From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July/August 2011:
Animals killed YEAR 1,000s Animals
per 1,000 people of people killed
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Brookhaven, NY 1.0 2009 500 475
Tompkins County, NY 1.3 2009 102 128
New York City 1.7 2009 8,300 14,027
NEW HAMPSHIRE 1.9 2009 1,325 2,495
Buffalo/Erie 6.5 2009 919 5,940
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NORTHEAST (32%) 2.1 34,876 72,800
New Castle/Sussex, DE 1.2 2009 727 880
Delaware County, PA 4.2 2009 558 2,321
NEW JERSEY 4.4 2008 8,866 37,673
Huntingdon Cty, PA 5.0 2008 46 231
Philadelphia 10.5 2008 1,611 15,286
Cumberland Cnty, NJ 15.4 2009 158 2,427
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MID-ATLANTIC (42%) 4.7 28,770 134,264
Broward County 7.3 2008 1,751 12,782
Dekalb County, GA 7.4 2009 737 5,462
Cobb County, GA 8.5 2009 698 5,958
Miami/Dade County 9.5 2009 2,297 21,896
Gwinnette Cty, GA 9.8 2009 776 7,608
Palm Beach County 10.8 2010 1,280 13,682
VIRGINIA 11.3 2009 7,883 88,730
Jacksonville, FL 11.7 2010 808 9,500
Pinellas Cty, FL 12.0 2010 917 11,000
Manatee County, FL 13.6 2008 316 4,294
Alachua Cty, FL 14.4 2009 240 3,459
Tampa region 16.5 2009 1,205 19,326
St. Lucie Cty, FL 17.4 2008 278 4,849
NORTH CAROLINA 19.9 2009 9,535 190,626
Clay County, FL 20.2 2010 187 3,778
Clayton County, GA 23.4 2009 272 6,257
Robeson Count, NC 34.6 2009 130 4,500
Macon, GA 46.0 2009 93 4,278
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SO. ATLANTIC (63%) 14.2 46,026 663,468
Louisville 13.0 2008 722 9,368
Nashville 16.0 2009 626 10,000
Grant County, KY 19.9 2009 22 438
Memphis 20.0 2008 671 13,416
Kanawha/Charleston 21.3 2010 304 6,474
Loudon/Monroe, TN 70.1 2009 94 6,635
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APPALACHIA (16%) 19.0 15,453 289,569
Animals killed YEAR 1,000s Animals
per 1,000 people of people killed
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Plano, TX 5.3 2009 268 1,430
Richardson, TX 9.4 2009 102 957
Dallas 11.7 2008 2,346 27,355
Austin/Travis County 11.9 2008 921 10,916
Jefferson Parish 16.9 2008 456 7,720
San Antonio/Bexar 19.6 2008 1,329 17,441
Mobile 22.1 2009 406 8,971
Madison County 23.2 2009 335 7,766
Birmingham 24.2 2010 658 15,907
Garland, TX 25.0 2009 226 5,651
El Paso 25.5 2010 751 19,110
Caddo Parish 26.1 2009 253 6,600
Waco/McLennan County 27.0 2008 230 6,204
Brownsville 28.4 2009 176 5,000
Tuskaloosa, AL 31.1 2009 178 6,019
Baldwin County, AL 34.5 2009 174 4,905
Calhoun County, AL 35.9 2008 119 4,275
Mesquite, TX 41.6 2009 132 5,488
Hattiesburg area 46.9 2010 149 6,981
Amarillo 58.8 2009 187 11,000
Odessa/Ector Cty. 71.4 2008 132 9,423
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GULF COAST (24%) 20.5 37,426 721,717
Vigo County, IN 1.2 2009 108 130
Parke-Vermillion, IN 1.5 2009 17 25
St. Charles Cty., MO 2.4 2009 349 820
Oakland County, MI 2.6 2009 1,202 3,125
Dane County, WI 3.8 2009 477 1,797
Duluth 4.0 2009 86 344
Livingston Cty, MI 5.9 2009 183 1,084
St. Louis 5.9 2009 356 2,105
Chicago 6.7 2008 2,851 19,228
Jefferson Cty., MO 8.5 2009 224 1,900
Dayton/Montgomery 10.1 2009 538 5,431
Kansas City, MO 10.9 2008 452 4,912
Quad Cities, IL-IA 12.7 2009 312 3,944
Calhoun County, MI 14.5 2008 136 1,965
Sangamon Cty, IL 14.7 2008 195 2,857
Detroit metro area 15.1 2010 1,217 18,364
Genesee County, MI 18.9 2009 424 8,000
Tulsa 18.9 2009 386 7,303
Ft. Wayne/Allen Cty. 29.3 2009 351 10,282
Shelby County, IN 29.4 2008 44 1,293
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MIDWEST (14%) 10.1 70,678 677,925
Animals killed YEAR 1,000s Animals
per 1,000 people of people killed
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Montrose, CO 2.5 2009 16 383
Reno/Washoe 3.5 2009 414 1,453
Quad/Yavapai, AZ 3.7 2011 146 533
Weld County, CO 6.2 2009 244 1,500
Denver metro area 6.9 2009 2,700 18,591
Montrose, CO 10.9 2008 16 179
UTAH 11.9 2009 2,784 38,023
Phoenix/Maricopa 13.9 2009 3,817 52,991
NEVADA 14.4 2009 2,643 38,163
Las Vegas/Clark Cty 14.4 2009 2,000 28,937
Tucson 25.3 2008 1,014 25,600
Mohave County, AZ 33.5 2009 200 6,709
Clovis, NM 48.9 2009 37 1,821
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WEST/ROCKIES (72%) 16.0 22,065 353,968
San Francisco 1.3 2009 815 1,031
Washington Cty, OR 1.3 2009 537 685
Irvine, CA 1.4 2010 213 300
Sonoma County 1.5 2009 484 719
Berkeley 1.6 2009 113 184
Whidbey Island, WA 2.2 2009 60 132
Seattle 3.1 2010 603 1,893
Los Angeles city 5.1 2009 3,834 19,561
Santa Barbara Cty. 5.3 2008 405 2,136
San Diego city/county 5.8 2010 3,095 18,063
Portland/Multnomah 6.1 2009 2,049 12,500
Santa Clara County 6.8 2009 1,782 12,073
Contra Costa County 7.3 2008 1,049 7,609
Clallam County, WA 10.0 2009 71 708
Monterey County, CA 13.6 2008 415 5,659
CALIFORNIA 10.9 2008 36,757 400,000
San Bernardino Cty 15.5 2009 2,061 32,000
Spokane 16.8 2008 463 7,824
Lodi 21.8 2008 62 1,353
Kern/Bakersfield 22.7 2010 824 18,701
Fresno 35.0 2009 942 33,000
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PACIFIC (81%) 10.4 49,880 522,264
U.S. TOTAL 11.3 308,144 3,483,184
(The regional and national totals appearing in bold are
proportionately weighted estimates. The figure in parenthesis is the
percentage of the regional human population living within the shelter
service areas from which the totals come.)
