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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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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 |