Perceptions aside, an estimated 227,800 cows reside in the nine Bay Area counties, Where are they all hiding?#1. Sonoma – 85,000 cows#2. Solano – 49,000 cows#3. Marin – 36,500 cows#4. Contra Costa – 21,000 cows#5. Alameda – 14,600 cows#6. Santa Clara – 13,200 cows#7. Napa – 8,500 cows#8. San Mateo – Not enough data#9. San Francisco – Not enough dataSan Francisco and San Mateo have too few cows to accurately estimate — an apartment in the city big enough to house cattle would probably be too expensive after all — but the North Bay makes up for it with 179,000 between the four counties.
When you think of the Bay Area, a lot of things could come to mind: the tech industry, cable cars, protests, expensive houses. Generally cows don’t make that list.
