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Pet Statistics
- 1. FACTS - Pet Ownership
- 2. Facts About Animal Sheltering
- 3. Show Your Impact - Why Shelters Should Keep Statistics
- 4. Estimation of Dogs and Cats in NYC and Long Island (Including formula to estimate numbers in your re
- 5. Making Sense of Euthanasia Statistics
- 6. How Keeping Statistics Can Help You
- 7. Companion Animal Populations - Historical Context and Future Directions
Estimation of Dogs and Cats in NYC and Long Island (Including formula to estimate numbers in your re
Stephen Zawistowski, Ph.D., ASPCA
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Estimation of Dogs and Cats
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| COUNTY | POPULATION | HOUSEHOLDS | EST. DOGS | EST. CATS |
| Bronx | 1,200,000 | 461,538 | 246,462 | 276,000 |
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Kings |
2,300,000 | 884,615 | 472,385 | 529,000 |
| New York | 1,600,000 | 615,385 | 328,615 | 368,000 |
| Queens | 2,000,000 | 769,231 | 410,769 | 460,000 |
| Richmond | 400,000 | 153,846 | 82,154 | 92,000 |
| NEW YORK CITY | 1,540,385 | 1,725,000 | ||
| Nassau | 1,300,000 | 500,000 | 267,000 | 299,000 |
| Suffolk | 1,400,000 | 538,462 | 287,538 | 322,000 |
| LONG ISLAND | 554,538 | 621,000 | ||
| location * | population* | #VALUE!* | #VALUE!* | #VALUE!* |
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Assumptions for
estimates:
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County Population from US Census
data
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Households Based on US census
estimate of 2.6 individuals/household
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Estimate of dogs Based on AVMA
estimate of .534 dog/household
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Estmate of cats Based on AVMA
estimate of .598 cat/household
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* To estimate the dog and cat populations in your area, first take the total population and divide it by 2.6 to get the value of the number of households; then multiply that number by .534 to obtain the dog estimate in your region or .598 to obtain the cat estimate in your region.
© 2003 ASPCA
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