What U.S. County Has the Most Mustangs Per Capita?
April 17 marked sixty years since the Ford Mustang’s public debut at the 1964 New York World’s Fair. The original pony car immediately became a pop-culture and automotive phenom, and it remains one of the most impactful cars in history. Click here to follow along with our multi-week 60 Years of Mustang coverage. —Ed.
There’s a town in Oklahoma called Mustang, with a population of nearly 20,000. There’s another one in Texas, and it has a population of zero as of the 2020 census (for some reason, Mark Cuban bought it in 2021 for $2M). There is not, however, a Mustang County in the United States of America. At least not officially. This got us wondering where it is in the country that Mustangs are most popular. We surveyed our insurance data to find out. The result was this map—hover over it to see which U.S. counties have the most Ford Mustangs per capita.
A dry county named after Civil War general Philip Sheridan, Sheridan County, Kansas isn’t known for much. But it does, according to our data, have more proud Ford Mustang owners per capita than any county in the nation. Kansas in general has relatively high rates of Mustang ownership, as do North Carolina, Virginia, Montana, and North Dakota. As for places like Arkansas, Maine, Louisiana, and Illinois, maybe they’re more into Camaros—stay tuned for future maps. Where does your hometown stack up?
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You are correct! Hold your horses Hagerty! (sorry, couldn’t resist that one). The small print indicates that these are Mustangs insured by Hagerty but the title says “Mustangs” which would include not only “classic” ones but new ones.
Unfortunately we do not own any Mustangs, either 4 wheeled or 4 hoofs, but we did own a Throughbred and a Percheron.
Thanks for NOT stating ‘Ford Mustang’.
I’ve searched for the ever-elusive Volvo, Citroen, Yugo, Packard and Franklin Mustangs but haven’t found a one! 😉
No Volvo, Citroen, Yugo, Packard and Franklin Corvettes either. 😉
I’m just sort of a kid. I bought a 2009 Stang 2 months ago, Grabber Orange 🍊, 5 speed manual, it’s a Beast and I ❤️ love playing with this dude! I also have a 1966 Pontiac GTO(my second one)✌️and the first my wife sold when I was sent to wonderful Vietnam, in 1969. I’m 74…. And it’s never too late to have a second childhood!!!’
Love this
I wish I knew what happened to my 1967 Mustang that I sold around 1975-76. I don’t have the VIN or plate numbers anymore. I have always regretted selling it.
Ain’t it the truth ! – like auld lang syne and groundhog’s day all over again – if you’ve had a few cars of whatever Make in where-ever County, ya just can’t help but have a little nostalgia and even a few regrets when recalling the ones you should have bought or never sold. Almost like lost friends and old flames. Coulda, woulda, shoulda, didn’t, ouch. Cheers / sn
I GOT RID OF MY CRAPPY MUSTANG YEARRRRRS AGO, DOES THAT COUNT?
sure – in Sheridan?
Seriously, why would I want to know this? What does it matter? I don’t like Mustangs in the first place. Lee Iacocca may have gotten his inspiration for the Mustang from the Corvair Monza (don’t believe me? Read his autobiography), but his imitation wasn’t nearly as good as the original. The first, 1965 Mustangs looked 10 years old parked next to a 1965 Corvair! How long did it take Ford to give it 4-wheel independent suspension? (1960 for the Corvair) How about turbochrging? (1962 for Cirvair) More than a horsepower per cubic inch? (Corvair Monza Spyder: 150 hp from 145 c.i. – 1962) Nope, no interest at all in those tin ponies.
You know what they say about opinions and belly buttons… Look at the popularity of the Mustang versus the Corvair and which one has had more longevity and immensely more popular. Not saying the ‘vair is bad, but I’d be careful where you throw your insults, you may find yourself in a minority…