Postal Workers Bitten by Dogs, by District
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff 
The U.S. Postal Service reported that 5,879 postal workers were victims of dog bites in fiscal year 2012. 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 over the years.
| District | Dog bites |
|---|---|
| 1. Los Angeles, CA | 69 |
| 2. San Antonio, TX & Seattle, WA1 | 42 |
| 3. Chicago, IL | 41 |
| 4. San Francisco, CA | 38 |
| 5. Philadelphia, PA | 34 |
| 6. Detroit, MI | 33 |
| 7. St. Louis, MO | 32 |
| 8. Baltimore, MD & Sacramento, CA1 | 29 |
| 9. Houston, TX & Minneapolis, MN1 | 27 |
| 10. Cleveland & Dayton, OH1 | 26 |
1. Ties.
Source: U.S.P.S., 2012. A total of 5,879 postal workers were bitten by dogs in FY2012.
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