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Which state leads in sheep? 🐑

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

Tapping assigns 1→4 in order

I bet… Wyoming — cowboy and sheep country!
2Answer
The real order is…
    Texas has about 1.3× as many as #2 California!
    📚 Background Texas again! Cattle, goats, and sheep too — Texas leads them all. Its huge dry rangelands have room for every kind of grazing animal, with California and Colorado next in line. (USDA NASS Quick Stats)
    I bet… Wyoming — cowboy and sheep country!
    3Compare
    Sheep & lambs (head, by state, Jan 1, 2025)
    🇺🇸 United States (national)5,025,000 head
    Texas #1 670,000 head
    Most: Texas (670,000 head); least of this top group: Montana (183,000 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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    : 2025 (Jan 1)
    USDA NASS Quick Stats: SHEEP, INCL LAMBS - INVENTORY, 2025, by state (2026-07-12) — Published estimates only. States with unpublished (suppressed) values are omitted.
    ↳ In Quick Stats, pick SHEEP, INCL LAMBS / INVENTORY, year 2025 (first of Jan), and compare states.