Table 22. — Persons Who Took Fishing or Hunting Trips Lasting More Than 1 Day in I960 



Grouping 



United States total . 



Census geographic divisions: 



New England 



Middle Atlantic 



East North Central 



West North Central 



South Atlantic 



East South Central 



West South Central 



Mountain 



Pacific 



Population-density: 



Big cities 



Small cities and suburbs , 



Towns 



Rural areas 



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 



8,349 

 26, 493 

 26, 833 

 10, 149 

 17,798 



9,277 

 11,837 



5,222 

 15,268 



22, 059 



35, 358 

 21, 147 

 52, 662 



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 



100.0 

 100.0 

 100.0 

 100.0 



100.0 

 100.0 



100.0 

 100.0 

 100. 

 100.0 

 100.0 

 100.0 

 100.0 



Fished on trips lasting more 

 than 1 day 



Percent 



6. 1 



3. 



1. 



7. 

 11. 



3. 



5. 



8. 

 15. 



7. 



3.6 

 6.6 

 6.4 

 6.8 



9.4 

 3. 1 



8.0 



5. 5 

 5. I 

 7.4 

 7.3 

 6.2 

 2.0 



Hunted on trips lasting more 

 than 1 day 



Number 



Thousands 

 3,305 



84 

 273 

 796 

 381 

 257 

 125 

 333 

 414 

 641 



273 



731 



607 



1,692 



3,028 

 277 



209 

 155 

 433 

 789 

 761 

 832 

 126 



Percent 



2.5 



1.2 

 2. 1 

 2.9 

 3.2 



3.6 

 3.2 

 2.3 



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

 pling variability. 



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