderdale
 46,500 24,000 45,500 23,500 41,000 21,000
Lawrence
 36,500 19,500 37,000 20,000 36,000 19,000
Lee
 14,500 8,000 14,500 8,000 14,000 8,000
Limestone
 29,000 15,500 30,000 15,500 29,000 15,000
Lowndes
 51,500 28,000 52,500 28,000 45,000 23,000
Macon
 16,000 8,000 17,000 8,500 15,000 8,000
Madison
 36,500 18,000 33,000 16,500 29,000 15,000
Marengo
 45,000 22,500 47,000 22,500 39,000 19,000
Marion
 21,500 11,500 24,500 12,500 21,000 10,000
Marshall
 43,000 23,000 41,500 22,500 36,000 20,000
Mobile
 23,000 10,000 23,500 10,000 21,000 9,500
Monroe
 17,000 9,000 17,000 9,000 13,000 7,000
Montgomery
 55,500 28,500 53,500 26,500 52,000 30,000
Morgan
 56,000 25,500 56,000 26,000 52,000 25,000
Perry
 24,000 11,500 25,500 12,000 22,000 10,000
Pickens
 19,500 9,000 18,000 9,000 18,000 8,500
Pike
 36,000 19,500 32,000 18,000 31,000 16,500
Randolph
 27,500 14,500 27,000 15,000 24,000 13,000
Russell
 10,000 5,000 9,500 4,500 9,000 5,000
Shelby
 18,000 8,500 17,500 8,500 14,000 6,500
St. Clair
 18,000 9,500 18,000 10,000 17,000 9,000
Sumter
 29,500 16,000 30,500 15,000 28,000 15,500
Talladega
 19,500 10,500 19,500 10,500 18,000 9,500
Tallapoosa
 13,500 7,500 12,000 6,000 11,000 6,000
Tuscaloosa
 15,500 7,500 15,000 7,500 14,500 7,500
Walker
 12,500 6,500 12,000 6,500 10,000 5,500
Washington
 11,000 6,500 11,000 6,500 9,000 5,500
Wilcox
 24,000 13,000 23,500 13,500 21,000 12,000
Winston
 24,000 12,000 24,000 12,000 20,000 10,000
State Total 1,780,000 904,000 1,750,000 898,000 1,600,000 829,000

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