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ESTIMATED NUMBER OF VISITORS FOR FISCAL TEAR 1950 



July (1949) 419,000 



August 475, 700 



September 372, 200 



October.. 262, 200 



November 175,400 



December 71,350 



January (1950) 178, 100 



February 133, 350 



March 208, 450 



April . 447,419 



May 406, 000 



June 288, 500 



Total 3,437,669 



Groups came to the Zoo from schools in 31 States, some as far away 

 as Maine, Florida, Washington, California, and New Mexico. There 

 was an increase of 129 groups and 8,901 individuals in groups over last 

 year. 



NUMBER OF GROUPS FROM SCHOOLS 



About 2 p.m. each day the cars then parked in the Zoo are counted 

 by the Zoo police and listed according to the State, Territory, or 

 country from which they came. This is, of course, not a census of 

 the cars coming to the Zoo but is valuable in showing the percentage 

 of attendance, by States, of people in private automobiles. The 

 tabulation for the fiscal year 1950 is as follows: 



Percent 



Maryland 26. 



Washington, D. C 25. 5. 



Virginia. 20. 9 



Pennsylvania 4. 4 



North Carolina 2. 4 



New York 2.3 



Percent 



Ohio .- 1. 7 



West Virginia 1.5 



New Jersey 1. 3 



Massachusetts 1. 



California.. 0. 9 



Florida 0. 8 



The cars that made up the remaining 11.3 percent came from 

 every one of the remaining States, as well as from Alaska, Bahamas, 

 Belgium, Canada, Canal Zone, Cuba, Dutch West Indies, France, 

 Guam, Guatemala, Hawaii, Japan, Mexico, Newfoundland, Okinawa, 

 Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, and Saipan. 



