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A July 2024 report in the AZ Animals blog sums up the largest alligator population by state: Louisiana: 2 million alligators. Florida: 1.3 million alligators. Texas: 400,000 to 500,000 alligators.
Louisiana has the largest American alligator population of any U.S. state. In the future, possible American alligator populations may be found in areas of Mexico adjacent to the Texas border. [ 71 ] The range of the American alligator is slowly expanding northwards, including into areas they once found such as Virginia. [ 72 ]
Louisiana has the largest alligator population. [21] The majority of American alligators inhabit Florida and Louisiana, with over a million alligators in each state. Southern Florida is the only place where both alligators and crocodiles live side by side. [22] [23]
This is a list of fatal alligator attacks in the United States in reverse chronological order by decade. All occurred in the South, where alligators are endemic to wetlands and tidal marshes. The state of Florida, where most attacks and deaths occur, began keeping records of alligator attacks in 1948. [1
Alligators love humid, hot climates and fresh water that never freezes – so its no wonder that the most gator-infested lakes in the U.S. are located in the Sunshine State of Florida. Explore the ...
In fact, hypothetical models of alligator populations in the U.S. show that hunters would have to decrease the gator population by more than 90% in order to completely prevent human interaction ...
The states and territories included in the United States Census Bureau's statistics for the United States population, ethnicity, and most other categories include the 50 states and Washington, D.C. Separate statistics are maintained for the five permanently inhabited territories of the United States: Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands ...
Florida, which has one of the highest alligator populations in the United States at over 1 million, had an average of six unprovoked bite incidents each year between 1948 and 2021, according to ...