Shooting sport: number of participants U.S. 2017

This statistic shows the number of participants in shooting sport in the United States from 2006 to 2017. In 2017, the number of participants (aged six years and older) in shooting sport amounted to approximately 9.38 million.

Number of participants in shooting sport in the United States from 2006 to 2017 (in millions)*

Characteristic	Number of participants in millions
2017	9.38
2016	10.07
2015	9.73
2014	8.48
2013	8.26
2012	8.78
2011	7.49
2010	8.01
2009	7.55
2008	7.95
2007	7.49
2006	7.08

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Release date

July 2018

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2006 to 2017

Number of respondents

30,999 respondents

Age group

6 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

* A weighting technique was used to balance the data to reflect the total U.S. population ages six and above.
A participant is defined as an individual who took part in the activity at least once in the given year.
Shooting sport includes sport/clays and trap/skeet shooting.
Number of survey participants: 40,141 (2009) / 38,742 (2010) / 38,172 (2011) / 42,363 (2012) / 19,240 (2013) / 10,778 (2014) / 32,658 (2015) / 24,134 (2016); Information on survey dates for 2006 to 2008 were not given.
Numbers have been rounded to provide a better understanding of the statistic.
Figures prior to 2017 were taken from previous reports.

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