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 
69 
1,040 
43 
611 
20 
2,516 
1 
39 
548 
91 
Farms with inventory of- 
1 to 24 
54 
408 
28 
207 
8 
274 
(D) 
24 
137 
18 
25 to 99 
15 
632 
15 
404 
12 
2,242 
(D) 
15 
411 
73 
1 00 to 299 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
300 to 999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
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) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
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 
43 
928 
43 
611 
15 
2,336 
1 
30 
(D) 
89 
Farms with inventory of- 
1 to 24 
36 
580 
36 
357 
8 
695 
(D) 
23 
(D) 
35 
25 to 99 
7 
348 
7 
254 
7 
1,641 
(D) 
7 
311 
54 
100 to 199 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
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 
26 
112 
(X) 
(X) 
5 
180 
- 
9 
(D) 
(D) 
Table 30. Goats, Kids, and Mohair - Inventory, Mohair Production, and Sales: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Inventory 
Sales 
Item 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Number 
Goats, all 
154 
2,008 
232 
3,530 
62 
872 
125 
98 
1,528 
Angora goats and kids 
3 
21 
6 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
2 
(D) 
Milk goats and kids 
24 
382 
51 
(D) 
15 
197 
36 
23 
(D) 
Meat goats and other goats and kids 
136 
1,605 
187 
2,876 
52 
675 
90 
77 
1,303 
Mohair clipped' 
pounds 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
- 
- 
- 
3 
(D) 
' 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 
709 
6,157 
(X) 
Owned horses and ponies (see text) 
284 
685 
4,779 
Farms with- 
Farms by number sold- 
1 to 24 
671 
4,375 
(X) 
1 to 24 
282 
(D) 
(D) 
25 to 49 
25 
839 
(X) 
25 to 49 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
50 to 99 
11 
(D) 
(X) 
50 to 99 
- 
1 00 or more 
2 
(D) 
(X) 
1 00 or more 
- 
- 
- 
Owned horses and ponies (see text) 
699 
4,647 
(X) 
Total mules, burros, and donkeys 
6 
(D) 
3 
Farms with- 
Farms by number sold- 
1 to 24 
678 
3,933 
(X) 
1 to 24 
6 
(D) 
3 
25 to 49 
19 
(D) 
(X) 
25 to 49 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
1 
(D) 
(X) 
50 or more 
- 
- 
- 
100 or more 
1 
(D) 
(X) 
Total mules, burros, and donkeys 
66 
104 
(X) 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
66 
104 
(X) 
25 to 49 
- 
- 
(X) 
50 or more 
- 
- 
(X) 
24 Delaware 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
