Milk to Cheese: State-Level Dairy Processing Patterns
State-level comparison of milk output, cheese production, and cheese-to-milk conversion intensity for value-added dairy processing.
Total milk production
Total cheese production
Cheese-producing states
Top-5 cheese concentration
Milk scale vs. cheese output
Marker size tracks milk production. States with reported cheese production are colored by cheese-to-milk ratio, while states with zero cheese output are shown separately along the baseline.
Top cheese-producing states with conversion intensity
Bars show cheese output; the top axis overlays cheese-to-milk ratio for the same states to distinguish scale from conversion intensity.
Geographic pattern of cheese-to-milk ratio
The map colors are capped at 30% for readability across higher-volume states; hover reveals the exact ratio for all states, including outliers above the display cap.
What stands out
Top milk-producing states
Top states by cheese production
| State | Milk production | Cheese production | Cheese / milk ratio |
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