Who let the NYC dogs out?

This heatmap shows dog licenses registered in NYC from 2019 to 2021.

Many dog owners don't obtain licenses for their pooches, and community surveys conducted by the NYC health department suggest the actual total of NYC canines is five times higher than the number licensed.

About 1,300 of 250,000 licenses in the city’s dataset were excluded due to owners listing zip codes outside of NYC or incorrect zip codes for their residences.
Map: Nsikan Akpan and Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky Source: NYC health department