::: CFA Litter Registrations 2001 compared to 1991 :::

CFA presently recognizes 35 pedigreed breeds for showing in the Championship Class, 1 breed in the Provisional Class, and 4 breeds in the Miscellaneous Class.

In the March 2002 Almanac, statistics were published for the years 2001 that included:

the number of registered litters for each breed
the number of live kitten births recorded on those litter registrations for each breed
the number of active breeders

Included with the statistics for 2001 were the corresponding statistics for 1991. This makes it possible for us to compare what has happened in the past 10 years to the popularity of each breed and for CFA cats in general.

The news for CFA is not good. Participation in the cat fancy has decreased 50% in the past 10 years and is continuing to decline.

The Bottom-Line for All Breeds: From 1991 to 2001:

CFA litter registrations dropped by 51% (from 56,817 to 27,805)
CFA reported live births dropped by 51% (from 197,532 to 96,941)
CFA active breeders dropped by 48% (from 19,462 to 10,187)

Good News For Persian and Exotic Breeders: While overall registrations are down, Persians continue to be the most popular breed in CFA and Exotics are #4 . More than 3/5ths of all recorded live births in CFA were Persian or Exotic cats.

62% of all litters registered in CFA were Persians or Exotics
58% of all litters registered in 2001 were Persians
Colorpoint Exotics litter registrations were up 112% in 2001 compared to 1991

# of Live Births Recorded in 2001
Himalayans (including CPCs) - 44,213
Persians - 12,050
TOTAL ALL PERSIANS - 56,263
Exotics - 2,016
Colorpoint Exotics - 2053
TOTAL ALL EXOTICS - 4,069

Bad News for Persian and Exotic Breeders: While Persians and Exotics are are very popular breeds of cats, their numbers are still drastically down from what they were 10 years ago.

Himalayan registrations are down 52%
Persian registrations are down 73%
Exotics are down 19%

TABLE (1) Breeds whose numbers have INCREASED, ranked by popularity
TABLE (2) Breeds whose numbers have DECREASED, ranked by popularity
TABLE (3) All Breeds ranked which were recognized in 1991 and 2001, ranked by popularity
TABLE (4) Breeds not recognized in 1991, ranked by popularity

TABLE (1) Breeds whose registrations have INCREASED since 1991
R A N K	BREEDS listed from greatest to smallest # of litters registered in 2001	# of Litter Applications			# of Kittens Recorded
R A N K		2001	1991	% Change	2001	1991	% Change
3	Maine Coon	1,896	1,653	15%	7,941	6,692	19%
5	Abyssinian (dilute)	832	674	23%	2,655	2,141	24%
7	Colorpoint Exotic	620	293	112%	2,053	980	109%
8	Burmese (dilute)	514	427	20%	1,795	1,588	13%
14	Devon Rex	311	279	11%	987	848	16%
17	Ragdoll	289	11	2527%	1,197	47	2447%
18	Scottish Fold SH	254	32	694%	930	119	682%
19	British Shorthair	244	159	53%	887	573	55%
21	Norwegian Forest	194	89	118%	689	324	113%
22	Egyptian Mau	165	162	2%	604	568	6%
24	Manx LH	132	85	55%	480	274	75%
29	Turkish Angora	65	55	18%	223	192	16%
30	Singapura	64	61	5%	168	155	8%
35	Amer. Curl LH	44	24	83%	152	92	65%
36	Oriental LH	42	16	163%	160	63	154%
37	Selkirk Rex SH	40	13	208%	155	54	187%

TABLE (2) Breeds whose registrations have DECREASED since 1991
R A N K	BREEDS listed from greatest to smallest # of litters registered in 2001	# of Litter Applications			# of Kittens Recorded
R A N K		2001	1991	% Change	2001	1991	% Change
1	Himalayan (including CPCs)	12,439	25,824	-52%	44,213	93,125	-53%
2	Persian	4,106	15,425	-73%	12,050	48,861	-75%
4	Siamese	1,109	2,313	-52%	4,656	8,919	-48%
6	Exotic	655	856	-23%	2,016	2,745	-27%
9	Birman	454	627	-28%	1,294	1,871	-31%
10	Tonkinese	382	454	-16%	1,625	1,831	-11%
11	Cornish Rex	366	425	-14%	1,086	1,358	-20%
12	American Shorthair	363	682	-47%	1,241	2,308	-46%
13	Oriental SH	362	756	-52%	1,345	2,834	-53%
15	Ocicat	291	585	-50%	1,069	2,353	-55%
16	Russian Blue	290	335	-13%	863	1,082	-20%
20	Colorpoint Shorthair	225	462	-51%	987	1948	-49%
23	Abyssinian	151	1,102	-86%	432	3,414	-87%
25	Somali	127	317	-60%	389	983	-60%
26	Scottish Fold LH	124	748	-83%	415	2,713	-85%
27	Chartreux	67	102	-34%	200	353	-43%
28	Japanese Bobtail SH	67	108	-38%	200	326	-39%
31	Manx SH	63	463	-86%	152	1,427	-89%
32	Burmese	49	446	-89%	142	1,498	-91%
33	Bombay	48	81	-41%	191	254	-25%
34	Balinese	45	251	-82%	195	1,037	-81%
41	Japanese Bobtail LH	30	40	-25%	93	131	-29%
43	Javanese	27	169	-84%	96	726	-87%
44	Korat	24	60	-60%	71	207	-66%
46	Turkish Van	21	34	-38%	83	151	-45%
47	Havana Brown	18	52	-65%	55	140	-61%
48	American Wirehair	16	27	-41%	45	81	-44%
52	Amer. Curl SH	2	40	-95%	5	146	-97%

TABLE (3) Comparison of the Number of Litter & Kitten Registrations of each Breed in CFA from 1991 to 2001 ~~~PINK boxes indicate a decrease in registrations~~~
R A N K	BREEDS listed from greatest to smallest # of litters registered in 2001	# of Litter Applications			# of Kittens Recorded
R A N K		2001	1991	% Change	2001	1991	% Change
1	Himalayan (including CPCs)	12,439	25,824	-52%	44,213	93,125	-53%
2	Persian	4,106	15,425	-73%	12,050	48,861	-75%
3	Maine Coon	1,896	1,653	15%	7,941	6,692	19%
4	Siamese	1,109	2,313	-52%	4,656	8,919	-48%
5	Abyssinian (dilute)	832	674	23%	2,655	2,141	24%
6	Exotic	655	856	-23%	2,016	2,745	-27%
7	Colorpoint Exotic	620	293	112%	2,053	980	109%
8	Burmese (dilute)	514	427	20%	1,795	1,588	13%
9	Birman	454	627	-28%	1,294	1,871	-31%
10	Tonkinese	382	454	-16%	1,625	1,831	-11%
11	Cornish Rex	366	425	-14%	1,086	1,358	-20%
12	American Shorthair	363	682	-47%	1,241	2,308	-46%
13	Oriental SH	362	756	-52%	1,345	2,834	-53%
14	Devon Rex	311	279	11%	987	848	16%
15	Ocicat	291	585	-50%	1,069	2,353	-55%
16	Russian Blue	290	335	-13%	863	1,082	-20%
17	Ragdoll	289	11	2527%	1,197	47	2447%
18	Scottish Fold SH	254	32	694%	930	119	682%
19	British Shorthair	244	159	53%	887	573	55%
20	Colorpoint Shorthair	225	462	-51%	987	1948	-49%
21	Norwegian Forest	194	89	118%	689	324	113%
22	Egyptian Mau	165	162	2%	604	568	6%
23	Abyssinian	151	1,102	-86%	432	3,414	-87%
24	Manx LH	132	85	55%	480	274	75%
25	Somali	127	317	-60%	389	983	-60%
26	Scottish Fold LH	124	748	-83%	415	2,713	-85%
27	Chartreux	67	102	-34%	200	353	-43%
28	Japanese Bobtail SH	67	108	-38%	200	326	-39%
29	Turkish Angora	65	55	18%	223	192	16%
30	Singapura	64	61	5%	168	155	8%
31	Manx SH	63	463	-86%	152	1,427	-89%
32	Burmese	49	446	-89%	142	1,498	-91%
33	Bombay	48	81	-41%	191	254	-25%
34	Balinese	45	251	-82%	195	1,037	-81%
35	Amer. Curl LH	44	24	83%	152	92	65%
36	Oriental LH	42	16	163%	160	63	154%
37	Selkirk Rex SH	40	13	208%	155	54	187%
41	Japanese Bobtail LH	30	40	-25%	93	131	-29%
43	Javanese	27	169	-84%	96	726	-87%
44	Korat	24	60	-60%	71	207	-66%
46	Turkish Van	21	34	-38%	83	151	-45%
47	Havana Brown	18	52	-65%	55	140	-61%
48	American Wirehair	16	27	-41%	45	81	-44%
52	Amer. Curl SH	2	40	-95%	5	146	-97%
Grand Total including new breeds listed in table #2		27,805	56,817	-51%	96,941	197,532	-51%
# of Active breeders in CFA		2001	1991	% Change	CFA
# of Active breeders in CFA		10,187	19,462	-48%	CFA

TABLE (4) The Breeds below were not recognized in CFA in 1991 so there are no figures for comparison, however their 2001 registration numbers are included
R A N K	BREEDS	# of Litter Applications			# of Kittens Recorded
R A N K	BREEDS	2001	1991	% Change	2001	1991	% Change
38	Selkirk Rex LH	39	-	-	133	-	-
39	Amer. Bobtail SH	38	-	-	156	-	-
40	European_Burmese	30	-	-	108	-	-
42	Sphynx	30	-	-	109	-	-
45	Siberian	22	-	-	73	-	-
49	Amer. Bobtail LH	12	-	-	51	-	-
50	LaPerm SH	4	-	-	18	-	-
51	LaPerm LH	3	-	-	8	-	-

What does the Future hold?

Dedicated breeders will continue to support and promote our glorious breeds. But as the older breeder ages, there will come a time when they are lost to the cat fancy. Perhaps each one of us can reach out a hand to help new people discover the joys of being a cat breeder and exhibitor.

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