Table 13. Sheep and Lambs - Inventory, Wool Production, and Sales: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Delaware 
Kent 
New Castle 
Sussex 
Sheep and lambs inventory farms, 2012 
69 
41 
13 
15 
2007 
56 
18 
15 
23 
number, 2012 
1,040 
533 
369 
138 
2007 
903 
365 
344 
194 
2012 farms by inventory: 
1 to 24 farms 
54 
34 
5 
15 
number 
408 
243 
27 
138 
25 to 99 farms 
15 
7 
8 
- 
number 
632 
290 
342 
- 
100 to 299 farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
300 to 999 farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,000 or more farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Ewes 1 year old or older farms, 2012 
43 
25 
12 
6 
2007 
48 
18 
10 
20 
number, 2012 
611 
361 
203 
47 
2007 
482 
173 
209 
100 
Wool production farms, 2012 
20 
8 
8 
4 
2007 
23 
10 
8 
5 
pounds, 2012 
2,516 
1,415 
976 
125 
2007 
3,375 
1,319 
1,692 
364 
$1,000, 2012 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sheep and lambs sold farms, 2012 
39 
23 
10 
6 
2007 
29 
13 
9 
7 
number, 2012 
548 
333 
172 
43 
2007 
415 
178 
207 
30 
$1,000, 2012 
91 
50 
36 
5 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Table 14. All Goats - Inventory and Sales: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
Inventory 
Sales 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1 ,000) 
State Total 
Delaware 2012 
154 
2,008 
62 
872 
125 
2007 
232 
3,530 
98 
1,528 
(NA) 
Counties, 2012 
Kent 
60 
826 
29 
439 
67 
New Castle 
33 
273 
8 
98 
9 
Sussex 
61 
909 
25 
335 
49 
Table 15. Milk Goats - Inventory and Sales: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
Inventory 
Sales 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1 ,000) 
State Total 
Delaware 2012 
24 
382 
15 
197 
36 
2007 
51 
(D) 
23 
(D) 
(NA) 
Counties, 2012 
Kent 
12 
97 
6 
54 
10 
New Castle 
1 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Sussex 
11 
(D) 
9 
143 
25 
238 Delaware 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
