Sample Tables

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Overview

Table R-1
Table R-2
Table R-3
Table I-1
Table I-2
Table 1
Table 2
Table 3
Table 4
Table 5
Table 6
Table F1

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Sheet 1: Table R-1

Age Group	Total anglers in 2021	Fishing for first time		Total hunters in 2021	Hunting for first time
		Number	Percent of anglers in age group		Number	Percent of hunters in age group
Total, all ages	50,098,584	5,769,762	100	14,229,650	1,434,556	100
6 to 15 years	10,467,541	1,761,176	20.89	1,335,657	308,619	9.39
16 to 17 years	1,491,219	186,433	2.98	463,412	83,678	3.26
18 to 24 years	4,133,885	596,279	8.25	1,363,208	280,798	9.58
25 to 34 years	7,105,133	1,016,580	14.18	2,358,194	308,055	16.57
35 to 44 years	7,849,838	920,585	15.67	2,141,258	160,226	15.05
45 to 54 years	6,695,227	604,260	13.36	2,227,151	156,406	15.65
55 to 64 years	6,206,536	418,784	12.39	2,214,998	65,543	15.57
65 years or older	6,149,205	265,665	12.27	2,125,772	71,230	14.94

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Sheet 2: Table R-2

Age Group	Anglers		Hunters
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total, all ages	5,631,584	100	1,428,057	100
6 to 15 years	1,111,505	19.74	107,495	7.53
16 to 17 years	171,785	3.05	39,573	2.77
18 to 24 years	428,656	7.61	150,210	10.52
25 to 34 years	814,971	14.47	260,338	18.23
35 to 44 years	1,067,623	18.96	219,513	15.37
45 to 54 years	680,938	12.09	194,044	13.59
55 to 64 years	687,006	12.20	191,231	13.39
65 years or older	669,099	11.88	265,652	18.60

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Sheet 3: Table R-3

Age Group	Year
	2021		2020		2019		2018		2017
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Fishing
Total, all ages	50,098,584	100	42,826,186	100	48,377,728	100	49,300,291	100	47,471,470	100
6 to 15 years	10,467,541	20.89	8,737,746	20.40	9,616,704	19.88	9,101,687	18.46	7,963,788	16.78
16 to 17 years	1,491,219	2.98	1,259,060	2.94	1,502,068	3.10	1,615,335	3.28	1,568,925	3.30
18 to 24 years	4,133,885	8.25	3,330,924	7.78	3,769,016	7.79	3,751,767	7.61	3,790,133	7.98
25 to 34 years	7,105,133	14.18	5,716,736	13.35	6,425,295	13.28	6,547,408	13.28	6,004,673	12.65
35 to 44 years	7,849,838	15.67	6,809,293	15.90	7,699,243	15.91	7,619,016	15.45	7,357,841	15.50
45 to 54 years	6,695,227	13.36	5,959,161	13.91	6,803,024	14.06	7,099,784	14.40	6,975,334	14.69
55 to 64 years	6,206,536	12.39	5,495,365	12.83	6,255,315	12.93	6,651,984	13.49	6,791,863	14.31
65 years or older	6,149,205	12.27	5,517,900	12.88	6,307,063	13.04	6,913,310	14.02	7,018,912	14.79
Hunting
Total, all ages	14,229,650	100	12,230,610	100	13,357,062	100	14,131,095	100	14,222,909	100
6 to 15 years	1,335,657	9.39	985,356	8.06	984,152	7.37	781,112	5.53	574,314	4.04
16 to 17 years	463,412	3.26	354,557	2.90	389,109	2.91	363,902	2.58	332,566	2.34
18 to 24 years	1,363,208	9.58	1,003,683	8.21	1,119,807	8.38	1,223,744	8.66	1,126,833	7.92
25 to 34 years	2,358,194	16.57	1,914,461	15.65	2,148,784	16.09	2,262,657	16.01	2,242,784	15.77
35 to 44 years	2,141,258	15.05	1,888,769	15.44	2,055,912	15.39	2,178,992	15.42	2,218,467	15.60
45 to 54 years	2,227,151	15.65	1,965,531	16.07	2,149,806	16.09	2,376,580	16.82	2,425,852	17.06
55 to 64 years	2,214,998	15.57	2,061,125	16.85	2,279,519	17.07	2,476,107	17.52	2,614,759	18.38
65 years or older	2,125,772	14.94	2,057,128	16.82	2,229,975	16.70	2,468,002	17.47	2,687,333	18.89

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Sheet 4: Table I-1

Shooting activity	Recreational shooters
	Number	Percent
Total, target shooters	45,737,383	100
6 to 15 years	5,271,909	11.53
16 to 17 years	1,128,793	2.47
18 to 24 years	4,114,739	9.00
25 to 34 years	8,086,087	17.68
35 to 44 years	7,540,909	16.49
45 to 54 years	6,629,631	14.49
55 to 64 years	6,592,185	14.41
65 years or older	6,373,130	13.93
Total, archers	18,869,608	100
6 to 15 years	4,597,515	24.36
16 to 17 years	760,322	4.03
18 to 24 years	1,960,805	10.39
25 to 34 years	3,328,186	17.64
35 to 44 years	2,880,717	15.27
45 to 54 years	2,134,253	11.31
55 to 64 years	1,859,719	9.86
65 years or older	1,348,091	7.14

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Sheet 5: Table I-2

Motorized boating activity	Participants
	Number	Percent
Total, motorized boaters	47,057,512	100
6 to 15 years	7,749,439	16.47
16 to 17 years	1,385,437	2.94
18 to 24 years	3,763,398	8.00
25 to 34 years	6,782,963	14.41
35 to 44 years	7,239,343	15.38
45 to 54 years	6,505,250	13.82
55 to 64 years	6,829,958	14.51
65 years or older	6,801,724	14.45

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Sheet 6: Table 1

Type of activity	Participants		Days of Participation		Trips
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Fishing
Total, all fishing	44,012,639	100	749,509,905		528,678,042	100
Freshwater	38,397,421	87	627,565,047	84	400,241,105	76
Saltwater	15,450,280	35	150,430,878	20	128,436,937	24
Hunting
Total, all hunting	13,917,562	100	224,148,128		224,247,639	100
Big game	10,204,401	73	120,420,064	54	88,284,345	39
Small game	7,911,363	57	61,648,754	28	54,776,765	24
Migratory birds	5,312,162	38	46,468,241	21	40,710,308	18
Other animals	4,937,607	35	42,884,702	19	40,476,221	18
Wildlife watching
Total, all wildlife watching	146,243,723	100	11,203,960,424		1,003,428,434	100
Away from home	73,440,351	50	1,738,577,153	100	1,003,428,434	100
Around the home	144,415,032	99	9,465,383,272		NA	NA

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Sheet 7: Table 2

Characteristic	U.S. Population 16+		Fishing			Hunting			Wildlife Watching
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent who participated	Percent	Number	Percent who participated	Percent	Number	Percent who participate	Percent
Total persons	259,434,440	100	44,012,639	17	100	13,917,562	5	100	146,243,723	56	100
Population Density of Residence
Urban	208,202,087	80	31,700,679	15	72	8,750,315	4	63	111,964,310	54	77
Rural	50,597,227	20	12,169,726	24	28	5,081,385	10	37	33,881,680	67	23
Population Size of Residence
Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)
1,000,000 or more	120,684,568	47	18,057,543	15	41	5,206,346	4	37	64,803,817	54	44
250,000 to 999,999	45,049,158	17	8,238,540	18	19	2,354,746	5	17	25,955,053	58	18
50,000 to 249,999	20,736,597	8	4,142,816	20	9	1,550,022	7	11	12,443,410	60	9
Micropolitan (10,000 to 50,000)	17,846,120	7	4,280,718	24	10	1,491,752	8	11	11,398,921	64	8
Outside MSA	54,482,871	21	9,150,788	17	21	3,228,833	6	23	31,244,789	57	21
Census Geographic Division
New England	12,047,845	5	1,559,949	13	4	337,159	3	2	6,549,001	54	4
Middle Atlantic	33,155,051	13	4,839,606	15	11	1,537,777	5	11	17,932,878	54	12
East North Central	36,918,145	14	7,169,317	19	16	2,823,373	8	20	21,200,080	57	14
West North Central	16,677,887	6	3,349,050	20	8	928,998	6	7	8,345,275	50	6
South Atlantic	52,601,908	20	9,814,022	19	22	2,631,144	5	19	31,302,291	60	21
East South Central	15,155,523	6	3,582,674	24	8	1,439,409	9	10	9,833,554	65	7
West South Central	31,295,266	12	5,682,043	18	13	1,805,301	6	13	17,178,133	55	12
Mountain	19,697,460	8	3,013,154	15	7	842,252	4	6	10,158,113	52	7
Pacific	41,885,355	16	5,002,824	12	11	1,572,149	4	11	23,744,397	57	16
Age
16 to 17 years	8,498,373	3	2,403,067	28	5	805,990	9	6	6,071,544	71	4
18 to 24 years	26,895,576	10	5,594,656	21	13	2,318,418	9	17	16,208,454	60	11
25 to 34 years	44,016,154	17	8,725,963	20	20	3,282,521	7	24	25,290,403	57	17
35 to 44 years	42,999,003	17	8,938,145	21	20	2,797,488	7	20	24,383,839	57	17
45 to 54 years	39,907,369	15	7,054,675	18	16	1,878,916	5	14	21,239,699	53	15
55 to 64 years	42,150,603	16	5,693,901	14	13	1,442,890	3	10	23,919,369	57	16
65 years and older	54,319,498	21	5,535,778	10	13	1,363,264	3	10	28,832,633	53	20
65 to 74 years	33,279,768	13	3,698,727	11	8	964,990	3	7	18,124,008	54	12
75 and older	21,039,731	8	1,837,051	9	4	398,274	2	3	10,708,626	51	7
Sex
Male	124,110,438	48	30,789,859	25	70	10,742,994	9	77	78,644,070	63	54
Female	130,790,891	50	12,648,171	10	29	2,953,164	2	21	64,969,377	50	44
Other gender	3,748,800		502,988	13	1	198,757	5	1	2,275,968	61	2
Ethnicity
Hispanic	44,785,949	17	8,830,745	20	20	2,843,849	6	20	27,372,361	61	19
Non-Hispanic	213,566,862	82	35,046,693	16	80	11,002,390	5	79	118,293,670	55	81
Race											108
White	178,793,904	69	31,345,911	18	71	9,712,385	5	70	104,042,198	58	71
African American	36,353,576	14	5,732,070	16	13	1,868,390	5	13	17,199,841	47	12
Asian American	10,948,638	4	2,553,854	23	6	777,734	7	6	7,511,435	69	5
All others	50,844,637	24	8,151,956	16	19	2,479,391	5	18	29,123,473	57	20
Annual Household Income
Less than $10,000	28,712,817	11	4,034,336	14	9	1,335,657	5	10	13,878,349	48	9
$10,000 to $14,999	14,395,920	6	2,201,395	15	5	678,324	5	5	7,920,443	55	5
$15,000 to $24,999	24,222,749	9	4,158,087	17	9	1,091,127	5	8	13,574,668	56	9
$25,000 to $34,999	27,551,524	11	4,770,504	17	11	1,236,623	4	9	15,669,858	57	11
$35,000 to $49,999	33,900,643	13	5,837,257	17	13	1,679,862	5	12	19,014,077	56	13
$50,000 to $74,999	42,675,952	16	7,765,970	18	18	2,488,736	6	18	25,788,502	60	18
$75,000 to $99,999	30,634,913	12	5,314,456	17	12	1,735,929	6	12	17,796,010	58	12
$100,000 to $149,999	29,662,956	11	5,223,488	18	12	1,916,452	6	14	17,190,383	58	12
$150,000 to $199,999	11,275,734	4	2,385,029	21	5	971,719	9	7	6,608,078	59	5
$200,000 or more	11,042,400	4	1,677,302	15	4	579,587	5	4	6,007,327	54	4
Not reported	5,358,832	2	644,814	12	1	203,546	4	1	2,796,029	52	2
Education
Less than HS	14,157,777	5	2,992,861	21	7	872,602	6	6	7,726,697	55	5
High school degree	86,679,358	33	17,680,423	20	40	5,797,516	7	42	49,905,362	58	34
Some college	72,830,099	28	11,891,908	16	27	3,532,805	5	25	41,722,065	57	29
Bachelor's Degree	44,979,562	17	6,118,259	14	14	1,973,580	4	14	24,338,663	54	17
Graduate School	37,310,221	14	4,430,191	12	10	1,480,545	4	11	20,502,589	55	14
*Call out difference

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Sheet 8: Table 3

Fishing	Expenditure item	Expenditures			Spenders
		Amount (dollars)	Average per angler (dollars)	Number	Percent of anglers	Average per spender (dollars)
	Total, all items	78,727,604,533	1,789	42,814,056	97	1,839
	Total trip-related	47,152,478,377	1,071	41,186,226	94	1,145
	Fishing Equipment	10,495,966,570	238	31,863,686	72	329
	Auxiliary Equipment	5,134,532,793	117	16,068,107	37	320
	Special Equipment	10,864,591,913	247	9,502,324	22	1,143
	Other Expenditures	5,080,034,881	115	31,822,296	72	160

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Sheet 9: Table 4

Hunting	Expenditure item	Expenditures			Spenders
		Amount (dollars)	Average per hunter (dollars)	Number	Percent of hunters	Average per spender (dollars)
	Total, all items	63,120,954,218	4,535	13,433,247	97	4,699
	Total trip-related	19,639,621,288	1,411	12,085,111	87	1,625
	Hunting Equipment	11,841,156,428	851	10,529,127	76	1,125
	Auxiliary Equipment	5,444,624,047	391	8,557,795	61	636
	Special Equipment	15,295,310,783	1,099	4,589,453	33	3,333
	Other Expenditures	10,900,241,672	783	11,249,411	81	969

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Sheet 10: Table 5

Wildlife	Expenditure item	Expenditures			Spenders
		Amount (dollars)	Average per watcher	Number	Percent of wildlife-watching participants	Average per spender (dollars)
	Total, all items	167,368,271,029	1,144.45	110,709,926	76	1,512
	Total trip-related	35,635,011,645	243.67	27,298,103	19	1,305
	Wildlife-watching Equipment	22,604,131,951	154.56	84,704,078	58	267
	Auxiliary Equipment	8,008,583,421	54.76	32,552,400	22	246
	Special Equipment	80,427,103,158	549.95	17,911,213	12	4,490
	Other Expenditures	20,693,440,853	141.50	67,585,011	46	306

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Sheet 11: Table 6

Characteristic	U.S. Population		Away from home			Around the home
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent who participated	Percent	Number	Percent who participated	Percent
Total persons	259,434,440	100	73,440,351	28	100	144,415,032	56	100
Population Density of Residence
Urban	208,202,087	80	57,270,553	28	78	110,436,403	53	76
Rural	50,597,227	20	15,926,294	31	22	33,580,895	66	23
Population Size of Residence
Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)
1,000,000 or more	120,684,568	47	32,897,456	27	45	63,952,223	53	44
250,000 to 999,999	45,049,158	17	13,081,689	29	18	25,663,006	57	18
50,000 to 249,999	20,736,597	8	6,023,777	29	8	12,298,700	59	9
Micropolitan (10,000 to 50,000)	17,846,120	7	5,723,173	32	8	11,242,762	63	8
Outside MSA	54,482,871	21	15,470,753	28	21	30,860,607	57	21
Census Geographic Division
New England	12,047,845	5	3,094,785	26	4	6,484,654	54	4
Middle Atlantic	33,155,051	13	9,144,600	28	12	17,747,421	54	12
East North Central	36,918,145	14	10,513,368	28	14	21,042,454	57	15
West North Central	16,677,887	6	3,947,677	24	5	8,266,092	50	6
South Atlantic	52,601,908	20	15,438,708	29	21	30,868,524	59	21
East South Central	15,155,523	6	4,673,856	31	6	9,758,398	64	7
West South Central	31,295,266	12	8,421,670	27	11	16,896,290	54	12
Mountain	19,697,460	8	5,312,573	27	7	9,996,564	51	7
Pacific	41,885,355	16	12,893,115	31	18	23,354,634	56	16
Age
16 to 17 years	8,498,373	3	3,718,652	44	5	5,946,930	70	4
18 to 24 years	26,895,576	10	9,821,066	37	13	15,956,134	59	11
25 to 34 years	44,016,154	17	14,990,502	34	20	24,817,820	56	17
35 to 44 years	42,999,003	17	13,892,125	32	19	24,086,063	56	17
45 to 54 years	39,907,369	15	10,778,201	27	15	21,002,092	53	15
55 to 64 years	42,150,603	16	10,227,339	24	14	23,703,721	56	16
65 years and older	54,319,498	21	9,843,887	18	13	28,604,915	53	20
65 to 74 years	33,279,768	13	6,953,568	21	9	17,982,464	54	12
75 and older	21,039,731	8	2,890,319	14	4	10,622,451	50	7
Sex
Male	124,110,438	48	41,467,986	33	56	77,598,977	63	54
Female	130,790,891	50	30,510,281	23	42	64,237,547	49	44
Other gender	3,748,800		1,290,476	34	2	2,224,199	59	2
Ethnicity
Hispanic	44,785,949	17	16,137,229	36	22	26,955,294	60	19
Non-Hispanic	213,566,862	82	57,007,718	27	78	116,902,037	55	81
Race
White	178,793,904	69	50,811,035	28	69	102,948,568	58	71
African American	36,353,576	14	8,720,535	24	12	16,860,021	46	12
Asian American	10,948,638	4	4,141,770	38	6	7,427,106	68	5
All others	50,844,637	24	16,314,909	32	22	28,718,456	56	20
Annual Household Income
Less than $10,000	28,712,817	11	6,833,706	24	9	13,664,190	48	9
$10,000 to $14,999	14,395,920	6	3,580,444	25	5	7,825,705	54	5
$15,000 to $24,999	24,222,749	9	6,480,298	27	9	13,428,573	55	9
$25,000 to $34,999	27,551,524	11	7,643,095	28	10	15,512,982	56	11
$35,000 to $49,999	33,900,643	13	9,610,097	28	13	18,722,717	55	13
$50,000 to $74,999	42,675,952	16	13,288,129	31	18	25,511,766	60	18
$75,000 to $99,999	30,634,913	12	9,210,136	30	13	17,542,426	57	12
$100,000 to $149,999	29,662,956	11	9,020,644	30	12	16,942,028	57	12
$150,000 to $199,999	11,275,734	4	3,569,297	32	5	6,537,060	58	5
$200,000 or more	11,042,400	4	3,096,866	28	4	5,957,204	54	4
Not reported	5,358,832	-	1,107,639	21	2	2,770,381	52	2
Education
Less than HS	14,157,777	5	3,674,930	26	5	7,638,594	54	5
High school degree	86,679,358	33	24,407,980	28	33	49,212,331	57	34
Some college	72,830,099	28	20,569,972	28	28	41,262,554	57	29
Bachelor's Degree	44,979,562	17	12,844,432	29	17	23,968,703	53	17
Graduate School	37,310,221	14	10,735,001	29	15	20,301,836	54	14
*Call out difference

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Sheet 12: Table F1

State	Number of	Number of
	Freshwater	Saltwater
	Participants	Participants
Total, for State of Residence	19,221,383	11,078,439
Alabama	1,636,169	535,247
Alaska	156,021	125,563
California	1,762,738	934,101
Connecticut	254,552	149,714
Delaware	602,793	547,945
Florida	917,099	976,847
Georgia	1,356,686	421,454
Hawaii	302,012	791,011
Louisiana	604,602	326,522
Maine	238,542	88,162
Maryland	950,245	652,276
Massachusetts	483,484	230,745
Mississippi	211,847	71,683
New Hampshire	120,348	32,128
New Jersey	648,877	540,387
New York	1,572,950	885,732
North Carolina	555,400	350,920
Oregon	902,624	249,501
Rhode Island	72,347	53,851
South Carolina	1,554,299	759,869
Texas	2,871,932	1,707,635
Virginia	884,699	418,898
Washington	561,118	228,248