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30 – 60 Million estimated North American herd size before 1900.

There are an estimated 40,000 herds size in North America today.

An estimated 30,000 bison are on tribal lands (US and Canada).

There are 10,000 Bison in State and other Public herds (USFWS 2022).

The number of bison in US federal herds is approximately 11,000. (DOI 2020)

The number of Canadian publicly managed bison is 13,000, according to 2020 Canadian Parks.

The Canadian private-bison herd size is 149,539 according to 2021 Canadian Census of Ag.

There are 192,477 bison in the United States residing on private ranches and farms, according to the 2022 USDA census.

There are 1,986 private U.S. ranches and farms raising bison, according to the 2022 USDA census.