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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®.