| Top 10 States By Estimated Number and Cost of Dog Bite Claims, 2023 (1) |
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| Rank |
State |
Number of claims |
Average cost
per claim (2) |
Value of claims
($ millions) |
| 1 |
California |
2,104 |
$68,125 |
$143.3 |
| 2 |
Florida |
1,532 |
66,615 |
102.1 |
| 3 |
Texas |
1,040 |
59,925 |
62.3 |
| 4 |
Michigan |
932 |
69,168 |
64.5 |
| 5 |
Ohio |
885 |
39,119 |
34.6 |
| 6 |
Pennsylvania |
857 |
53,914 |
46.2 |
| 7 |
New York |
851 |
66,578 |
56.7 |
| 8 |
Illinois |
837 |
73,797 |
61.8 |
| 9 |
New Jersey |
649 |
62,295 |
40.4 |
| 10 |
Georgia |
495 |
57,572 |
28.5 |
| |
Top 10 |
10,182 |
$62,891 |
$640.4 |
| |
Other |
8,880 |
$53,561 |
$475.6 |
| |
Total United States |
19,062 |
$58,545 |
$1,116.0 |
(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: Insurance Information Institute, State Farm®. |
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