It's not necessarily an easy question to answer, but how many furry four-legged canine friends live in Utah? Tribune data columnist Andy Larsen looks into the topic.
Now, I believe her question was more the result of noticing increased dog park attendance than a desire to make sure I’m still fit for this job. Still, let’s try to figure her question out. And while we’re at it, let’s look at some other interesting statistics about dogs and their owners.For people, we have the United States Census to try to count everyone in every area. For dogs, there’s no such thing.
National surveys that do this are relatively common. Unfortunately, they rarely have had the sample size to report state-by-state data. The Census Bureau’s American Housing Survey asks about pets, but only releases data by region, not by state. The American Pet Products Association’s National Pet Owners Survey has the same problem.
That makes Utah a pretty middle-of-the-road state in terms of dog ownership: 33rd in the U.S. in terms of the percentage of households that have dogs, 31st in dogs per household. However, we also know that dog ownership increased during the pandemic. While we don’t know the amount of Utah growth, nationally, AVMA found that the rate of dog ownership grew by six percentage points between the 2017-18 report and, from 38.4% to 44.6%. AMVA also found, however, that most of that growth came from one-dog households, and that the average number of dogs per home was down to 1.46 from 1.6 nationally.
• Another measure: how many people stayed at a job they disliked for their dog’s benefit in some way? 9% of dog-owning Utahns answered yes, good for 13th in the nation.
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