Type of water Anglers Days of fishing Number Percent Number Percent Total, all types of water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,913 100 443,247 100 Lakes, reservoirs, and ponds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,611 85 317,834 72 Rivers or streams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,324 44 141,049 32 Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses and nonresponse.

Table 27. Great Lakes Anglers and Days of Fishing by Great Lake: 2001 ( Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)

Great Lake Anglers Days of fishing Number Percent Number Percent Total, all Great Lakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,847 100 23,138 100 Lake Ontario, including the Niagara River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 13 3,560 15 Lake Erie, including the Detroit River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645 35 7,748 33 Lake Huron, including St. Mary's River System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 8 1,171 5 Lake Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561 30 4,836 21 Lake Superior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * 93 * 5 * 601 * 3 Lake St. Clair, including the St. Clair River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * 96 * 5 * 524 * 2 St. Lawrence River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * 111 * 6 * 905 * 4 Tributaries to the Great Lakes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 15 3,331 14 * Estimate based on a small sample size.

Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses and nonresponse.

Table 28. Hunters and Days of Hunting on Public and Private Land by Type of Hunting: 2001 ( Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)

Hunters and days of hunting Total, all hunting Big game Small game Migratory bird Other animals Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent HUNTERS Total, all land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,034 100 10,911 100 5,434 100 2,956 100 1,047 100 Public land, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,156 40 3,998 37 1,972 36 1,045 35 287 27 Public land only . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,879 14 1,815 17 935 17 576 19 104 10 Public and private land . . . . . . . 3,277 25 2,183 20 1,037 19 469 16 184 18 Private land, total. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,724 82 8,748 80 4,345 80 2,255 76 904 86 Private land only . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,447 57 6,565 60 3,308 61 1,787 60 720 69 Private and public land . . . . . . . 3,277 25 2,183 20 1,037 19 469 16 184 18 DAYS OF HUNTING Total, all land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228,368 100 153,191 100 60,142 100 29,310 100 19,207 100 Public land1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,454 26 36,070 24 16,170 27 9,126 31 3,227 17 Private land2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169,795 74 110,283 72 42,382 70 19,707 67 16,076 84 1 Days of hunting on public land includes both days spent solely on public land and those spent on public and private land. 2 Days of hunting on private land includes both days spent solely on private land and those spent on private and public land.

Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses and nonresponse.

80 U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service Table 29. Hunters and Days of Hunting on Public Land by Selected Characteristic: 2001 ( Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)

Characteristic Hunters Days of hunting Total hunters, public and private land Hunters on public land1 Total days, public and private land Days on public land2 Number Percent of total hunters Percent of hunters using public land Number Percent of total days Percent of days on public land Total persons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,034 5,156 40 100 228,368 60,454 26 100 Population Density of Residence Urban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,873 2,592 44 50 84,455 29,225 35 48 Rural . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,161 2,564 36 50 143,913 31,229 22 52 Population Size of Residence Metropolitan statistical area ( MSA) . . . . 7,749 3,177 41 62 121,857 34,888 29 58 1,000,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,690 1,565 42 30 55,646 16,096 29 27 250,000 to 999,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,409 1,027 43 20 40,180 11,373 28 19 50,000 to 249,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,650 585 35 11 26,031 7,420 29 12 Outside MSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,285 1,978 37 38 106,511 25,566 24 42 Census Geographic Division New England . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386 169 44 3 7,488 1,758 23 3 Middle Atlantic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,633 761 47 15 30,060 9,538 32 16 East North Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,421 771 32 15 39,820 8,690 22 14 West North Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,710 655 38 13 27,186 7,109 26 12 South Atlantic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,875 529 28 10 39,043 7,077 18 12 East South Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,164 349 30 7 25,482 4,156 16 7 West South Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,988 493 25 10 35,116 5,745 16 10 Mountain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,020 871 85 17 12,995 9,641 74 16 Pacific. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 837 559 67 11 11,179 6,739 60 11 Age 16 to 17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584 241 41 5 11,420 2,469 22 4 18 to 24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,251 445 36 9 23,862 6,341 27 10 25 to 34 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,413 971 40 19 44,765 11,835 26 20 35 to 44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,551 1,460 41 28 62,185 17,488 28 29 45 to 54 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,821 1,098 39 21 47,579 11,846 25 20 55 to 64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,450 630 43 12 25,236 7,549 30 12 65 years and older . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 965 310 32 6 13,321 2,926 22 5 Sex Male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,845 4,826 41 94 214,300 57,647 27 95 Female . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,190 329 28 6 14,068 2,808 20 5 Ethnicity Hispanic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428 205 48 4 5,139 2,027 39 3 Non Hispanic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,606 4,950 39 96 223,228 58,427 26 97 Race White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,568 4,974 40 96 221,019 58,946 27 98 Black. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 95 32 2 5,383 706 13 1 Asian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * 32 ... ... ... * 332 ... ... ... All others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 75 55 1 1,634 698 43 1 Annual Household Income Less than $ 10,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 50 20 1 4,525 553 12 1 $ 10,000 to $ 19,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525 209 40 4 8,889 2,609 29 4 $ 20,000 to $ 24,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565 194 34 4 10,747 2,820 26 5 $ 25,000 to $ 29,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 763 267 35 5 15,600 2,733 18 5 $ 30,000 to $ 34,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 830 398 48 8 14,532 5,222 36 9 $ 35,000 to $ 39,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773 337 44 7 15,387 3,421 22 6 $ 40,000 to $ 49,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,569 632 40 12 26,000 7,185 28 12 $ 50,000 to $ 74,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,915 1,132 39 22 52,593 14,380 27 24 $ 75,000 to $ 99,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,525 689 45 13 25,935 8,088 31 13 $ 100,000 or more. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,267 522 41 10 17,879 4,644 26 8 Not reported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,057 726 35 14 36,283 8,798 24 15 Education 11 years or less . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,771 676 38 13 36,091 7,768 22 13 12 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,973 1,911 38 37 97,298 25,983 27 43 1 to 3 years college . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,412 1,379 40 27 53,206 15,434 29 26 4 years college . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,814 759 42 15 27,554 7,548 27 12 5 or more years college . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,065 430 40 8 14,219 3,721 26 6 * Estimate based on a small sample size. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably. 1 Hunters on public land include those who hunted on both public and private land. 2 Days of hunting on public land includes both days spent solely on public land and those spent on public and private land. Note: Percent of total hunters and percent of total days are based on the total hunters and total days columns for each row. Percent of hunters using public land and percent of days on public land are based on the total number of hunters on public land and total number of days on public land, respectively.

81 U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service Table 30. Hunters and Days of Hunting on Private Land by Selected Characteristic: 2001 ( Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)

Characteristic Hunters Days of hunting Total hunters, public and private land Hunters on private land1 Total days, public and private land Days on private land 2 Number Percent of total hunters Percent of hunters using private land Number Percent of total days Percent of days on private land Total persons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,034 10,724 82 100 228,368 169,795 74 100 Population Density of Residence Urban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,873 4,510 77 42 84,455 55,262 65 33 Rural . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,161 6,213 87 58 143,913 114,533 80 67 Population Size of Residence Metropolitan statistical area ( MSA) . . . . 7,749 6,201 80 58 121,857 86,632 71 51 1,000,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,690 2,835 77 26 55,646 38,278 69 23 250,000 to 999,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,409 1,964 82 18 40,180 29,310 73 17 50,000 to 249,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,650 1,401 85 13 26,031 19,043 73 11 Outside MSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,285 4,523 86 42 106,511 83,163 78 49 Census Geographic Division New England . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386 326 85 3 7,488 5,871 78 3 Middle Atlantic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,633 1,334 82 12 30,060 21,599 72 13 East North Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,421 2,111 87 20 39,820 30,142 76 18 West North Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,710 1,507 88 14 27,186 20,551 76 12 South Atlantic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,875 1,669 89 16 39,043 32,012 82 19 East South Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,164 1,101 95 10 25,482 21,731 85 13 West South Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,988 1,790 90 17 35,116 28,702 82 17 Mountain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,020 443 43 4 12,995 4,579 35 3 Pacific. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 837 444 53 4 11,179 4,608 41 3 Age 16 to 17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584 468 80 4 11,420 9,145 80 5 18 to 24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,251 1,041 83 10 23,862 18,323 77 11 25 to 34 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,413 2,047 85 19 44,765 33,186 74 20 35 to 44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,551 2,890 81 27 62,185 45,072 72 27 45 to 54 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,821 2,311 82 22 47,579 35,631 75 21 55 to 64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,450 1,166 80 11 25,236 18,170 72 11 65 years and older . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 965 801 83 7 13,321 10,267 77 6 Sex Male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,845 9,766 82 91 214,300 158,552 74 93 Female . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,190 957 80 9 14,068 11,243 80 7 Ethnicity Hispanic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428 293 68 3 5,139 2,581 50 2 Non Hispanic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,606 10,431 83 97 223,228 167,213 75 98 Race White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,568 10,377 83 97 221,019 164,095 74 97 Black. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 248 84 2 5,383 4,641 86 3 Asian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * 32 ... ... ... * 332 ... ... ... All others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 80 58 1 1,634 924 57 1 Annual Household Income Less than $ 10,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 203 82 2 4,525 3,806 84 2 $ 10,000 to $ 19,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525 395 75 4 8,889 6,591 74 4 $ 20,000 to $ 24,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565 471 83 4 10,747 7,963 74 5 $ 25,000 to $ 29,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 763 659 86 6 15,600 11,962 77 7 $ 30,000 to $ 34,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 830 624 75 6 14,532 9,427 65 6 $ 35,000 to $ 39,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773 655 85 6 15,387 11,985 78 7 $ 40,000 to $ 49,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,569 1,252 80 12 26,000 18,762 72 11 $ 50,000 to $ 74,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,915 2,409 83 22 52,593 38,304 73 23 $ 75,000 to $ 99,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,525 1,221 80 11 25,935 18,776 72 11 $ 100,000 or more. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,267 1,103 87 10 17,879 13,215 74 8 Not reported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,057 1,733 84 16 36,283 29,005 80 17 Education 11 years or less . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,771 1,453 82 14 36,091 28,140 78 17 12 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,973 4,055 82 38 97,298 71,278 73 42 1 to 3 years college . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,412 2,752 81 26 53,206 38,875 73 23 4 years college . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,814 1,546 85 14 27,554 21,035 76 12 5 or more years college . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,065 917 86 9 14,219 10,467 74 6 * Estimate based on a small sample size. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably. 1 Hunters on private land include those who hunted on both private and public land. 2 Days of hunting on private land includes both days spent solely on private land and those spent on private and public land. Note: Percent of total hunters and percent of total days are based on the total hunters and total days columns for each row. Percent of hunters using private land and percent of days on private land are based on the total number of hunters on private land and total number of days on private land, respectively.

82 U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service Table 31. Anglers Fishing From Boats and Days of Participation by Type of Fishing: 2001 ( Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)

Participants and days of fishing Total, all fishing Freshwater, excludes Great Lakes Great Lakes Saltwater Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Total anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,071 100 27,913 100 1,847 100 9,051 100 Anglers fishing from boats . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,481 57 14,787 53 1,193 65 6,261 69 Total days of fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 557,394 100 443,247 100 23,138 100 90,838 100 Days fishing from boats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258,159 46 190,976 43 12,044 52 55,139 61 Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses and nonresponses.

Table 32. Participation in Ice Fishing and Fly Fishing: 2001 ( Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)

Anglers and days Number Percent Total anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,071 100 Ice anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,332 7 Fly anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,192 12 Total days of fishing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 557,394 100 Days of ice fishing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,819 4 Days of fly fishing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,758 7 Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.

Table 33. Hunters Using Bows and Arrows, Muzzleloaders, and Other Primitive Firearms for Hunting: 2001 ( Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)

Hunters Number Percent Total hunters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,034 100 Hunters using bow and arrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,070 24 Hunters using muzzleloader or other primitive firearm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,050 16 Total days of hunting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228,368 100 With bow and arrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,705 17 With muzzleloader or other primitive firearm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,841 6 Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.

83 U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service Table 34. Land Owned or Leased for the Primary Purpose of Fishing or Hunting: 2001 ( Population 16 years of age or older. Numbers in thousands)

Fishing and hunting Number Percent LAND OWNERSHIP Sportspersons Owning Land Total sportspersons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,752 100 Anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 849 48 Hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,061 61 Acres Owned Total acres owned. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141,769 100 Acres for fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,985 17 Acres for hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117,784 83 Expenditures for Land Owned Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,343,397 100 For fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,992,008 47 For hunting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,351,389 53 LAND LEASING Sportspersons Leasing Land Total sportspersons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,151 100 Anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 17 Hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 982 85 Acres Leased Total acres leased . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226,585 100 Acres for fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,310 1 Acres for hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225,275 99 Expenditures for Land Leased Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 785,088 100 For fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160,586 20 For hunting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624,503 80 Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses and nonresponse.

84 U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service Table 35. Why Anglers and Hunters Did Not Participate More in 2001 ( Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)

Reason Number Percent ANGLERS Total anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,071 100 Anglers who did not fish as much in 2001 as they would have liked to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,114 56 Reasons: Not enough time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,778 32 Family or work obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,289 30 School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 836 2 Not enough money/ cost too much . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,198 4 Personal health or disability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,359 4 No one to fish with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 649 2 Not enough places to fish/ not enough access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 1 Fishing places too crowded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 ( Z) Did not know where to go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * 65 *( Z) Catch limits too restrictive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * 32 *( Z) Length of fishing season too restrictive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * 26 *( Z) Not enough fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 1 Fear of traveling due to terrorist attack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... Weather. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499 1 Pollution or litter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * 46 *( Z) Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 1 HUNTERS Total hunters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,034 100 Hunters who did not hunt as much in 2001 as they would have liked to . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,278 64 Reasons: Not enough time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,952 30 Family or work obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,653 36 School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488 4 Not enough money/ cost too much . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542 4 Personal health or disability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614 5 No one to hunt with. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 2 Not enough places to hunt/ not enough access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 1 Hunting places too crowded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * 49 *( Z) Did not know where to go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * 62 *( Z) Bag limits too restrictive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * 32 *( Z) Length of hunting season too restrictive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 2 Did not draw a special license in lottery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 1 Not enough game. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 1 Fear of traveling due to terrorist attack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... Weather. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 2 Pollution or litter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 1 * Estimate based on a small sample size. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably. ( Z) Less than 0.5 percent.

Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses and nonresponse.

85 U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service Table 36. Wildlife Watching Participants by Type of Activity: 2001 ( Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)

Activity Number Percent Total participants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,105 100 Nonresidential ( away from home) . . . . . . 21,823 33 Observe wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,080 30 Photograph wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,427 14 Feed wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,077 11 Activity Number Percent Residential ( around the home) . . . . . . . . . 62,928 95 Observe wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,111 64 Photograph wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,937 21 Feed wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,988 82 Visit public parks or areas1. . . . . . . . . . 10,981 17 Maintain plantings or natural areas . . . 13,072 20 1 Includes visits only to parks or publicly held areas within one mile of home.

Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.

Table 37. Participants, Trips, and Days of Participation in Nonresidential ( Away From Home) Wildlife Watching Activities: 2001 ( Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)

Participants, trips, and days of participation Number Percent PARTICIPANTS Total participants. . . . . . . . . . . . 21,823 100 Observe wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . 20,080 92 Photograph wildlife . . . . . . . . . 9,427 43 Feed wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,077 32 TRIPS Total trips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230,631 100 Average days per trip . . . . . . . . . 2 ( X) Participants, trips, and days of participation Number Percent DAYS Total days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372,006 100 Observing wildlife . . . . . . . . . . 295,345 79 Photographing wildlife . . . . . . 76,324 21 Feeding wildlife. . . . . . . . . . . . 103,307 28 Average days per participant. . . . 17 ( X) Observing wildlife . . . . . . . . . . 15 ( X) Photographing wildlife . . . . . . 8 ( X) Feeding wildlife. . . . . . . . . . . . 15 ( X)

( X) Not applicable.

Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses and nonresponse.

86 U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service Table 38. Nonresidential ( Away From Home) Wildlife Watching Participants by Area or Site Visited: 2001 ( Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)

Area or site visited Number Percent AREA Total, all areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,823 100 Public only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,616 49 Private only. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,529 12 Public and private. . . . . . . . . 6,051 28 Not reported . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,627 12 Area or site visited Number Percent SITE Total, all sites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,823 100 Oceanside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,192 24 Lake and streamside. . . . . . . 13,699 63 Marsh, wetland, swamp . . . . 9,091 42 Woodland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,859 68 Brush covered area. . . . . . . . 12,476 57 Open field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,468 57 Man made area . . . . . . . . . . . 6,167 28 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,536 12 Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses and nonresponse.

Table 39. Participation in Residential ( Around the Home) Wildlife Watching Activities: 2001 ( Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)

Activity Number Percent Total residential participants. . . . . . . 62,928 100 Observe wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,111 67 Visit public parks or other public areas1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,981 17 Photograph wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,937 22 Feed wildlife. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,988 86 Maintain natural areas . . . . . . . . . . . 8,671 14 Maintain plantings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,732 14 OBSERVE WILDLIFE Participants observing:

Total, all wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,111 100 Birds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,306 96 Land mammals, all . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,641 82 Large mammals . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,481 42 Small mammals . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,747 78 Amphibians or reptiles . . . . . . . . . 9,773 23 Insects or spiders . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,835 33 Fish or other wildlife . . . . . . . . . . 7,932 19 Participants observing:

Total, 1 day or more. . . . . . . . . . . . 42,111 100 1 to 10 days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,176 19 11 to 20 days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,551 8 21 to 50 days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,640 13 51 to 100 days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,520 15 101 to 200 days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,735 14 201 days or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,376 27 VISIT PUBLIC PARKS OR OTHER AREAS1 Participants visiting:

Total, 1 day or more. . . . . . . . . . . . 10,981 100 1 to 5 days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,553 51 6 to 10 days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,693 15 11 days or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,527 32 Activity Number Percent PHOTOGRAPH WILDLIFE Participants photographing:

Total, 1 day or more. . . . . . . . . . . . 13,937 100 1 day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,106 15 2 to 3 days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,889 28 4 to 5 days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,200 16 6 to 10 days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,335 17 11 to 20 days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,336 10 21 days or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,797 13 FEED WILDLIFE Participants feeding:

Total, all wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,988 100 Wild birds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,558 97 Other wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,793 35 MAINTAIN NATURAL AREAS Participants maintaining:

Total, all acreages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,671 100 1 acre or less. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,425 63 2 to 10 acres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,239 26 11 to 50 acres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 676 8 More than 50 acres. . . . . . . . . . . . 202 2 MAINTAIN PLANTINGS Participants maintaining plantings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,732 100 Participants spending: Less than $ 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,400 50 $ 25 to $ 75. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,931 22 More than $ 75 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,920 22 Average expenditure per participant for plantings . . . . . . . . . . . 80 ( X)

( X) Not applicable.

1 Includes visits only to parks or publicly held areas within 1 mile of home.

Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses and nonresponse.

87 U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service Table 40. Nonresidential ( Away From Home) Wildlife Watching Participants by Wildlife Observed, Photographed, or Fed and Place: 2001 ( Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)

Wildlife observed, photographed, or fed Total participants Participation by place Total In state of residence In other states Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Total, all wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,823 100 21,823 100 18,041 83 6,570 30 Total birds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,580 85 18,580 100 16,150 87 5,855 32 Songbirds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,878 59 12,878 100 11,182 87 3,860 30 Birds of prey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,495 57 12,495 100 10,596 85 4,060 32 Waterfowl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,432 66 14,432 100 12,384 86 4,258 30 Other water birds ( shorebirds, herons, pelicans, etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,314 47 10,314 100 8,474 82 3,229 31 Other birds ( pheasants, turkeys, road runners, etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,907 36 7,907 100 6,640 84 2,248 28 Total land mammals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,506 71 15,506 100 13,207 85 4,844 31 Large land mammals ( deer, bear, etc.) . . . 12,226 56 12,226 100 10,047 82 3,784 31 Small land mammals ( squirrel, prairie dog, etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,958 59 12,958 100 10,911 84 4,200 32 Fish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,330 29 6,330 100 5,019 79 2,000 32 Marine mammals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,013 14 3,013 100 1,982 66 1,233 41 Other wildlife ( turtles, butterflies, etc.) . . . . 9,409 43 9,409 100 7,929 84 3,071 33 Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses. Column showing percent of total participants is based on the `` Total, all wildlife'' number. Participation by place percent columns are based on the total number of participants for each type of wildlife.

Table 41. Wild Bird Observers and Days of Observation: 2001 ( Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)

Observers and days of observation Number Percent OBSERVERS Total bird observers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,951 100 Residential ( around the home) observers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,306 88 Nonresidential ( away from home) observers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,342 40 DAYS Total days observing birds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,467,841 100 Residential ( around the home) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,159,259 94 Nonresidential ( away from home). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308,583 6 Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.

Table 42. Number of Participants Who Can Identify Wild Birds by Sight or Sound and Who Keep Birding Life Lists: 2001 ( Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)

Participants Number Percent Total bird observers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,951 100 Observers who can identify: 1 20 bird species . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,980 74 21 40 bird species . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,934 13 41 or more species. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,887 8 Observers who keep birding life lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,315 5 Note: Detail does not add to total because of nonresponse.

88 U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service Table 43. Expenditures for Wildlife Watching: 2001 ( Population 16 years old and older)

Expenditure item Expenditures ( thousands of dollars) Spenders Number ( thousands) Percent of wildlife watching participants1 Average per spender ( dollars)

Total, all items2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,414,488 52,083 79 738 TRIP RELATED EXPENDITURES Total trip related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,162,439 18,224 84 448 Food and lodging, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,818,843 15,365 70 314 Food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,835,868 15,263 70 186 Lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,982,975 5,648 26 351 Transportation, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,595,542 17,091 78 152 Public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702,231 1,986 9 354 Private . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,893,311 16,495 76 115 Other trip costs, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 748,054 6,350 29 118 Guide fees, pack trip or package fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113,034 1,209 6 94 Public land use fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114,813 3,879 18 30 Private land use fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,430 869 4 58 Equipment rental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105,198 1,156 5 91 Boating costs3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326,461 1,056 5 309 Heating and cooking fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,118 1,586 7 24 EQUIPMENT AND OTHER EXPENSES Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,252,049 47,939 73 631 Wildlife watching equipment, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,353,977 45,802 69 161 Binoculars, spotting scopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507,387 4,683 7 108 Cameras, video cameras, special lenses, and other photographic equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,656,755 4,454 7 372 Film and developing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 910,423 13,528 20 67 Bird food, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,604,692 38,435 58 68 Commercially prepared and packaged wild bird food . . . . . . . . . . 2,034,825 35,738 54 57 Other bulk foods used to feed wild birds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569,867 12,742 19 45 Feed for other wildlife. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503,006 9,595 15 52 Nest boxes, bird houses, feeders, baths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 732,671 15,888 24 46 Day packs, carrying cases, and special clothing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323,043 2,949 4 110 Other wildlife watching equipment ( such as field guides and maps) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116,000 3,688 6 31 Auxiliary equipment, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716,900 3,807 6 188 Tents, tarps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185,552 1,956 3 95 Frame packs and backpacking equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129,382 1,091 2 119 Other camping equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266,382 1,966 3 136 Other auxiliary equipment ( such as blinds) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135,583 308 ( Z) 441 Special equipment, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,468,716 1,410 2 10,971 Off the road vehicle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,677,688 543 1 12,300 Travel or tent trailer, pickup, camper, van, motor home, house trailer, recreational vehicle ( RV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,272,294 413 1 15,196 Boats, boat accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 996,463 464 1 2,150 Cabins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * 572,396 * 75 *( Z) * 7,614 Magazines, books. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331,955 8,297 13 40 Land leasing and ownership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,761,010 555 1 8,585 Membership dues and contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 920,183 7,746 12 119 Plantings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 699,309 5,649 9 124 * Estimate based on a small sample size. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably. ( Z) Less than 0.5 percent.

1 Percent of wildlife watching participants column is based on nonresidential participants for trip related expenditures. For equipment and other expenditures the percent of wildlife watching participants is based on total participants. 2 Information on trip related expenditures was collected for nonresidential participants only. Equipment and other expenditures are based on information collected from both nonresidential and residential participants. 3 Boating costs include launching, mooring, storage, maintenance, insurance, pumpout fees, and fuel.

Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses and nonresponse.

89 U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service Table 44. Selected Characteristics of Participants in Nonresidential ( Away From Home) Wildlife Watching Activities: 2001 ( Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)

Characteristic U. S. population Total wildlife watching participants Total nonresidential participants Number Percent Number Percent who participated Percent Number Percent who participated Percent Total persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212,298 100 66,105 31 100 21,823 10 100 Population Density of Residence Urban. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157,943 74 42,214 27 64 14,838 9 68 Rural . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,355 26 23,891 44 36 6,986 13 32 Population Size of Residence Metropolitan statistical area ( MSA) . . . . . . . 171,147 81 49,414 29 75 16,536 10 76 1,000,000 or more. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112,984 53 29,724 26 45 10,126 9 46 250,000 to 999,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,469 20 12,880 31 19 4,191 10 19 50,000 to 249,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,693 8 6,811 41 10 2,218 13 10 Outside MSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,151 19 16,691 41 25 5,287 13 24 Census Geographic Division New England. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,575 5 3,875 37 6 1,155 11 5 Middle Atlantic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,806 14 8,740 29 13 2,849 10 13 East North Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,082 16 11,631 34 18 3,571 10 16 West North Central. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,430 7 6,206 43 9 2,059 14 9 South Atlantic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,286 19 11,395 29 17 3,469 9 16 East South Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,976 6 4,514 35 7 1,086 8 5 West South Central. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,337 11 5,747 25 9 1,822 8 8 Mountain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,308 6 4,619 35 7 2,019 15 9 Pacific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,498 16 9,377 27 14 3,793 11 17 Age 16 to 17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,709 4 1,678 22 3 688 9 3 18 to 24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,234 10 3,051 14 5 1,364 6 6 25 to 34 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,333 17 8,869 25 13 3,770 11 17 35 to 44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,057 21 14,939 34 23 5,701 13 26 45 to 54 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,541 19 14,491 36 22 4,991 12 23 55 to 64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,601 12 10,326 40 16 2,929 11 13 65 years and older . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,823 17 12,752 35 19 2,381 6 11 Sex Male, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101,916 48 30,695 30 46 11,387 11 52 16 to 17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,106 2 864 21 1 424 10 2 18 to 24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,326 5 1,559 14 2 812 7 4 25 to 34 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,206 8 3,969 23 6 1,801 10 8 35 to 44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,346 10 6,951 33 11 2,840 13 13 45 to 54 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,626 9 6,772 35 10 2,623 13 12 55 to 64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,201 6 4,802 39 7 1,549 13 7 65 years and older . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,105 8 5,778 36 9 1,338 8 6 Female, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110,381 52 35,409 32 54 10,436 9 48 16 to 17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,603 2 814 23 1 263 7 1 18 to 24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,908 5 1,493 14 2 551 5 3 25 to 34 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,127 9 4,899 27 7 1,969 11 9 35 to 44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,711 11 7,987 35 12 2,862 13 13 45 to 54 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,915 10 7,719 37 12 2,367 11 11 55 to 64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,400 6 5,523 41 8 1,380 10 6 65 years and older . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,718 10 6,974 34 11 1,044 5 5 Ethnicity Hispanic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,910 10 2,699 12 4 890 4 4 Non Hispanic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190,388 90 63,406 33 96 20,933 11 96 Race White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181,129 85 62,781 35 95 20,823 11 95 Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,708 10 2,029 9 3 529 2 2 Asian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,141 3 654 9 1 178 2 1 All others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,320 1 641 28 1 294 13 1 Annual Household Income Less than $ 10,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,594 5 2,387 23 4 491 5 2 $ 10,000 to $ 19,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,272 7 3,837 25 6 867 6 4 $ 20,000 to $ 24,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,902 5 2,879 26 4 854 8 4 $ 25,000 to $ 29,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,217 5 3,461 31 5 1,109 10 5 $ 30,000 to $ 34,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,648 5 4,069 35 6 1,459 13 7 $ 35,000 to $ 39,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,816 5 3,142 32 5 1,109 11 5 $ 40,000 to $ 49,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,896 8 6,402 38 10 2,365 14 11 $ 50,000 to $ 74,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,383 15 12,359 39 19 4,585 15 21 $ 75,000 to $ 99,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,762 8 7,735 44 12 2,910 16 13 $ 100,000 or more. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,202 9 8,010 42 12 2,871 15 13 Not reported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,606 27 11,823 21 18 3,202 6 15 Education 11 years or less . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,820 15 7,201 22 11 1,844 6 8 12 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,719 35 21,154 29 32 5,938 8 27 1 to 3 years college . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,491 23 16,013 32 24 5,796 12 27 4 years college. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,803 16 12,603 36 19 4,464 13 20 5 or more years college. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,464 10 9,133 43 14 3,781 18 17 See footnotes at end of table.

90 U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service Table 44. Selected Characteristics of Participants in Nonresidential ( Away From Home) Wildlife Watching Activities: 2001   Continued ( Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)

Characteristic Nonresidential participants Observe Photograph Feed Number Percent who participated Percent Number Percent who participated Percent Number Percent who participated Percent Total persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,080 9 100 9,427 4 100 7,077 3 100 Population Density of Residence Urban. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,677 9 68 6,653 4 71 4,819 3 68 Rural . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,403 12 32 2,774 5 29 2,259 4 32 Population Size of Residence Metropolitan statistical area ( MSA) . . . . . . . 15,232 9 76 7,251 4 77 5,651 3 80 1,000,000 or more. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,343 8 47 4,642 4 49 3,447 3 49 250,000 to 999,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,866 9 19 1,720 4 18 1,392 3 20 50,000 to 249,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,024 12 10 888 5 9 812 5 11 Outside MSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,848 12 24 2,176 5 23 1,426 3 20 Census Geographic Division New England. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,097 10 5 480 5 5 295 3 4 Middle Atlantic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,661 9 13 1,170 4 12 887 3 13 East North Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,280 10 16 1,393 4 15 1,215 4 17 West North Central. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,947 13 10 725 5 8 636 4 9 South Atlantic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,144 8 16 1,550 4 16 1,388 4 20 East South Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,009 8 5 430 3 5 392 3 6 West South Central. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,541 7 8 708 3 8 861 4 12 Mountain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,916 14 10 1,119 8 12 373 3 5 Pacific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,484 10 17 1,853 5 20 1,029 3 15 Age 16 to 17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636 8 3 270 4 3 249 3 4 18 to 24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,261 6 6 541 2 6 434 2 6 25 to 34 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,393 10 17 1,500 4 16 1,453 4 21 35 to 44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,310 12 26 2,673 6 28 1,736 4 25 45 to 54 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,673 12 23 2,508 6 27 1,570 4 22 55 to 64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,698 11 13 1,129 4 12 909 4 13 65 years and older . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,111 6 11 806 2 9 726 2 10 Sex Male, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,330 10 51 4,739 5 50 3,498 3 49 16 to 17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384 9 2 * 156 * 4 * 2 * 174 * 4 * 2 18 to 24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 743 7 4 315 3 3 234 2 3 25 to 34 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,594 9 8 734 4 8 621 4 9 35 to 44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,623 12 13 1,171 5 12 766 4 11 45 to 54 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,407 12 12 1,304 7 14 822 4 12 55 to 64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,403 11 7 587 5 6 534 4 8 65 years and older . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,176 7 6 472 3 5 346 2 5 Female, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,751 9 49 4,688 4 50 3,580 3 51 16 to 17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 7 1 * 115 * 3 * 1 * 75 * 2 * 1 18 to 24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518 5 3 226 2 2 200 2 3 25 to 34 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,799 10 9 766 4 8 832 5 12 35 to 44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,687 12 13 1,502 7 16 970 4 14 45 to 54 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,266 11 11 1,204 6 13 748 4 11 55 to 64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,295 10 6 542 4 6 375 3 5 65 years and older . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 935 5 5 333 2 4 379 2 5 Ethnicity Hispanic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806 4 4 447 2 5 345 2 5 Non Hispanic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,275 10 96 8,980 5 95 6,732 4 95 Race White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,181 11 96 8,965 5 95 6,673 4 94 Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472 2 2 * 207 * 1 * 2 287 1 4 Asian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 2 1 * 109 * 2 * 1 ... ... ... All others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 12 1 146 6 2 * 92 * 4 * 1 Annual Household Income Less than $ 10,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473 4 2 * 153 * 1 * 2 171 2 2 $ 10,000 to $ 19,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 790 5 4 282 2 3 362 2 5 $ 20,000 to $ 24,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 783 7 4 373 3 4 382 4 5 $ 25,000 to $ 29,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,004 9 5 388 3 4 474 4 7 $ 30,000 to $ 34,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,363 12 7 586 5 6 506 4 7 $ 35,000 to $ 39,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 990 10 5 415 4 4 358 4 5 $ 40,000 to $ 49,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,163 13 11 1,008 6 11 674 4 10 $ 50,000 to $ 74,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,219 13 21 2,151 7 23 1,395 4 20 $ 75,000 to $ 99,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,723 15 14 1,298 7 14 992 6 14 $ 100,000 or more. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,671 14 13 1,382 7 15 787 4 11 Not reported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,903 5 14 1,390 2 15 976 2 14 Education 11 years or less . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,696 5 8 622 2 7 742 2 10 12 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,368 7 27 2,282 3 24 2,125 3 30 1 to 3 years college . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,207 11 26 2,514 5 27 1,994 4 28 4 years college. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,171 12 21 2,042 6 22 1,236 4 17 5 or more years college. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,637 17 18 1,967 9 21 981 5 14 * Estimate based on a small sample size. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.

Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses. Percent who participated columns show the percent of each row's population who participated in the activity named by the column. Percent columns show the percent of each column's participants who are described by the row heading.

91 U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service Table 45. Selected Characteristics of Participants in Residential ( Around the Home) Wildlife Watching Activities: 2001 ( Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)

Characteristic U. S. population Total wildlife watching participants Total residential participants Number Percent Number Percent who participated Percent Number Percent who participated Percent Total persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212,298 100 66,105 31 100 62,928 30 100 Population Density of Residence Urban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157,943 74 42,214 27 64 39,715 25 63 Rural. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,355 26 23,891 44 36 23,214 43 37 Population Size of Residence Metropolitan statistical area ( MSA) . . . . . 171,147 81 49,414 29 75 46,889 27 75 1,000,000 or more. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112,984 53 29,724 26 45 28,152 25 45 250,000 to 999,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,469 20 12,880 31 19 12,210 29 19 50,000 to 249,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,693 8 6,811 41 10 6,527 39 10 Outside MSA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,151 19 16,691 41 25 16,040 39 25 Census Geographic Division New England . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,575 5 3,875 37 6 3,765 36 6 Middle Atlantic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,806 14 8,740 29 13 8,452 28 13 East North Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,082 16 11,631 34 18 11,196 33 18 West North Central. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,430 7 6,206 43 9 5,938 41 9 South Atlantic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,286 19 11,395 29 17 10,911 28 17 East South Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,976 6 4,514 35 7 4,390 34 7 West South Central. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,337 11 5,747 25 9 5,490 24 9 Mountain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,308 6 4,619 35 7 4,282 32 7 Pacific. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,498 16 9,377 27 14 8,504 25 14 Age 16 to 17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,709 4 1,678 22 3 1,504 20 2 18 to 24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,234 10 3,051 14 5 2,693 12 4 25 to 34 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,333 17 8,869 25 13 8,137 23 13 35 to 44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,057 21 14,939 34 23 14,101 32 22 45 to 54 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,541 19 14,491 36 22 13,899 34 22 55 to 64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,601 12 10,326 40 16 10,084 39 16 65 years and older . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,823 17 12,752 35 19 12,511 34 20 Sex Male, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101,916 48 30,695 30 46 28,825 28 46 16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,106 2 864 21 1 736 18 1 18 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,326 5 1,559 14 2 1,362 12 2 25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,206 8 3,969 23 6 3,575 21 6 35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,346 10 6,951 33 11 6,446 30 10 45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,626 9 6,772 35 10 6,427 33 10 55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,201 6 4,802 39 7 4,663 38 7 65 years and older. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,105 8 5,778 36 9 5,616 35 9 Female, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110,381 52 35,409 32 54 34,103 31 54 16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,603 2 814 23 1 768 21 1 18 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,908 5 1,493 14 2 1,332 12 2 25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,127 9 4,899 27 7 4,562 25 7 35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,711 11 7,987 35 12 7,655 34 12 45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,915 10 7,719 37 12 7,472 36 12 55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,400 6 5,523 41 8 5,420 40 9 65 years and older. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,718 10 6,974 34 11 6,895 33 11 Ethnicity Hispanic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,910 10 2,699 12 4 2,486 11 4 Non Hispanic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190,388 90 63,406 33 96 60,443 32 96 Race White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181,129 85 62,781 35 95 59,815 33 95 Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,708 10 2,029 9 3 1,927 9 3 Asian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,141 3 654 9 1 593 8 1 All others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,320 1 641 28 1 593 26 1 Annual Household Income Less than $ 10,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,594 5 2,387 23 4 2,344 22 4 $ 10,000 to $ 19,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,272 7 3,837 25 6 3,728 24 6 $ 20,000 to $ 24,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,902 5 2,879 26 4 2,765 25 4 $ 25,000 to $ 29,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,217 5 3,461 31 5 3,304 29 5 $ 30,000 to $ 34,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,648 5 4,069 35 6 3,799 33 6 $ 35,000 to $ 39,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,816 5 3,142 32 5 2,950 30 5 $ 40,000 to $ 49,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,896 8 6,402 38 10 6,070 36 10 $ 50,000 to $ 74,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,383 15 12,359 39 19 11,564 37 18 $ 75,000 to $ 99,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,762 8 7,735 44 12 7,349 41 12 $ 100,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,202 9 8,010 42 12 7,705 40 12 Not reported. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,606 27 11,823 21 18 11,351 20 18 Education 11 years or less . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,820 15 7,201 22 11 6,849 21 11 12 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,719 35 21,154 29 32 20,255 27 32 1 to 3 years college . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,491 23 16,013 32 24 15,199 31 24 4 years college . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,803 16 12,603 36 19 11,931 34 19 5 or more years college. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,464 10 9,133 43 14 8,696 41 14 See footnotes at end of table.

92 U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service Table 45. Selected Characteristics of Participants in Residential ( Around the House) Wildlife Watching Activities: 2001   Continued ( Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)

Characteristic Residential participants Observe Photograph Feed wild birds Number Percent who participated Percent Number Percent who participated Percent Number Percent who participated Percent Total persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,111 20 100 13,937 7 100 52,558 25 100 Population Density of Residence Urban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,142 17 62 8,066 5 58 32,452 21 62 Rural. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,969 29 38 5,872 11 42 20,106 37 38 Population Size of Residence Metropolitan statistical area ( MSA) . . . . . 31,289 18 74 10,358 6 74 38,758 23 74 1,000,000 or more. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,749 17 45 6,036 5 43 22,722 20 43 250,000 to 999,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,294 20 20 2,673 6 19 10,539 25 20 50,000 to 249,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,246 25 10 1,649 10 12 5,497 33 10 Outside MSA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,822 26 26 3,579 9 26 13,800 34 26 Census Geographic Division New England . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,650 25 6 919 9 7 3,203 30 6 Middle Atlantic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,813 20 14 1,994 7 14 6,795 23 13 East North Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,554 22 18 2,344 7 17 9,896 29 19 West North Central. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,977 28 9 1,401 10 10 5,074 35 10 South Atlantic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,027 18 17 2,342 6 17 9,257 24 18 East South Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,783 21 7 742 6 5 4,006 31 8 West South Central. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,654 16 9 1,014 4 7 4,831 21 9 Mountain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,065 23 7 1,137 9 8 3,211 24 6 Pacific. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,588 16 13 2,045 6 15 6,285 18 12 Age 16 to 17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 848 11 2 421 5 3 933 12 2 18 to 24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,514 7 4 580 3 4 1,815 8 3 25 to 34 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,332 15 13 1,725 5 12 6,159 17 12 35 to 44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,413 21 22 3,475 8 25 11,430 26 22 45 to 54 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,804 24 23 3,542 9 25 11,874 29 23 55 to 64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,768 26 16 2,363 9 17 8,879 35 17 65 years and older . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,432 23 20 1,832 5 13 11,470 31 22 Sex Male, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,132 19 45 6,287 6 45 23,451 23 45 16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420 10 1 * 157 * 4 * 1 501 12 1 18 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 823 7 2 261 2 2 818 7 2 25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,256 13 5 864 5 6 2,672 16 5 35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,307 20 10 1,337 6 10 5,017 24 10 45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,400 22 10 1,626 8 12 5,370 27 10 55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,069 25 7 1,114 9 8 4,022 33 8 65 years and older. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,857 24 9 928 6 7 5,051 31 10 Female, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,979 21 55 7,651 7 55 29,107 26 55 16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428 12 1 264 7 2 432 12 1 18 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691 6 2 319 3 2 996 9 2 25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,075 17 7 861 5 6 3,487 19 7 35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,106 22 12 2,137 9 15 6,412 28 12 45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,404 26 13 1,916 9 14 6,504 31 12 55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,699 28 9 1,249 9 9 4,857 36 9 65 years and older. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,575 22 11 904 4 6 6,418 31 12 Ethnicity Hispanic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,663 8 4 394 2 3 2,033 9 4 Non Hispanic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,447 21 96 13,543 7 97 50,525 27 96 Race White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,191 22 95 13,570 7 97 50,238 28 96 Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,209 6 3 * 141 * 1 * 1 1,449 7 3 Asian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315 4 1 * 113 * 2 * 1 413 6 1 All others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396 17 1 113 5 1 459 20 1 Annual Household Income Less than $ 10,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,460 14 3 245 2 2 1,965 19 4 $ 10,000 to $ 19,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,436 16 6 499 3 4 3,313 22 6 $ 20,000 to $ 24,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,772 16 4 690 6 5 2,295 21 4 $ 25,000 to $ 29,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,256 20 5 666 6 5 2,769 25 5 $ 30,000 to $ 34,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,731 23 6 781 7 6 3,156 27 6 $ 35,000 to $ 39,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,886 19 4 572 6 4 2,487 25 5 $ 40,000 to $ 49,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,146 25 10 1,416 8 10 4,987 30 9 $ 50,000 to $ 74,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,827 25 19 2,973 9 21 9,561 30 18 $ 75,000 to $ 99,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,068 29 12 1,697 10 12 6,126 34 12 $ 100,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,391 28 13 2,065 11 15 6,193 32 12 Not reported. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,139 12 17 2,334 4 17 9,707 17 18 Education 11 years or less . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,253 13 10 1,011 3 7 5,763 18 11 12 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,080 18 31 4,036 5 29 17,676 24 34 1 to 3 years college . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,335 21 25 3,630 7 26 12,479 25 24 4 years college . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,001 23 19 2,838 8 20 9,654 28 18 5 or more years college. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,441 30 15 2,423 11 17 6,987 33 13 * Estimate based on a small sample size. Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses and nonresponse. Percent who participated columns show the percent of each row's population who participated in the activity named by the column. Percent columns show the percent of each column's participants who are described by the row heading.

93 U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service Table 46. Land Owned or Leased for the Primary Purpose of Wildlife Watching: 2001 ( Population 16 years of age or older)

Wildlife watching Number ( in thousands) Average per person Land Ownership for Wildlife Watching Participants owning land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 664 ( X) Acres owned. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,144 67 Expenditures for owned land ( dollars) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,459,706 6,721 Land Leasing for Wildlife Watching Participants leasing land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 ( X) Acres leased . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,489 90 Expenditures for leased land ( dollars) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301,304 2,597 ( X) Not applicable.

Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses and nonresponse.

Table 47. Persons With Disabilities Who Participated in Wildlife Watching: 2001 ( Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)

Disability Total wildlife watching Nonresidential Residential Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Total wildlife watching participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,105 100 21,823 100 62,928 100 Total disabled participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,951 100 1,279 100 4,757 100 Mobility impaired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,958 80 1,038 81 3,777 79 Hearing impaired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456 9 * 110 * 9 447 9 Sight impaired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396 8 * 50 * 4 395 8 Mentally impaired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652 13 184 14 648 14 * Estimate based on a small sample size.

Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses and nonresponse.

94 U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service Table 48. Participation of Wildlife Watching Participants in Fishing and Hunting: 2001 ( Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)

Type of fishing and hunting Total Nonresidential Residential Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Total participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,105 100 21,823 100 62,928 100 Nonsportspersons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,263 67 11,739 54 43,035 68 Sportspersons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,842 33 10,084 46 19,893 32 Anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,712 30 9,105 42 17,991 29 Hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,066 12 4,005 18 7,286 12 Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses and nonresponse.

Table 49. Participation of Sportspersons in Wildlife Watching Activities: 2001 ( Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)

Wildlife watching activity Sportspersons Anglers Hunters Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Total sportspersons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,805 100 34,071 100 13,034 100 Sportspersons who:

Did not engage in wildlife watching activities. . . . . 15,963 42 14,359 42 4,969 38 Engaged in wildlife watching activities . . . . . . . . . . 21,842 58 19,712 58 8,066 62 Nonresidential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,084 27 9,105 27 4,005 31 Residential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,893 53 17,991 53 7,286 56 Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses and nonresponse.

95 U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service Table 50. Participants in Wildlife Related Recreation by Participant's State of Residence: 2001 ( Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)

Participant's state of residence Population Total participants Sportspersons Wildlife watching participants Number Percent of population Number Percent of population Number Percent of population United States, total. . . . . 212,298 82,302 39 37,805 18 66,105 31 Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,427 1,323 39 726 21 965 28 Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454 320 70 205 45 241 53 Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,700 1,296 35 437 12 1,107 30 Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,999 1,038 52 621 31 778 39 California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,982 6,873 26 2,486 10 5,491 21 Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,215 1,518 47 679 21 1,213 38 Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,536 996 39 331 13 883 35 Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599 220 37 94 16 170 28 Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,171 3,857 32 2,158 18 2,856 23 Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,096 1,932 32 1,136 19 1,326 22 Hawaii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 916 195 21 114 12 126 14 Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 972 507 52 306 31 388 40 Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,244 3,148 34 1,507 16 2,492 27 Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,558 2,179 48 914 20 1,786 39 Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,201 1,212 55 580 26 983 45 Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,017 942 47 491 24 735 36 Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,121 1,547 50 703 23 1,264 40 Louisiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,306 1,326 40 829 25 840 25 Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,005 607 60 256 26 520 52 Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,078 1,546 38 571 14 1,311 32 Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . 4,837 1,726 36 521 11 1,493 31 Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,587 2,950 39 1,325 17 2,424 32 Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,688 2,388 65 1,437 39 1,993 54 Mississippi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,111 851 40 533 25 579 27 Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,206 2,010 48 1,076 26 1,612 38 Montana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 699 438 63 279 40 362 52 Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,266 623 49 308 24 498 39 Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,454 439 30 194 13 334 23 New Hampshire . . . . . . . . . . 954 506 53 175 18 450 47 New Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,300 1,993 32 669 11 1,694 27 New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,337 595 45 256 19 471 35 New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,201 3,990 28 1,493 11 3,524 25 North Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . 5,918 2,330 39 982 17 1,884 32 North Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . 483 228 47 170 35 135 28 Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,645 3,407 39 1,513 17 2,768 32 Oklahoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,587 1,308 51 730 28 1,042 40 Oregon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,630 1,545 59 611 23 1,286 49 Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,303 4,169 45 1,648 18 3,522 38 Rhode Island . . . . . . . . . . . . 765 280 37 96 13 242 32 South Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . 3,080 1,375 45 674 22 1,079 35 South Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . 559 326 58 176 31 251 45 Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,317 2,109 49 903 21 1,706 40 Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,445 4,515 29 2,745 18 3,088 20 Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,554 736 47 468 30 572 37 Vermont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479 319 67 125 26 287 60 Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,471 2,535 46 970 18 2,168 40 Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,516 2,537 56 932 21 2,234 49 West Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,447 694 48 353 24 517 36 Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,059 2,489 61 1,141 28 2,159 53 Wyoming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377 223 59 138 37 172 46 Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses. U. S. totals include responses from participants residing in the District of Columbia, as described in the statistical accuracy appendix.

96 U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service Table 51. Participants in Wildlife Related Recreation by State Where Activity Took Place: 2001 ( Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)

State where activity took place Total participants Sportspersons Wildlife watching participants Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent United States, total. . . . . 82,302 100 37,805 46 66,105 80 Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,557 100 1,021 66 1,016 65 Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632 100 457 72 420 67 Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,720 100 486 28 1,465 85 Arkansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,369 100 960 70 841 61 California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,231 100 2,556 35 5,720 79 Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,138 100 1,077 50 1,552 73 Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,151 100 356 31 967 84 Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407 100 157 39 317 78 Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,860 100 3,158 65 3,240 67 Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,198 100 1,236 56 1,494 68 Hawaii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 100 151 46 220 68 Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 868 100 486 56 643 74 Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,390 100 1,366 40 2,627 77 Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,427 100 965 40 1,866 77 Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,334 100 645 48 1,022 77 Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,091 100 563 52 807 74 Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,834 100 901 49 1,362 74 Louisiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,558 100 1,059 68 935 60 Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 975 100 449 46 778 80 Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,911 100 752 39 1,524 80 Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,988 100 632 32 1,686 85 Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,481 100 1,659 48 2,666 77 Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,915 100 1,733 59 2,155 74 Mississippi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,017 100 720 71 631 62 Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,494 100 1,382 55 1,826 73 Montana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 871 100 463 53 687 79 Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 768 100 382 50 565 74 Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657 100 193 29 543 83 New Hampshire . . . . . . . . . . 892 100 295 33 766 86 New Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,345 100 855 36 1,895 81 New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . 884 100 379 43 671 76 New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,620 100 1,760 38 3,885 84 North Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . 2,882 100 1,386 48 2,168 75 North Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . 322 100 259 81 190 59 Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,658 100 1,540 42 2,897 79 Oklahoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,529 100 838 55 1,131 74 Oregon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,051 100 761 37 1,680 82 Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,570 100 1,783 39 3,794 83 Rhode Island . . . . . . . . . . . . 399 100 181 45 298 75 South Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . 1,666 100 922 55 1,186 71 South Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . 518 100 349 67 358 69 Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,671 100 1,062 40 2,084 78 Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,949 100 2,857 58 3,240 65 Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,091 100 585 54 806 74 Vermont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569 100 211 37 496 87 Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,001 100 1,137 38 2,460 82 Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,970 100 1,024 34 2,496 84 West Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . 843 100 444 53 605 72 Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,165 100 1,611 51 2,442 77 Wyoming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 662 100 373 56 498 75 Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses. U. S. totals include responses from participants residing in the District of Columbia, as described in the statistical accuracy appendix.

97 U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service Table 52. Expenditures for Wildlife Related Recreation by State Where Spending Took Place: 2001 ( Population 16 years old and older. Expenditures in thousands of dollars)

State where spending took place Total, wildlife associated expenditures Fishing and hunting expenditures Total Trip related Equipment Other Total Trip related Equipment Other United States, total. . . . . 108,390,818 28,070,831 64,493,795 14,826,194 69,976,330 19,908,392 40,954,202 8,113,737 Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,306,670 633,611 1,297,544 375,514 1,680,270 554,080 889,908 236,282 Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,375,057 970,931 305,843 98,283 876,192 584,698 252,505 38,989 Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,619,724 512,038 1,040,740 66,947 799,006 207,360 556,210 35,436 Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,290,326 411,178 656,098 223,050 1,046,336 391,133 451,545 203,657 California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,709,602 2,169,604 2,952,662 587,337 3,128,727 1,288,798 1,713,467 126,462 Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,000,962 908,188 924,467 168,306 1,376,560 491,454 751,639 133,467 Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501,940 145,547 273,575 82,819 275,976 107,537 130,757 37,682 Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130,350 48,268 66,366 15,716 88,012 33,981 45,283 8,748 Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,211,889 2,886,641 2,941,961 383,288 4,636,408 2,211,257 2,103,920 321,231 Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,664,546 561,262 908,864 194,420 1,128,775 437,998 544,162 146,615 Hawaii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261,476 143,877 106,095 11,504 129,857 74,820 53,613 1,425 Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 982,423 296,120 552,420 133,883 754,953 199,314 434,571 121,069 Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,947,646 396,329 1,387,167 164,150 1,351,405 310,711 914,582 126,112 Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,487,815 316,680 939,767 231,368 846,577 198,155 599,687 48,735 Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 822,961 187,677 569,455 65,829 634,570 165,610 425,984 42,975 Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591,123 209,487 320,608 61,027 462,460 177,313 248,659 36,488 Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,844,927 334,023 1,232,252 278,652 1,243,377 284,247 903,456 55,675 Louisiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,608,468 574,843 933,472 100,154 1,440,048 519,418 836,133 84,496 Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,083,721 296,847 503,923 282,951 570,154 149,317 364,137 56,700 Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,743,481 407,769 998,859 336,854 880,794 278,077 548,263 54,455 Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,072,482 389,870 606,939 75,673 603,149 227,437 354,842 20,869 Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,753,176 963,736 1,603,414 186,027 2,060,419 681,757 1,248,765 129,897 Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,702,571 1,089,457 1,417,149 195,965 2,171,514 973,816 1,046,667 151,031 Mississippi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 973,984 286,452 593,915 93,617 670,508 250,343 350,268 69,897 Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,828,153 581,939 1,111,023 135,191 1,379,397 424,953 835,336 119,108 Montana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 943,118 463,392 386,866 92,859 592,782 255,897 271,423 65,463 Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584,898 153,515 396,296 35,087 455,151 135,102 293,156 26,893 Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680,536 168,194 472,029 40,313 430,390 98,029 298,584 33,776 New Hampshire . . . . . . . . . . 618,694 268,859 307,862 41,973 275,754 91,554 159,509 24,691 New Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,230,952 583,597 1,505,798 141,557 987,108 441,555 476,286 69,267 New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,022,568 301,637 582,895 138,036 464,279 150,622 285,038 28,619 New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,523,958 808,167 1,908,322 807,469 2,116,764 559,993 1,105,658 451,113 North Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . 2,455,216 702,566 1,525,904 226,746 1,628,333 544,043 951,343 132,948 North Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . 351,285 120,787 206,981 23,517 324,184 111,425 191,819 20,941 Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,289,385 623,335 1,463,425 202,625 1,666,334 493,547 1,010,071 162,716 Oklahoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 994,527 378,388 531,070 85,069 801,279 309,177 419,613 72,489 Oregon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,060,509 672,557 1,142,262 245,690 1,291,103 367,567 801,968 121,567 Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,974,644 644,290 1,868,212 462,142 2,012,845 472,632 1,138,344 401,869 Rhode Island . . . . . . . . . . . . 287,955 137,708 140,653 9,593 118,319 71,069 44,388 2,862 South Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . 1,337,821 502,654 753,025 82,141 1,081,448 413,609 603,575 64,265 South Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . 561,563 252,812 255,317 53,434 469,605 199,256 231,749 38,600 Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,716,100 589,981 975,315 150,804 1,267,557 383,253 762,864 121,441 Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,354,194 1,655,981 2,854,256 843,957 4,071,251 1,427,201 1,909,402 734,648 Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,375,152 436,607 775,842 162,704 819,442 260,746 497,853 60,843 Vermont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385,651 138,974 145,806 100,870 181,936 75,731 88,146 18,059 Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,897,217 546,206 997,273 353,739 1,108,574 373,855 626,544 108,175 Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,362,176 727,416 1,445,661 189,100 1,382,446 444,924 851,030 86,493 West Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . 503,147 207,721 238,348 57,078 339,636 128,861 157,881 52,894 Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,617,616 930,300 2,021,794 665,522 2,305,997 679,540 1,184,774 441,683 Wyoming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 634,049 301,701 251,871 80,477 369,118 166,075 140,208 62,835 See footnotes at end of table.

98 U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service Table 52. Expenditures for Wildlife Related Recreation by State Where Spending Took Place: 2001   Continued ( Population 16 years old and older. Expenditures in thousands of dollars)

State where spending took place Wildlife watching expenditures Total Trip related Equipment Other United States, total. . . . . 38,414,488 8,162,439 23,539,593 6,712,457 Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626,400 79,531 407,636 139,233 Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498,865 386,233 53,337 59,295 Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 820,718 304,677 484,530 31,511 Arkansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243,990 20,044 204,553 19,393 California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,580,875 880,805 1,239,195 460,875 Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624,402 416,734 172,829 34,839 Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225,964 38,010 142,817 45,137 Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,338 14,287 21,083 6,968 Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,575,481 675,384 838,041 62,056 Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535,771 123,264 364,702 47,805 Hawaii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131,619 69,057 52,482 10,080 Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227,470 96,807 117,848 12,815 Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596,241 85,618 472,585 38,038 Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 641,239 118,525 340,081 182,633 Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188,391 22,067 143,471 22,854 Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128,663 32,175 71,949 24,539 Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601,550 49,776 328,796 222,977 Louisiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168,420 55,424 97,339 15,657 Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513,566 147,530 139,786 226,251 Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 862,687 129,692 450,596 282,399 Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . 469,333 162,433 252,097 54,803 Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692,757 281,978 354,649 56,130 Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531,057 115,640 370,482 44,935 Mississippi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303,477 36,109 243,647 23,721 Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448,756 156,986 275,687 16,083 Montana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350,335 207,496 115,443 27,396 Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129,747 18,413 103,140 8,194 Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250,145 70,164 173,445 6,537 New Hampshire . . . . . . . . . . 342,940 177,305 148,353 17,282 New Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,243,844 142,042 1,029,512 72,290 New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . 558,290 151,015 297,857 109,417 New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,407,193 248,174 802,663 356,356 North Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . 826,882 158,523 574,561 93,798 North Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,100 9,361 15,163 2,576 Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623,051 129,788 453,354 39,909 Oklahoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193,248 69,211 111,457 12,580 Oregon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 769,407 304,990 340,293 124,123 Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . 961,799 171,658 729,868 60,274 Rhode Island . . . . . . . . . . . . 169,635 66,639 96,265 6,731 South Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . 256,372 89,045 149,451 17,876 South Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . 91,958 53,556 23,568 14,834 Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448,543 206,729 212,452 29,363 Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,282,943 228,780 944,854 109,309 Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555,710 175,861 277,989 101,861 Vermont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203,715 63,243 57,660 82,811 Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 788,644 172,351 370,729 245,564 Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 979,730 282,492 594,631 102,607 West Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . 163,511 78,860 80,467 4,184 Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,311,619 250,760 837,020 223,838 Wyoming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264,931 135,626 111,663 17,642 Note: U. S. totals include responses from participants residing in the District of Columbia, as described in the statistical accuracy appendix.

99 U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service Table 53. Expenditures for Wildlife Related Recreation by Participant's State of Residence: 2001 ( Population 16 years old and older. Expenditures in thousands of dollars)

Participant's state of residence Total, wildlife associated expenditures Fishing and hunting expenditures Total Trip related Equipment Other Total Trip related Equipment Other United States, total. . . . . 108,390,818 28,070,831 64,493,795 14,826,194 69,976,330 19,908,392 40,954,202 8,113,737 Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,241,999 632,522 1,264,711 344,766 1,579,426 522,596 850,551 206,279 Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580,847 219,667 325,994 35,187 468,108 170,632 269,247 28,229 Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,573,354 395,623 1,054,415 123,316 802,249 221,386 546,659 34,204 Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,148,365 338,882 638,801 170,683 850,043 268,071 430,642 151,331 California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,869,216 2,351,281 2,915,644 602,291 3,266,088 1,456,534 1,671,425 138,130 Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,681,345 470,398 1,094,963 115,984 1,292,497 286,927 919,870 85,700 Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656,829 238,625 319,752 98,452 407,570 155,859 195,275 56,435 Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172,444 64,527 77,187 30,730 113,663 48,800 50,771 14,092 Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,585,535 2,206,710 2,986,857 391,968 4,141,515 1,698,191 2,128,045 315,278 Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,532,203 684,552 641,681 205,971 1,197,614 510,283 501,016 186,315 Hawaii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217,534 96,913 107,171 13,449 122,470 64,595 54,464 3,412 Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 767,258 191,317 470,622 105,319 596,587 132,475 370,753 93,359 Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,758,847 958,928 1,573,958 225,961 2,006,777 704,229 1,134,499 168,049 Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,503,917 415,886 823,291 264,740 894,228 275,426 539,507 79,295 Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 873,464 289,692 514,826 68,946 634,283 212,680 374,929 46,674 Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 784,025 258,896 410,402 114,727 608,995 177,665 344,297 87,033 Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,956,625 382,558 1,397,283 176,784 1,305,139 289,371 962,812 52,956 Louisiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,654,506 566,142 967,060 121,303 1,466,791 512,883 848,075 105,833 Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 858,091 142,544 452,418 263,129 431,359 78,342 314,840 38,176 Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,658,126 471,869 1,046,043 140,215 925,326 283,304 572,511 69,512 Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,113,321 419,913 591,045 102,363 652,078 274,149 334,015 43,915 Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,971,088 1,236,266 1,570,537 164,284 2,249,058 903,658 1,233,997 111,403 Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,868,171 1,057,136 1,524,463 286,573 2,333,131 932,949 1,155,491 244,691 Mississippi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 988,335 256,105 664,521 67,709 708,690 223,302 441,544 43,843 Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,917,564 598,958 1,102,158 216,447 1,430,522 468,238 824,381 137,903 Montana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 664,457 192,987 415,676 55,795 439,149 117,936 281,585 39,628 Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572,947 175,421 357,987 39,538 422,158 141,345 249,420 31,394 Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 760,873 165,748 536,234 58,891 470,055 115,586 312,710 41,758 New Hampshire . . . . . . . . . . 481,127 136,809 287,352 56,966 281,117 89,144 150,439 41,534 New Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,654,664 683,116 1,627,570 343,979 999,572 453,020 485,252 61,301 New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,006,161 201,760 592,530 211,870 508,326 131,957 292,813 83,556 New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,833,858 1,085,249 1,941,628 806,981 2,122,592 613,956 917,408 591,228 North Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . 2,288,942 682,895 1,398,956 207,091 1,562,312 561,165 834,974 166,173 North Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . 364,153 106,434 234,563 23,156 337,084 99,488 216,917 20,679 Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,621,858 920,546 1,387,996 313,316 1,741,975 653,697 918,817 169,462 Oklahoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,105,577 411,959 605,009 88,609 925,637 369,547 481,013 75,077 Oregon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,945,277 532,728 1,208,816 203,733 1,357,667 357,050 876,744 123,872 Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,365,514 1,202,976 1,808,119 354,419 2,137,973 757,051 1,107,883 273,039 Rhode Island . . . . . . . . . . . . 180,508 59,601 107,000 13,907 141,573 49,725 84,084 7,764 South Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . 1,252,568 448,775 736,969 66,825 995,031 369,517 576,822 48,692 South Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . 321,540 119,516 166,334 35,690 271,311 105,322 145,181 20,809 Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,617,118 553,401 907,851 155,866 1,279,254 438,723 715,042 125,488 Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,882,685 2,302,391 2,774,612 805,682 4,130,415 1,612,662 1,825,624 692,129 Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,304,724 354,688 795,255 154,782 846,041 260,760 515,116 70,166 Vermont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271,364 71,464 164,719 35,180 161,685 41,080 105,550 15,055 Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,378,089 651,078 1,125,943 601,068 1,279,475 425,832 744,166 109,477 Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,707,062 970,799 1,478,680 257,583 1,465,566 536,848 823,994 104,724 West Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . 540,223 175,396 298,748 66,078 389,811 113,112 215,761 60,938 Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,123,047 808,102 1,805,091 509,854 1,905,965 539,191 1,055,855 310,919 Wyoming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344,345 108,236 222,083 14,026 251,700 81,086 159,503 11,110 See footnotes at end of table.

100 U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service Table 53. Expenditures for Wildlife Related Recreation by Participant's State of Residence: 2001   Continued ( Population 16 years old and older. Expenditures in thousands of dollars)

Participant's state of residence Wildlife watching expenditures Total Trip related Equipment Other United States, total. . . . . 38,414,488 8,162,439 23,539,593 6,712,457 Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 662,574 109,926 414,160 138,488 Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112,739 49,035 56,746 6,958 Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 771,105 174,237 507,756 89,112 Arkansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298,322 70,811 208,159 19,352 California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,603,127 894,746 1,244,219 464,162 Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388,848 183,470 175,093 30,284 Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249,260 82,766 124,477 42,016 Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58,781 15,727 26,417 16,637 Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,444,021 508,519 858,811 76,690 Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334,589 174,269 140,665 19,656 Hawaii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95,063 32,319 52,708 10,037 Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170,671 58,842 99,869 11,960 Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 752,069 254,698 439,459 57,912 Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609,689 140,460 283,784 185,445 Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239,181 77,012 139,897 22,272 Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175,030 81,231 66,104 27,694 Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651,485 93,187 434,471 123,828 Louisiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187,715 53,259 118,985 15,471 Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426,733 64,202 137,578 224,953 Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 732,800 188,565 473,532 70,703 Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . 461,242 145,764 257,030 58,448 Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 722,030 332,609 336,540 52,881 Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535,040 124,187 368,972 41,881 Mississippi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279,646 32,803 222,977 23,866 Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487,041 130,720 277,777 78,544 Montana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225,308 75,050 134,090 16,167 Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150,789 34,077 108,568 8,144 Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290,819 50,162 223,523 17,133 New Hampshire . . . . . . . . . . 200,010 47,666 136,913 15,431 New Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,655,092 230,096 1,142,318 282,678 New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . 497,835 69,803 299,718 128,314 New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,711,265 471,293 1,024,219 215,753 North Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . 726,630 121,730 563,982 40,918 North Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,068 6,946 17,646 2,477 Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 879,882 266,849 469,179 143,854 Oklahoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179,940 42,413 123,995 13,532 Oregon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 587,610 175,678 332,072 79,861 Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,227,541 445,924 700,236 81,380 Rhode Island . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,935 9,876 22,916 6,143 South Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . 257,537 79,258 160,147 18,133 South Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,229 14,195 21,153 14,881 Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337,864 114,678 192,809 30,377 Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,752,269 689,729 948,988 113,553 Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458,683 93,928 280,139 84,616 Vermont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109,678 30,384 59,169 20,125 Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,098,614 225,247 381,777 491,591 Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,241,496 433,951 654,686 152,859 West Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . 150,412 62,283 82,987 5,141 Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,217,081 268,911 749,235 198,935 Wyoming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92,645 27,150 62,579 * 2,916 * Estimate based on a small sample size.

Note: U. S. totals include responses from participants residing in the District of Columbia, as described in the statistical accuracy appendix.

101 U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service Table 54. Anglers and Hunters by Sportsperson's State of Residence: 2001 ( Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)

Sportsperson's state of residence Population Fished or hunted Fished only Hunted only Fished and hunted Number Percent of population Number Percent of population Number Percent of population Number Percent of population United States, total. . . . . 212,298 37,805 18 24,771 12 3,734 2 9,300 4 Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,427 726 21 410 12 91 3 224 7 Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454 205 45 130 29 20 4 55 12 Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,700 437 12 313 8 * 43 * 1 81 2 Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,999 621 31 312 16 * 70 * 4 238 12 California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,982 2,486 10 2,209 9 * 97 *( Z) * 180 * 1 Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,215 679 21 511 16 * 53 * 2 115 4 Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,536 331 13 285 11 ... ... 38 1 Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599 94 16 78 13 * 5 * 1 11 2 Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,171 2,158 18 1,888 16 ... ... 221 2 Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,096 1,136 19 759 12 92 2 284 5 Hawaii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 916 114 12 96 11 ... ... 17 2 Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 972 306 31 155 16 45 5 106 11 Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,244 1,507 16 1,167 13 * 92 * 1 248 3 Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,558 914 20 630 14 * 81 * 2 203 4 Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,201 580 26 377 17 56 3 147 7 Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,017 491 24 289 14 60 3 142 7 Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,121 703 23 432 14 73 2 198 6 Louisiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,306 829 25 515 16 71 2 243 7 Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,005 256 26 133 13 41 4 82 8 Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,078 571 14 447 11 * 40 * 1 84 2 Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . 4,837 521 11 443 9 * 21 *( Z) 58 1 Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,587 1,325 17 600 8 285 4 439 6 Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,688 1,437 39 855 23 * 91 * 2 490 13 Mississippi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,111 533 25 276 13 58 3 199 9 Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,206 1,076 26 663 16 94 2 318 8 Montana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 699 279 40 108 15 57 8 113 16 Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,266 308 24 180 14 43 3 85 7 Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,454 194 13 146 10 * 14 * 1 34 2 New Hampshire . . . . . . . . . . 954 175 18 122 13 * 12 * 1 42 4 New Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,300 669 11 544 9 * 30 *( Z) 95 2 New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,337 256 19 142 11 40 3 74 6 New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,201 1,493 11 851 6 * 152 * 1 490 3 North Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . 5,918 982 17 668 11 * 88 * 1 226 4 North Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . 483 170 35 78 16 28 6 65 13 Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,645 1,513 17 1,031 12 122 1 359 4 Oklahoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,587 730 28 489 19 * 44 * 2 197 8 Oregon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,630 611 23 376 14 60 2 176 7 Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,303 1,648 18 781 8 378 4 489 5 Rhode Island . . . . . . . . . . . . 765 96 13 86 11 ... ... * 10 * 1 South Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . 3,080 674 22 442 14 71 2 162 5 South Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . 559 176 31 86 15 30 5 59 11 Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,317 903 21 583 14 100 2 220 5 Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,445 2,745 18 1,619 10 364 2 762 5 Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,554 468 30 290 19 44 3 134 9 Vermont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479 125 26 50 10 21 4 54 11 Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,471 970 18 661 12 * 82 * 1 226 4 Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,516 932 21 701 16 59 1 172 4 West Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,447 353 24 118 8 80 6 155 11 Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,059 1,141 28 550 14 160 4 431 11 Wyoming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377 138 37 73 19 * 16 * 4 49 13 * Estimate based on a small sample size. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably. ( Z) Less than 0.5 percent.

Note: U. S. totals include responses from participants residing in the District of Columbia, as described in the statistical accuracy appendix.

102 U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service Table 55. Anglers and Hunters by State Where Fishing or Hunting Took Place: 2001 ( Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)

State where fishing or hunting took place Anglers Hunters Total anglers, residents and nonresidents Residents Nonresidents Total hunters, residents and nonresidents Residents Nonresidents Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent United States, total. . . . . 34,071 100 31,218 92 7,880 23 13,034 100 12,375 95 2,029 16 Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 851 100 610 72 241 28 423 100 307 73 116 27 Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421 100 183 43 239 57 93 100 72 77 * 21 * 23 Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419 100 351 84 68 16 148 100 119 81 * 28 * 19 Arkansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 782 100 543 69 239 31 431 100 303 70 128 30 California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,444 100 2,288 94 156 6 274 100 261 95 * 12 * 5 Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 917 100 560 61 357 39 281 100 159 57 121 43 Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346 100 271 78 75 22 45 100 * 35 * 77 ... ... Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 100 71 47 * 78 * 53 16 100 13 81 ... ... Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,104 100 2,057 66 1,047 34 226 100 191 84 * 35 * 16 Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,086 100 947 87 139 13 417 100 355 85 * 62 * 15 Hawaii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 100 109 73 * 41 * 27 17 100 17 100 ... ... Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416 100 251 60 165 40 197 100 150 76 47 24 Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,237 100 1,157 94 80 6 310 100 246 79 * 64 * 21 Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 874 100 784 90 90 10 290 100 269 93 ... ... Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542 100 471 87 70 13 243 100 195 80 * 48 * 20 Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404 100 357 88 * 47 * 12 291 100 189 65 103 35 Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780 100 590 76 190 24 323 100 269 83 * 54 * 17 Louisiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 970 100 753 78 217 22 333 100 293 88 * 40 * 12 Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376 100 212 56 165 44 164 100 123 75 41 25 Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701 100 457 65 243 35 145 100 115 80 * 30 * 20 Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . 615 100 425 69 191 31 66 100 64 97 ... ... Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,354 100 1,002 74 352 26 754 100 705 94 * 48 * 6 Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,624 100 1,293 80 331 20 597 100 568 95 * 29 * 5 Mississippi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586 100 450 77 136 23 357 100 245 69 111 31 Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,215 100 942 78 272 22 489 100 405 83 84 17 Montana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349 100 212 61 138 39 229 100 170 74 59 26 Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 100 241 81 55 19 173 100 124 72 * 49 * 28 Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 100 119 69 * 53 * 31 47 100 42 90 ... ... New Hampshire . . . . . . . . . . 267 100 147 55 119 45 78 100 52 67 * 26 * 33 New Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806 100 531 66 275 34 135 100 108 80 ... ...

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . 314 100 197 63 * 116 * 37 130 100 105 80 * 26 * 20 New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,550 100 1,243 80 307 20 714 100 635 89 79 11 North Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . 1,287 100 831 65 456 35 295 100 272 92 * 23 * 8 North Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 100 119 67 * 59 * 33 139 100 87 63 * 52 * 37 Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,371 100 1,225 89 146 11 490 100 452 92 * 38 * 8 Oklahoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 100 648 84 126 16 261 100 241 92 * 20 * 8 Oregon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687 100 513 75 174 25 248 100 234 94 * 15 * 6 Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,266 100 1,032 82 234 18 1,000 100 858 86 142 14 Rhode Island . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 100 86 48 93 52 * 9 * 100 * 7 * 83 ... ... South Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . 812 100 571 70 241 30 265 100 221 83 * 44 * 17 South Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 100 140 65 75 35 209 100 90 43 119 57 Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903 100 709 79 194 21 359 100 288 80 71 20 Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,372 100 2,151 91 221 9 1,201 100 1,101 92 100 8 Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517 100 388 75 129 25 198 100 177 89 * 22 * 11 Vermont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 100 96 56 75 44 100 100 74 74 * 26 * 26 Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,010 100 761 75 248 25 355 100 279 79 * 75 * 21 Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 938 100 808 86 130 14 227 100 210 92 ... ... West Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 100 250 79 * 67 * 21 284 100 229 81 * 55 * 19 Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,412 100 941 67 471 33 660 100 588 89 * 72 * 11 Wyoming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293 100 117 40 176 60 133 100 65 49 68 51 * Estimate based on a small sample size. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.

Note: For the U. S. row, detail does not add to total because of multiple responses. U. S. totals include responses from participants residing in the District of Columbia, as described in the statistical accuracy appendix.

103 U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service Table 56. Hunters by Type of Hunting and State Where Hunting Took Place: 2001 ( Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)

State where hunting took place Total, all hunting Big game Small game Migratory bird Other animals Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent United States, total. . . . . 13,034 100 10,911 84 5,434 41 2,956 23 1,047 8 Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423 100 392 93 109 26 95 23 * 21 * 5 Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 100 84 90 18 19 * 14 * 15 ... ... Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 100 81 55 72 49 62 42 ... ... Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431 100 322 75 145 34 171 40 * 23 * 5 California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 100 * 129 * 47 * 109 * 40 * 115 * 42 ... ...

Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281 100 235 84 74 26 * 55 * 19 ... ... Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 100 * 33 * 73 * 22 * 49 ... ... ... ... Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 100 11 67 * 4 * 28 * 8 * 50 ... ... Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 100 188 83 * 78 * 34 * 64 * 28 ... ... Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417 100 342 82 135 32 * 86 * 21 * 45 * 11 Hawaii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 100 * 15 * 91 * 7 * 44 ... ... ... ... Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 100 156 79 74 38 * 38 * 19 ... ... Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310 100 245 79 * 101 * 32 * 60 * 19 ... ... Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290 100 215 74 159 55 * 30 * 10 ... ... Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 100 139 57 151 62 * 56 * 23 * 29 * 12 Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 100 159 55 209 72 79 27 * 35 * 12 Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 100 264 82 152 47 * 57 * 18 * 20 * 6 Louisiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333 100 212 64 139 42 147 44 ... ... Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 100 156 95 63 39 ... ... ... ... Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 100 126 87 * 44 * 30 * 47 * 32 ... ...

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . 66 100 58 88 * 28 * 42 * 19 * 28 ... ... Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754 100 680 90 222 29 * 55 * 7 ... ... Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597 100 493 83 249 42 184 31 * 43 * 7 Mississippi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357 100 295 83 172 48 78 22 * 24 * 7 Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489 100 423 87 165 34 * 69 * 14 ... ...

Montana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 100 206 90 52 23 * 23 * 10 ... ... Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 100 89 51 114 66 48 28 24 14 Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 100 * 25 * 52 * 23 * 49 29 61 ... ... New Hampshire . . . . . . . . . . 78 100 71 91 22 28 * 6 * 8 ... ... New Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 100 111 83 * 61 * 45 ... ... ... ...

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 100 112 86 37 29 * 34 * 26 ... ... New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 714 100 664 93 274 38 * 101 * 14 * 76 * 11 North Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . 295 100 224 76 124 42 102 35 ... ... North Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 100 74 53 69 49 61 44 20 14 Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490 100 422 86 313 64 * 70 * 14 * 73 * 15 Oklahoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 100 212 81 131 50 81 31 * 36 * 14 Oregon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 100 226 91 60 24 * 42 * 17 ... ... Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000 100 956 96 370 37 * 85 * 9 * 130 * 13 Rhode Island . . . . . . . . . . . . * 9 * 100 * 6 * 68 * 5 * 60 ... ... ... ... South Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . 265 100 217 82 101 38 71 27 ... ...

South Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 100 75 36 160 77 51 24 * 14 * 7 Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359 100 262 73 157 44 100 28 * 44 * 12 Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,201 100 888 74 371 31 500 42 * 59 * 5 Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 100 171 86 69 35 52 26 * 22 * 11 Vermont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 100 94 94 29 29 ... ... * 10 * 10 Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355 100 322 91 128 36 * 44 * 12 ... ... Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 100 187 82 74 32 * 50 * 22 ... ... West Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 100 269 95 123 43 ... ... * 39 * 14 Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660 100 606 92 230 35 * 55 * 8 ... ... Wyoming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 100 110 82 33 25 * 9 * 7 * 15 * 11 * Estimate based on a small sample size. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.

Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses. U. S. totals include responses from participants residing in the District of Columbia, as described in the statistical accuracy appendix.

104 U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service Table 57. Days of Hunting by State Where Hunting Took Place and Hunter's State of Residence: 2001 ( Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)

State Days of hunting in state Days of hunting by state residents Total days, residents and nonresidents Days by state residents Days by nonresidents Total days, in state of residence and other states Days in state of residence Days in other states Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent United States, total. . . . . 228,368 100 209,880 92 20,891 9 228,368 100 209,880 92 20,891 9 Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,616 100 6,613 87 1,003 13 7,262 100 6,613 91 650 9 Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,146 100 953 83 * 193 * 17 982 100 953 97 * 29 * 3 Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,694 100 1,546 91 * 148 * 9 1,649 100 1,546 94 ... ... Arkansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,411 100 6,970 83 1,441 17 7,249 100 6,970 96 * 279 * 4 California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,426 100 3,378 99 ... ... 3,695 100 3,378 91 ... ...

Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,610 100 1,680 64 930 36 1,982 100 1,680 85 * 303 * 15 Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 766 100 * 691 * 90 ... ... 824 100 * 691 * 84 * 132 * 16 Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 100 220 98 ... ... 279 100 220 79 * 59 * 21 Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,693 100 4,504 96 * 190 * 4 5,865 100 4,504 77 * 1,362 * 23 Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,973 100 7,339 92 * 633 * 8 7,882 100 7,339 93 * 542 * 7 Hawaii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316 100 * 316 * 100 ... ... 322 100 * 316 * 98 ... ... Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,100 100 1,737 83 363 17 1,784 100 1,737 97 ... ... Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,522 100 4,159 92 * 363 * 8 5,842 100 4,159 71 * 1,683 * 29 Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,000 100 4,830 97 ... ... 5,016 100 4,830 96 * 186 * 4 Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,989 100 3,819 96 * 170 * 4 4,086 100 3,819 93 * 267 * 7 Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,647 100 3,067 84 579 16 3,424 100 3,067 90 357 10 Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,664 100 4,422 95 * 242 * 5 4,538 100 4,422 97 * 116 * 3 Louisiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,442 100 6,109 95 * 333 * 5 7,152 100 6,109 85 1,043 15 Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,469 100 2,131 86 338 14 2,169 100 2,131 98 ... ... Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,799 100 1,645 91 * 154 * 9 1,992 100 1,645 83 * 347 * 17 Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,158 100 1,144 99 ... ... 1,727 100 1,144 66 * 583 * 34 Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,994 100 8,477 94 * 517 * 6 8,784 100 8,477 96 ... ... Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,437 100 7,499 89 * 938 * 11 8,619 100 7,499 87 * 1,120 * 13 Mississippi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,481 100 6,589 78 1,892 22 6,977 100 6,589 94 * 388 * 6 Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,606 100 6,225 94 381 6 6,715 100 6,225 93 * 490 * 7 Montana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,442 100 2,052 84 390 16 2,112 100 2,052 97 ... ... Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,204 100 1,834 83 * 370 * 17 1,963 100 1,834 93 * 129 * 7 Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490 100 467 95 ... ... 558 100 467 84 * 91 * 16 New Hampshire . . . . . . . . . . 1,459 100 1,138 78 * 321 * 22 1,300 100 1,138 88 * 162 * 12 New Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,120 100 2,500 80 ... ... 3,000 100 2,500 83 * 500 * 17 New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,667 100 1,521 91 * 146 * 9 1,594 100 1,521 95 * 73 * 5 New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,187 100 12,797 97 390 3 13,124 100 12,797 98 * 327 * 2 North Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . 7,526 100 7,338 98 * 188 * 2 8,372 100 7,338 88 * 1,034 * 12 North Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,635 100 1,364 83 * 271 * 17 1,417 100 1,364 96 * 53 * 4 Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,233 100 9,952 97 * 282 * 3 11,077 100 9,952 90 * 1,125 * 10 Oklahoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,642 100 5,546 98 * 96 * 2 5,965 100 5,546 93 * 419 * 7 Oregon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,947 100 2,812 95 * 135 * 5 2,917 100 2,812 96 ... ... Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,955 100 12,963 93 993 7 14,051 100 12,963 92 * 1,088 * 8 Rhode Island . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 100 * 103 * 99 ... ... 193 100 * 103 * 53 * 90 * 47 South Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . 4,744 100 4,437 94 * 307 * 6 4,657 100 4,437 95 * 220 * 5 South Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,425 100 1,173 48 1,252 52 1,347 100 1,173 87 * 174 * 13 Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,651 100 6,069 91 582 9 6,962 100 6,069 87 893 13 Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,081 100 13,437 95 644 5 15,062 100 13,437 89 * 1,625 * 11 Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,455 100 2,332 95 * 123 * 5 2,512 100 2,332 93 * 180 * 7 Vermont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,510 100 1,319 87 * 190 * 13 1,460 100 1,319 90 * 141 * 10 Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,818 100 5,375 92 * 443 * 8 5,819 100 5,375 92 * 444 * 8 Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,951 100 2,836 96 ... ... 3,311 100 2,836 86 * 475 * 14 West Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,166 100 4,652 90 * 514 * 10 4,791 100 4,652 97 * 139 * 3 Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,653 100 8,998 93 * 655 * 7 9,305 100 8,998 97 * 307 * 3 Wyoming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,304 100 806 62 498 38 870 100 806 93 * 64 * 7 * Estimate based on a small sample size. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.

Note: U. S. totals include responses from participants residing in the District of Columbia, as described in the statistical accuracy appendix.

105 U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service Table 58. Days of Hunting by Type of Hunting and State Where Hunting Took Place: 2001 ( Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)

State where hunting took place Total, all hunting Big game Small game Migratory bird Other animals Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent United States, total. . . . . 228,368 100 153,191 67 60,142 26 29,310 13 19,207 8 Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,616 100 6,658 87 898 12 481 6 * 310 * 4 Alaska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,146 100 944 82 138 12 * 123 * 11 ... ... Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,694 100 860 51 645 38 335 20 ... ... Arkansas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,411 100 5,740 68 1,491 18 1,860 22 ... ... California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,426 100 * 1,285 * 38 * 693 * 20 * 1,782 * 52 ... ...

Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,610 100 1,634 63 483 19 * 539 * 21 ... ... Connecticut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 766 100 * 522 * 68 * 260 * 34 ... ... ... ... Delaware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 100 158 70 * 36 * 16 * 50 * 22 ... ... Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,693 100 3,493 74 * 555 * 12 * 1,052 * 22 ... ... Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,973 100 6,131 77 1,476 19 * 474 * 6 * 861 * 11 Hawaii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * 316 * 100 * 285 * 90 * 86 * 27 ... ... ... ... Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,100 100 1,384 66 551 26 * 308 * 15 ... ... Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,522 100 3,274 72 * 602 * 13 * 862 * 19 ... ... Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,000 100 2,696 54 2,293 46 ... ... ... ... Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,989 100 1,449 36 1,913 48 * 584 * 15 * 378 * 9 Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,647 100 1,570 43 1,604 44 590 16 * 487 * 13 Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,664 100 2,828 61 1,634 35 * 386 * 8 * 567 * 12 Louisiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,442 100 4,365 68 1,106 17 1,218 19 ... ... Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,469 100 2,021 82 693 28 ... ... ... ... Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,799 100 1,350 75 * 292 * 16 * 299 * 17 ... ...

Massachusetts. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,158 100 683 59 * 457 * 39 * 102 * 9 ... ... Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,994 100 6,532 73 2,622 29 * 573 * 6 ... ... Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,437 100 4,869 58 2,047 24 1,661 20 * 615 * 7 Mississippi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,481 100 7,196 85 2,087 25 394 5 * 371 * 4 Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,606 100 4,591 70 1,559 24 * 841 * 13 ... ...

Montana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,442 100 1,797 74 598 24 * 222 * 9 ... ... Nebraska. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,204 100 763 35 921 42 398 18 372 17 Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490 100 * 169 * 35 * 177 * 36 236 48 ... ... New Hampshire . . . . . . . . . . 1,459 100 1,127 77 303 21 * 84 * 6 ... ... New Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,120 100 2,813 90 * 572 * 18 ... ... ... ...

New Mexico. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,667 100 711 43 286 17 * 262 * 16 ... ... New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,187 100 10,864 82 2,700 20 * 1,225 * 9 * 1,152 * 9 North Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . 7,526 100 5,117 68 1,648 22 1,245 17 ... ... North Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,635 100 574 35 654 40 409 25 216 13 Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,233 100 4,290 42 4,480 44 * 606 * 6 * 2,599 * 25 Oklahoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,642 100 3,465 61 2,218 39 1,073 19 * 556 * 10 Oregon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,947 100 2,500 85 394 13 * 341 * 12 ... ... Pennsylvania. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,955 100 8,816 63 3,135 22 * 575 * 4 * 2,547 * 18 Rhode Island . . . . . . . . . . . . * 104 * 100 * 65 * 62 * 36 * 34 ... ... ... ... South Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . 4,744 100 3,757 79 922 19 366 8 ... ...

South Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,425 100 534 22 1,547 64 526 22 * 115 * 5 Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,651 100 4,112 62 2,267 34 797 12 * 1,167 * 18 Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,081 100 8,868 63 3,665 26 4,179 30 * 467 * 3 Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,455 100 1,252 51 453 18 510 21 * 480 * 20 Vermont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,510 100 1,218 81 347 23 ... ... * 94 * 6 Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,818 100 4,305 74 1,130 19 * 194 * 3 ... ... Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,951 100 1,841 62 642 22 * 522 * 18 ... ... West Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,166 100 3,167 61 1,954 38 ... ... * 658 * 13 Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,653 100 7,505 78 2,495 26 * 379 * 4 ... ... Wyoming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,304 100 1,001 77 199 15 * 64 * 5 * 188 * 14 * Estimate based on a small sample size. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.

Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses. U. S. totals include responses from participants residing in the District of Columbia, as described in the statistical accuracy appendix.

106 U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service Table 59. Expenditures for Hunting by State Where Spending Took Place: 2001 ( Population 16 years old and older. Expenditures in thousands of dollars)