The survey covered 



• Sport-Fishing and hunting activities. 



• Persons 12 years af age and over. 



• The calendar year 1955. 



The survey indicated that in 1955 



• The total number of households in the United States was 48,389,000. 



• The total number of persons 12 years old and older was 118,366,000. 



This report shows — 



• The number of households in which one or more persons fished or hunted. 



• The number of persons who fished or hunted. 



• How much these persons spent on fishing and huntmg. 



• How far they traveled to fish or hunt. 



• How many days of fishing and hunting they enjoyed. 



The information on fishing and hunting activities is based on personal interviews and is 

 subject to the limitations of respondents memory. 



All figures represent projections from the sample and are subject to standard samplmg 

 limitations. 



The results with respect to numbers of fishermen and hunters in the nation are consid- 

 ered accurate within 5 percent. For expenditures and regional figures, the potential 

 statistical variation may be greater. 



