Table 17. — Number oF Persons Who Hunted Big Gome, Small Game, and WaterFowl in 1960 



Grouping 



United States total . 



Sex: 



Men . . , 

 Women . 



Age: 



12-15 years 



16-17 years 



1 8-24 years 



25-34 years 



35-44 years 



45-64 years 



65 years and over . 



Total number of persons 



12 and over in United 



States 



Number 



Thousands 

 131,226 



62, 732 

 68, 494 



13,210 

 5,548 

 15,216 

 21,929 

 23, 523 

 36, 287 

 15,513 



Percent 



100.0 



100.0 

 100.0 



100.0 

 100.0 

 100.0 

 100.0 

 100.0 

 100.0 

 100.0 



Total persons who 

 hunted 



Number 



Thousands 

 14, 637 



13,612 

 1,025 



1,613 

 996 



2, 329 

 3,051 

 2,890 



3, 157 

 601 



Percent 



11.2 



21. 

 1. 



12. 

 18. 

 15. 

 13. 

 12. 



Hunted big game 



Number 



Thousands 

 6,277 



5,809 

 468 



472 



359 



907 



1,474 



1,315 



1,464 



286 



Percent 



4.8 



4.0 



Hunted small game 



Number 



Thousands 

 12,105 



11,396 

 709 



1,482 

 919 

 2,018 

 2,458 

 2, 272 

 2,519 

 437 



Percent 



9.2 



18.2 

 1.0 



11.2 



16.6 



13.3 



11.2 



9.7 



6.9 



2.8 



Hunted waterfowl 



Number 



Thousands 

 1,955 



1,837 

 118 



185 

 161 

 328 

 393 

 394 

 434 

 59 



Percent 



1.5 



2.9 

 .2 



1.4 

 2.9 

 2.2 

 1.8 

 1.7 

 1.2 

 .4 



Note: These estimates of the number of the population are derived from the sample survey. These estimates vary from the number of the population derived in the 1960 Census of the Population because of sam- 

 pling variability. 



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