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Which state leads in goats? 🐐

1Guess
Which states have the most goats? Tap them most-to-least.

Tapping assigns 1→4 in order

I bet… Wisconsin? Goats love cheese country!
2Answer
The real order is…
    Texas has about 9.1× as many as #2 Oklahoma!
    📚 Background Texas is goat country — about 9× the goats of runner-up Oklahoma. Goats happily munch the dry brush of the Texas Hill Country that cattle won’t touch. (Fun twist: dairy goats’ #1 is Wisconsin — the cheese state strikes again!) (USDA NASS Quick Stats)
    🔍 Explore more: 🐐『Why Texas is goat country』→
    I bet… Wisconsin? Goats love cheese country!
    3Compare
    Goats, meat & other (head, by state, Jan 1, 2025)
    🇺🇸 United States (national)1,975,000 head
    Texas #1 720,000 head
    Most: Texas (720,000 head); least of this top group: Ohio (50,000 head).

    Note: measured in head. Only the top states are shown; ranks can shift between years. Only the top states are shown here — smaller producers (and states USDA doesn't publish) aren't listed.

    Where things grow has a reason!
    4Recap
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    🏅 Texas is the USA's #1!
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    : 2025 (Jan 1)
    USDA NASS Quick Stats: GOATS, MEAT & OTHER - INVENTORY, 2025, by state (2026-07-12) — Published estimates only. States with unpublished (suppressed) values are omitted.
    ↳ In Quick Stats, pick GOATS, MEAT & OTHER / INVENTORY, year 2025 (first of Jan), and compare states.