Pittsburgh Doggos By the Numbers
Allegheny County (the county containing Pittsburgh) publishes information on dog registrations. It’s a kind of interesting dataset – breed, zip code, color, and name for tens of thousands of dogs. Also, it’s a bit unique – a cursory search doesn’t uncover many other cities/states doing the same thing.
Here are some interesting facts about (registered) dogs in Allegheny County (edit: but very possibly excluding most Pittsburgh city dogs). I’ve also published the code for getting this data and a search tool, although see the caveats at the end.
Ten Most Popular Dog Names in Allegheny County
Name | Count |
---|---|
Bella | 708 |
Lucy | 474 |
Buddy | 469 |
Molly | 435 |
Bailey | 424 |
Sadie | 398 |
Max | 393 |
Daisy | 370 |
Charlie | 328 |
Cooper | 305 |
(Regarding count data, see caveats.)
Most Popular Breeds in Allegheny County
Breed | Count |
---|---|
MIXED | 5255 |
LABRADOR RETRIEVER | 3273 |
LAB MIX | 2701 |
GOLDEN RETRIEVER | 1681 |
GER SHEPHERD | 1623 |
SHIH TZU | 1218 |
BEAGLE | 1194 |
CHIHUAHUA | 1086 |
YORKSHIRE TERRIER | 1041 |
AM PIT BULL TERRIER | 1004 |
DACHSHUND | 960 |
BOXER | 931 |
BEAGLE MIX | 920 |
GER SHEPHERD MIX | 825 |
(Regarding count data, see caveats.)
Gender Breakdown for Dogs in Allegheny County
Pittsburgh has 20,882 female registered dogs, 18,959 male regisered dogs, and 7,342 dogs whose registration data doesn’t provide any gender information.
Percent of Dogs Neutered/Spayed
39841 out of 47183 doggos are spayed or neutered. That’s about 84% of registered dogs.
Cutest Dogs in Pittsburgh
According to my extenstive data analysis using Deep Learning AI magic sauce, the cutest male dog in Pittsburgh is this one:
Shadow
And the cutest female dog is this one:
Maddie enjoying her new toy
Caveats
Two caveats:
- Apparently Pittsburgh itself is excluded from this data.
- I spent about one beer on this project. There’s a really good chance I double-counted everything and made other silly errors.
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