Economic Impact of Outdoor Recreation
By the Outdoor Recreation Roundtable
The new U.S. data show that the outdoor recreation economy accounted for 2.1 percent ($459.8 billion) of current-dollar gross domestic product (GDP) for the nation in 2019. At the state level, outdoor recreation value added as a share of state GDP ranged from 5.8 percent in Hawaii to 1.3 percent in Connecticut.
This infographic distills the data from the Outdoor Recreation Satellite Account and provides a snapshot of the key statistics that best illustrate the importance of outdoor recreation to the U.S. economy.
