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Table 28. Hunters and Days of Hunting on Public Land by Selected Characteristic: 2011(Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)CharacteristicTotalhunters,public andprivate landNumberHuntersHunters on public land 1Percent oftotal huntersPercent ofhunters usingpublic landTotal days,public andprivate landDays of huntingNumberDays on public land 2Percent oftotal daysPercent ofdays onpublic landTotal persons ........................... 13,674 4,918 36 100 281,884 61,486 22 100Population Density of ResidenceUrban ................................ 5,797 2,390 41 49 97,899 29,594 30 48Rural ................................ 7,877 2,529 32 51 183,986 31,892 17 52Population Size of ResidenceMetropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) ....... 10,915 3,977 36 81 216,150 50,269 23 821,000,000 or more .................... 3,367 1,207 36 25 58,011 13,352 23 22250,000 to 999,999 ................... 2,374 938 39 19 46,830 13,578 29 2250,000 to 249,999 .................... 5,174 1,832 35 37 111,309 23,339 21 38Outside MSA .......................... 2,759 941 34 19 65,734 11,217 17 18Census Geographic DivisionNew England .......................... 420 150 36 3 8,416 2,216 26 4Middle Atlantic ........................ 1,558 694 45 14 38,487 7,743 20 13East North Central ...................... 2,688 915 34 19 49,089 9,140 19 15West North Central ..................... 1,661 702 42 14 30,715 7,951 26 13South Atlantic ......................... 1,870 442 24 9 42,430 7,730 18 13East South Central ...................... 1,531 253 17 5 40,701 3,048 7 5West South Central ..................... 1,909 307 16 6 42,409 4,207 10 7Mountain ............................. 1,043 803 77 16 14,723 10,564 72 17Pacific ............................... 996 653 66 13 14,913 8,886 60 14Age16 to 17 years ......................... 419 181 43 4 7,379 1,777 24 318 to 24 years ......................... 1,288 344 27 7 24,253 4,596 19 725 to 34 years ......................... 2,079 703 34 14 51,074 6,236 12 1035 to 44 years ......................... 2,416 907 38 18 52,209 12,111 23 2045 to 54 years ......................... 3,143 1,202 38 24 59,345 16,771 28 2755 to 64 years ......................... 2,842 1,137 40 23 60,259 13,568 23 2265 years and older ...................... 1,487 445 30 9 27,364 6,428 23 1065 to 74 years ....................... 1,221 356 29 7 23,144 5,240 23 975 and older ......................... 266 89 33 2 4,220 1,188 28 2SexMale ................................ 12,217 4,523 37 92 263,059 57,722 22 94Female ............................... 1,457 395 27 8 18,826 3,764 20 6EthnicityHispanic ............................. 271 125 46 3 3,846 1,126 29 2Non-Hispanic ......................... 13,403 4,793 36 97 278,038 60,360 22 98RaceWhite ................................ 12,852 4,709 37 96 265,100 58,343 22 95African American ...................... 413 ... ... ... 6,368 ... ... ...Asian American ........................ *27 *21 *79 *(Z) *680 *449 *66 *1All others ............................. 382 145 38 3 9,737 2,184 22 4Annual Household IncomeLess than $20,000 ...................... 991 249 25 5 19,844 3,549 18 6$20,000 to $24,999 ..................... 533 133 25 3 6,500 1,260 19 2$25,000 to $29,999 ..................... 495 115 23 2 9,289 1,688 18 3$30,000 to $34,999 ..................... 556 233 42 5 12,144 3,379 28 5$35,000 to $39,999 ..................... 606 182 30 4 11,984 1,732 14 3$40,000 to $49,999 ..................... 1,129 393 35 8 24,242 5,455 23 9$50,000 to $74,999 ..................... 2,610 1,014 39 21 55,666 13,386 24 22$75,000 to $99,999 ..................... 2,371 1,133 48 23 52,926 14,419 27 23$100,000 to $149,999 ................... 1,932 739 38 15 37,706 8,829 23 14$150,000 or more ...................... 861 168 20 3 13,949 1,718 12 3Not reported .......................... 1,591 561 35 11 37,636 6,072 16 10Education11 years or less ........................ 1,482 446 30 9 31,409 5,699 18 912 years .............................. 4,975 1,983 40 40 112,076 27,685 25 451 to 3 years of college ................... 3,510 1,274 36 26 75,816 15,799 21 264 years of college ...................... 2,447 881 36 18 39,414 7,997 20 135 years or more of college ................ 1,260 335 27 7 23,169 4,306 19 7* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. … Sample size too small (less than 10) to report data reliably. (Z) Less than 0.5 percent.1Hunters on public land include those who hunted on both public and private land.2Days 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 dayson public land are based on the total numbers of hunters on public land and total numbers of days on public land, respectively.U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Census Bureau 2011 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation 81