Table 6. Averages of Official DHI Goat Herds, 2003
By State

  Records Milk Fat Protein
State Herds Doe-years Doe-years per herd (lb) (%) (lb) (%) (lb) % Reporting
Alabama 2 18 9 2,093 3.52 74 2.94 61 100
Alaska . . . . . . . . .
Arizona 5 40 8 1,989 3.91 78 3.15 63 100
Arkansas 8 133 17 1,627 3.79 62 3.00 50 89
California 37 1,462 40 1,986 3.44 68 2.99 60 99
Colorado 10 212 21 1,903 3.70 70 3.10 59 100
Connecticut 6 42 7 1,784 3.50 62 2.88 51 100
Delaware . . . . . . . . .
Florida 7 60 9 1,095 3.84 42 3.16 35 100
Georgia 2 17 9 1,590 3.80 60 2.99 48 100
Hawaii . . . . . . . . .
Idaho 7 131 19 1,792 3.80 68 2.93 52 100
Illinois 3 132 44 2,054 3.78 78 2.98 61 100
Indiana 10 273 28 1,574 3.78 60 2.93 46 100
Iowa 5 542 109 1,989 3.63 72 2.95 59 100
Kansas 11 115 11 1,712 4.28 73 3.51 59 93
Kentucky 2 19 10 1,732 4.07 71 3.70 64 100
Louisiana . . . . . . . . .
Maine 8 92 12 1,802 3.63 65 3.09 56 100
Maryland 14 282 20 1,651 3.89 64 3.06 52 94
Massachusetts 6 81 14 1,886 3.98 75 3.01 57 100
Michigan 14 112 8 1,661 4.10 68 3.26 54 91
Minnesota 17 892 53 1,875 3.58 67 3.12 58 98
Mississippi 2 43 22 842 4.49 38 3.11 26 100
Missouri 7 57 8 1,797 3.68 66 3.17 56 89
Montana 2 32 16 1,252 3.43 43 3.35 42 100
Nebraska 1 9 9 1,126 3.55 40 3.46 39 100
Nevada . . . . . . . . .
New Hampshire 5 94 19 1,279 4.00 51 3.13 40 100
New Jersey 6 51 9 1,632 4.09 67 2.95 48 100
New Mexico 3 94 32 1,333 3.16 42 2.70 36 87
New York 25 794 32 2,156 3.59 77 2.96 64 100
North Carolina 3 40 13 1,721 3.74 64 2.91 50 100
North Dakota . . . . . . . . .
Ohio 11 531 49 1,645 3.54 58 2.96 49 99
Oklahoma 4 85 21 1,226 4.44 54 3.75 46 100
Oregon 44 660 15 1,696 3.78 64 3.08 53 95
Pennsylvania 20 625 32 1,532 3.90 60 3.10 48 100
Puerto Rico . . . . . . . . .
Rhode Island 3 10 3 2,299 3.57 82 2.87 83 63
South Carolina 2 13 7 1,585 2.98 47 2.71 43 100
South Dakota 1 9 9 1,387 4.18 58 3.24 45 100
Tennessee 1 10 10 872 3.56 31 3.21 28 100
Texas 10 150 15 1,380 3.93 54 3.34 44 71
Utah 5 152 31 2,045 4.05 83 3.08 63 100
Vermont 5 386 78 1,630 3.93 64 2.99 49 29
Virgin Islands . . . . . . . . .
Virginia 5 110 22 1,564 4.46 70 3.01 60 57
Washington 7 71 10 1,975 4.29 85 3.17 63 100
West Virginia 4 49 12 1,842 3.50 64 2.81 52 100
Wisconsin 29 1,551 54 1,901 3.72 71 3.01 57 100
Wyoming 9 84 9 1,448 3.53 51 3.24 50 81
United States 385 10,362 27 1,807 3.70 67 3.03 55 95 

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