Table 13. Sheep and Lambs - Inventory, Wool Production, and Sales: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
California 
Alameda 
Alpine 
Amador 
Butte 
Calaveras 
Colusa 
Sheep and lambs inventory .. 
farms, 2012 
4,224 
50 
- 
34 
135 
65 
29 
2007 
4,063 
38 
- 
38 
121 
59 
19 
number, 2012 
668,517 
1,199 
- 
656 
3,923 
1,572 
1,890 
2007 
596,163 
1,337 
- 
1,466 
5,074 
2,196 
5,767 
2012 farms by inventory: 
1 to 24 
farms 
2,932 
40 
- 
23 
100 
43 
10 
number 
25,398 
390 
- 
220 
752 
249 
136 
25 to 99 
farms 
889 
7 
- 
11 
24 
19 
11 
number 
40,489 
447 
- 
436 
1,031 
855 
592 
100 to 299 
farms 
253 
3 
- 
- 
7 
3 
8 
number 
39,733 
362 
- 
- 
940 
468 
1,162 
300 to 999 
farms 
63 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
- 
number 
32,549 
- 
- 
- 
1,200 
- 
- 
1 ,000 or more 
farms 
87 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
530,348 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Ewes 1 year old or older ... 
farms, 2012 
3,222 
38 
_ 
24 
102 
39 
25 
2007 
3,413 
24 
- 
37 
98 
51 
19 
number, 2012 
306,987 
752 
- 
416 
2,298 
807 
1,410 
2007 
286,544 
708 
790 
2,935 
1,199 
4,065 
Wool production 
farms, 2012 
3,362 
36 
- 
30 
96 
44 
19 
2007 
1,841 
17 
- 
25 
50 
28 
15 
pounds, 2012 
3,500,611 
6,257 
- 
2,657 
16,980 
6,536 
10,054 
2007 
2,992,710 
5,275 
- 
6,270 
12,349 
7,527 
29,768 
$1,000, 2012 
2,724 
5 
- 
1 
3 
4 
9 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms, 2012 
2,593 
29 
- 
30 
64 
47 
24 
2007 
2,466 
33 
- 
32 
84 
42 
16 
number, 2012 
440,092 
723 
- 
607 
2,062 
1,098 
828 
2007 
380,852 
879 
- 
644 
2,887 
809 
3,841 
$1,000, 2012 
84,816 
103 
- 
89 
387 
230 
191 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Item 
Contra Costa 
Del Norte 
El Dorado 
Fresno 
Glenn 
Humboldt 
Imperial 
Sheep and lambs inventory .. 
farms, 2012 
48 
15 
143 
186 
60 
92 
8 
2007 
42 
10 
128 
167 
60 
84 
7 
number, 2012 
571 
223 
1,257 
67,212 
3,219 
4,281 
56,723 
2007 
909 
126 
1,341 
57,953 
3,582 
3,370 
88,890 
2012 farms by inventory: 
1 to 24 
farms 
45 
13 
140 
141 
27 
50 
5 
number 
426 
(D) 
1,171 
1,202 
188 
281 
23 
25 to 99 
farms 
3 
2 
3 
31 
19 
33 
- 
number 
145 
(D) 
86 
(D) 
929 
1,310 
- 
1 00 to 299 
farms 
- 
- 
1 
14 
5 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
2,102 
930 
- 
300 to 999 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
4 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
1,760 
- 
1 ,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
12 
- 
- 
3 
number 
- 
- 
- 
64,312 
- 
56,700 
Ewes 1 year old or older ... 
farms, 2012 
35 
14 
108 
135 
51 
70 
5 
2007 
34 
10 
92 
145 
55 
71 
5 
number, 2012 
360 
109 
607 
26,145 
1,919 
2,195 
10 
2007 
564 
82 
741 
26,950 
2,269 
1,976 
19,607 
Wool production 
farms, 2012 
44 
6 
118 
146 
52 
88 
8 
2007 
15 
6 
32 
61 
32 
49 
5 
pounds, 2012 
2,516 
(D) 
4,868 
281,026 
23,177 
24,209 
255,431 
2007 
4,109 
370 
3,946 
250,143 
13,104 
17,068 
357,822 
$1,000, 2012 
2 
(D) 
(Z) 
79 
8 
6 
317 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms, 2012 
18 
7 
52 
115 
42 
70 
11 
2007 
17 
8 
60 
117 
33 
59 
5 
number, 2012 
136 
39 
264 
33,176 
1,435 
3,499 
78,072 
2007 
391 
78 
612 
24,478 
2,008 
1,949 
89,995 
$1,000, 2012 
20 
7 
41 
6,641 
167 
653 
18,502 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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