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 
1,743 
54,612 
1,351 
29,682 
421 
86,406 
28 
1,029 
29,132 
4,365 
Farms with inventory of- 
1 to 24 
1,117 
10,423 
782 
5,375 
253 
(D) 
3 
484 
4,279 
574 
25 to 99 
498 
22,836 
443 
12,531 
129 
34,041 
13 
418 
12,502 
1,759 
100 to 299 
118 
17,684 
116 
9,841 
37 
25,955 
(D) 
117 
10,783 
1,756 
300 to 999 
10 
3,669 
10 
1,935 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
10 
1,568 
276 
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) 
28 
4,621 
(Z) 
66 
2,432 
298 
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 
1,351 
49,634 
1,351 
29,682 
293 
71,016 
27 
891 
27,507 
4,140 
Farms with inventory of- 
1 to 24 
1,008 
16,290 
1,008 
8,833 
198 
21,971 
(D) 
574 
7,321 
983 
25 to 99 
293 
22,389 
293 
13,914 
78 
31,764 
12 
268 
15,011 
2,292 
100 to 199 
43 
8,547 
43 
5,137 
13 
11,416 
7 
43 
3,955 
665 
200 to 499 
7 
2,408 
7 
1,798 
4 
5,865 
(D) 
6 
1,220 
199 
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 
392 
4,978 
(X) 
(X) 
156 
20,011 
2 
204 
4,057 
523 
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 
3,797 
64,118 
5,298 
98,166 
1,990 
30,221 
3,201 
2,599 
55,812 
Angora goats and kids 
143 
987 
129 
810 
37 
288 
25 
31 
284 
Milk goats and kids 
822 
6,807 
747 
6,129 
365 
2,599 
379 
248 
2,316 
Meat goats and other goats and kids 
3,092 
56,324 
4,808 
91,227 
1,672 
27,334 
2,797 
2,421 
53,212 
Mohair clipped 1 
pounds 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
17 
1,108 
9 
41 
4,008 
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 
19,012 
141,842 
(X) 
Owned horses and ponies (see text) 
4,256 
17,369 
178,341 
Farms with- 
Farms by number sold- 
1 to 24 
18,211 
97,333 
(X) 
1 to 24 
4,184 
12,893 
75,656 
25 to 49 
525 
17,338 
(X) 
25 to 49 
38 
1,246 
24,013 
50 to 99 
203 
13,536 
(X) 
50 to 99 
22 
1,436 
46,939 
100 or more 
73 
13,635 
(X) 
100 or more 
12 
1,794 
31,733 
Owned horses and ponies (see text) 
18,329 
118,288 
(X) 
Total mules, burros, and donkeys 
524 
1,615 
597 
Farms with- 
Farms by number sold- 
1 to 24 
17,800 
91,447 
(X) 
1 to 24 
520 
1,475 
538 
25 to 49 
388 
12,446 
(X) 
25 to 49 
3 
(D) 
(D) 
50 to 99 
96 
6,454 
(X) 
50 or more 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
100 or more 
45 
7,941 
(X) 
Total mules, burros, and donkeys 
4,343 
12,641 
(X) 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
4,325 
11,836 
(X) 
25 to 49 
9 
250 
(X) 
50 or more 
9 
555 
(X) 
24 Kentucky 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
