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 
499 
12,984 
368 
6,933 
73 
7,870 
3 
268 
5,520 
883 
Farms with inventory of- 
1 to 24 
340 
2,969 
232 
1,490 
44 
(D) 
- 
143 
1,071 
153 
25 to 99 
138 
6,008 
117 
3,358 
28 
5,238 
(D) 
104 
2,791 
476 
1 00 to 299 
17 
2,507 
15 
1,425 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
17 
1,338 
179 
300 to 999 
4 
1,500 
4 
660 
- 
4 
320 
75 
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) 
9 
1,099 
(Z) 
24 
517 
70 
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 
368 
11,142 
368 
6,933 
41 
5,119 
3 
216 
5,095 
817 
Farms with inventory of- 
1 to 24 
278 
3,833 
278 
2,276 
31 
(D) 
(D) 
140 
1,475 
244 
25 to 99 
81 
5,186 
81 
3,317 
9 
2,317 
2 
67 
2,554 
440 
100 to 199 
7 
(D) 
7 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
7 
(D) 
(D) 
200 to 499 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
- 
2 
(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 
131 
1,842 
(X) 
(X) 
41 
3,850 
(Z) 
76 
942 
136 
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 
1,533 
24,528 
1,837 
30,649 
755 
10,218 
1,124 
822 
12,290 
Angora goats and kids 
77 
944 
34 
232 
30 
223 
22 
4 
14 
Milk goats and kids 
234 
1,932 
247 
2,904 
96 
697 
116 
81 
726 
Meat goats and other goats and kids 
1,329 
21,652 
1,662 
27,513 
661 
9,298 
986 
766 
11,550 
Mohair clipped' 
pounds 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
4 
1,894 
(D) 
10 
965 
' 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 
8,773 
58,697 
(X) 
Owned horses and ponies (see text) 
1,769 
6,112 
9,762 
Farms with- 
Farms by number sold- 
1 to 24 
8,547 
47,701 
(X) 
1 to 24 
1,749 
5,243 
9,049 
25 to 49 
155 
4,877 
(X) 
25 to 49 
15 
471 
581 
50 to 99 
58 
3,718 
(X) 
50 to 99 
5 
398 
133 
1 00 or more 
13 
2,401 
(X) 
1 00 or more 
- 
- 
- 
Owned horses and ponies (see text) 
8,468 
53,510 
(X) 
Total mules, burros, and donkeys 
276 
780 
251 
Farms with- 
Farms by number sold- 
1 to 24 
8,264 
44,646 
(X) 
1 to 24 
276 
780 
251 
25 to 49 
147 
4,601 
(X) 
25 to 49 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
48 
3,154 
(X) 
50 or more 
- 
- 
- 
100 or more 
9 
1,109 
(X) 
Total mules, burros, and donkeys 
2,497 
8,317 
(X) 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
2,492 
8,112 
(X) 
25 to 49 
3 
(D) 
(X) 
50 or more 
2 
(D) 
(X) 
24 Mississippi 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
