Table 17. Meat 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 
100,910 
2,053,228 
51,972 
1,034,535 
120,635 
2007 
123,278 
2,601,669 
54,280 
1 ,234,784 
(NA) 
States, 201 2 
Alabama 
2,469 
46,671 
1,596 
21,512 
2,233 
Alaska 
35 
(D) 
13 
105 
(D) 
Arizona 
2,387 
29,331 
368 
6,250 
658 
Arkansas 
2,083 
36,531 
1,094 
17,262 
1,886 
California 
3,330 
93,571 
1,611 
45,610 
5,279 
Colorado 
1,591 
23,968 
820 
16,417 
1,868 
Connecticut 
417 
2,233 
116 
1,823 
198 
Delaware 
136 
1,605 
52 
675 
90 
Florida 
3,022 
41,540 
1,390 
17,857 
2,084 
Georgia 
2,951 
65,508 
1,732 
27,861 
2,952 
Flawaii 
336 
1 1 ,905 
156 
2,534 
388 
Idaho 
859 
12,968 
435 
9,323 
1,009 
Illinois 
1,698 
23,389 
913 
11,018 
1,366 
Indiana 
2,026 
27,295 
1,127 
13,461 
1,880 
Iowa 
1,383 
24,953 
849 
21,964 
2,366 
Kansas 
1,653 
36,905 
1,095 
22,737 
2,571 
Kentucky 
3,092 
56,324 
1,672 
27,334 
2,797 
Louisiana 
1,225 
16,551 
569 
5,041 
563 
Maine 
305 
2,143 
77 
926 
120 
Maryland 
687 
7,707 
297 
4,012 
539 
Massachusetts 
462 
5,199 
188 
2,780 
367 
Michigan 
1,669 
14,301 
581 
6,890 
841 
Minnesota 
1,121 
20,801 
598 
11,966 
1,450 
Mississippi 
1,329 
21,652 
661 
9,298 
986 
Missouri 
3,161 
89,138 
1,841 
49,187 
5,463 
Montana 
435 
7,274 
133 
5,450 
743 
Nebraska 
1,247 
21,321 
761 
16,219 
1,645 
Nevada 
406 
8,497 
218 
3,620 
366 
New Flampshire 
292 
1,981 
111 
1,260 
191 
New Jersey 
581 
6,206 
329 
3,044 
334 
New Mexico 
1,629 
19,062 
399 
8,334 
924 
New York 
1,535 
20,739 
693 
10,807 
1,300 
North Carolina 
3,659 
54,698 
1,987 
25,816 
2,940 
North Dakota 
227 
3,391 
90 
2,391 
267 
Ohio 
3,401 
39,881 
1,760 
20,934 
2,634 
Oklahoma 
4,020 
79,198 
2,255 
40,410 
4,913 
Oregon 
1,672 
23,050 
774 
16,529 
1,859 
Pennsylvania 
2,989 
33,278 
1,411 
17,514 
2,169 
Rhode Island 
60 
(D) 
16 
96 
(D) 
South Carolina 
2,447 
33,627 
1,096 
11,606 
1,210 
South Dakota 
514 
12,658 
262 
6,627 
715 
Tennessee 
4,514 
87,556 
2,588 
44,086 
4,774 
Texas 
23,107 
777,582 
13,500 
384,081 
45,883 
Utah 
812 
9,479 
337 
3,925 
447 
Vermont 
198 
1,641 
58 
559 
73 
Virginia 
2,742 
43,181 
1,340 
25,308 
3,327 
Washington 
1,792 
17,028 
665 
9,238 
1,104 
West Virginia 
1,276 
15,870 
629 
6,823 
804 
Wisconsin 
1,518 
15,814 
504 
11,637 
1,599 
Wyoming 
410 
7,354 
205 
4,378 
426 
374 United States 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
