Wyoming Ranks 10th for Pet Ownership [POLL]

The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) recently released its U.S. Pet Ownership & Demographics Sourcebook, which revealed that Wyoming ranks 10th for pet ownership with 61.8 percent of households owning a pet.

The top 10 pet-owning states are:

• Vermont with 70.8 percent pet owners
• New Mexico with 67.6 percent pet owners
• South Dakota with 65.6 percent pet owners
• Oregon with 63.6 percent pet owners
• Maine with 62.9 percent pet owners
• Washington with 62.7 percent  pet owners
• Arkansas with 62.4 percent pet owners
• West Virginia with 62.1 percent pet owners
• Idaho with 62 percent pet owners
• Wyoming with 61.8 percent pet owners

The 10 states with the lowest percentage of pet-owning households are:

• Rhode Island with 53 percent pet owners
• Minnesota with 53 percent pet owners
• California with 52.9 percent pet owners
• Maryland with 52.3 percent pet owners
• Illinois with 51.8 percent pet owners
• Nebraska with 51.3 percent pet owners
• Utah with 51.2 percent pet owners
• New Jersey with 50.7 percent pet owners
• New York with 50.6 percent pet owners
• Massachusetts with 50.4 percent pet owners
• District of Columbia with 21.9 percent pet owners