2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated ...

Table 28. Hunters and Days of Hunting on Public Land by Selected Characteristic: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Hunters
Days of hunting
Characteristic
Total
hunters,
public and
private land
Number
Hunters on public land 1
Percent of
total hunters
Percent of
hunters
using
public land
Total days,
public and
private land
Number
Days on public land 2
Percent of
total days
Percent of
days on
public land
Total persons ..................... 12,510 4,901 39 100 219,925 54,433 25 100
Population Density of Residence
Urban. ......................... 5,675 2,572 45 52 80,603 25,563 32 47
Rural .......................... 6,835 2,328 34 48 139,323 28,870 21 53
Population Size of Residence
Metropolitan statistical area (MSA) . . . 7,785 3,120 40 64 128,551 32,555 25 60
1,000,000 or more .............. 3,551 1,391 39 28 58,281 14,289 25 26
250,000 to 999,999 ............. 2,143 911 43 19 36,109 9,233 26 17
Less than 249,999. .............. 2,092 818 39 17 34,162 9,033 26 17
Outside MSA ................... 4,724 1,780 38 36 91,374 21,878 24 40
Census Geographic Division
New England ................... 374 159 43 3 6,653 1,680 25 3
Middle Atlantic .................. 1,520 699 46 14 28,755 7,680 27 14
East North Central ................ 2,376 869 37 18 41,709 8,469 20 16
West North Central. ............... 1,779 623 35 13 27,062 6,328 23 12
South Atlantic ................... 1,884 571 30 12 35,332 6,642 19 12
East South Central ................ 1,101 350 32 7 25,685 3,910 15 7
West South Central. ............... 1,810 398 22 8 34,237 5,487 16 10
Mountain ....................... 868 681 78 14 9,869 6,959 71 13
Pacific ......................... 798 551 69 11 10,625 7,278 69 13
Age
16 to 17 years ................... 501 188 38 4 6,277 1,646 26 3
18 to 24 years ................... 968 382 39 8 18,312 3,960 22 7
25 to 34 years ................... 2,058 959 47 20 36,459 10,047 28 18
35 to 44 years ................... 3,074 1,294 42 26 54,330 13,105 24 24
45 to 54 years ................... 2,870 1,035 36 21 51,817 12,382 24 23
55 to 64 years ................... 1,852 685 37 14 31,946 8,257 26 15
65 years and older ................ 1,186 357 30 7 20,784 5,036 24 9
Sex
Male. .......................... 11,351 4,568 40 93 208,244 51,674 25 95
Female ......................... 1,159 333 29 7 11,681 2,759 24 5
Ethnicity
Hispanic ........................ 424 138 32 3 4,432 1,864 42 3
Non-Hispanic .................... 12,085 4,763 39 97 215,494 52,569 24 97
Race
White .......................... 12,028 4,710 39 96 211,524 52,234 25 96
Black .......................... 194 *33 *17 *1 3,281 *211 *6 *(Z)
Asian .......................... 50 *32 *65 *1 608 *417 *69 *1
All others ....................... 238 125 53 3 4,513 1,570 35 3
Annual Household Income
Less than $10,000 ................ 223 75 34 2 3,766 990 26 2
$10,000 to $19,999. ............... 580 204 35 4 9,134 1,992 22 4
$20,000 to $24,999 ............... 486 136 28 3 9,397 1,742 19 3
$25,000 to $29,999. ............... 567 211 37 4 9,214 2,538 28 5
$30,000 to $34,999 ............... 737 279 38 6 14,270 3,516 25 6
$35,000 to $39,999. ............... 670 239 36 5 12,997 2,315 18 4
$40,000 to $49,999 ............... 1,209 504 42 10 22,075 6,477 29 12
$50,000 to $74,999 ............... 2,754 1,129 41 23 48,999 11,742 24 22
$75,000 to $99,999 ............... 1,739 714 41 15 29,112 7,368 25 14
$100,000 or more ................ 1,977 784 40 16 33,008 8,395 25 15
Not reported. .................... 1,568 626 40 13 27,953 7,356 26 14
Education
11 years or less .................. 1,724 616 36 13 31,126 6,435 21 12
12 years ........................ 4,896 1,846 38 38 93,320 22,212 24 41
1 to 3 years college ............... 3,235 1,341 41 27 56,700 16,334 29 30
4 years college ................... 1,750 697 40 14 26,887 6,165 23 11
5 or more years college ............ 904 400 44 8 11,893 3,287 28 6
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. (Z) Less than 0.5 percent.
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.
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