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 
122 
1,823 
111 
1,188 
100 
(D) 
4 
67 
(D) 
174 
Farms with inventory of- 
1 to 24 
103 
911 
92 
(D) 
85 
(D) 
(D) 
49 
(D) 
(D) 
25 to 99 
17 
(D) 
17 
449 
14 
3,215 
2 
16 
383 
72 
1 00 to 299 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
300 to 999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
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) 
1 
(D) 
- 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
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 
111 
1,750 
111 
1,188 
89 
7,361 
4 
60 
779 
167 
Farms with inventory of- 
1 to 24 
101 
1,102 
101 
734 
80 
4,658 
(D) 
51 
361 
60 
25 to 99 
10 
648 
10 
454 
9 
2,703 
(D) 
9 
418 
108 
100 to 199 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
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 
11 
73 
(X) 
(X) 
12 
338 
- 
9 
73 
9 
Table 30. Goats, Kids, and Mohair - Inventory, Mohair Production, and Sales: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Inventory 
Sales 
Item 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Number 
Goats, all 
117 
886 
96 
700 
45 
354 
55 
29 
305 
Angora goats and kids 
2 
(D) 
3 
3 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Milk goats and kids 
73 
530 
38 
340 
32 
(D) 
37 
16 
157 
Meat goats and other goats and kids 
60 
(D) 
62 
357 
16 
96 
(D) 
16 
148 
Mohair clipped' 
pounds 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
2 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
' 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 
285 
2,417 
(X) 
Owned horses and ponies (see text) 
64 
204 
382 
Farms with- 
Farms by number sold- 
1 to 24 
266 
1,699 
(X) 
1 to 24 
64 
204 
382 
25 to 49 
15 
(D) 
(X) 
25 to 49 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
4 
(D) 
(X) 
50 to 99 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 or more 
- 
- 
(X) 
1 00 or more 
- 
- 
- 
Owned horses and ponies (see text) 
272 
1,756 
(X) 
Total mules, burros, and donkeys 
- 
- 
- 
Farms with- 
Farms by number sold- 
1 to 24 
264 
1,400 
(X) 
1 to 24 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 49 
4 
(D) 
(X) 
25 to 49 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
4 
(D) 
(X) 
50 or more 
- 
- 
- 
100 or more 
- 
(X) 
Total mules, burros, and donkeys 
44 
101 
(X) 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
44 
101 
(X) 
25 to 49 
- 
- 
(X) 
50 or more 
- 
- 
(X) 
24 Rhode Island 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
