This State Has the Most Pets

This State Has the Most Pets
Douglas A. McIntyre
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Knock on tens of millions of doors across the United States and you will find pet after pet. Pet ownership goes back centuries, at least. The Smithsonian reports that people started to keep dogs domestically as long as 11,000 years ago. In fact, in a few cases, dogs have been buried with people. Fast forward to the present day, and researchers who track such things say that Americans own well over 100 million pets now.
To find the state where people have the most pets, 24/7 Tempo reviewed data from the Pet Ownership and Demographics Sourcebook, published in 2020 by the American Veterinary Medical Association for companion animal veterinarians and the animal health industry. Collected in 2017 and 2018, the data is the most recent available, reflecting the total number of households and the number and percentage of dog-owning households in the 48 contiguous states as of December 31, 2016.

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