Farm Census

Where goats are raised: the leading US counties

2022 Census of Agriculture · Head on farms on December 31, 2022. Counties with a published figure: 2,795

US farms had 2,529,599 goats at the end of 2022; Sutton County, Texas, had the most of any county with a published figure.

The ten leading counties hold 12.0% of the national total. Texas is the leading state, with 5.9 times the figure of California.

The national figure is down 6.3% on the 2017 census.

Alaska: 927 headAKMaine: 6,564 headMEWisconsin: 108,237 headWIVermont: 10,245 headVTNew Hampshire: 3,091 headNHWashington: 26,642 headWAIdaho: 24,780 headIDMontana: 16,451 headMTNorth Dakota: 8,731 headNDMinnesota: 50,691 headMNIllinois: 31,943 headILMichigan: 30,028 headMINew York: 29,673 headNYMassachusetts: 7,338 headMAOregon: 43,862 headORNevada: 11,297 headNVWyoming: 12,016 headWYSouth Dakota: 20,078 headSDIowa: 86,853 headIAIndiana: 48,301 headINOhio: 67,054 headOHPennsylvania: 57,052 headPANew Jersey: 10,325 headNJConnecticut: 4,357 headCTRhode Island: 661 headRICalifornia: 126,863 headCAUtah: 18,985 headUTColorado: 42,740 headCONebraska: 35,366 headNEMissouri: 74,139 headMOKentucky: 58,694 headKYWest Virginia: 19,115 headWVVirginia: 40,952 headVAMaryland: 12,830 headMDDelaware: 1,052 headDEArizona: 45,388 headAZNew Mexico: 27,924 headNMKansas: 55,515 headKSArkansas: 40,892 headARTennessee: 70,499 headTNNorth Carolina: 42,785 headNCSouth Carolina: 36,882 headSCOklahoma: 97,630 headOKLouisiana: 18,057 headLAMississippi: 30,153 headMSAlabama: 42,701 headALGeorgia: 54,720 headGAHawaii: 12,278 headHITexas: 752,447 headTXFlorida: 53,795 headFL
none publishedunder 1%1–3%3–7%7–15%15% or moreEach square is a state, shaded by its share of the US total. Select a state for its county table.

The 25 leading counties

Ranked among the 2,795 counties with a published figure. Another 152 counties grow or keep some but have their figure withheld to protect individual farms, so they are not ranked.

#CountyStateHeadShare of US
1Sutton CountyTexas52,8602.1%
2Val Verde CountyTexas50,0332.0%
3Crockett CountyTexas45,4321.8%
4Calumet CountyWisconsin30,3091.2%
5Edwards CountyTexas30,0091.2%
6Parker CountyTexas21,1260.84%
7Tom Green CountyTexas19,6220.78%
8Apache CountyArizona19,0430.75%
9Kimble CountyTexas18,3380.72%
10Schleicher CountyTexas17,7480.70%
11Mills CountyTexas17,0050.67%
12Gillespie CountyTexas16,3050.64%
13Terrell CountyTexas16,1990.64%
14Kendall CountyTexas14,2120.56%
15Erath CountyTexas13,0350.52%
16Johnson CountyIowa11,7260.46%
17Merced CountyCalifornia10,7690.43%
18Menard CountyTexas10,4880.41%
19Kings CountyCalifornia10,2270.40%
20Navajo CountyArizona10,0940.40%
21Sacramento CountyCalifornia9,9800.39%
22Concho CountyTexas9,9420.39%
23Bell CountyTexas9,6430.38%
24Kerr CountyTexas8,8000.35%
25Pecos CountyTexas8,7570.35%

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Leading states

StateHeadShare of USSince 2017
Texas752,44729.7%−10.2%
California126,8635.0%−4.9%
Wisconsin108,2374.3%+7.8%
Oklahoma97,6303.9%+0.9%
Iowa86,8533.4%+6.7%
Missouri74,1392.9%−3.5%
Tennessee70,4992.8%−28.0%
Ohio67,0542.7%+12.5%
Kentucky58,6942.3%−1.9%
Pennsylvania57,0522.3%+8.4%
Kansas55,5152.2%+13.4%
Georgia54,7202.2%−22.0%
Florida53,7952.1%−12.0%
Minnesota50,6912.0%+39.6%
Indiana48,3011.9%+17.3%

Source: USDA NASS, 2022 and 2017 Census of Agriculture. How to read these pages.