{
 "meta": {
  "title": "Rise of the Underdog: US shelter dog adoption preference by state",
  "publisher": "Bone Voyage Dog Rescue",
  "source_url": "https://bonevoyagedogrescue.com/Bone-Voyage-dog-rescue-rise-of-the-underdog/",
  "fielded": "2023-07",
  "published": "2023-08-08",
  "sample": "3,000 US adults, stratified by age, gender and geography, with post-stratification weighting",
  "question": "If you got a dog, would you adopt from your local shelter or buy a purebred from a registered breeder?",
  "measure": "Percentage preferring to adopt from a local shelter",
  "national_figure_pct": 46,
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "attribution": "Bone Voyage Dog Rescue, Rise of the Underdog (2023)",
  "note": "Fielded July 2023. Please date it when you cite it."
 },
 "data": [
  {
   "state": "Nebraska",
   "state_code": "NE",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 81,
   "rank": 1
  },
  {
   "state": "New Mexico",
   "state_code": "NM",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 75,
   "rank": 2
  },
  {
   "state": "Wyoming",
   "state_code": "WY",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 75,
   "rank": 3
  },
  {
   "state": "Iowa",
   "state_code": "IA",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 64,
   "rank": 4
  },
  {
   "state": "West Virginia",
   "state_code": "WV",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 64,
   "rank": 5
  },
  {
   "state": "Colorado",
   "state_code": "CO",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 61,
   "rank": 6
  },
  {
   "state": "Illinois",
   "state_code": "IL",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 60,
   "rank": 7
  },
  {
   "state": "Kentucky",
   "state_code": "KY",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 58,
   "rank": 8
  },
  {
   "state": "Missouri",
   "state_code": "MO",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 53,
   "rank": 9
  },
  {
   "state": "New Jersey",
   "state_code": "NJ",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 53,
   "rank": 10
  },
  {
   "state": "Kansas",
   "state_code": "KS",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 52,
   "rank": 11
  },
  {
   "state": "Massachusetts",
   "state_code": "MA",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 52,
   "rank": 12
  },
  {
   "state": "Tennessee",
   "state_code": "TN",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 51,
   "rank": 13
  },
  {
   "state": "Connecticut",
   "state_code": "CT",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 50,
   "rank": 14
  },
  {
   "state": "Hawaii",
   "state_code": "HI",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 50,
   "rank": 15
  },
  {
   "state": "Idaho",
   "state_code": "ID",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 50,
   "rank": 16
  },
  {
   "state": "Montana",
   "state_code": "MT",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 50,
   "rank": 17
  },
  {
   "state": "New Hampshire",
   "state_code": "NH",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 50,
   "rank": 18
  },
  {
   "state": "Vermont",
   "state_code": "VT",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 50,
   "rank": 19
  },
  {
   "state": "Washington",
   "state_code": "WA",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 50,
   "rank": 20
  },
  {
   "state": "Arizona",
   "state_code": "AZ",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 49,
   "rank": 21
  },
  {
   "state": "New York",
   "state_code": "NY",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 49,
   "rank": 22
  },
  {
   "state": "Virginia",
   "state_code": "VA",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 49,
   "rank": 23
  },
  {
   "state": "Oregon",
   "state_code": "OR",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 48,
   "rank": 24
  },
  {
   "state": "Wisconsin",
   "state_code": "WI",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 48,
   "rank": 25
  },
  {
   "state": "Oklahoma",
   "state_code": "OK",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 47,
   "rank": 26
  },
  {
   "state": "Pennsylvania",
   "state_code": "PA",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 47,
   "rank": 27
  },
  {
   "state": "Alabama",
   "state_code": "AL",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 46,
   "rank": 28
  },
  {
   "state": "Alaska",
   "state_code": "AK",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 46,
   "rank": 29
  },
  {
   "state": "North Dakota",
   "state_code": "ND",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 46,
   "rank": 30
  },
  {
   "state": "Texas",
   "state_code": "TX",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 46,
   "rank": 31
  },
  {
   "state": "Utah",
   "state_code": "UT",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 46,
   "rank": 32
  },
  {
   "state": "Florida",
   "state_code": "FL",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 45,
   "rank": 33
  },
  {
   "state": "North Carolina",
   "state_code": "NC",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 45,
   "rank": 34
  },
  {
   "state": "Arkansas",
   "state_code": "AR",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 44,
   "rank": 35
  },
  {
   "state": "Mississippi",
   "state_code": "MS",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 44,
   "rank": 36
  },
  {
   "state": "Ohio",
   "state_code": "OH",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 44,
   "rank": 37
  },
  {
   "state": "California",
   "state_code": "CA",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 42,
   "rank": 38
  },
  {
   "state": "Georgia",
   "state_code": "GA",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 41,
   "rank": 39
  },
  {
   "state": "Louisiana",
   "state_code": "LA",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 41,
   "rank": 40
  },
  {
   "state": "Maryland",
   "state_code": "MD",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 39,
   "rank": 41
  },
  {
   "state": "South Carolina",
   "state_code": "SC",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 39,
   "rank": 42
  },
  {
   "state": "Indiana",
   "state_code": "IN",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 38,
   "rank": 43
  },
  {
   "state": "Michigan",
   "state_code": "MI",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 37,
   "rank": 44
  },
  {
   "state": "Rhode Island",
   "state_code": "RI",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 37,
   "rank": 45
  },
  {
   "state": "Minnesota",
   "state_code": "MN",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 32,
   "rank": 46
  },
  {
   "state": "Delaware",
   "state_code": "DE",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 30,
   "rank": 47
  },
  {
   "state": "Nevada",
   "state_code": "NV",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 27,
   "rank": 48
  },
  {
   "state": "Maine",
   "state_code": "ME",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 25,
   "rank": 49
  },
  {
   "state": "South Dakota",
   "state_code": "SD",
   "adopt_preference_pct": 14,
   "rank": 50
  }
 ]
}