AP Article

From my local Paper....who knew- I guess we are all affluent. 

Kayaks abound
Information about kayakers from the Outdoor Industry Foundation's 2005 survey, which will be released to the public later this year. The foundation bases its estimates on the results of an annual telephone survey using scientific sampling. The foundation interviews 2,000 people over the age of 15 and gauges their participation in 22 outdoor activities:

• An estimated 12.6 million people got into a kayak at least once last year. About 2 million of them kayak regularly. In the foundation's first survey, in 1998, about 4.2 million people had kayaked, and about 400,000 did it regularly.

• Kayakers tend to be young. Roughly 31 percent are in the 16-to-24 age group. About 20 percent are 25-to-34, 21 percent are 35-to-44, and 28 percent are 45 or older.

• More women are kayaking these days. About 45 percent of the total are female, a 5 percent increase from the foundation's 2004 survey.

• Kayakers tend to be affluent. Roughly 44 percent of them made at least $80,000 per year, while 33 percent made between $41,000 and $79,000.

• More kayakers are found in the western and northeastern states than any other regions of the country.

-- Associated Press

Better than being effluent thats for sure!

We should bug these people to include fishing in the survey.