Top 10 States By Estimated Number and Cost of Dog Bite Claims, 2024 (1) |
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Rank |
State |
Number of claims |
Average cost per claim (2) |
Value of claims
($ millions) |
1 |
California |
2,417 |
$86,229 |
$208.4 |
2 |
Florida |
1,821 |
55,680 |
101.4 |
3 |
Texas |
1,190 |
75,674 |
90.1 |
4 |
Michigan |
1,138 |
63,656 |
72.4 |
5 |
Pennsylvania |
1,004 |
88,668 |
89.0 |
6 |
New York |
994 |
110,488 |
109.8 |
7 |
Ohio |
985 |
44,885 |
44.2 |
8 |
Illinois |
940 |
64,941 |
61.0 |
9 |
New Jersey |
782 |
72,375 |
56.6 |
10 |
Georgia |
671 |
46,724 |
31.4 |
|
Top 10 |
11,942 |
$72,379 |
$864.4 |
|
Other |
10,716 |
$65,810 |
$705.2 |
|
Total United States |
22,658 |
$69,272 |
$1,569.6 |
(1) Includes other dog-related injuries that have impacted claims such as fractures or other blunt force trauma injuries.
(2) Calculated from unrounded data.
Source: ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ Information Institute, State Farm®. |
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