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Did You Know?
• Consumers spend more on outdoor recreation than they do on pharmaceuticals and fuel, combined.
• Money Generated by the Outdoor Economy in the U.S.
• Employment Figures • Taxing Figures • Forest Figures • Visitor Figures
• Each year Americans spend more on:
Annual
Consumer
Spending
in
U.S.
Source: The Outdoor Recreation Economy Report by Outdoor Industry Association.
$278 billion
Education
$887 billion
Outdoor Recreation
Trail sports gear ($20 billion)
than on
Home entertainment ($18 billion)
$887 billion
Consumer spending annually
$304 billion
Gas/Fuel
Water sports gear ($14 billion)
than on
Movie tickets ($11 billion)
7.6 million
American jobs
$313 billion
Household Utilities
Cycling/skateboarding ($97 billion)
than on
Video games ($61 billion)
Participate in outdoor rec (145 million)
than attend
Pro Sports games combined (134 million).
$65.3 billion
federal tax revenue
$465 billion
Motor Vehicles/Parts
$59.2 billion
state and local tax revenue
$466 billion
Pharmaceuticals
The Outdoor Industry Is a Powerful Economic Sector
More Americans are directly
employed by hunting and
fishing (483,000) than by oil
and gas extraction (180,000).
The outdoor recreation economy
generates $124.5 billion
in federal, state and local tax
revenue each year.
Outdoor recreation on Forest
Service Lands contributes more
than $13 billion to the national
economy and supports more
than 205,000 jobs annually.
There are over 760 Million
Visitors to state parks annually
— that's more than two visits for
every person in the United States.