NUMBER OF PERSONS 12 YEARS OLD AND OLDER WHO 

 FISHED, OR HUNTED, OR FISHED AND HUNTED IN 1955 



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Ciroiipimi; 



Weighted United States Total . 



1, KNsi s r.EonRAPHic sections: 



New P^ngland 



Middle Atlantic 



East North Central 



West North Central .... 

 South Atlantic ... 

 ICast South Central . . 

 West South Central .... 



Mountain 



Pacific 



Population-density groupinos: 



Big cities 



Small cities, and suburbs . . 



Towns 



Rural areas 



Adults (18 and over) by sex: 



Men 



Women 



Age groups: 

 12-17 years 

 18-24 years 

 25-34 years . , 

 35-44 years . . . 

 45-64 years . . . 

 65 years and over . 



Column 1 



Total 



number of 



persons 12 



and over 



in U. S. 



118,366 



7,919 



24, 869 



25, 733 

 9,201 



14, 336 

 7, 959 



10, 250 

 4, 529 



13, 570 



21,010 

 34. 203 

 21, 729 

 41,364 



50, 082 

 53, 705 



14, 579 

 12, 130 

 21,790 

 23, 730 

 33, 220 

 12, 917 



Column '2 



Total persons 



who fished 

 and/or hunted 



Num- 

 ber 



24, 917 



1,224 

 3,539 

 5,489 

 2,913 

 3,223 

 1,963 

 2,560 

 1,369 

 2,637 



Per- 

 cent 



21. 1 



21. 3 



31. 7 

 22. 5 



24. 7 



25. 

 30. 2 

 19. 4 



Column S 



Persons who 



fished 

 and hunted 



Num- 

 ber 



7,680 



367 

 880 



,632 

 967 



,031 

 691 

 842 

 539 

 731 



325 

 1,427 

 1, 90) 

 4,027 



6,320 

 271 



1, 089 

 892 

 1, 912 

 1, 873 

 1,667 

 247 



Per- 

 cent 



6. 5 



4. 



3. 



6. 



10. 



7. 

 8. 

 8. 

 11. 

 5. 



1. 5 

 4. 2 



8. 7 



9. 7 



12. 6 

 . 5 



7.5 



7. 4 



8. 8 

 7. 9 

 5. 

 1. 9 



Column 4 



Persons who 

 fished only 



Num- 

 ber 



13, 133 



635 

 1,931 

 2, 951 

 1,379 

 1,774 



974 

 1,395 



573 

 1, 521 



1,677 

 3,986 

 2, 649 

 4,821 



6,618 

 4,418 



2,097 

 913 



2, 382 



3, 304 

 3,592 



845 



Per- 

 cent 



11. 1 



8. 

 7.8 



11. 5 

 15. 



12. 4 



12. 2 



13. 6 

 12. 6 

 11. 2 



8. 



11. 6 



12. 2 

 11. 7 



13. 2 

 8.2 



14. 4 



7.5 



10. 9 



13.9 



10. S 



Column /) 



Total persons 



who fished 



(col. 3 plus 



col. 4) 



Num- 

 ber 



20, 813 



1,002 

 2,811 

 4,583 

 2,346 

 2,805 

 1,665 

 2,237 

 1,112 

 2,252 



2,002 

 5,413 

 4,550 



8,348 



12, 938 

 4,689 



3,186 

 1,805 

 4,294 

 5, 177 

 5,259 

 1,092 



Per- 

 cent 



17. 6 



12. 7 

 11. 3 

 17. 8 

 25. 5 



19. 6 



20. 9 



21. 8 

 24. 6 

 J 6. (! 



9. 5 

 15. 8 



20. 9 



21. 4 



25. 8 



8. 7 



21. 9 



14. 9 

 19. 7 

 21. 8 



15. 8 

 8. 5 



Column 6 



Persons who 

 hunted onlv 



Nuiii 

 ber , cent 



4, II 



Column 7 



Total persons 



who hunted 



(col. 3 plus 



col. 6) 



Num- 

 ber 



11,784 



589 

 1,608 

 2,538 

 1.534 

 1,449 



989 

 1, 165 



796 

 1,116 



492 

 2,015 

 2,688 

 6,589 



9,675 



US 



1.691 

 1.604 

 2.722 

 2,674 

 2,680 

 413 



Per- 

 cent 



10. 



7. 4 

 6. 5 

 9. 9 



16. 7 



10. 1 

 12.4 



11. 4 



17. 6 



8. 2 



2.3 



5. 9 



12. 4 



15.9 



19. 3 



11. 6 

 13. 2 



12. 5 

 11. 3 



8. 1 

 3. 2 



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