United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

234 Public Lands, Parks, Recreation and Travel
No. 3 9 7 . P a r t i c i p a t i o n in S e l e c t e o O u t d o o r R e c r e a t i o n A c t i v i t i e s : 1 9 7 7
[In millions, except percent Persons 12 years old and over. Participation from June 1976 to June 1977. Based on a home
telephone survey of 4,029 persons drawn from noninstitutional population of conterminous U.S.]
P A R T I C I P A N T S
PAR T I C I P A T I O N
P A R T I C I P A N T S
P A R T I C I P A T I O N
activity
Number
Percent
of
populalion
5 or For the
more first
times time
A CTIVITY
Number
Percent
of
population
5 or
more
times
For the
first
time
Camping:
Developed areas.........
Undeveloped areas.....
Hunting..........................
Fishing...........................
Riding off-road vehicle....
Hiking, backpack............
Other walking, Jogging...
Bicycling........................
Horseback riding............
Water skiing.
Sailing.........
Canoeing, kayaking, etc.
Other boating
Swimming:1Pool...........
Other.......
Scuba diving
Golf........... .
Tennis, outdoors........................ 55.7 32 40.9 7.0
30 1 9 94.8 5 5 73.1 2.6
36.0 21 15.0 .7 Going to outdoor sports
3 2 6 19 .3 104.3
91.0 S 3 1.9 123.6 1 2 661
43.6 251 33.8 2.0 Sightseeing7............................. 106.5 62 61.7 1.2
48.1 28 1.9 123.8 72 84.0
. 116.1 681 96.7 4.1 Pleasure driving........................ 118.3 69 97.9 .7
. 79.4 46 66.1 1.5 Skiing, downhill.......................... 11 . 9 7 7.3 2.0
. 2 5 . 2 14 13.5 1.0 Ice skating, outdoor.................. 27 . 8 16 15.7 .9
. 26.8 1 5 13.1 2.7 Sledding................................... 3 5 . 5 20 20.6 .5
. 19.1 11 7.8 2.0 Snowmobiiing........................... 13.8 8 7.8 1.5
. 26 . 9 1 5 9 . 0 2.6 Parachute Jumping................... .2 (z) .2
-
2.7
- 57.3 3 3 3 4 . 3 1.5 Rock climbing.......................... .2 (z)
Gardening................................
.2
. 1 0 7 . 4 6 3 8 3 . 5 .9 3.4 2 .2
. 77 . 9 4 5 5 9 . 5 .3 Exercising................................ .2 (Z) - .2
(z) 2 .2
2 .3
. 27.1
15
1Q.9 2.4
- Represents zero. Z Leas than one percent. 1Includes sunbathing. 2 Historic or national sites.
Source: U.S. Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service, unpublished data.
No. 398. S po rt Fishing and Hunting Licenses— Number and Co s t: i960 t o 1980
[For years ending June 30 except, beginning 1976, ending Sept. 30. See also H isto rica l S ta tistics, C o lo n ia l T im es to 1970, aeries
H 8 7 5 - 8 7 6 1
"
ITEM Unit 1960 1985 1970 197S 1976 1977 1978 1979 I960
Million......... 23.3 25.0 31.1 34.7 34.9 34.0 32.8 35.4 35.2
20.2 21.6 26.8 30.0 29.8 29.0 27.9 30.3 30.1
3.1 3.4 4.3 4.7 5.1 5.0 4.9 5.1 6.1
19.1 20.5 24.4 27.5 27.8 27.3 26.2 27.9 28.0
Mil. dol......... 52 63 91 142 155 156 159 174 196
Million.......... 18.4 19.4 22.2 25.9 25.2 25.4 25.8 26.4 27.0
17.8 18.5 21.0 24.7 24.0 24.1 24.4 25.0 25.6
.6 .9 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4
Paid license holders'... Million......... *11.8 14.3 15.4 16.6 16.3 16.2 16.3 16.6 16.3
Mil. dol.......... 61 75 102 155 164 173 185 199 222
Federal duck stamps sc Id 1,000........... 1,629 1,566 2,072 2,222 2,219 2,197 2,209 2,216 2,090
Resident and nonresident. Includes multiple counting of license holders who bought nonresident licenses as well as a home
state license. ’ Excludes Colo., Mich., Minn., and Wis.
Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, F e de ra l A id in F ish a n d W ildlife Restoration, annual.
N o . 3 9 9 . S p o r t Fisherm en and h u n te rs : i 9 6 0 t o 1 9 8 0
(In thousands. I960 and 1970, persons 12 years old and over; 1975, 9 years old and over; 1980, persons 6 years old and over.
1960 and 1975, persons who fished and hunted; 1970, persons who spent $7.50 or more and reported 3 or more fishing and
hunting days in year. 1960-1970 based on samples of approximately 18,000 households; for 1975, on 2 0 , 2 0 0 Individuals; for
i960, on 143,000 households. NA = Not available]
I T E M
Fishermen
and
hunters,
1 9 6 0
19 7 0 , P E R S O N S W H O — 1975, P E h S O N S W H O — 1 9 8 0 , P E R S O N S W H O —
Fished
and/
Fished
or
hunted
Hunted
Fished
Fished
and/
or
h u n t ­
ed
Fished
Fished
and/
or
hunted
Hunted
Hunted
Total.................................................... 30,435 3 6 , 2 7 7 3 3 , 1 5 8 14 , 3 3 6 59 , 5 3 6 6 3 , 9 2 9 2 0 , 5 9 1 5 8 , 8 5 4 5 3 , 8 4 6 1 9 , 4 0 7
Mala.......................................................
Female............................................ .......
Metropolitan areas............. ....................
Nonmetropolilan areas...........................
23,171
7,264
8,741
21, 6 9 3
2 6 , 9 2 8
9 , 3 4 8
1 5 , 3 5 4
2 0 , 9 2 3
24 , 0 7 3
9, 0 8 5
14,417
18,741
13,467
8 6 8
4 , 6 0 6
9,731
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
37 , 2 1 1
1 6 , 7 1 8
3 6 , 6 7 2
1 7 , 2 5 7
1 8 , 9 4 4
1,647
11 , 5 3 1
9 , 0 6 0
4 1 , 4 2 9
1 7 , 4 2 5
2 5 , 6 4 3
3 3 , 2 1 1
3 6 , 8 8 8
1 6 , 9 5 8
2 4 , 0 7 1
2 9 , 7 7 4
1 7 , 8 1 6
Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, N a tional S urvey o f Fishing a n d Hunting, i9 6 0 and 1970; and N a tio n a l S u rv e y o f F ishin g,
H unting, a n d W ild life -A s s o c ia te d R ecreation, 1975 and 1980.
1,591
5 , 9 6 3
1 3 , 4 4 3