Top 10 Cat & Dog Loving States

Jul 29, 2014

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Which is more popular – dogs or cats? Recent news sheds light (not fur) on how cats and dogs rank throughout the world. In the U.S., more households have dogs by a slight margin reported the Washington Post. However, cats come out on top – they outnumber dogs in the U.S. by approximately 2 million estimated by Euromonitor, a market research and surveys company.

Below is a list of the top dog and cat states. Although, most U.S states are pretty even in the cat vs dog ratio, Euromonitor’s data shows that some countries are not as balanced – South America and Asia highly favor dogs. Whereas, cats are the overwhelming choice in most of Western Europe. Some other odd and interesting trends noted are: Brazil has the largest small dog population per capita than any other country and that highly developed countries (for some unknown reason) tend to be more balanced in the dog to cat ratio.

Top 10 dog-loving states

Rank	State	Cats	Dogs	Ratio, dogs to cats
1	Arkansas	810,000	1,097,000	1.35
2	New Mexico	533,000	703,000	1.32
3	Texas	5,565,000	7,163,000	1.29
4	Oklahoma	1,041,000	1,327,000	1.27
5	Louisiana	877,000	1,115,000	1.27
6	Mississippi	668,000	846,000	1.27
7	Arizona	1,438,000	1,798,000	1.25
8	Tennessee	1,749,000	2,157,000	1.23
9	Missouri	1,653,000	1,978,000	1.20
10	Georgia	2,162,000	2,479,000	1.15

Top 10 cat-loving states

Rank	State	Cats	Dogs	Ratio, cats to dogs
1	Massachusetts	1,593,000	850,000	1.87
2	Maryland	1,677,000	915,000	1.83
3	Maine	498,000	300,000	1.66
4	Vermont	234,000	142,000	1.65
5	Connecticut	796,000	507,000	1.57
6	District of Columbia	63,000	42,000	1.50
7	New Hampshire	309,000	212,000	1.46
8	Pennsylvania	3,544,000	2,485,000	1.43
9	New York	4,261,000	3,054,000	1.40
10	Ohio	3,786,000	2,730,000	1.39