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 
663 
19,265 
532 
11,005 
493 
93,178 
50 
406 
13,634 
2,484 
Farms with inventory of- 
1 to 24 
503 
(D) 
384 
2,678 
380 
25,546 
7 
255 
(D) 
(D) 
25 to 99 
128 
6,082 
117 
3,838 
86 
28,133 
12 
119 
3,877 
636 
100 to 299 
25 
3,806 
24 
2,439 
21 
(D) 
(D) 
25 
2,711 
544 
300 to 999 
6 
2,535 
6 
(D) 
5 
13,680 
5 
6 
2,425 
413 
1,000 to 2,499 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
2,500 to 4,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5,000 or more 
" 
" 
" 
- 
" 
" 
" 
- 
No sheep and lambs as of 
Dec. 31, 2012 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
25 
5,198 
- 
25 
452 
55 
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 
532 
17,923 
532 
11,005 
390 
88,410 
49 
355 
13,116 
2,395 
Farms with inventory of- 
1 to 24 
432 
(D) 
432 
3,429 
319 
30,365 
10 
259 
2,783 
455 
25 to 99 
82 
5,782 
82 
3,976 
55 
27,130 
10 
78 
4,564 
778 
100 to 199 
11 
1,984 
11 
1,375 
10 
8,136 
2 
11 
1,410 
263 
200 to 499 
5 
1,625 
5 
(D) 
4 
(D) 
(D) 
5 
(D) 
(D) 
500 to 999 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
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 
131 
1,342 
(X) 
(X) 
128 
9,966 
1 
76 
970 
143 
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 
903 
10,745 
1,163 
16,889 
400 
5,134 
723 
470 
7,216 
Angora goats and kids 
59 
446 
61 
346 
14 
93 
9 
11 
59 
Milk goats and kids 
234 
2,592 
277 
3,034 
111 
1,029 
176 
103 
985 
Meat goats and other goats and kids 
687 
7,707 
976 
13,509 
297 
4,012 
539 
384 
6,172 
Mohair clipped 1 
pounds 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
15 
1,288 
(D) 
25 
1,708 
1 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 
3,257 
28,662 
(X) 
Owned horses and ponies (see text) 
638 
2,244 
13,160 
Farms with- 
Farms by number sold- 
1 to 24 
3,064 
19,675 
(X) 
1 to 24 
632 
1,736 
(D) 
25 to 49 
144 
4,749 
(X) 
25 to 49 
5 
(D) 
107 
50 to 99 
46 
(D) 
(X) 
50 to 99 
- 
- 
100 or more 
3 
(D) 
(X) 
100 or more 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
Owned horses and ponies (see text) 
3,087 
21,072 
(X) 
Total mules, burros, and donkeys 
38 
84 
27 
Farms with- 
Farms by number sold- 
1 to 24 
3,008 
17,004 
(X) 
1 to 24 
38 
84 
27 
25 to 49 
62 
2,013 
(X) 
25 to 49 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
16 
(D) 
(X) 
50 or more 
- 
- 
- 
100 or more 
1 
(D) 
(X) 
Total mules, burros, and donkeys 
525 
1,180 
(X) 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
524 
(D) 
(X) 
25 to 49 
1 
(D) 
(X) 
50 or more 
" 
- 
(X) 
24 Maryland 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
