3 Maps Showing The Distribution of Horses in the US

All the three horse related maps here are the work of @hdk_maps.

The map above shows The number of horses per capita in the United States.

Top 10 Counties:

1. King County, TX: 3.38
2. Arthur County, NE: 1.23
3. Wheeler County, NE: 1.21
4. McPherson County, NE: 1.07
5. Loving County, TX: 0.938
6. Harding County, SD: 0.887
7. Sioux County, NE: 0.819
8. Jefferson County, OK: 0.785
9. Garfield County, MT: 0.777
10. Kenedy County, TX: 0.737

The map above shows the total number of horses by county in the US.

Top 10 Counties:

1. Marion County, FL: 23.9k
2. LaGrange County, IN: 19.6k
3. Apache County, AZ: 18k
4. Fayette County, KY: 15.6k
5. Parker County, TX: 12.1k
6. Lancaster County, PA: 11.8k
7. Bourbon County, KY: 11.2k
8. Navajo County, AZ: 9,919
9. Denton County, TX: 9,680
10. Grayson County, TX: 9,396

And finally the map above shows the density of horses per square mile in the United States.

Top 10 Counties:

1. Fayette County, KY: 55
2. LaGrange County, IN: 51
3. Woodford County, KY: 42
4. Bourbon County, KY: 39
5. Holmes County, OH: 22
6. Elkhart County, IN: 20
7. Jessamine County, KY: 19
8. Marion County, FL: 15
9. Scott County, KY: 14
10. Parker County, TX: 13

All the data is for the domesticated populations only and comes from the 2022 USDA Agriculture Census an all were created in R.