2007 Census of Agriculture Horse Numbers

Table 15. Horses and Ponies - Inventory and Number Sold: 2007 and 2002
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text]
Inventory
Geographic area

Sold

Total
Farms

Owned
Number

Farms

Total
Number

Farms

Owned
Number

Farms

Number

UNITED STATES TOTAL
United States .....................................2007
2002

575,942
542,223

4,028,827
3,644,278

501,528
(NA)

3,224,964
(NA)

133,472
124,586

506,503
470,423

106,050
(NA)

400,845
(NA)

Alabama ....................................................
Alaska ........................................................
Arizona ......................................................
Arkansas ....................................................
California ...................................................
Colorado ....................................................
Connecticut ................................................
Delaware ...................................................
Florida ........................................................
Georgia ......................................................

12,424
197
8,982
12,994
20,270
14,690
1,306
490
13,816
11,905

87,111
2,270
68,745
78,968
180,723
119,040
11,510
3,964
120,614
76,706

11,061
177
8,611
11,272
18,008
13,094
1,134
451
12,627
10,366

73,085
1,941
60,759
66,821
133,872
93,168
6,809
2,874
93,591
63,003

3,394
48
1,633
2,870
4,888
3,925
293
118
4,194
2,638

12,465
123
6,435
11,257
18,023
14,908
1,382
445
16,111
8,514

2,654
42
1,406
2,287
3,787
3,184
211
91
3,329
2,062

9,818
84
5,532
9,250
13,644
11,819
957
336
12,429
6,512

Hawaii ........................................................
Idaho ..........................................................
Illinois .........................................................
Indiana .......................................................
Iowa ...........................................................
Kansas .......................................................
Kentucky ....................................................
Louisiana ...................................................
Maine .........................................................
Maryland ....................................................

842
10,376
11,779
12,254
10,605
14,043
22,242
8,796
1,978
3,225

6,547
74,029
79,481
81,155
71,994
89,898
175,503
60,520
12,157
30,747

672
8,756
10,070
10,849
9,127
11,932
19,430
7,946
1,737
2,813

5,100
59,911
59,827
68,051
60,973
67,583
144,341
51,916
9,129
21,557

111
2,380
2,423
3,194
2,694
2,503
5,939
2,582
428
985

331
8,544
8,953
10,823
10,971
9,174
30,413
8,386
1,105
3,618

95
1,803
1,707
2,631
2,575
1,744
5,027
2,393
307
765

299
6,447
6,650
8,475
10,328
6,033
26,557
7,534
808
2,878

Massachusetts ...........................................
Michigan ....................................................
Minnesota ..................................................
Mississippi .................................................
Missouri .....................................................
Montana .....................................................
Nebraska ...................................................
Nevada ......................................................
New Hampshire .........................................
New Jersey ................................................

2,369
14,647
13,048
9,792
24,495
12,849
10,193
1,863
1,321
2,960

20,580
101,138
90,140
65,328
149,165
105,243
65,624
18,396
9,900
30,144

2,100
13,142
11,205
8,411
20,996
10,843
8,721
1,575
1,174
2,680

12,938
79,812
69,814
54,103
122,797
84,737
54,420
14,724
6,625
18,657

477
3,618
2,963
2,329
5,294
2,584
2,030
467
236
948

3,009
11,695
11,700
8,289
21,073
11,519
9,536
1,978
729
2,999

327
2,905
2,098
1,796
4,105
2,019
1,581
392
176
805

1,233
9,159
8,573
6,421
16,265
9,491
7,475
1,642
497
2,212

New Mexico ...............................................
New York ...................................................
North Carolina ...........................................
North Dakota .............................................
Ohio ...........................................................
Oklahoma ..................................................
Oregon .......................................................
Pennsylvania .............................................
Rhode Island .............................................
South Carolina ...........................................

9,257
11,404
13,040
5,884
18,275
26,371
13,027
17,836
366
6,420

53,616
84,997
78,377
44,750
119,198
165,555
89,420
116,332
3,486
43,283

7,981
10,036
11,408
4,868
15,826
22,889
11,147
15,419
325
5,664

44,566
62,655
62,953
36,400
92,594
136,485
70,169
90,162
2,148
34,428

1,671
2,714
2,898
1,130
4,511
5,659
3,113
3,560
49
1,633

6,004
10,291
8,710
6,874
14,331
22,550
9,759
12,524
151
5,446

1,313
1,953
2,455
817
3,184
4,375
2,421
3,219
27
1,299

4,517
7,677
7,358
5,542
10,105
17,376
7,573
10,920
94
4,152

South Dakota .............................................
Tennessee .................................................
Texas .........................................................
Utah ...........................................................
Vermont .....................................................
Virginia .......................................................
Washington ................................................
West Virginia .............................................
Wisconsin ..................................................
Wyoming ....................................................

8,128
21,914
70,728
8,444
1,839
13,520
10,957
6,927
18,711
6,143

70,225
142,003
438,827
59,783
13,285
90,363
89,739
37,728
120,044
80,476

6,857
19,061
61,130
7,249
1,590
11,732
9,728
5,915
16,171
5,552

59,624
117,599
358,472
48,163
9,529
69,885
71,431
31,339
93,976
69,448

1,776
5,601
15,863
1,989
370
2,805
3,405
1,303
3,209
2,027

10,212
20,659
56,506
7,098
1,248
9,158
12,157
4,313
10,170
13,834

1,369
4,561
12,274
1,551
252
2,032
2,826
1,178
2,706
1,934

8,292
16,248
43,017
5,455
964
6,538
10,112
3,878
8,556
13,113

STATES, 2007

426 UNITED STATES

2007 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE - STATE DATA
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service