From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July/August 2008:
Animals killed YEAR 1,000s Animals
per 1,000 people of people killed
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New York City 2.0 2007 8,143 16,489
CONNECTICUT 0.6 2007 3,502 2,282
NEW HAMPSHIRE 2.3 2007 1,316 2,696
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NORTHEAST (39%) 1.6 33,562 54,972
NEW JERSEY 4.4 2007 8,866 38,742
Pr. George Cty, MD 7.1 2007 841 6,000
DELAWARE 15.8 2005 854 13,500
Philadelphia 19.9 2006 1,448 28,774
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MID-ATLANTIC (40%) 7.8 27,782 217,540
Mission Viejo, CA 1.0 2005 166 113
San Juan Capistrano 1.3 2007 37 48
San Francisco 1.6 2007 744 1,411
Huntington Beach 2.5 2006 194 485
Los Angeles city 3.7 2007 4,018 15,009
Orange County, CA 4.3 2007 3,002 13,000
San Diego 4.0 2007 2,942 11,700
WASHINGTON 6.6 2006 6,132 40,722
Los Angeles total 6.8 2007 9,503 64,457
Tehama County, CA 6.8 2006 62 421
Portland/Multnomah 7.8 2007 682 5,332
OREGON 8.4 2006 3,641 30,528
Los Angeles County 8.5 2007 5,082 43,373
Santa Clara County 8.5 2005 1,668 14,097
Anchorage 9.1 2007 275 2,490
San Bernardino Cty 11.3 2007 2,028 22,900
Merced Cty, CA 12.2 2006 246 3,011
Long Beach 13.0 2007 469 6,075
Lodi, CA 13.9 2005 57 788
Monterey County, CA 14.4 2006 412 5,912
Lindsay/Porterville 14.6 2005 56 817
Visalia, CA 16.4 2006 420 6,896
Santa Cruz Cty, CA 20.0 2005 251 5,000
Kern County, CA 23.3 2006 802 18,669
Spokane 22.1 2006 447 8,991
Stanislaus Cty, CA 23.4 2007 512 12,000
Douglas County 24.0 2005 104 2,519
Valley Oak, CA 25.4 2005 210 5,336
Bakersfield, CA 26.2 2005 644 16,904
Clovis, CA 28.0 2006 90 2,524
Madera County, CA 35.2 2005 144 5,071
Kings County, CA 27.2 2005 147 4,013
Tulare Cty, CA 40.3 2005 154 6,203
Fresno, CA 40.9 2006 787 32,147
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PACIFIC (73%) 9.3 48,736 453,340
Broward County 7.3 2006 1,788 13,000
Richmond, VA 7.9 2007 193 1,516
West Palm Beach 9.5 2007 1,351 12,820
VIRGINIA 12.7 2007 7,643 97,011
St. Johns Cnty, FL 13.0 2007 169 2,201
Atlanta area 16.9 2005 5,138 87,000
Alachua Cty, FL 18.2 2006 224 4,071
Orlando/Orange Cty 18.6 2005 1,023 19,000
Lee County, FL 19.1 2007 571 10,907
Tampa area 19.9 2006 2,489 49,557
Buncombe Cnty, NC 21.6 2007 222 4,800
Duval County, FL 23.5 2007 838 19,662
Columbia, SC 23.5 2007 468 11,000
Charleston, SC 24.1 2007 332 8,000
NORTH CAROLINA 25.5 2006 8,856 226,000
York county, SC 37.7 2006 199 7,500
Polk County, FL 40.3 2005 511 20,566
Rome/Floyd Cty, GA 42.3 2006 95 4,034
Macon, GA 42.3 2007 94 3,970
Volusia County, FL 42.3 2007 497 21,000
Alamance Cty, NC 42.4 2007 143 6,067
Clay County, FL 44.7 2007 179 8,000
Orangeburg Cty, SC 49.5 2006 91 4,500
Stokes County, NC 60.9 2007 46 2,792
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SO. ATLANTIC (67%) 19.6 48,976 957,262
Dallas 10.8 2005 2,306 25,000
Dallas/FtWorth rgn 14.2 2005 5,753 82,000
Austin/Travis Cty. 15.2 2007 921 14,000
Shelby County, AL 16.9 2007 178 3,000
Houston 18.4 2007 3,886 71,395
San Antonio 23.1 2006 1,300 30,000
Birmingham 23.8 2005 818 19,438
Fort Worth 24.9 2005 603 15,000
Conroe area, TX 26.8 2006 378 10,120
Baldwin County, AL 28.7 2007 129 3,700
Mobile 30.1 2005 401 12,071
Tuskaloosa, AL 30.1 2006 169 4,982
Gulfport 31.8 2006 194 6,160
Baldwin County, AL 33.3 2006 163 5,432
Blount County, AL 38.6 2006 56 2,153
LOUISIANA 38.6 2005 4,288 157,070
Shreveport/Caddo 48.0 2005 250 12,000
Longview, TX 70.8 2005 114 8,070
Tupelo, MS 55.4 2006 78 4,320
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GULF COAST (52%) 23.0 35,744 822,598
Mason County, MI 3.9 2007 30 116
Terre Haute 4.6 2005 169 780
Milwaukee 4.8 2005 1,700 8,162
Chicago 6.7 2006 2,833 19,000
Porter Cty, IN 6.8 2007 160 1,081
Macomb County, MI 7.2 2007 833 6,000
Oakland County, MI 8.2 2006 1,214 10,000
MICHIGAN 11.7 2006 10,096 117,919
Sangamon Cty, IL 14.4 2007 194 2,800
Columbus/Frnkln Cty 14.6 2006 1,096 16,000
OHIO 14.9 2004 11,467 170,638
St. Clair Cty, MI 15.3 2007 170 2,600
Indianapolis 16.7 2007 866 14,470
Oklahoma City 28.0 2007 691 19,365
Independence, MO 29.7 2006 113 3,361
Tulsa 39.2 2006 383 15,000
River Rouge, MI 129.4 2007 9 1,165
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MIDWEST (41%) 13.0 70,006 910,078
Salt Lake City 6.0 2005 1,016 6,094
Reno 6.6 2007 396 2,622
COLORADO 9.1 2007 4,753 43,000
UTAH 14.4 2005 2,352 33,854
Phoenix/Maricopa 15.5 2007 3,768 58,531
Cascade County, MT 18.3 2005 79 1,446
Las Vegas/Clark Cty 22.1 2007 1,997 26,500
Albuquerque 23.8 2007 505 12,029
NEW MEXICO 33.7 2007 1,978 66,709
Santa Fe, NM 38.2 2005 130 5,000
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WEST (72%) 16.0 21,361 341,111
TENNESSEE (prjctd) 25.1 2006 6,039 151,329
Knoxville 29.9 2006 405 12,090
Kanawha/Charleston 34.1 2007 192 6,553
Louisville 42.9 2005 700 30,000
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APPALACHIA (46%) 27.1 15,045 408,439
U.S. TOTAL 13.8 301,212 4,165,340
The regional and national totals appearing in bold are not
tallies of the data used to produce them, but are rather estimates
proportionately weighted to reflect demography. The percentage
figure in parenthesis is the percentage of the regional human
population encompassed within the shelter service areas from which
the totals were derived.
