Table 1240. State Parks and Recreation Areas by State: 2004 [For year ending June 30 (14,180 represents 14,180,000). Data are shown as reported by state park directors. In some states, park agency has under its control forests, fish and wildlife areas, and/or other areas. In other states, agency is responsible for state parks only] Revenue
State 2004 Acreage (1,000) United States Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming SYMBOLS -Represents or rounds to zero. NA Not available FOOTNOTE \1 Includes overnight visitors. 14,180 48 3,353 64 53 1,548 393 204 24 724 84 31 45 465 181 67 33 58 41 100 268 307 273 237 24 201 62 135 133 232 399 92 1,549 183 17 165 72 101 291 9 81 106 141 610 150 69 65 260 177 134 119 Visitors (1,000) 697,831 2,699 4,334 2,286 10,455 77,049 11,204 6,814 3,471 17,381 11,488 9,221 (NA) 44,358 17,050 14,129 7,623 7,134 2,183 2,094 11,538 9,785 20,447 8,039 2,942 17,318 5,256 10,086 (NA) (NA) 15,945 (NA) 53,605 11,771 966 51,440 12,742 44,253 35,095 5,471 6,508 7,148 29,228 9,654 4,274 694 6,543 40,331 7,969 14,492 3,316 Revenue Total ($1,000) 758,049 16,607 1,894 10,682 13,548 101,173 19,076 1,004 8,515 36,766 29,039 1,994 4,346 0 34,755 3,885 6,000 51,709 337 0 14,186 3,170 35,056 9,271 8,759 5,114 1,124 11,674 2,435 8,948 3,757 0 0 4,036 1,067 28,785 21,397 16,393 16,040 0 15,257 8,155 29,999 32,202 9,272 6,196 7,827 18,165 19,539 14,312 1,282 Percent of operating expenditures 41.8 100.0 29.6 54.1 37.7 34.3 65.9 7.5 34.1 49.1 51.9 26.1 31.9 0 74.7 29.4 67.8 64.4 1.4 0 36.2 13.5 75.9 32.2 83.9 17.7 15.1 70.2 25.7 100.0 10.7 0 0 10.2 36.6 42.1 54.0 39.6 21.3 0 64.0 61.8 47.9 62.4 36.4 91.0 40.3 31.2 60.7 68.7 8.2
Source: National Association of State Park Directors, Tucson, AZ, 2006 Annual Information Exchange. INTERNET LINK http://www.naspd.org/