Before we get to the weirdness of this statistic, we have to get to the weirdness of the fact that there are people that track this statistic. Where do you report this information to? Who controls this information and what are they doing with it? Perhaps this is a sign that we’re collecting too much data.
Anyways, Chicago can’t catch a break when it comes to the headlines. Over the nearly 6,000 attacks on record by dogs against the Postal Service, 59 of them have come out of Chicago. That trails Houston, who clocked in at 73, but outranks Los Angeles and Denver when it comes to total attacks.
Fear not, folks in the suburbs, Illinois does not lead the country when it comes to the states with the most attacks. Those honors belong to California.