This Month's Shelter Data (October 2026)
Updated · Latest data refresh Oct 21, 2026 · Rebuilt automatically from public open data.
What changed in our open shelter data this month: newly added stays, benchmark movements and model accuracy. Everything here comes from public open datasets and pooled aggregates; groups under 50 animals are suppressed, and no shelter's contributed data is ever shown.
Data in this refresh
653,384 stays from 8 public shelters (600,187 with a completed stay).
| Shelter (open data) | Stays | Latest intake | Dog median | Cat median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas, TX | 229,696 | 2026-10-20 | 4.0 | 2.0 |
| Austin, TX | 157,100 | 2026-10-21 | 6.0 | 8.0 |
| San Jose, CA | 55,575 | 2026-10-20 | 8.0 | 6.0 |
| Norfolk, VA | 53,363 | 2026-04-05 | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| Louisville, KY | 50,313 | 2026-09-19 | 6.0 | 3.0 |
| Long Beach, CA | 45,260 | 2026-10-20 | 6.0 | 7.0 |
| Montgomery County, MD | 34,073 | 2026-10-21 | 4.0 | 13.0 |
| Sonoma County, CA | 28,004 | 2026-10-20 | 8.0 | 11.0 |
Changes in the last 30 days (41)
- Louisville, KY added to the open data · Oct 21, 2026 (50,313 stays)
- Montgomery County, MD added to the open data · Oct 21, 2026 (34,073 stays)
- Norfolk, VA added to the open data · Oct 21, 2026 (53,363 stays)
- San Jose, CA added to the open data · Oct 21, 2026 (55,575 stays)
- All sources (pooled) · Cat median stay (days): 6.0 → 4.0 · Oct 21, 2026
- All sources (pooled) · Cat 90th percentile (days): 59.0 → 44.0 · Oct 21, 2026
- All sources (pooled) · Cats over 30 days (%): 22.8 → 15.4 · Oct 21, 2026
- All sources (pooled) · Dog median stay (days): 6.0 → 5.0 · Oct 21, 2026
- All sources (pooled) · Dog 90th percentile (days): 43.0 → 32.0 · Oct 21, 2026
- All sources (pooled) · Dogs over 30 days (%): 14.3 → 10.7 · Oct 21, 2026
- Austin, TX · Cat 90th percentile (days): 64.0 → 65.0 · Oct 21, 2026
- Austin, TX · Cats over 30 days (%): 26.7 → 27.1 · Oct 21, 2026
- Austin, TX · Dog 90th percentile (days): 52.0 → 53.0 · Oct 21, 2026
- Austin, TX · Dogs over 30 days (%): 16.4 → 16.3 · Oct 21, 2026
- Austin, TX · Stays analyzed: 140,409 → 157,100 · Oct 21, 2026
- Dallas, TX · Cats over 30 days (%): 1.3 → 1.1 · Oct 21, 2026
- Dallas, TX · Dog median stay (days): 5.0 → 4.0 · Oct 21, 2026
- Dallas, TX · Dog 90th percentile (days): 25.0 → 21.0 · Oct 21, 2026
- Dallas, TX · Dogs over 30 days (%): 7.3 → 5.4 · Oct 21, 2026
- Dallas, TX · Stays analyzed: 50,195 → 229,696 · Oct 21, 2026
- Long Beach, CA · Cat 90th percentile (days): 64.0 → 63.0 · Oct 21, 2026
- Long Beach, CA · Cats over 30 days (%): 23.5 → 22.8 · Oct 21, 2026
- Long Beach, CA · Dog median stay (days): 7.0 → 6.0 · Oct 21, 2026
- Long Beach, CA · Dog 90th percentile (days): 48.0 → 49.0 · Oct 21, 2026
- Long Beach, CA · Dogs over 30 days (%): 15.1 → 15.3 · Oct 21, 2026
- Long Beach, CA · Stays analyzed: 42,141 → 45,260 · Oct 21, 2026
- Sonoma County, CA · Dog 90th percentile (days): 48.0 → 49.0 · Oct 21, 2026
- Sonoma County, CA · Dogs over 30 days (%): 19.3 → 19.5 · Oct 21, 2026
- Sonoma County, CA · Stays analyzed: 27,730 → 28,004 · Oct 21, 2026
- Austin, TX · New metric: Completed stays = 136,565 · Oct 21, 2026
- Austin, TX · New metric: Dataset extract date = 2025-05-05 · Oct 21, 2026
- Austin, TX · New metric: Latest intake in data = 2026-10-21 · Oct 21, 2026
- Dallas, TX · New metric: Completed stays = 213,683 · Oct 21, 2026
- Dallas, TX · New metric: Dataset extract date = 2026-10-21 · Oct 21, 2026
- Dallas, TX · New metric: Latest intake in data = 2026-10-20 · Oct 21, 2026
- Long Beach, CA · New metric: Completed stays = 43,072 · Oct 21, 2026
- Long Beach, CA · New metric: Dataset extract date = 2026-10-20 · Oct 21, 2026
- Long Beach, CA · New metric: Latest intake in data = 2026-10-20 · Oct 21, 2026
- Sonoma County, CA · New metric: Completed stays = 26,896 · Oct 21, 2026
- Sonoma County, CA · New metric: Dataset extract date = 2026-10-20 · Oct 21, 2026
- Sonoma County, CA · New metric: Latest intake in data = 2026-10-20 · Oct 21, 2026
Model accuracy history
Each retrain is tested on a later, held-out period. A new version is published only if it is at least as accurate and well calibrated.
| Date | Candidate | AUC | Dogs | Cats | Calibration error | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-21 | v1-2026-10-21 | 0.5944 | 0.52 | 0.809 | 0.0187 | Yes |
| 2026-10-21 | v2-2026-10-21 | 0.79 | 0.71 | 0.8747 | 0.0186 | Yes |
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