Visualizations | Nature of Americans

Graph depicting interest in hunting by age

Younger adults most interested in hunting

Graph depicting interest in hiking, by race and ethnicity

Interest in hiking lowest among black adults

Graph depicting responses to question about the extent to which adults agree that an understanding of how nature works is as important to a child's education as learning reading, writing, and math

Teaching children about nature as important as core subjects

Graph depicting importance of the outdoors is unsafe as a barrier to adults' interest in nature, by age.

Outdoors is unsafe is a likely barrier for younger adults

Graph depicting importance of getting into nature for adult respondents' physical health.

Contact with nature important for physical health

Graph depicting how the enjoyment of nature interests compares with the enjoyment of other interests for respondents.

Nature highly enjoyable interest for most adults

Graph depicting interest in camping by household income for American adults

Interest in camping grows with income

Graph depicting interest in hiking by household income for American adults

Interest in hiking highest among high-income Americans

Graph depicting interest in visiting zoos, aquariums, and nature centers by household income

Most adults interested in zoos and aquariums, no matter their income

Graph depicting interest in visiting zoos, aquariums, and nature centers by age

Young adults most interested in zoos, aquariums

Graph depicting interest in taking a walk outdoors by race and ethnicity

Interest in walking outdoors steady across race and ethnicity

Graph depicting the orientation of pastimes, hobbies, and interests for respondents, broken out by race and ethnicity.

Nonwhites’ pastimes likelier to be indoors-oriented