Minimum Estimated Wild
Gray Wolf Populations
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Wolf Populations in the United States as of December 2015* |
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STATE |
WOLF POPULATION |
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Alaska |
10,000 |
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California |
10 |
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Idaho |
786 |
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Michigan |
636 (and 3 on Isle Royale) |
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Minnesota |
2,221 |
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Montana |
536 |
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Oregon |
110 |
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Washington |
90 |
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Wisconsin |
886 to 897 |
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Wyoming |
382 |
*Some scientists believe there are at least twice this many wolves in the United States.
There are also forty-five to sixty red wolves in North Carolina, about a hundred Mexican wolves in the wild in New Mexico and Arizona; many more coy-wolf and wolf-dog hybrids; and there are at least three hundred thousand and maybe as many as five hundred thousand wolves and wolf-dogs in captivity in the United States and an unknown number that are feral. There are also at least sixty thousand gray wolves in Canada.
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