| Top 10 States By Estimated Number and Cost of Dog Bite Claims, 2022 (1) |
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| Rank |
State |
Number of claims |
Average cost
per claim |
Value of claims
($ millions) |
| 1 |
California |
1,954 |
$78,818 |
$154.0 |
| 2 |
Florida |
1,331 |
78,203 |
104.1 |
| 3 |
Texas |
1,017 |
65,923 |
67.0 |
| 4 |
New York |
969 |
77,421 |
75.0 |
| 5 |
Michigan |
905 |
49,502 |
44.8 |
| 6 |
Pennsylvania |
805 |
66,636 |
53.6 |
| 7 |
Illinois |
729 |
67,238 |
49.0 |
| 8 |
Ohio |
658 |
50,692 |
33.4 |
| 9 |
New Jersey |
550 |
74,837 |
41.2 |
| 10 |
Georgia |
475 |
61,082 |
29.0 |
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Top 10 |
9,393 |
$69,323 |
$651.2 |
| |
Other |
8,188 |
$61,199 |
$501.1 |
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Total United Stat es |
17,583 |
$64,555 |
$1,135.1 |
(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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