Census - Horse inventory by state, 1982-97 1982 1987 1992 1997 1998 Sum Sum Sum Sum Sum Alabama 27,106 34,680 29,741 42,541 53,895 Alaska 2,528 1,861 1,604 2,375 2,375 Arizona 39,464 70,550 48,371 37,758 47,721 Arkansa 38,821 40,224 29,563 40,076 46,485 Califor 129,310 148,737 124,919 113,110 149,320 Colorad 72,173 78,848 69,381 81,665 89,084 Connect 5,602 6,922 5,794 6,797 9,878 Delawar 3,514 3,029 2,672 3,248 3,687 Florida 47,341 60,859 52,001 54,878 70,099 Georgia 26,607 34,072 31,087 35,320 49,260 Hawaii 4,030 3,551 3,916 4,923 4,923 Idaho 55,041 56,104 45,621 59,559 69,537 Illinoi 58,397 55,475 46,088 51,690 63,114 Indiana 51,799 52,675 48,112 58,628 76,820 Iowa 68,368 59,338 47,681 60,421 68,578 Kansas 60,285 55,598 42,878 52,828 58,071 Kentuck 78,569 89,902 78,083 95,932 108,647 Louisia 36,119 38,717 27,978 30,124 41,328 Maine 5,498 6,324 5,745 5,750 8,802 Marylan 22,801 26,513 24,326 22,533 25,746 Massach 8,765 11,944 9,017 9,410 13,848 Michiga 52,647 56,836 53,991 66,201 82,740 Minneso 53,945 54,303 43,155 55,868 69,689 Mississ 26,273 28,179 25,015 31,591 46,941 Missour 76,977 79,436 64,628 85,690 104,067 Montana 68,911 72,408 56,364 71,193 80,947 Nebrask 51,623 51,265 35,757 45,838 50,115 Nevada 15,124 17,718 13,347 14,220 15,678 New Ham 3,667 4,042 4,243 4,666 7,478 New Jer 18,817 23,155 23,867 22,617 25,047 New Mex 53,295 51,868 41,430 38,816 47,841 New Yor 48,059 53,435 43,278 47,755 67,269 North C 27,509 29,946 30,492 41,177 57,791 North D 35,378 32,398 24,914 35,103 38,344 Ohio 76,514 75,379 71,989 76,249 101,606 Oklahom 90,654 96,423 70,006 93,712 111,849 Oregon 56,929 58,596 51,891 68,276 82,632 Pennsyl 66,042 65,203 58,024 65,072 99,471 Rhode I 782 1,020 1,015 1,117 1,893 South C 12,606 16,769 19,402 22,981 32,508 South D 47,982 45,284 37,475 51,775 55,050 Tenness 53,951 62,413 61,080 89,017 114,675 Texas 233,210 281,138 209,060 241,981 296,905 Utah 33,006 39,511 34,778 49,087 54,503 Vermont 7,160 7,588 7,827 8,870 11,876 Virgini 42,217 48,192 43,977 50,283 68,294 Washing 52,404 57,729 51,096 58,768 85,790 West Vi 14,957 15,097 12,607 16,787 22,529 Wiscons 50,409 47,780 43,565 52,448 73,999 Wyoming 47,608 47,917 40,671 50,553 51,372 All 2,260,794 2,456,951 2,049,522 2,427,277 3,020,117