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[Joan Deutsch]

Too bad there aren't good figures for the size of the horse population in Washington state. Using informal figures before the recession, I calculated there were some 100,000 horses in the 4-county Seattle Metro area but perhaps that number is too high?

From Kentucky.com:
"Kentucky can rightly claim its title as the "horse capital," at least of the United States, according to results from the 2012 Kentucky Equine Survey.Figures released by the University of Kentucky show that there are 242,400 horses in the state and equine-related assets worth an estimated $23.4 billion. That is double the $12.1 billion pre-recession levels found in New York in 2005 by a similar study, said Jill Stowe, the UK researcher leading the project. Data isn't available for California, Texas or Florida, other states with significant horse populations."

http://www.kentucky.com/2013/01/23/2487447/thoroughbreds-trail-riding-top.html

[4HMom]

I don't know about statewide but last I heard Clark County had the most horses. Back in Longacres' day it was Snohomish County due to the big Thoroughbred farms.