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 
1,311 
29,224 
923 
15,633 
450 
50,340 
15 
691 
13,594 
1,869 
Farms with inventory of- 
1 to 24 
956 
8,156 
624 
(D) 
342 
21,401 
5 
397 
(D) 
(D) 
25 to 99 
303 
13,047 
249 
7,230 
96 
19,730 
6 
242 
5,971 
733 
100 to 299 
51 
(D) 
49 
4,301 
12 
9,209 
4 
51 
3,776 
555 
300 to 999 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
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) 
33 
5,831 
2 
61 
929 
114 
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 
923 
24,474 
923 
15,633 
303 
39,201 
14 
546 
10,868 
1,463 
Farms with inventory of- 
1 to 24 
730 
9,298 
730 
5,534 
254 
(D) 
6 
367 
3,285 
413 
25 to 99 
172 
1 1 ,229 
172 
7,472 
48 
17,674 
8 
158 
5,561 
771 
100 to 199 
20 
(D) 
20 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
- 
20 
(D) 
(D) 
200 to 499 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
- 
- 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
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 
388 
4,750 
(X) 
(X) 
180 
16,970 
3 
206 
3,655 
520 
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 
4,387 
66,367 
5,589 
98,356 
2,346 
30,589 
3,609 
2,742 
44,264 
Angora goats and kids 
195 
1,774 
174 
1,418 
50 
394 
34 
32 
516 
Milk goats and kids 
803 
9,895 
786 
9,379 
378 
4,379 
635 
268 
2,596 
Meat goats and other goats and kids 
3,659 
54,698 
5,037 
87,559 
1,987 
25,816 
2,940 
2,517 
41,152 
Mohair clipped 1 
pounds 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
60 
5,072 
12 
109 
10,928 
' 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 
10,261 
66,870 
(X) 
Owned horses and ponies (see text) 
1,955 
7,037 
23,123 
Farms with- 
Farms by number sold- 
1 to 24 
9,912 
53,409 
(X) 
1 to 24 
1,913 
4,998 
19,953 
25 to 49 
285 
8,971 
(X) 
25 to 49 
30 
956 
2,316 
50 to 99 
60 
3,975 
(X) 
50 to 99 
8 
509 
404 
100 or more 
4 
515 
(X) 
100 or more 
4 
574 
450 
Owned horses and ponies (see text) 
9,785 
55,143 
(X) 
Total mules, burros, and donkeys 
417 
1,437 
425 
Farms with- 
Farms by number sold- 
1 to 24 
9,603 
47,785 
(X) 
1 to 24 
411 
1,107 
362 
25 to 49 
146 
4,582 
(X) 
25 to 49 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
34 
(D) 
(X) 
50 or more 
6 
330 
63 
100 or more 
2 
(D) 
(X) 
Total mules, burros, and donkeys 
3,029 
9,083 
(X) 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
3,012 
8,375 
(X) 
25 to 49 
11 
348 
(X) 
50 or more 
6 
360 
(X) 
24 North Carolina 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
