US Pet Ownership Statistics

Below is a table comparing statistics of pet ownership in the United States, taken from the AVMA website.

	Dogs	Cats	Birds	Horses
Percent of households owning	38.4	25.4	2.8	0.7
Number of households owning	48,255,413	31,896,077	3,509,032	893,152
Average number owned per household	1.6	1.8	2.1	2.1
Total number in United States	76,811,305	58,385,725	7,538,000	1,914,394
Veterinary visits per household per year (mean)	2.4	1.3	0.3	1.6
Veterinary expenditure per household per year (mean)	$410	$182	$40	$614
Veterinary expenditure per animal (mean)	$253	$98	$18	$291