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around-the-home wildlife watching,contrasted with 11 percent of theAfrican American population, 8 percentof the Asian American population, and12 percent of individuals comprisingother races. Of the total number ofaround-the-home participants, 91percent were White, 4 percent wereAfrican Americans, 1 percent wasAsian American, and 4 percent were allother races.Ten percent of the U.S. Hispanic populationengaged in wildlife watchingaround their homes in comparison with32 percent of the non-Hispanic population.The 65.2 million non-Hispanicparticipants comprised 95 percent of allaround-the-home wildlife watchers andthe 3.4 million Hispanic participantsmade up 5 percent.Away-From-Home Wildlife-Watching HighlightsIn 2011, 22.5 million people 16 yearsold and older took trips away fromhome to feed, observe, or photographwildlife. They comprised 31 percentof all wildlife watchers. Most popularwith away-from-home participants wasclosely observing wildlife. About 19.8million participants, 8 percent of theU.S. population 16 years old and older,observed wildlife an average of 14days in 2011. Photographing wildlifewas enjoyed by 12.4 million people, 5percent of the U.S. population. Theyaveraged 9 days per photographer.Approximately 5.4 million people fedwildlife an average of 11 days andcomprised 2 percent of the U.S. population.About 82 percent of all away-fromhomeparticipants took trips withintheir resident state to participate inwildlife watching. Approximately 70percent took trips only in their residentstate, 12 percent took trips both insideand outside their resident state, and 18percent took trips only to other states.Altogether, 30 percent of all awayfrom-homeparticipants took at leastsome of their trips to other states.Percent of U.S. Population Who Participated Away-From-Home by Type of Activity(Total: 22.5 million participants)ObservePhotographFeed24%55%Percent of Away-From-Home Wildlife Watchersin State of Residence and Other States(Total participants: 22.5 million)88%Away-From-Home Participants(In millions)Total participants ......... 22.5Observers ............. 19.8Photographers .......... 12.4Feeders ............... 5.4Total days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336Observers ............. 269Photographers .......... 110Feeders ............... 59Source: Table 36.In state of residence andin other states12%In state of residence only70%In other states only18%44 2011 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Census Bureau