State rankings · 2022 Census of Agriculture
Which state has the most goats?
Texas ranks No. 1 for goats, with 30% of the 2.5 million goats on US farms at the end of 2022.
No. 2 California (5%), No. 3 Wisconsin (4%), No. 4 Oklahoma (4%). All 50 states that reported goats are listed below.
Goats by state, ranked
Ranked by the 2022 Census of Agriculture (head on farms), which covers every state.
| State | 2022, goats | Share | Farms, 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1Texas | 752,447 | 30% | 21,421 |
| 2California | 126,863 | 5% | 3,437 |
| 3Wisconsin | 108,237 | 4% | 2,484 |
| 4Oklahoma | 97,630 | 4% | 4,864 |
| 5Iowa | 86,853 | 3% | 2,573 |
| 6Missouri | 74,139 | 3% | 3,710 |
| 7Tennessee | 70,499 | 3% | 4,082 |
| 8Ohio | 67,054 | 3% | 4,707 |
| 9Kentucky | 58,694 | 2% | 3,524 |
| 10Pennsylvania | 57,052 | 2% | 3,530 |
| 11Kansas | 55,515 | 2% | 2,076 |
| 12Georgia | 54,720 | 2% | 3,354 |
| 13Florida | 53,795 | 2% | 3,502 |
| 14Minnesota | 50,691 | 2% | 2,326 |
| 15Indiana | 48,301 | 2% | 2,719 |
Units: goats. “–” means no farms reported it.
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| State | 2022, goats | Share | Farms, 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16Arizona | 45,388 | 2% | 3,567 |
| 17Oregon | 43,862 | 2% | 3,163 |
| 18North Carolina | 42,785 | 2% | 3,067 |
| 19Colorado | 42,740 | 2% | 2,611 |
| 20Alabama | 42,701 | 2% | 2,721 |
| 21Virginia | 40,952 | 2% | 2,711 |
| 22Arkansas | 40,892 | 2% | 2,478 |
| 23South Carolina | 36,882 | 1% | 2,493 |
| 24Nebraska | 35,366 | 1% | 1,211 |
| 25Illinois | 31,943 | 1% | 1,743 |
| 26Mississippi | 30,153 | 1% | 2,024 |
| 27Michigan | 30,028 | 1% | 2,682 |
| 28New York | 29,673 | 1% | 2,007 |
| 29New Mexico | 27,924 | 1% | 1,974 |
| 30Washington | 26,642 | 1% | 2,133 |
| 31Idaho | 24,780 | under 1% | 1,474 |
| 32South Dakota | 20,078 | under 1% | 685 |
| 33West Virginia | 19,115 | under 1% | 1,638 |
| 34Utah | 18,985 | under 1% | 1,581 |
| 35Louisiana | 18,057 | under 1% | 1,401 |
| 36Montana | 16,451 | under 1% | 759 |
| 37Maryland | 12,830 | under 1% | 1,023 |
| 38Hawaii | 12,278 | under 1% | 490 |
| 39Wyoming | 12,016 | under 1% | 485 |
| 40Nevada | 11,297 | under 1% | 257 |
| 41New Jersey | 10,325 | under 1% | 1,001 |
| 42Vermont | 10,245 | under 1% | 419 |
| 43North Dakota | 8,731 | under 1% | 374 |
| 44Massachusetts | 7,338 | under 1% | 700 |
| 45Maine | 6,564 | under 1% | 512 |
| 46Connecticut | 4,357 | under 1% | 398 |
| 47New Hampshire | 3,091 | under 1% | 341 |
| 48Delaware | 1,052 | under 1% | 85 |
| 49Alaska | 927 | under 1% | 83 |
| 50Rhode Island | 661 | under 1% | 103 |
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About this data
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. 2022 Census of Agriculture. Withheld figures are suppressed by NASS to protect individual farms. Data processed 2026-11-06. Methodology.