NUMBER OF PERSONS WHO TOOK SPECIFIED 

 NUMBERS OF FISHING OR HUNTING TRIPS 

 IN 1955 



NUMBER OF PERSONS WHO TRAVELED 

 SPECIFIED DISTANCES ON FISHING OR 

 HUNTING TRIPS IN 1955 



PERSONS WHO TOOK FISHING OR HUNTING 

 TRIPS LASTING MORE THAN I DAY 



[Percentages are percentages of totals in column IJ 



.iroupiiig 



Weighted United 

 States total . . 



Census geographic sec- 

 tions: 

 New England . . 

 Middle Atlantic. . 

 East North Central 

 West North Central 

 South Atlantic . . 

 East South Central 

 West South Central 

 Mountain .... 

 Pacific 



Population-density 

 groupings: 



Big cities 



Small cities, and suburbs. 



Towns 



Rural areas 



Adults (i8 and over) by 

 sex: 

 Men . . 

 Women . 



By age groups 

 12-17 years 

 18-24 years 

 25-34 years 

 35-44 years 

 45-64 years 

 65 years and over 



Colu7nn 1 



Total 

 number of 

 persons 12 

 and over in 



U. S. 



118, 366, 000 



7, 919, 000 



24, 869, 000 



25, 733, 000 

 9, 201, 000 



14, 336, 000 

 7, 959, 000 



10, 250, 000 

 4, 529, 000 



13, 570, 000 



21, 010, 000 

 34, 263, 000 

 21, 729, 000 

 41, 364, 000 



50, 082, 000 

 53, 705, 000 



14, 579, 000 

 12, 130, 000 

 21, 790, 000 

 23, 730, 000 

 33, 220, 000 

 12, 917, 000 



Column 2 



Fished on trips 

 lasting more 

 than 1 day 



Number 



6, 584, 000 



292, 000 

 687, 000 

 1, 731, 000 

 763, 000 

 524, 000 

 295, 000 

 719, 000 

 515, 000 



1, 058, eoo 



645, 000 

 2, 071, 000 



1, 607, 000 



2, 261, 000 



4, 339, 000 

 1, 441, 000 



804, 000 



500, 000 



1, 338, 000 



1, 899, 000 



1, 783, 000 



260, 000 



Per- 

 cent 



5.6 



3. 7 



2. 8 



6. 7 

 8. 3 



3. 7 

 3. 7 

 7.0 

 1. 1 



7. 8 



3. 1 



6. 



7. 4 

 5. 5 



8. 7 

 2.7 



5.5 



4. 1 

 6. 1 

 8.0 



5. 4 

 2. 



Column 3 



Hunted on trips 

 lasting more 

 than 1 day 



Number 



2, 445, 000 



103, 000 

 367, 000 

 527, 000 

 226, 000 

 125, 000 

 58, 000 

 157, 000 

 205, 000 

 677, 000 



206, 000 



655, 000 



576, 000 



1, 008, 000 



2, 110,000 

 116, 000 



219, 000 

 305, 000 

 631,000 

 698, 000 

 544, 000 

 48, 000 



Per- 

 cent 



2. 1 



1. 3 



1. 5 



2. 

 2.5 



. 9 

 . 7 



1. 5 

 . 5 



5. 



1.0 



1. 9 



2. 7 

 2. 4 



4. 2 

 . 2 



1. 5 



2. 5 

 2. 9 

 2. 9 

 1. 6 



. 4 



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