US horses and state land area, 2016

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State	2016 Horse Total	State Land Area (sq mi	Land Area Per Horse (sq mi)
Texas	767,100	261,232	0.34
California	534,500	155,779	0.29
Florida	387,100	53,625	0.14
Ohio	256,000	40,861	0.16
Oklahoma	252,700	68,595	0.27
Kentucky	238,000	39,486	0.17
Missouri	229,000	68,742	0.30
Pennsylvania	223,600	44,743	0.20
Colorado	205,300	103,642	0.50
North Carolina	205,200	48,618	0.24
Washington	197,200	66,456	0.34
Michigan	188,900	56,539	0.30
Virginia	183,600	39,490	0.22
Indiana	172,600	35,826	0.21
Tennessee	165,800	41,235	0.25
Iowa	154,600	55,857	0.36
New York	154,000	47,126	0.31
Illinois	150,400	55,519	0.37
Wisconsin	150,300	54,158	0.36
Minnesota	145,700	79,627	0.55
Arizona	142,000	113,594	0.80
Kansas	138,600	81,759	0.59
Oregon	135,200	95,988	0.71
Georgia	133,100	57,513	0.43
Arkansas	132,300	52,035	0.39
Idaho	125,100	82,643	0.66
Louisiana	120,500	43,204	0.36
Nebraska	117,100	76,824	0.66
Alabama	114,300	50,645	0.44
New Mexico	113,500	121,298	1.07
Montana	104,900	145,546	1.39
Maryland	101,500	9,707	0.10
South Dakota	96,500	75,811	0.79
Utah	96,400	82,170	0.85
Mississippi	87,400	46,923	0.54
Wyoming	78,600	97,093	1.24
South Carolina	73,600	30,061	0.41
West Virginia	69,800	24,038	0.34
New Jersey	59,400	7,354	0.12
North Dakota	47,600	69,001	1.45
Nevada	41,200	109,781	2.66
Connecticut	40,400	4,842	0.12
Massachusetts	29,500	7,800	0.26
Maine	28,600	30,843	1.08
Vermont	19,800	9,217	0.47
New Hampshire	11,700	8,953	0.77
Alaska	9,100	570,641	62.71
Delaware	8,000	1,949	0.24
Hawaii	6,100	6,423	1.05
Rhode Island	2,600	1,034	0.40

Sources: American Horse Council, US Census Bureau

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