Shelter Stat of the Day

Stat of the day for October 22, 2026

9 days

Median length of stay for cats arriving in fall in Long Beach, CA public shelter data, from 6,008 completed stays.

Each day we show one figure computed from public shelter open data (foster time counted where shelters record it). Figures come from our length-of-stay benchmarks, last computed 2026-10-22. Explore them by shelter, species and intake type there.

Previous stats (last 30 days)

Oct 21: 6 days Median length of stay for cats aged 7 years and older in Long Beach, CA public shelter data, from 1,206 completed stays.
Oct 20: 13 days Median length of stay for cats with intake type stray in Montgomery County, MD public shelter data, from 7,675 completed stays.
Oct 19: 19.5% Share of dogs in Sonoma County, CA public shelter data whose stay lasted longer than 30 days, from 16,747 completed stays.
Oct 18: 14 days Median length of stay for cats arriving in spring in Norfolk, VA public shelter data, from 5,011 completed stays.
Oct 17: 18 days Median length of stay for cats arriving in fall in Norfolk, VA public shelter data, from 5,121 completed stays.
Oct 16: 8 days Median length of stay for dogs arriving in fall in Sonoma County, CA public shelter data, from 4,050 completed stays.
Oct 15: 22.8% Share of cats in Long Beach, CA public shelter data whose stay lasted longer than 30 days, from 25,663 completed stays.
Oct 14: 6 days Median length of stay for cats aged 6 to 12 months in Austin, TX public shelter data, from 7,952 completed stays.
Oct 13: 5 days Median length of stay for cats arriving in spring in Long Beach, CA public shelter data, from 7,810 completed stays.
Oct 12: 13.8% Share of dogs in Montgomery County, MD public shelter data whose stay lasted longer than 30 days, from 16,467 completed stays.
Oct 11: 12 days Median length of stay for dogs aged 6 to 12 months in San Jose, CA public shelter data, from 2,323 completed stays.
Oct 10: 5 days Median length of stay for dogs aged 2 to 6 months in Austin, TX public shelter data, from 7,511 completed stays.
Oct 9: 8 days Median length of stay for dogs aged 1 to 3 years across all 8 public shelters in our data (foster-linked), from 41,299 completed stays.
Oct 8: 7 days Median length of stay for cats arriving in fall in San Jose, CA public shelter data, from 8,261 completed stays.
Oct 7: 9 days Median length of stay for dogs aged 6 to 12 months in Montgomery County, MD public shelter data, from 2,222 completed stays.
Oct 6: 5 days Median length of stay for cats with intake type returned adoption across all 8 public shelters in our data (foster-linked), from 1,656 completed stays.
Oct 5: 12 days Median length of stay for dogs in Louisville, KY public shelter data, from 18,152 completed stays.
Oct 4: 5 days Median length of stay for dogs aged 3 to 7 years in Norfolk, VA public shelter data, from 5,658 completed stays.
Oct 3: 5 days Median length of stay for cats arriving in winter in San Jose, CA public shelter data, from 4,745 completed stays.
Oct 2: 6 days Median length of stay for dogs with intake type transfer in in Dallas, TX public shelter data, from 1,466 completed stays.
Oct 1: 9 days Median length of stay for cats aged 2 to 6 months across all 8 public shelters in our data (foster-linked), from 20,833 completed stays.
Sep 30: 10 days Median length of stay for cats with intake type owner surrender in San Jose, CA public shelter data, from 999 completed stays.
Sep 29: 9 days Median length of stay for cats aged 1 to 3 years across all 8 public shelters in our data (foster-linked), from 20,494 completed stays.
Sep 28: 6 days Median length of stay for dogs with intake type owner surrender across all 8 public shelters in our data (foster-linked), from 63,454 completed stays.
Sep 27: 5 days Median length of stay for dogs with intake type owner surrender in Dallas, TX public shelter data, from 30,412 completed stays.
Sep 26: 5 days Median length of stay for dogs aged 7 years and older in San Jose, CA public shelter data, from 1,898 completed stays.
Sep 25: 6 days Median length of stay for dogs aged under 2 months in San Jose, CA public shelter data, from 1,058 completed stays.
Sep 24: 6 days Median length of stay for cats arriving in summer in Louisville, KY public shelter data, from 5,837 completed stays.
Sep 23: 11 days Median length of stay for cats arriving in spring in Montgomery County, MD public shelter data, from 3,319 completed stays.
Sep 22: 10 days Median length of stay for dogs aged 3 to 7 years in San Jose, CA public shelter data, from 2,878 completed stays.

Aggregated data available as benchmarks.json under CC BY 4.0. See methodology.