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69 million
American households with pets
90 million
Pet cats in the U.S.
77 million
Pet dogs in the U.S.
$37 billion
Amount spent by Americans on pet supplies
$8.5 billion
Money spent on pet supplies, not including food and services
$6.2 billion
Money spent on baby-care supplies
Source: The New York Times
to be fair, they were not comparing like with like, babies are only babies for a couple of years, pets are pets for as long as 20 years or even more.Quote:
Originally Posted by poofy
If they include todlers, young children and teenageers in the survey I'm sure the amount of money people spend on their kids are a lot more than the amount of money they spend on pets :D