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Survey: Americans love their pets

Survey: Americans love their pets

But some states love them more than others
  • Written by conley
  • 18th January 2013

Folks in Vermont really love pets – more than 70 percent of households in the state own at least one pet, according to the U.S. Pet Ownership & Demographics Sourcebook from the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA). On the flip side, Massachusetts residents are apparently less pet-friendly than their neighbors in Vermont – only 50 percent of Massachusetts households include a pet.

The Sourcebook survey is conducted by the AVMA every five years and always includes a breakdown of pet ownership by state. The most recent survey was conducted in 2012 but is based on December 31, 2011 numbers. It was drawn from a national survey of over 50,000 households.

Vermont, where 70.8 percent of households own a pet, led the list of top pet-owning states. It was followed by New Mexico, 67.6 percent; South Dakota, 65.6 percent; Oregon, 63.6 percent; Maine, 62.9 percent; Washington, 62.7 percent; Arkansas, 62.4 percent; West Virginia, 62.1 percent; Idaho, 62 percent; and Wyoming, 61.8 percent.

Massachusetts, where 50.4 percent of households own a pet, topped the list of the lowest pet-owning states. It was followed by New York, 50.6 percent; New Jersey, 50.7 percent; Utah, 51.2 percent; Nebraska, 51.3 percent; Illinois, 51.8 percent; Maryland, 52.3 percent; California, 52.9 percent; and Minnesota, 53 percent. The District of Columbia, incidentally, beat out all the states in pet avoidance – only 21.9 percent of DC residents reported owning a pet.

Other findings from the survey: Six out of ten pet owners say they consider their pets to be family members. Cats are way more popular than dogs – there are about 74.1 million pet cats in the U.S., compared to 70 million pet dogs. And pet owners are willing to spend cash to keep their pets healthy – the average household shelled out about $375 for veterinary expenditures in 2011. 

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  1. Avatar William4 9th February 2013 @ 12:52 pm
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    In a survey conducted by
    In a survey conducted by American Veterinary Medical Association it is found that people of America love to have pets. In America Vermont is a place where around 70.8% households and the ratio is also comparatively high in other places of America. In the other findings it is also found that cats are more popular than dogs. The above information gives us the exact data of the pets in America.
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