Where's Colorado In The Latest Pet-Loving Rankings?

Colorado is known for a great many things, from the state’s bountiful breweries to its pristine ski slopes and hiking trails.

The one thing the Centennial State is not known for, however, is its connection with man’s best friend.

Colorado residents have some of the lowest pet ownership rates in the country, ranking 45th nationally at 47.2%.

April 11 is National Pet Day, a day for people everywhere to love on their fur babies a little extra. But which states love their pets the most? BetColorado.com, your spot for the best coverage of CO sports betting issues, sought to find out.

BetColorado.com used data from the American Veterinary Medical Association’s Pet Ownership and Demographics Sourcebook to calculate which states had the highest percentage of pet ownership.

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Pet-Loving States

Rank	State	% of Pet Ownership
1	Wyoming	71.8
2	West Virginia	71
3	Idaho	70
4	Vermont	70
5	Indiana	69.2
6	Arkansas	69
7	Mississippi	65.5
8	Oklahoma	65
9	Kentucky	64.1
10	North Dakota	63.7
11	Maine	63.5
12	Missouri	63.5
13	Washington	63
14	Kansas	62.8
15	Michigan	62.4
16	Ohio	62.4
17	Montana	62
18	South Carolina	62
19	Tennessee	61.7
20	Pennsylvania	60.6
21	New Mexico	60
22	Alabama	59.8
23	Oregon	59.2
24	Iowa	59
25	North Carolina	59
26	Wisconsin	59
27	Utah	58.5
28	Texas	58.2
29	Arizona	58
30	Delaware	57.9
31	Florida	56
32	Virginia	55.5
33	Louisiana	54
34	Minnesota	54
35	Nevada	53
36	New Hampshire	52
37	Nebraska	51.3
38	Georgia	51
39	Connecticut	50
40	New York	50
41	Massachusetts	49
42	Illinois	48.6
43	Maryland	48.6
44	New Jersey	47.4
45	Colorado	47.2
46	South Dakota	46
47	Rhode Island	45.4
48	California	40.1
49	*Alaska	0
50	*Hawaii	0

* — Limited information available on Alaska and Hawaii.

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Where Colorado Pet Ownership Stacks Up Nationally

Colorado has the fourth-lowest pet ownership rate west of the Mississippi. The state has the lowest dog ownership rate of any state that reported such data at 27.1%, coming in behind Illinois (32.4%), Maryland (30.2%) and New Jersey (29.1%).

Colorado ranks well behind its neighbors, such as Wyoming (1st, 71.8%), Oklahoma (8th, 65.0%), Kansas (14th, 62.8%), New Mexico (21st, 60%), Utah (27th, 58.5%), Arizona (29th, 58.0%) and Nebraska (37th, 51.3%).

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Christopher Boan

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Christopher Boan has been covering sports and sports betting for more than seven years, including stops at ArizonaSports.com, the Tucson Weekly and the Green Valley News.

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