From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July/August 2009:
Shelters in every region are killing fewer dogs & cats
--but just barely
Animals killed YEAR 1,000s Animals
per 1,000 people of people killed
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New York City 2.0 2008 8,275 16,489
NEW HAMPSHIRE 2.1 2007 1,316 2,737
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NORTHEAST (29%) 1.9 34,444 66,296
TENNESSEE (prjctd) 25.1 2006 6,039 151,329
Knoxville 29.9 2006 405 12,090
Kanawha/Charleston 34.1 2007 192 6,553
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APPALACHIA (41%) 25.3 15,144 383,143
NEW JERSEY 4.5 2007 8,682 38,742
Pr. George Cty, MD 7.1 2007 841 6,000
PaSPCA-served sbrbs 18.3 2007 408 7,478
Philadelphia 19.9 2006 1,448 28,774
Camden/Gloucester 21.9 2008 86 1,886
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MID-ATLANTIC (41%) 7.2 27,638 197,546
Broward County 5.9 2007 1,788 10,500
Richmond, VA 7.9 2007 193 1,516
West Palm Beach 9.5 2007 1,351 12,820
VIRGINIA 10.8 2008 7,769 83,907
St. Johns Cnty, FL 13.0 2007 169 2,201
Alachua Cty, FL 15.4 2008 240 3,695
Lee County, FL 19.1 2007 571 10,907
Tampa area 19.9 2006 2,489 49,557
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 24.7 2007 8,856 218,350
Clay County, FL 27.3 2007 179 6,542
York county, SC 37.7 2006 199 7,500
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
Clay County, FL 44.7 2007 179 8,000
Orangeburg Cty, SC 49.5 2006 91 4,500
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SO. ATLANTIC (59%) 18.6 44,716 826,544
San Juan Capistrano 1.3 2007 37 48
San Francisco 1.3 2008 809 1,031
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 6.7 2008 715 4,795
OREGON 8.4 2006 3,641 30,528
Los Angeles County 8.5 2007 5,082 43,373
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
Monterey County, CA 14.4 2006 412 5,912
Visalia, CA 16.4 2006 420 6,896
Spokane 16.8 2008 463 7,824
Kern County, CA 23.3 2006 802 18,669
Stanislaus Cty, CA 23.4 2007 512 12,000
Fresno, CA 40.9 2006 787 32,147
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PACIFIC (72%) 8.5 49,070 417,095
Dallas 11.7 2008 2,346 27,355
Austin/Travis Cty. 11.9 2008 921 10,916
Jefferson Parish 16.9 2008 456 7,720
Houston 18.4 2007 3,886 71,395
San Antonio 19.6 2008 1,329 26,000
LOUISIANA 20.1 2006 4,410 92,000
Fort Worth 21.3 2007 682 14,546
MISSISSIPPI 24.8 2007 2,939 73,000
ALABAMA 25.7 2007 4,662 120,000
Conroe area, TX 26.8 2006 378 10,120
Waco/McLennan Cty. 27.0 2008 230 6,204
Mobile 31.0 2008 404 12,516
Tuskaloosa, AL 31.1 2008 178 5,536
Baldwin County, AL 32.9 2008 172 5,664
Odessa/Ector Cty. 71.4 2008 132 9,423
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GULF COAST (58%) 21.0 36,338 763,098
Reno 5.4 2008 406 2,186
COLORADO 9.1 2007 4,753 43,000
UTAH 11.9 2007 2,700 32,000
Phoenix/Maricopa 14.8 2008 3,880 57,287
Las Vegas/Clark Cty 22.1 2007 1,997 26,500
Albuquerque 23.8 2007 505 12,029
Tucson 25.3 2008 1,014 25,600
Fallon/Lyon Cty, NV 29.6 2007 43 1,272
NEW MEXICO 33.7 2007 1,978 66,709
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WEST (88%) 15.2 19,048 289,530
Mason County, MI 3.9 2007 30 116
Chicago 6.7 2006 2,833 19,000
Porter County, IN 8.7 2007 160 1,384
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
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
Shelby County, IN 29.4 2008 44 1,293
Independence, MO 29.7 2006 113 3,361
Tulsa 39.2 2006 383 15,000
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MIDWEST (24%) 12.8 70,204 898,611
U.S. TOTAL 13.5 3,079,939 4,157,918
(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 human population
encompassed within the shelter service areas from which the totals
were derived.)
