Cat People vs Dog People...who wins?

The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) put out the results of a new survey recently studying the differences between cat owners and dog owners.
According to their survey, single people are more inclined to own cats while those married with children are more likely to own dogs...is that really surprising?
The interesting part of this study was the statistics on overall US pet ownership. There are more cats in the US, but there are more dog owners...provocative? Maybe.
There is a little Marketwatch article here, or you can go right to the source and view a snapshot of the data here. If you are willing to pony up $264, you can buy the entire study...or you can probably find it in your local library soon.
This is off the AVMA website... a couple of interesting facts.

• In 2006, nearly half of pet owners, or 49.7%, considered their pets to be family members


• There are more than 72 million pet dogs in the U.S. and nearly 82 million pet cats


• The average veterinary expenditure per household for all pets was $366 in 2006


• Among horse-owning households, 61.1% had at least one visit to the veterinarian in 2006, an increase of 11.9% from 2001