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 
1,476 
43,836 
1,066 
23,445 
385 
78,416 
22 
871 
22,793 
2,988 
Farms with inventory of- 
1 to 24 
1,011 
9,018 
668 
4,559 
234 
14,632 
3 
456 
3,869 
470 
25 to 99 
378 
17,615 
319 
9,410 
122 
35,749 
10 
328 
9,898 
1,236 
100 to 299 
76 
11,389 
68 
6,745 
25 
23,398 
9 
76 
6,359 
976 
300 to 999 
11 
5,814 
11 
2,731 
4 
4,637 
- 
11 
2,667 
307 
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) 
25 
3,966 
11 
71 
1,595 
183 
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 
1,066 
38,099 
1,066 
23,445 
264 
62,977 
22 
709 
20,384 
2,715 
Farms with inventory of- 
1 to 24 
799 
11,740 
799 
6,674 
195 
21,562 
7 
455 
5,482 
699 
25 to 99 
218 
13,994 
218 
9,403 
50 
20,810 
11 
205 
8,580 
1,125 
100 to 199 
41 
7,801 
41 
4,981 
18 
(D) 
4 
41 
4,379 
674 
200 to 499 
7 
(D) 
7 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
- 
7 
(D) 
(D) 
500 to 999 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
1 
(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 
410 
5,737 
(X) 
(X) 
146 
19,405 
11 
233 
4,004 
457 
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 
4,929 
91,716 
6,828 
130,968 
2,788 
46,168 
5,058 
3,092 
62,053 
Angora goats and kids 
28 
168 
49 
250 
17 
67 
5 
4 
12 
Milk goats and kids 
587 
3,992 
587 
5,751 
239 
2,015 
279 
264 
2,364 
Meat goats and other goats and kids 
4,514 
87,556 
6,549 
124,967 
2,588 
44,086 
4,774 
2,895 
59,677 
Mohair clipped 1 
pounds 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
14 
636 
(D) 
15 
1,144 
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 
16,108 
96,541 
(X) 
Owned horses and ponies (see text) 
3,320 
10,415 
19,987 
Farms with- 
Farms by number sold- 
1 to 24 
15,704 
79,556 
(X) 
1 to 24 
3,284 
8,710 
17,220 
25 to 49 
300 
9,301 
(X) 
25 to 49 
25 
780 
1,921 
50 to 99 
91 
5,971 
(X) 
50 to 99 
9 
(D) 
(D) 
100 or more 
13 
1,713 
(X) 
100 or more 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
Owned horses and ponies (see text) 
15,419 
85,802 
(X) 
Total mules, burros, and donkeys 
679 
1,971 
1,340 
Farms with- 
Farms by number sold- 
1 to 24 
15,137 
74,009 
(X) 
1 to 24 
669 
1,617 
900 
25 to 49 
219 
6,889 
(X) 
25 to 49 
9 
(D) 
(D) 
50 to 99 
52 
3,469 
(X) 
50 or more 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
100 or more 
11 
1,435 
(X) 
Total mules, burros, and donkeys 
5,101 
15,468 
(X) 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
5,077 
14,270 
(X) 
25 to 49 
14 
456 
(X) 
50 or more 
10 
742 
(X) 
24 Tennessee 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
