COLUMBUS, Ohio ( WCMH ) – Ohio ranked among the top three states where mail carriers suffered from the most dog bites in 2023, according to the United States Postal Service.
USPS compiled data on dog attacks on its mail carriers by state, finding there were more than 5,800 canine bites overall last year, rising from about 5,300 reported in 2022.
Ohio ranked as the state where mail carriers suffered from the third-most dog bites in the country, with 359 incidents in 2023. The state with the most dog bites was California (727), followed by Texas (411). Completing the top 10 were Pennsylvania at (334), Illinois (316), New York (296), Florida (193), North Carolina (185), Michigan (183) and Missouri (180).
Three Ohio municipalities also made the list of top 10 cities for dog bites, with Cleveland coming in at No. 5 with 44 incidents, Cincinnati at No. 8 (38) and Columbus at No. 10 (33). The city accounting for the most dog attacks on mail carriers was Los Angeles (65), followed by Houston (56) and Chicago (48).