NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS 



The figures sliown in the tables are tlie projections of the results 

 of interviews in sample areas in all of the 48 States, providing a 

 cross section of the United States. The figures are given in 

 projected terms of total population in 1955 (rather than only in 

 percentages of the sample). Initial contacts were with individual 

 households. In each selected household, each person who had 

 fislied or hunted in 1955 was interviewed at length. The primary 

 purpose was to obtain information for the country as a whole, but 

 since certain population groupings were used in carrying out the 

 survey, it is possible to give figures for these groupings. 



The geographical sections are the standartl divisions used by 

 the Bureau of the Census for population statistics. They are 

 indicated on the map below. 



WEST SOUTH CENTRAL 



The population-density groupings are based on Census Bureau 

 classifications as set out in the 1950 census. They are as follows: 



a. Big cities. — All central cities with populations of 500,000 or 

 more within the city limits. In the original survey tabulation, 

 these were designated as "large metropolitan centers." 



6. Small cities, and suburbs. — The suburbs of the cities 

 in a, and all other cities and their suburbs in areas defined in 

 the 1950 census as urbanized (thickly populated). In the original 

 survey tabulation, these were designated as "suburbs and small 

 metropolitan centers." 



c. Towns. — All urban places (outside urbanized areas included 

 under a and b) witii populations of 2,500 or more. In the 

 original survey tabulation, these were designated as "small cities." 



d. Rural areas. — All rural places with populations of less than 

 2,500 and all open country. In the original survey tabulation, 

 these were designated as "rural territory." 



It should be noted tlial the percentages in this households 

 table (like those in following tables on number of fishermen and 

 hunters) are percentages of the total number in the United States 

 or in the region or population-density grouping (col. 1). For 

 example, as shown in column 2 of the opposite table, 34.8 percent 

 of all the households in tlie United States had at least one person 

 who fished, or hunted, or fished and hunted during 1955. It 

 should be kept in mind also that the "Total households with 

 fishermen" (col. 5) and the "Total households with hunters" (col. 

 7) both include the households in which one or more persons 

 fished and hunted (col. 3) ; consequently the sum of columns 5 and 

 7 exceeds the total in column 2. 



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