Table 28. Sheep and Lambs - Inventory, Wool Production, and Sales by Size of Flock: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
Wool production 
Sheep and lambs sold 
Total 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Pounds 
Value 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Total 
712 
21,114 
510 
11,913 
102 
12,905 
3 
374 
9,198 
1,365 
Farms with inventory of- 
1 to 24 
479 
4,616 
316 
2,190 
76 
5,770 
1 
183 
1,739 
240 
25 to 99 
183 
7,711 
147 
3,937 
21 
5,049 
2 
141 
3,865 
622 
1 00 to 299 
43 
6,556 
40 
4,261 
4 
(D) 
(Z) 
43 
2,704 
363 
300 to 999 
7 
2,231 
7 
1,525 
1 
(D) 
7 
890 
141 
1 ,000 to 2,499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,500 to 4,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
No sheep and lambs as of 
Dec. 31, 2012 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
16 
546 
1 
9,681 
1,034 
Table 29. Ewes 1 Year Old or Older - Inventory, Wool Production, and Sales by Size of Ewe Flock: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Ewes 1 year old or older inventory 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
Wool production 
Sheep and lambs sold 
Total 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Pounds 
Value 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Total 
510 
17,970 
510 
11,913 
54 
8,123 
3 
307 
8,119 
1,175 
Farms with inventory of- 
1 to 24 
387 
5,750 
387 
3,345 
41 
(D) 
1 
202 
2,717 
405 
25 to 99 
94 
6,011 
94 
3,892 
12 
2,915 
2 
76 
3,219 
446 
100 to 199 
22 
3,978 
22 
3,151 
- 
- 
- 
22 
1,293 
183 
200 to 499 
7 
2,231 
7 
1,525 
1 
(D) 
- 
7 
890 
141 
500 to 999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 to 2,499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,500 to 4,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
No ewes 1 year old or older as of 
Dec. 31, 2012 
202 
3,144 
(X) 
(X) 
64 
5,328 
2 
115 
10,760 
1,224 
Table 30. Goats, Kids, and Mohair - Inventory, Mohair Production, and Sales: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Inventory 
Sales 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Number 
Goats, all 
2,832 
52,749 
4,120 
80,436 
1,807 
23,855 
2,595 
33,952 
Angora goats and kids 
152 
1,567 
57 
262 
71 
487 
38 
45 
Milk goats and kids 
359 
4,511 
444 
4,032 
198 
1,856 
325 
1,236 
Meat goats and other goats and kids 
2,469 
46,671 
3,810 
76,142 
1,596 
21,512 
2,233 
32,671 
Mohair clipped' 
pounds 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
12 
1,513 
(D) 
■B 
929 
' 2007 data for pounds sold are for farms with production, not necessarily sold. 
Table 31. Equine - Inventory and Sales: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Equine 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Equine 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1 ,000) 
INVENTORY 
SALES 
Total horses and ponies 
9,932 
63,707 
(X) 
Owned horses and ponies (see text) 
1,954 
7,257 
13,128 
Farms with- 
Farms by number sold- 
1 to 24 
9,636 
51,066 
(X) 
1 to 24 
1,937 
5,435 
1 1 ,362 
25 to 49 
231 
7,457 
(X) 
25 to 49 
13 
472 
535 
50 to 99 
49 
3,141 
(X) 
50 to 99 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 or more 
16 
2,043 
(X) 
1 00 or more 
4 
1,350 
1,230 
Owned horses and ponies (see text) 
9,542 
58,319 
(X) 
Total mules, burros, and donkeys 
290 
822 
275 
Farms with- 
Farms by number sold- 
1 to 24 
9,296 
47,803 
(X) 
1 to 24 
287 
717 
233 
25 to 49 
189 
5,970 
(X) 
25 to 49 
3 
105 
42 
50 to 99 
43 
2,723 
(X) 
50 or more 
- 
- 
- 
100 or more 
14 
1,823 
(X) 
Total mules, burros, and donkeys 
3,341 
11,401 
(X) 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
3,320 
10,682 
(X) 
25 to 49 
18 
527 
(X) 
50 or more 
3 
192 
(X) 
24 Alabama 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
