Table 15. Milk Goats - Inventory and Sales: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
Inventory 
Sales 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
United States Total 
United States 2012 
29,570 
413,540 
13,282 
173,861 
27,517 
2007 
27,481 
334,754 
9,095 
102,775 
(NA) 
States, 201 2 
Alabama 
359 
4,511 
198 
1,856 
325 
Alaska 
34 
230 
18 
(D) 
(D) 
Arizona 
642 
5,797 
178 
2,213 
462 
Arkansas 
567 
4,664 
255 
1,770 
255 
California 
1,416 
43,252 
643 
14,134 
2,571 
Colorado 
756 
9,723 
370 
3,793 
577 
Connecticut 
182 
1,933 
71 
1,067 
166 
Delaware 
24 
382 
15 
197 
36 
Florida 
852 
9,208 
364 
3,170 
445 
Georgia 
396 
4,557 
197 
1,750 
306 
Flawaii 
79 
991 
30 
(D) 
(D) 
Idaho 
435 
4,876 
192 
2,002 
291 
Illinois 
593 
7,367 
274 
3,599 
576 
Indiana 
1,123 
10,946 
568 
5,157 
826 
Iowa 
639 
30,546 
402 
14,254 
1,988 
Kansas 
518 
4,921 
241 
1,916 
295 
Kentucky 
822 
6,807 
365 
2,599 
379 
Louisiana 
234 
2,015 
91 
515 
77 
Maine 
336 
4,176 
156 
1,637 
287 
Maryland 
234 
2,592 
111 
1,029 
176 
Massachusetts 
343 
3,094 
140 
1,512 
209 
Michigan 
1,194 
1 1 ,884 
516 
4,952 
750 
Minnesota 
575 
1 1 ,899 
314 
4,710 
802 
Mississippi 
234 
1,932 
96 
697 
116 
Missouri 
1,083 
12,979 
516 
6,265 
1,004 
Montana 
311 
2,493 
117 
1,106 
174 
Nebraska 
361 
4,100 
182 
2,023 
283 
Nevada 
143 
12,788 
62 
4,990 
422 
New Flampshire 
249 
2,522 
119 
1,207 
159 
New Jersey 
182 
1,745 
80 
1,181 
224 
New Mexico 
377 
3,051 
103 
1,152 
200 
New York 
1,091 
14,727 
474 
10,282 
1,906 
North Carolina 
803 
9,895 
378 
4,379 
635 
North Dakota 
154 
1,272 
74 
553 
94 
Ohio 
1,341 
10,674 
600 
4,919 
743 
Oklahoma 
929 
9,122 
417 
4,222 
675 
Oregon 
842 
9,073 
427 
3,845 
679 
Pennsylvania 
1,288 
15,215 
536 
6,695 
701 
Rhode Island 
73 
530 
32 
(D) 
37 
South Carolina 
453 
4,279 
134 
926 
154 
South Dakota 
276 
3,800 
144 
2,257 
314 
Tennessee 
587 
3,992 
239 
2,015 
279 
Texas 
2,591 
27,594 
1,164 
10,715 
1,581 
Utah 
298 
2,463 
138 
1,171 
163 
Vermont 
277 
8,547 
125 
2,642 
460 
Virginia 
708 
6,296 
308 
2,604 
407 
Washington 
934 
9,095 
347 
3,160 
574 
West Virginia 
380 
2,599 
159 
1,024 
150 
Wisconsin 
994 
44,543 
479 
18,271 
3,357 
Wyoming 
258 
1,843 
123 
993 
140 
372 United States 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
