Where horses and ponies are kept: the leading US counties
2022 Census of Agriculture · Head on farms on December 31, 2022. Counties with a published figure: 2,993
US farms had 2,411,232 horses and ponies at the end of 2022; Marion County, Florida, had the most of any county with a published figure.
The ten leading counties hold 5.9% of the national total. Texas is the leading state, with 2.5 times the figure of Kentucky.
The national figure is down 15.3% on the 2017 census.
The 25 leading counties
Ranked among the 2,993 counties with a published figure. Another 30 counties grow or keep some but have their figure withheld to protect individual farms, so they are not ranked.
| # | County | State | Head | Share of US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marion County | Florida | 23,928 | 0.99% |
| 2 | LaGrange County | Indiana | 19,550 | 0.81% |
| 3 | Apache County | Arizona | 17,952 | 0.74% |
| 4 | Fayette County | Kentucky | 15,646 | 0.65% |
| 5 | Parker County | Texas | 12,112 | 0.50% |
| 6 | Lancaster County | Pennsylvania | 11,803 | 0.49% |
| 7 | Bourbon County | Kentucky | 11,170 | 0.46% |
| 8 | Navajo County | Arizona | 9,919 | 0.41% |
| 9 | Denton County | Texas | 9,680 | 0.40% |
| 10 | Grayson County | Texas | 9,396 | 0.39% |
| 11 | Holmes County | Ohio | 9,296 | 0.39% |
| 12 | Elkhart County | Indiana | 9,256 | 0.38% |
| 13 | Maricopa County | Arizona | 8,270 | 0.34% |
| 14 | Woodford County | Kentucky | 7,890 | 0.33% |
| 15 | Palm Beach County | Florida | 7,761 | 0.32% |
| 16 | Utah County | Utah | 7,353 | 0.30% |
| 17 | Weld County | Colorado | 7,229 | 0.30% |
| 18 | Chester County | Pennsylvania | 7,074 | 0.29% |
| 19 | Riverside County | California | 6,909 | 0.29% |
| 20 | Coconino County | Arizona | 6,814 | 0.28% |
| 21 | Wayne County | Ohio | 6,168 | 0.26% |
| 22 | Clackamas County | Oregon | 5,865 | 0.24% |
| 23 | San Diego County | California | 5,694 | 0.24% |
| 24 | Aiken County | South Carolina | 5,610 | 0.23% |
| 25 | Santa Barbara County | California | 5,515 | 0.23% |
Leading states
| State | Head | Share of US | Since 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 273,554 | 11.3% | −17.3% |
| Kentucky | 111,402 | 4.6% | −6.8% |
| Oklahoma | 100,916 | 4.2% | −19.6% |
| California | 92,831 | 3.8% | −6.8% |
| Ohio | 91,418 | 3.8% | −5.9% |
| Florida | 83,114 | 3.4% | −8.3% |
| Pennsylvania | 80,869 | 3.4% | −8.5% |
| Indiana | 76,743 | 3.2% | −1.6% |
| Colorado | 75,992 | 3.2% | −22.1% |
| Missouri | 75,250 | 3.1% | −12.0% |
| Tennessee | 70,919 | 2.9% | −18.4% |
| Montana | 63,784 | 2.6% | −19.0% |
| New York | 62,404 | 2.6% | −9.0% |
| Arizona | 61,878 | 2.6% | −20.8% |
| Wisconsin | 60,653 | 2.5% | −19.0% |
Source: USDA NASS, 2022 and 2017 Census of Agriculture. How to read these pages.