Postal Workers Bitten by Dogs, by District
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff 
The U.S. Postal Service reported that 3,184 postal workers were victims of dog bites in fiscal year 2006. Dog bites to postal employees peaked during the mid-1980s when more than 7,000 letter carriers were attacked annually. Through aggressive employee training and public education programs that statistic has dropped by more than two-thirds. In 2006, Orange Country—Long Beach California area postal workers suffered the most bites, with 96. They were followed by Houston with 94, Sacramento with 82, and Los Angeles with 77.
| Year | Dog bites |
|---|---|
| 2001 | 3,158 |
| 2002 | 3,070 |
| 2003 | 3,743 |
| 2004 | 3,429 |
| 2005 | 3,273 |
| 2006 | 3,184 |
Source: U.S.P.S., 2007.
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