Number of U.S. pet owning households by species 2024
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EmailClick to copy linkLink copiedCiteStatista (2025). Number of U.S. pet owning households by species 2024 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/198095/pets-in-the-united-states-by-type-in-2008/Dataset updatedJun 24, 2025Area coveredUnited StatesDescriptionAn estimated ** million households in the United States owned at least one dog according to a 2024/25 pet owners survey, making them the most widely owned type of pet across the U.S. at this time. Cats and freshwater fish ranked in second and third places, with around ** million and ** million households owning such pets, respectively. Freshwater vs. salt water fish Freshwater fish spend most or all their lives in fresh water. Fresh water’s main difference to salt water is the level of salinity. Freshwater fish have a range of physiological adaptations to enable them to live in such conditions. As the statistic makes clear, Americans keep a large number of freshwater aquatic species at home as pets. American pet owners In 2023, around ** percent of all households in the United States owned a pet. This is a decrease from 2020, but still around a ** percent increase from 1988. It is no surprise that as more and more households own pets, pet industry expenditure has also witnessed steady growth. Expenditure reached over *** billion U.S. dollars in 2022, almost a sixfold increase from 1998. The majority of pet product sales are still made in brick-and-mortar stores, despite the rise and evolution of e-commerce in the United States.
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‘🐕 Cat VS Dog popularity per state’ analyzed by Analyst-2
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Updated Feb 13, 2022ShareFacebookTwitterEmailClick to copy linkLink copiedCiteAnalyst-2 (analyst-2.ai) / Inspirient GmbH (inspirient.com) (2022). ‘🐕 Cat VS Dog popularity per state’ analyzed by Analyst-2 [Dataset]. https://analyst-2.ai/analysis/kaggle-cat-vs-dog-popularity-per-state-24a0/668f83a8/?iid=001-629&v=presentationDataset updatedFeb 13, 2022Dataset authored and provided byAnalyst-2 (analyst-2.ai) / Inspirient GmbH (inspirient.com)LicenseAttribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
License information was derived automaticallyDescriptionAnalysis of ‘🐕 Cat VS Dog popularity per state’ provided by Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai), based on source dataset retrieved from https://www.kaggle.com/yamqwe/cat-vs-dog-popularity-in-u-se on 13 February 2022.
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About this dataset
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This dataset was created by Andrew Duff and contains around 0 samples along with Percentage Of Cat Owners, Mean Number Of Dogs Per Household, technical information and other features such as: - Percentage Of Households With Pets - Mean Number Of Cats - and more.
How to use this dataset
- Analyze Percentage Of Dog Owners in relation to Number Of Pet Households (in 1000)
- Study the influence of Percentage Of Cat Owners on Mean Number Of Dogs Per Household
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If you use this dataset in your research, please credit Andrew Duff
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Membership to Group Based on Family Aspects; Total n and Percentage.
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xlsUpdated Jun 2, 2023ShareFacebookTwitterEmailClick to copy linkLink copiedCiteSophie Susannah Hall; Hannah F. Wright; Daniel Simon Mills (2023). Membership to Group Based on Family Aspects; Total n and Percentage. [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0149736.t002xlsAvailable download formatsUnique identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0149736.t002Dataset updatedJun 2, 2023Dataset provided byPLOS ONEAuthorsSophie Susannah Hall; Hannah F. Wright; Daniel Simon MillsLicenseAttribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
License information was derived automaticallyDescriptionMembership to Group Based on Family Aspects; Total n and Percentage.
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An estimated ** million households in the United States owned at least one dog according to a 2024/25 pet owners survey, making them the most widely owned type of pet across the U.S. at this time. Cats and freshwater fish ranked in second and third places, with around ** million and ** million households owning such pets, respectively. Freshwater vs. salt water fish Freshwater fish spend most or all their lives in fresh water. Fresh water’s main difference to salt water is the level of salinity. Freshwater fish have a range of physiological adaptations to enable them to live in such conditions. As the statistic makes clear, Americans keep a large number of freshwater aquatic species at home as pets. American pet owners In 2023, around ** percent of all households in the United States owned a pet. This is a decrease from 2020, but still around a ** percent increase from 1988. It is no surprise that as more and more households own pets, pet industry expenditure has also witnessed steady growth. Expenditure reached over *** billion U.S. dollars in 2022, almost a sixfold increase from 1998. The majority of pet product sales are still made in brick-and-mortar stores, despite the rise and evolution of e-commerce in the United States.