Captive Deer and Elk populations by State / Province, 1999

This article was originally printed in the December 2000 / January 2001 issue of Tracking The Industry. . .

Population by state
(Source: Article - "The Wildlife Industry - Trends and new challenges for Animal Health Agencies" May 2000, USDA, APHIS, US Centers for Epidemiology and Animal Health, Center for emerging issues located at: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/us/ceah/cei/health.htm#wildlife)

  DEER  ELK 
STATE  # Animals  # Premises  # Animals  # Premises 
AL 
AK  250  100 
AZ 
AR  125 
CA  20 
CO  156  7,347  136 
CT 
DE 
FL 
GA  9 * 
HI  150 
ID  174  13  1,684  52 
IL 
IN 
IA  201 
KS  19  41 
KY  250  15 
LA  66 * 
ME  77 
MD 
MA  24 
MI  16,800  550  2,000  170 
MN  391  21  5,380  151 
MS 
MO 
MT  50  3,200  78 
NE  675  90  2,010  55 
NV 
NH  24 * 
NJ  999  74  194 
NM 
NY  7,500 *  360 * 
NC   65 *
ND  250   22 2,350  71 
OH  94  51  284  15 
OK  68 * 
OR  1,569  53  472  15 
PA  524  79 
RI  60 
SC 
SD  250  23  1,735  39 
TN 
TX  90,629 *  770 * 
UT  557  21 
VT  302  36  197 
VA  750 
WA 
WV 
WI  4,580  645  4,050  191 
WY 

(-) State did not have this information; (*) Only available as all cervidae - not differentiated between deer and elk.

Population by Province
(Source: Provincial and Federal agencies)
Reprinted from White tailed Deer Financial and Production Information, revised June 2000, (SAF)

REGION  TOTAL
NUMBER 
% OF
TOTAL 
Alberta  4,932  30.3 
Saskatchewan  2,500  15.4 
Ontario  900  5.5 
Quebec  7,500  46.1 
Maritimes  400  2.5 
     
Canadian Total  16,282   

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