Does your home state have a higher percentage of dog owners or cat owners? And how does it stack up to the rest of the nation? We crunched the data from the American Veterinary Medical Association’s “U.S. Pet Ownership & Demographics Sourcebook (2012)” to answer these questions.
Illustrated here is the difference between the percentage of households that own dogs and the percentage that own cats. Orange colors indicate a higher percentage of dog owners while blue colors indicate a higher percentage of cat owners.
Note that Alaska and Hawaii were not included in the AVMA's survey.
These states have the largest positive difference between dog ownership percentage and cat ownership percentage.
1. Louisiana
Only 26% of households own cats while 48% own dogs. Louisiana's loves dogs so much that it has a state dog, the Catahoula, which is believed to be the first dog breed developed in North America.
Via: petguide.com
2. Alabama
44% of Alabama households own dogs while 27% own cats.
Via: baxterboo.com
