| Top 10 States By Estimated Number and Cost of Dog Bite Claims, 2018 (1) |
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| Rank |
State |
Number of claims |
Average cost per claim (2) |
Value of claims ($ millions) |
| 1 |
California |
2,166 |
$45,543 |
$98.6 |
| 2 |
Florida |
1,281 |
43,893 |
56.2 |
| 3 |
Texas |
922 |
35,257 |
32.5 |
| 4 |
Illinois |
822 |
35,553 |
29.2 |
| 5 |
New York |
821 |
59,790 |
49.1 |
| 6 |
Pennsylvania |
780 |
35,424 |
27.6 |
| 7 |
Michigan |
760 |
35,468 |
27.0 |
| 8 |
Ohio |
727 |
28,900 |
21.0 |
| 9 |
New Jersey |
586 |
55,523 |
32.5 |
| 10 |
Connecticut |
537 |
35,644 |
19.1 |
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Top 10 |
9,402 |
$41,796.1 |
$393.0 |
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Other states |
7,895 |
$35,706.3 |
$281.9 |
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Total United States |
17,297 |
$39,016.5 |
$674.9 |
(1) Includes other dog-related injuries that have impacted claims such as fractures or other blunt force trauma injuries.
Source: Insurance Information Institute, State Farm®. |
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