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Number of paid fishing license holders in the United States from 2000 to 2017

Number of paid fishing license holders in the United States from 2000 to 2017 (in millions)

The data displays the number of paid fishing license holders in the U.S. from 2000 to 2017. In 2017, there were approx. 29.4 million paid fishing license holders in the United States, down from 29.04 million the previous year.

2000 29.59
2001 29.45
2002 29.86
2003 27.91
2004 28.47
2005 28.2
2006 28.13
2007 28.14
2008 28.39
2009 28.4
2010 29.32
2011 28.4
2012 29.32
2013 27.95
2014 27.93
2015 28.46
2016 29.04
2017 29.4