National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife ... - All About Birds

2001–2011 Wildlife-Watching Participants, Days, and Expenditures(U.S. population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)2001 2011 2001-2011Number Percent Number Percent percent changeWildlife-watching participants, total . . . . . . 66,105 100 71,776 100 9Around the home. .................... 62,928 95 68,598 96 9Observers ........................ 42,111 64 45,046 63 7Photographers .................... 13,937 21 25,370 35 82Feeders .......................... 53,988 82 52,817 74NS–2Visitors of parks or natural areas . . . . . . 10,981 17 12,311 17 12Maintainers of plantings or natural areas 13,072 20 13,399 19NS3Away from home. .................... 21,823 33 22,496 31NS3Observers ........................ 20,080 30 19,808 28NS–1Photographers .................... 9,427 14 12,354 17 31Feeders .......................... 7,077 11 5,399 8 –24Days, away from home ................ 372,006 100 335,625 100NS–10Observing. ....................... 295,345 79 268,798 80NS–9Photographing .................... 76,324 21 110,459 33 45Feeding. ......................... 103,307 28 59,255 18 –43Wildlife-watching expenditures,total (2011 dollars). .................. $48,791,172 100 $54,890,272 100NS13Trip-related ......................... 10,367,312 21 17,274,675 31 67Equipment, total ..................... 29,898,207 61 27,150,921 49NS–9Wildlife-watching equipment. ........ 9,340,464 19 11,323,179 21 21Auxiliary equipment. ............... 910,552 2 1,555,374 3 71Special equipment ................. 19,647,191 40 14,272,368 26NS–27Other .............................. 8,525,654 17 10,464,677 19NS23NSNot different from zero at the 5 percent level of significance.52 2011 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Census Bureau