Equine National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released March 2, 1999, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Equine" call Chris Cadwallader at 202-720-4751, office hours 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. U.S. Equine Inventory Up 1.3 Percent Inventory of equine in the United States as of January 1, 1999 totaled 5.32 million head, up 1.3 percent from the 5.25 million head on January 1, 1998. Equine includes horses, ponies, mules, burros, and donkeys. Texas ranked first in equine inventory with 600,000 head followed by California, and Tennessee with 240,000 and 190,000 head, respectively. Florida, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania tied for fourth with an inventory of 170,000 head. Ohio ranked seventh with 160,000 head, followed by Kentucky, Minnesota, New York, and Washington with 155,000 head. An additional fifteen States had equine inventories of 100,000 head or more. The January 1, 1998 total equine inventory was 5.25 million head. Equine located on farms totaled 3.20 million head. Equine located on non-farm places were 2.05 million head or 39.1 percent of the total. Equine sold totaled 558,000 head in 1998, an increase of 3.3 percent from the 540,000 head sold in 1997. Texas had the most equine sold in 1998 at 60,000 head followed by Kentucky with 28,000 head, Michigan with 21,000 head, and Florida, Oklahoma, and Tennessee each with 18,000 head. Value of Sales from equine sold in 1998 was $1.75 billion, up 6.9 percent from of $1.64 billion in 1997. The top ten States were Kentucky, Florida, Texas, California, Virginia, New Jersey, Tennessee, New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. This release is the first NASS publication of U.S. equine statistics. Please see Survey Procedures on page 3 of this release for details concerning data collection. Eq 1 (3-99) Equine: Inventory, 1998-99; Number Sold and Value of Sales, 1997-98 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Inventory : Number Sold : Value of Sales State :------------------------------------------------------------------------ :Jan 1, 1998 : Jan 1, 1999 : 1997 : 1998 : 1997 : 1998 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -------------- 1,000 Head -------------- ---- 1,000 Dollars ---- : AL : 130.0 130.0 13.0 14.0 18,200 19,600 AK 1/ : 2.4 2.4 0.1 0.1 176 176 AZ : 135.0 135.0 7.0 8.0 14,000 15,000 AR : 68.0 70.0 11.0 12.0 12,000 13,000 CA : 235.0 240.0 15.0 17.0 55,000 60,000 CO : 140.0 145.0 13.0 13.0 21,000 21,000 CT : 25.0 26.0 2.0 2.0 10,400 10,400 DE : 10.0 10.0 1.0 1.0 4,000 4,000 FL : 170.0 170.0 18.0 18.0 108,000 111,600 GA : 69.0 70.0 9.0 9.0 20,700 20,700 HI : 7.0 7.0 0.4 0.4 800 900 ID : 145.0 145.0 11.0 12.0 14,500 15,000 IL : 99.0 100.0 12.0 13.0 18,000 19,000 IN : 140.0 140.0 14.0 15.0 21,000 22,000 IA : 99.0 100.0 11.0 11.0 16,000 16,000 KS : 104.0 105.0 10.0 11.0 19,000 21,000 KY : 150.0 155.0 27.0 28.0 570,000 650,000 LA : 65.0 65.0 12.0 12.0 15,000 15,000 ME : 16.0 17.0 1.0 1.0 1,600 1,600 MD : 45.0 45.0 4.0 4.0 40,000 40,000 MA : 35.0 35.0 2.0 2.0 4,000 4,000 MI : 130.0 130.0 20.0 21.0 34,000 36,000 MN : 155.0 155.0 14.0 15.0 17,000 18,000 MS : 74.0 75.0 7.0 7.0 9,000 9,000 MO : 140.0 140.0 16.0 16.0 24,000 24,000 MT : 130.0 130.0 12.0 12.0 12,000 12,000 NE : 74.0 75.0 8.0 8.0 9,600 9,800 NV : 70.0 70.0 7.0 7.0 10,500 10,000 NH : 7.0 8.0 0.5 0.5 1,200 1,200 NJ : 45.0 45.0 12.0 13.0 55,000 58,500 NM : 64.0 65.0 5.0 5.0 9,000 9,000 NY : 157.0 155.0 15.0 15.0 45,000 45,000 NC : 138.0 140.0 10.0 10.0 30,000 30,000 ND : 40.0 40.0 6.0 6.0 5,400 5,400 OH : 155.0 160.0 15.0 15.0 27,000 27,000 OK : 165.0 170.0 18.0 18.0 30,000 30,000 OR : 120.0 120.0 11.0 10.0 15,000 14,000 PA : 165.0 170.0 15.0 15.0 44,000 44,000 RI : 2.0 2.0 0.1 0.1 620 620 SC : 64.0 65.0 4.5 5.5 9,000 9,400 SD : 74.0 75.0 10.0 11.0 11,000 12,000 TN : 185.0 190.0 19.0 18.0 49,400 48,600 TX : 595.0 600.0 58.0 60.0 86,000 90,000 UT : 74.0 75.0 9.0 10.0 10,800 12,000 VT : 19.0 20.0 2.0 2.0 3,000 3,000 VA : 145.0 150.0 12.0 12.0 58,000 60,000 WA : 155.0 155.0 13.0 14.0 16,800 18,000 WV : 43.0 43.0 8.0 8.0 11,000 11,000 WI : 115.0 120.0 14.0 15.0 18,500 20,200 WY : 61.0 62.0 5.0 5.0 6,000 6,300 : US : 5,250.4 5,317.4 539.6 557.6 1,641,196 1,753,996 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ On-farm data only from the 1997 Census of Agriculture. Procedures for January 1 Equine Estimates Survey Procedures: The 1998 U.S. equine estimates were based on the 1997 Census of Agriculture and two additional surveys. The 1997 Census of Agriculture, adjusted for coverage, was utilized to provide an on-farm estimate of equine inventory and sales. An area frame sample of 16,000 randomly selected segments of land, measuring approximately one square mile was screened to locate places with equine. These places were asked to report inventory and sales information. This sample produced an indication of total equine inventory and a measure of completeness of the coverage of the 1997 Census of Agriculture and commercial operations. A list survey of larger commercial operations was also conducted. Operations found in the area frame sample were compared to names from the list of commercial operations to remove duplication. The sample from the list of commercial equine operators included approximately 20,000 places. Information collected during the area frame and commercial list surveys was used to determine if sampled places were represented in the Census of Agriculture. Data from the two surveys were combined with the Census of Agriculture to provide a complete picture of the U.S. equine inventory and sales. The 1999 U.S. equine estimates made use of the 1997 Census of Agriculture and two additional surveys. As in 1998, an area frame sample of approximately 16,000 segments was used to collect equine data. A survey of 20,000 larger farm and commercial operations was also conducted. Estimates were calculated using data from the two surveys. Survey procedures ensured that all equine places, regardless of size had an opportunity to be included. The samples resulted in over 37,000 places contacted for the January 1999 inventory estimate. Useable positive data were obtained from over 30,000 reports. 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