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 
1,751 
54,675 
1,457 
35,401 
1,319 
313,613 
187 
1,140 
39,082 
6,791 
Farms with inventory of- 
1 to 24 
1,114 
(D) 
871 
6,830 
838 
76,396 
40 
597 
(D) 
(D) 
25 to 99 
545 
23,637 
496 
15,201 
404 
122,424 
78 
451 
14,731 
2,444 
1 00 to 299 
76 
12,201 
74 
7,865 
64 
63,225 
40 
76 
7,664 
1,413 
300 to 999 
14 
5,901 
14 
(D) 
11 
(D) 
29 
14 
6,761 
1,177 
1 ,000 to 2,499 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
- 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
2,500 to 4,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
No sheep and lambs as of 
Dec. 31, 2012 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
76 
15,391 
1 
77 
1,270 
226 
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 
1,457 
50,635 
1,457 
35,401 
1,086 
288,708 
180 
1,013 
37,176 
6,472 
Farms with inventory of- 
1 to 24 
1,052 
15,228 
1,052 
9,954 
773 
91,562 
56 
655 
8,355 
1,289 
25 to 99 
355 
21,571 
355 
14,875 
270 
112,312 
72 
308 
14,474 
2,618 
100 to 199 
28 
4,804 
28 
3,512 
24 
28,840 
(D) 
28 
3,662 
516 
200 to 499 
19 
6,277 
19 
5,055 
16 
27,794 
25 
19 
5,585 
1,004 
500 to 999 
3 
2,755 
3 
2,005 
3 
28,200 
(D) 
3 
5,100 
1,046 
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 
294 
4,040 
(X) 
(X) 
309 
40,296 
8 
204 
3,176 
544 
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 
2,193 
31,546 
2,461 
33,676 
1,152 
14,970 
1,988 
1,056 
18,752 
Angora goats and kids 
84 
790 
48 
230 
30 
353 
46 
3 
12 
Milk goats and kids 
593 
7,367 
616 
5,313 
274 
3,599 
576 
206 
1,643 
Meat goats and other goats and kids 
1,698 
23,389 
2,030 
28,133 
913 
11,018 
1,366 
898 
17,097 
Mohair clipped' 
pounds 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
17 
960 
(D) 
23 
1,022 
' 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 
8,436 
62,714 
(X) 
Owned horses and ponies (see text) 
2,002 
7,615 
24,558 
Farms with- 
Farms by number sold- 
1 to 24 
7,992 
43,525 
(X) 
1 to 24 
1,968 
5,695 
20,240 
25 to 49 
335 
10,587 
(X) 
25 to 49 
16 
565 
736 
50 to 99 
86 
5,700 
(X) 
50 to 99 
18 
1,355 
3,582 
1 00 or more 
23 
2,902 
(X) 
1 00 or more 
- 
- 
- 
Owned horses and ponies (see text) 
8,155 
51,724 
(X) 
Total mules, burros, and donkeys 
143 
305 
79 
Farms with- 
Farms by number sold- 
1 to 24 
7,898 
40,723 
(X) 
1 to 24 
143 
305 
79 
25 to 49 
198 
6,204 
(X) 
25 to 49 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
43 
2,645 
(X) 
50 or more 
- 
- 
- 
100 or more 
16 
2,152 
(X) 
Total mules, burros, and donkeys 
1,319 
3,786 
(X) 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
1,309 
3,396 
(X) 
25 to 49 
9 
(D) 
(X) 
50 or more 
1 
(D) 
(X) 
24 Illinois 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
