The high Southern figures conversely reflect suburban populations, more petkeeping, warm winters, and a general lack of access to low-cost neutering.

 

Animal population analysts Peter Marsh and Bob Christiansen have found in separate studies of data from California, Georgia, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and North Carolina that the poorest counties in each state kill dogs and cats at up to four times the rate of the richest.

 

 

LOCATION

Animals killed per 1000 people

YEAR

Population in 1000s

Animals killed

Ithaca NY 1.9 2002 97 185
NEW HAMPSHIRE 2.2 2000 1,201 2,575
San Francisco 2.5 2002 771 1,892
New York City 4.6 2001 8,009 36,500
San Diego 4.9 2002 2,863 14,019
NEW JERSEY 5.8 2000 8,414 48,551
MAINE 6.3 2001 1,275 8,000
Rochester NY 6.3 1999 716 4,511
Los Angeles 7.1 2002 3,400 95,000
Richmond, VA 7.1 2002 265 1,884
COLORADO 8.3 2001 4,301 19,340
Missoula 8.4 2000 89 748
Buffalo/Erie 8.5 2000 926 7,871
Lawrence KS 8.6 2000 78 671
MARYLAND 8.7 2000 5,172 45,000
Pittsburgh 9.5 2001 1,270 12,000
Chicago 10.4 2002 2,896 30,000
Milwaukee 10.5 1999 912 9,576
Harford Cty MD 11.2 2002 219 2,448
Seattle 11.2 1999 1,655 18,536
OREGON 11.5 2001 3,421 40,505
Anchorage AK 11.6 1999 255 2,958
Contra Costa 11.8 2000 931 11,000
Orlando/Orange 12.6 2000 896 11,290
Cincinnati 13.1 2002 835 10,951
Sacramento 13.4 2002 1,269 17,000
St. Louis 13.4 2001 1,631 21,855
St. Petersburg 13.7 2001 922 12,600
Lodi, CA 13.9 2002 57 790
Las Vegas 13.9 1999 1,162 16,152
Ft. Laud/Miami 14.1 2001 5,007 70,514
Collier Cty FL 14.2 2001 266 3,785
Stillwater OK 14.3 1999 39 558
Ft. Lauderdale 14.6 2000 1,623 23,696
Riverside CA 14 2002 1,531 21,443
U.S. AVE. LOW 14.8 (sample of 3)   9%)
Reno/Washoe NV 15.2 2000 320 4,864
U.S. AVE. HIGH 15.3 (sample of 4)   7%)
Lincoln NE 15.3 2001 263 4,018
Carson City NV 15.5 1999 49 760
Butler Cty OH 15.8 2002 835 5,329
Payette ID 16.6 2002 60 1,000
Clark Cnty WA 17.4 2001 345 6,000
Lewisville TX 17.5 2001 78 1,367
Columbia SC 17.6 2001 321 5,666
Honolulu Cnty 17.7 2000 865 15,309
UTAH 17.8 2002 2,233 39,772
Minneapolis 17.9 2002 1,115 20,000
Lee County FL 18.7 2002 463 8,667
VIRGINIA 18.8 2001 7,079 32,978
Austin TX 19.6 1999 731 14,328
New Orleans 20 2000 485 9,700
Phoenix/Mesa 20.3 1999 2,784 56,515
Clermnt Cty OH 20.3 2002 182 3,700
Twin Falls ID 20.6 2001 35 721
Knoxville 20.9 2001 382 8
Tucson/Pima 21.3 2001 844 18,000
Volusia FL 21.6 2001 443 9,563
Houston 22 2000 3,400 74,825
Baton Rouge 22.3 2000 212 4,728
Atlanta region 22.4 2001 4,152 94,256
South Bend IN 22.6 2001 265 6,001
Sioux Falls SC 22.6 2001 148 3,345
Indianapolis 22.7 2001 860 19,603
Pasco Cnty FL 22.8 2001 345 7,880
Richland OH 23.1 1999 127 2,933
Denton TX 24.2 2001 81 1,956
Fort Worth 25 2002 535 13,397
Birmingham 26.3 2000 662 17,400
Warren Cty OH 27.1 2002 169 4,572
Little Rock 28.4 1999 178 5,055
Shelby Cnty AL 28.4 1999 141 4,004
Victorville CA 28.6 2002 300 8,598
El Paso TX 29.4 2001 680 20,000
Evansville IN 29.2 2001 121 3,561
Dearborn IN 29.7 2000 14 416
Jefferson LA 30.8 2000 448 13,786
Chilicothe MO 31.1 2001 15 453
Longview WA 31.3 2002 80 2,500
Oklahoma City 31.6 2001 506 16,000
Dallas 31.9 2000 2,062 65,810
Tampa 32.4 2002 1,000 32,431
San Antonio 33 2001 1,393 46,000
Jacksonville 34 2000 779 26,486
Wichita 34.9 1999 448 15,635
Lake County FL 35 2000 210 7,345
NORTH CAROLINA 35 1999 7,547 26,415
Chatanooga 36.1 2001 308 11,112
Charleston SC 36.4 2001 549 20,000
Hutchinson KS 37.1 2001 41 1,521
Merced CA 37.9 2001 211 8,000
Matanuska AK 38.6 1999 56 2,162
Inland Emp. CA 39.5 1999 3,114 23,003

 

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