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Nearly six-in-ten (57%) of all adults in this country own a pet or pets of one kind or another, with dog owners (39% of all adults) outnumbering cat owners (23%) \u2014 and owners of all other pets trailing far behind, a Pew survey finds. More whites (64%) than blacks (30%) or Hispanics (39%) have a pet. There is also an income skew to pet ownership: nearly seven-in-ten (69%) adults with an annual family income of $100,000 or more have a pet, compared with fewer than half (45%) of adults with an income below $30,000. Also, rural residents (65%) are more likely than suburbanites (57%) or city folks (51%) to have a pet \u2014 though they\u2019re a bit less likely to consider their dogs or cats a member of the family. Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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