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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) Releases Statistics Measuring the Outdoor Recreation Economy
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Washington, DC – November 2021 / Newsmaker Alert / The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released statistics Tuesday (November 9) measuring the outdoor recreation economy for the nation, all 50 states, and the District of Columbia. The new U.S. data show that the outdoor recreation economy accounted for 1.8 percent ($374.3 billion) of current-dollar gross domestic product (GDP) for the nation in 2020. At the state level, outdoor recreation value added as a share of state GDP ranged from 4.3 percent in Montana to 1.2 percent in New York and Connecticut. The share was 0.8 percent in the District of Columbia.

Inflation-adjusted (real) GDP for the outdoor recreation economy decreased 19.0 percent from 2019 to 2020, compared with a 3.4 percent decrease for the overall U.S. economy. Real gross output for the outdoor recreation economy decreased 17.4 percent, while outdoor recreation compensation decreased 12.5 percent and employment decreased 17.1 percent.
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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) Releases Statistics Measuring the Outdoor Recreation Economy
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Release PDF Available Here

Technical:
Stanislaw Rzeznik (Regional)
301-278-9458
Patricia Washington (National)
301-278-9114
OutdoorRecreation@bea.gov

Media:
Jeannine Aversa
Chief of Communications
301-278-9003

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Publishing Dates: 11/11/21 – 01/11/22
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