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Note: Estimated pet-owning household numbers in the table below are calculated from percentages in formulas developed by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and the American Pet Products Association. These percentages are then applied to estimated household numbers for Los Angeles County. Because California is found to have a slightly lower percentage of pet-owning households, we compensated by reducing Los Angeles County averages below that of national averages. These numbers for pet-owning households are, of course, estimates with an unknown margin of error, not accounting for factors such as household income, ages, homeownership, presence of small children, etc. - factors that may affect actual numbers (see Characteristics of Dog & Cat-Owning House-holds in the City of Los Angeles).
Also see Estimated Number of Pet-Owning Households in Los Angeles County by Zip Code.
Estimated number of households from U.S. Census in 2017
Place | All Households | With Pets | With Dog | With Cat | With Bird | With Fresh Water Fish | With Salt Water Fish | With Reptile | With Small Animal |
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Los Angeles County | 3,295,198 | 1,723,389 | 1,163,205 | 771,076 | 85,016 | 299,863 | 42,838 | 118,627 | 141,694 |
Acton* | 2,626 | 1,373 | 927 | 614 | 68 | 239 | 34 | 95 | 113 |
Agoura Hills | 7,338 | 3,838 | 2,590 | 1,717 | 189 | 668 | 95 | 264 | 316 |
Agua Dulce* | 1,175 | 615 | 415 | 275 | 30 | 107 | 15 | 42 | 51 |
Alhambra | 29,179 | 15,261 | 10,300 | 6,828 | 753 | 2,655 | 379 | 1,050 | 1,255 |
Alondra Park* | 2,422 | 1,267 | 855 | 567 | 62 | 220 | 31 | 87 | 104 |
Altadena* | 15,475 | 8,093 | 5,463 | 3,621 | 399 | 1,408 | 201 | 557 | 665 |
Arcadia | 19,442 | 10,168 | 6,863 | 4,549 | 502 | 1,769 | 253 | 700 | 836 |
Place | All Households | With Pets | With Dog | With Cat | With Bird | With Fresh Water Fish | With Salt Water Fish | With Reptile | With Small Animal |
Artesia | 4,517 | 2,362 | 1,595 | 1,057 | 117 | 411 | 59 | 163 | 194 |
Avalon | 1,358 | 710 | 479 | 318 | 35 | 124 | 18 | 49 | 58 |
Avocado Heights* | 3,865 | 2,021 | 1,364 | 904 | 100 | 352 | 50 | 139 | 166 |
Azusa | 12,495 | 6,535 | 4,411 | 2,924 | 322 | 1,137 | 162 | 450 | 537 |
Baldwin Park | 17,678 | 9,246 | 6,240 | 4,137 | 456 | 1,609 | 230 | 636 | 760 |
Bell | 8,921 | 4,666 | 3,149 | 2,088 | 230 | 812 | 116 | 321 | 384 |
Bell Gardens | 9,659 | 5,052 | 3,410 | 2,260 | 249 | 879 | 126 | 348 | 415 |
Bellflower | 23,359 | 12,217 | 8,246 | 5,466 | 603 | 2,126 | 304 | 841 | 1,004 |
Place | All Households | With Pets | With Dog | With Cat | With Bird | With Fresh Water Fish | With Salt Water Fish | With Reptile | With Small Animal |
Beverly Hills | 14,902 | 7,794 | 5,260 | 3,487 | 384 | 1,356 | 194 | 536 | 641 |
Bradbury | 314 | 164 | 111 | 73 | 8 | 29 | 4 | 11 | 14 |
Burbank | 41,664 | 21,790 | 14,707 | 9,749 | 1,075 | 3,791 | 542 | 1,500 | 1,792 |
Calabasas | 8,904 | 4,657 | 3,143 | 2,084 | 230 | 810 | 116 | 321 | 383 |
Carson | 25,381 | 13,274 | 8,959 | 5,939 | 655 | 2,310 | 330 | 914 | 1,091 |
Castaic* | 5,766 | 3,016 | 2,035 | 1,349 | 149 | 525 | 75 | 208 | 248 |
Cerritos | 15,541 | 8,128 | 5,486 | 3,637 | 401 | 1,414 | 202 | 559 | 668 |
Charter Oak* | 2,831 | 1,481 | 999 | 662 | 73 | 258 | 37 | 102 | 122 |
Place | All Households | With Pets | With Dog | With Cat | With Bird | With Fresh Water Fish | With Salt Water Fish | With Reptile | With Small Animal |
Citrus* | 2,660 | 1,391 | 939 | 622 | 69 | 242 | 35 | 96 | 114 |
Claremont | 11,620 | 6,077 | 4,102 | 2,719 | 300 | 1,057 | 151 | 418 | 500 |
Commerce | 3,589 | 1,877 | 1,267 | 840 | 93 | 327 | 47 | 129 | 154 |
Compton | 23,657 | 12,373 | 8,351 | 5,536 | 610 | 2,153 | 308 | 852 | 1,017 |
Covina | 15,193 | 7,946 | 5,363 | 3,555 | 392 | 1,383 | 198 | 547 | 653 |
Cudahy | 5,543 | 2,899 | 1,957 | 1,297 | 143 | 504 | 72 | 200 | 238 |
Culver City | 16,543 | 8,652 | 5,840 | 3,871 | 427 | 1,505 | 215 | 596 | 711 |
Del Aire* | 3,303 | 1,727 | 1,166 | 773 | 85 | 301 | 43 | 119 | 142 |
Place | All Households | With Pets | With Dog | With Cat | With Bird | With Fresh Water Fish | With Salt Water Fish | With Reptile | With Small Animal |
Desert View Highlands* | 816 | 427 | 288 | 191 | 21 | 74 | 11 | 29 | 35 |
Diamond Bar | 17,810 | 9,315 | 6,287 | 4,168 | 459 | 1,621 | 232 | 641 | 766 |
Downey | 32,696 | 17,100 | 11,542 | 7,651 | 844 | 2,975 | 425 | 1,177 | 1,406 |
Duarte | 6,980 | 3,651 | 2,464 | 1,633 | 180 | 635 | 91 | 251 | 300 |
East Los Angeles* | 31,938 | 16,704 | 11,274 | 7,473 | 824 | 2,906 | 415 | 1,150 | 1,373 |
East Pasadena* | 1,940 | 1,015 | 685 | 454 | 50 | 177 | 25 | 70 | 83 |
East Rancho Dominguez* | 3,429 | 1,793 | 1,210 | 802 | 88 | 312 | 45 | 123 | 147 |
East San Gabriel* | 5,141 | 2,689 | 1,815 | 1,203 | 133 | 468 | 67 | 185 | 221 |
Place | All Households | With Pets | With Dog | With Cat | With Bird | With Fresh Water Fish | With Salt Water Fish | With Reptile | With Small Animal |
East Whittier* | 3,417 | 1,787 | 1,206 | 800 | 88 | 311 | 44 | 123 | 147 |
El Monte | 29,550 | 15,455 | 10,431 | 6,915 | 762 | 2,689 | 384 | 1,064 | 1,271 |
El Segundo | 6,638 | 3,472 | 2,343 | 1,553 | 171 | 604 | 86 | 239 | 285 |
Elizabeth Lake* | 720 | 377 | 254 | 168 | 19 | 66 | 9 | 26 | 31 |
Florence-Graham* | 14,758 | 7,718 | 5,210 | 3,453 | 381 | 1,343 | 192 | 531 | 635 |
Gardena | 20,649 | 10,799 | 7,289 | 4,832 | 533 | 1,879 | 268 | 743 | 888 |
Glendale | 72,738 | 38,042 | 25,677 | 17,021 | 1,877 | 6,619 | 946 | 2,619 | 3,128 |
Glendora | 17,080 | 8,933 | 6,029 | 3,997 | 441 | 1,554 | 222 | 615 | 734 |
Place | All Households | With Pets | With Dog | With Cat | With Bird | With Fresh Water Fish | With Salt Water Fish | With Reptile | With Small Animal |
Green Valley* | 440 | 230 | 155 | 103 | 11 | 40 | 6 | 16 | 19 |
Hacienda Heights* | 16,202 | 8,474 | 5,719 | 3,791 | 418 | 1,474 | 211 | 583 | 697 |
Hasley Canyon* | 326 | 170 | 115 | 76 | 8 | 30 | 4 | 12 | 14 |
Hawaiian Gardens | 3,875 | 2,027 | 1,368 | 907 | 100 | 353 | 50 | 140 | 167 |
Hawthorne | 29,488 | 15,422 | 10,409 | 6,900 | 761 | 2,683 | 383 | 1,062 | 1,268 |
Hermosa Beach | 9,158 | 4,790 | 3,233 | 2,143 | 236 | 833 | 119 | 330 | 394 |
Hidden Hills | 551 | 288 | 195 | 129 | 14 | 50 | 7 | 20 | 24 |
Huntington Park | 14,462 | 7,564 | 5,105 | 3,384 | 373 | 1,316 | 188 | 521 | 622 |
Place | All Households | With Pets | With Dog | With Cat | With Bird | With Fresh Water Fish | With Salt Water Fish | With Reptile | With Small Animal |
Industry | 79 | 41 | 28 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Inglewood | 36,481 | 19,080 | 12,878 | 8,537 | 941 | 3,320 | 474 | 1,313 | 1,569 |
Irwindale | 374 | 196 | 132 | 88 | 10 | 34 | 5 | 13 | 16 |
La Cañada Flintridge | 6,582 | 3,442 | 2,323 | 1,540 | 170 | 599 | 86 | 237 | 283 |
La Crescenta-Montrose* | 6,850 | 3,583 | 2,418 | 1,603 | 177 | 623 | 89 | 247 | 295 |
La Habra Heights | 1,836 | 960 | 648 | 430 | 47 | 167 | 24 | 66 | 79 |
La Mirada | 14,371 | 7,516 | 5,073 | 3,363 | 371 | 1,308 | 187 | 517 | 618 |
La Puente | 8,998 | 4,706 | 3,176 | 2,106 | 232 | 819 | 117 | 324 | 387 |
Place | All Households | With Pets | With Dog | With Cat | With Bird | With Fresh Water Fish | With Salt Water Fish | With Reptile | With Small Animal |
La Verne | 11,236 | 5,876 | 3,966 | 2,629 | 290 | 1,022 | 146 | 404 | 483 |
Ladera Heights* | 2,963 | 1,550 | 1,046 | 693 | 76 | 270 | 39 | 107 | 127 |
Lake Hughes* | 276 | 144 | 97 | 65 | 7 | 25 | 4 | 10 | 12 |
Lake Los Angeles* | 3,374 | 1,765 | 1,191 | 790 | 87 | 307 | 44 | 121 | 145 |
Lakewood | 25,957 | 13,576 | 9,163 | 6,074 | 670 | 2,362 | 337 | 934 | 1,116 |
Lancaster | 48,124 | 25,169 | 16,988 | 11,261 | 1,242 | 4,379 | 626 | 1,732 | 2,069 |
Lawndale | 9,875 | 5,165 | 3,486 | 2,311 | 255 | 899 | 128 | 356 | 425 |
Lennox* | 5,311 | 2,778 | 1,875 | 1,243 | 137 | 483 | 69 | 191 | 228 |
Place | All Households | With Pets | With Dog | With Cat | With Bird | With Fresh Water Fish | With Salt Water Fish | With Reptile | With Small Animal |
Leona Valley* | 622 | 325 | 220 | 146 | 16 | 57 | 8 | 22 | 27 |
Littlerock* | 460 | 241 | 162 | 108 | 12 | 42 | 6 | 17 | 20 |
Lomita | 8,070 | 4,221 | 2,849 | 1,888 | 208 | 734 | 105 | 291 | 347 |
Long Beach | 165,001 | 86,296 | 58,245 | 38,610 | 4,257 | 15,015 | 2,145 | 5,940 | 7,095 |
Los Angeles | 1,364,227 | 713,491 | 481,572 | 319,229 | 35,197 | 124,145 | 17,735 | 49,112 | 58,662 |
Lynwood | 15,333 | 8,019 | 5,413 | 3,588 | 396 | 1,395 | 199 | 552 | 659 |
Malibu | 5,499 | 2,876 | 1,941 | 1,287 | 142 | 500 | 71 | 198 | 236 |
Manhattan Beach | 13,529 | 7,076 | 4,776 | 3,166 | 349 | 1,231 | 176 | 487 | 582 |
Place | All Households | With Pets | With Dog | With Cat | With Bird | With Fresh Water Fish | With Salt Water Fish | With Reptile | With Small Animal |
Marina del Rey* | 5,523 | 2,889 | 1,950 | 1,292 | 142 | 503 | 72 | 199 | 237 |
Mayflower Village* | 1,824 | 954 | 644 | 427 | 47 | 166 | 24 | 66 | 78 |
Maywood | 6,629 | 3,467 | 2,340 | 1,551 | 171 | 603 | 86 | 239 | 285 |
Monrovia | 13,000 | 6,799 | 4,589 | 3,042 | 335 | 1,183 | 169 | 468 | 559 |
Montebello | 19,844 | 10,378 | 7,005 | 4,643 | 512 | 1,806 | 258 | 714 | 853 |
Monterey Park | 19,728 | 10,318 | 6,964 | 4,616 | 509 | 1,795 | 256 | 710 | 848 |
North El Monte* | 1,262 | 660 | 445 | 295 | 33 | 115 | 16 | 45 | 54 |
Norwalk | 27,238 | 14,245 | 9,615 | 6,374 | 703 | 2,479 | 354 | 981 | 1,171 |
Place | All Households | With Pets | With Dog | With Cat | With Bird | With Fresh Water Fish | With Salt Water Fish | With Reptile | With Small Animal |
Palmdale | 44,075 | 23,051 | 15,558 | 10,314 | 1,137 | 4,011 | 573 | 1,587 | 1,895 |
Palos Verdes Estates | 4,757 | 2,488 | 1,679 | 1,113 | 123 | 433 | 62 | 171 | 205 |
Paramount | 14,339 | 7,499 | 5,062 | 3,355 | 370 | 1,305 | 186 | 516 | 617 |
Pasadena | 54,734 | 28,626 | 19,321 | 12,808 | 1,412 | 4,981 | 712 | 1,970 | 2,354 |
Pico Rivera | 17,027 | 8,905 | 6,011 | 3,984 | 439 | 1,549 | 221 | 613 | 732 |
Pomona | 38,869 | 20,328 | 13,721 | 9,095 | 1,003 | 3,537 | 505 | 1,399 | 1,671 |
Quartz Hill* | 3,542 | 1,852 | 1,250 | 829 | 91 | 322 | 46 | 128 | 152 |
Rancho Palos Verdes | 15,780 | 8,253 | 5,570 | 3,693 | 407 | 1,436 | 205 | 568 | 679 |
Place | All Households | With Pets | With Dog | With Cat | With Bird | With Fresh Water Fish | With Salt Water Fish | With Reptile | With Small Animal |
Redondo Beach | 27,820 | 14,550 | 9,820 | 6,510 | 718 | 2,532 | 362 | 1,002 | 1,196 |
Rolling Hills | 615 | 322 | 217 | 144 | 16 | 56 | 8 | 22 | 26 |
Rolling Hills Estates | 3,026 | 1,583 | 1,068 | 708 | 78 | 275 | 39 | 109 | 130 |
Rose Hills* | 1,021 | 534 | 360 | 239 | 26 | 93 | 13 | 37 | 44 |
Rosemead | 14,671 | 7,673 | 5,179 | 3,433 | 379 | 1,335 | 191 | 528 | 631 |
Rowland Heights | 14,751 | 7,715 | 5,207 | 3,452 | 381 | 1,342 | 192 | 531 | 634 |
San Dimas | 11,749 | 6,145 | 4,147 | 2,749 | 303 | 1,069 | 153 | 423 | 505 |
San Fernando | 6,249 | 3,268 | 2,206 | 1,462 | 161 | 569 | 81 | 225 | 269 |
Place | All Households | With Pets | With Dog | With Cat | With Bird | With Fresh Water Fish | With Salt Water Fish | With Reptile | With Small Animal |
San Gabriel | 12,239 | 6,401 | 4,320 | 2,864 | 316 | 1,114 | 159 | 441 | 526 |
San Marino | 4,515 | 2,361 | 1,594 | 1,057 | 116 | 411 | 59 | 163 | 194 |
San Pasqual* | 894 | 468 | 316 | 209 | 23 | 81 | 12 | 32 | 38 |
Santa Clarita | 67,914 | 35,519 | 23,974 | 15,892 | 1,752 | 6,180 | 883 | 2,445 | 2,920 |
Santa Fe Springs | 5,078 | 2,656 | 1,793 | 1,188 | 131 | 462 | 66 | 183 | 218 |
Santa Monica | 46,358 | 24,245 | 16,364 | 10,848 | 1,196 | 4,219 | 603 | 1,669 | 1,993 |
Sierra Madre | 4,441 | 2,323 | 1,568 | 1,039 | 115 | 404 | 58 | 160 | 191 |
Signal Hill | 4,368 | 2,284 | 1,542 | 1,022 | 113 | 397 | 57 | 157 | 188 |
Place | All Households | With Pets | With Dog | With Cat | With Bird | With Fresh Water Fish | With Salt Water Fish | With Reptile | With Small Animal |
South El Monte | 5,304 | 2,774 | 1,872 | 1,241 | 137 | 483 | 69 | 191 | 228 |
South Gate | 23,557 | 12,320 | 8,316 | 5,512 | 608 | 2,144 | 306 | 848 | 1,013 |
South Monrovia Island* | 1,612 | 843 | 569 | 377 | 42 | 147 | 21 | 58 | 69 |
South Pasadena | 10,248 | 5,360 | 3,618 | 2,398 | 264 | 933 | 133 | 369 | 441 |
South San Gabriel* | 2,334 | 1,221 | 824 | 546 | 60 | 212 | 30 | 84 | 100 |
South San Jose Hills* | 4,136 | 2,163 | 1,460 | 968 | 107 | 376 | 54 | 149 | 178 |
South Whittier* | 15,484 | 8,098 | 5,466 | 3,623 | 399 | 1,409 | 201 | 557 | 666 |
Stevenson Ranch* | 6,348 | 3,320 | 2,241 | 1,485 | 164 | 578 | 83 | 229 | 273 |
Place | All Households | With Pets | With Dog | With Cat | With Bird | With Fresh Water Fish | With Salt Water Fish | With Reptile | With Small Animal |
Sun Village* | 3,147 | 1,646 | 1,111 | 736 | 81 | 286 | 41 | 113 | 135 |
Temple City | 11,094 | 5,802 | 3,916 | 2,596 | 286 | 1,010 | 144 | 399 | 477 |
Topanga* | 3,242 | 1,696 | 1,144 | 759 | 84 | 295 | 42 | 117 | 139 |
Torrance | 54,904 | 28,715 | 19,381 | 12,848 | 1,417 | 4,996 | 714 | 1,977 | 2,361 |
Val Verde* | 748 | 391 | 264 | 175 | 19 | 68 | 10 | 27 | 32 |
Valinda* | 5,236 | 2,738 | 1,848 | 1,225 | 135 | 476 | 68 | 188 | 225 |
Vernon | 30 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
View Park-Windsor Hills* | 4,662 | 2,438 | 1,646 | 1,091 | 120 | 424 | 61 | 168 | 200 |
Place | All Households | With Pets | With Dog | With Cat | With Bird | With Fresh Water Fish | With Salt Water Fish | With Reptile | With Small Animal |
Vincent* | 4,260 | 2,228 | 1,504 | 997 | 110 | 388 | 55 | 153 | 183 |
Walnut | 9,081 | 4,749 | 3,206 | 2,125 | 234 | 826 | 118 | 327 | 390 |
Walnut Park* | 3,744 | 1,958 | 1,322 | 876 | 97 | 341 | 49 | 135 | 161 |
West Athens* | 2,795 | 1,462 | 987 | 654 | 72 | 254 | 36 | 101 | 120 |
West Carson* | 7,458 | 3,901 | 2,633 | 1,745 | 192 | 679 | 97 | 268 | 321 |
West Covina | 30,752 | 16,083 | 10,855 | 7,196 | 793 | 2,798 | 400 | 1,107 | 1,322 |
West Hollywood | 22,602 | 11,821 | 7,979 | 5,289 | 583 | 2,057 | 294 | 814 | 972 |
West Puente Valley* | 5,015 | 2,623 | 1,770 | 1,174 | 129 | 456 | 65 | 181 | 216 |
Place | All Households | With Pets | With Dog | With Cat | With Bird | With Fresh Water Fish | With Salt Water Fish | With Reptile | With Small Animal |
West Rancho Dominguez* | 6,295 | 3,292 | 2,222 | 1,473 | 162 | 573 | 82 | 227 | 271 |
West Whittier-Los Nietos* | 7,115 | 3,721 | 2,512 | 1,665 | 184 | 647 | 92 | 256 | 306 |
Westlake Village | 3,363 | 1,759 | 1,187 | 787 | 87 | 306 | 44 | 121 | 145 |
Westmont* | 10,398 | 5,438 | 3,670 | 2,433 | 268 | 946 | 135 | 374 | 447 |
Whittier | 27,803 | 14,541 | 9,814 | 6,506 | 717 | 2,530 | 361 | 1,001 | 1,196 |
Willowbrook* | 5,010 | 2,620 | 1,769 | 1,172 | 129 | 456 | 65 | 180 | 215 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Veterinary Medical Association & American Pet Products Association
There are estimated to be more than 2.6 million privately-owned cats and dogs in Los Angeles County. Of those pets classified as "exotic" pets, more than 90 percent are reptiles.