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participants, due to the fact that dropouts tend to be foreign countries. These patterns were generally consistent
comparatively infrequent skiers. with how resorts located in those respective regions fared
• Age first tried skiing/snowboarding. Respondents (figure 7).
who started snowsports at age 9 or younger generate The National Demographic study documents the relative
50 percent of visits, despite comprising only 38 percent concentration of skier visits by state of residence, indexed
of participants, as a result of being comparatively avid against population (figure 8). The index is calculated as the
participants. Those who begin skiing/riding at older share of US resort visits generated by a given state (inter-
ages tend to be less frequent participants. national visitors excluded from the base), divided by the
state’s share of US population, times 100. The US overall
REGIONAL INFLUENCE index is 100.

Shifts in Geographic Origin Mirror Shifts in The highest-indexing states this season were primar-
Regional Visitation Patterns ily in the West and New England, led by Colorado (index
Skier visits generated by residents of the Midwest increased 617, meaning than Coloradans skied 6.17 times more
strongly year over year, and also increased slightly by resi- days per capita than the national average), Vermont (582),
dents of the South Atlantic and Middle Atlantic. By contrast, New Hampshire (386), Utah (370), Montana (359), Idaho
skier visits decreased among residents of New England, other (347), Wyoming (330), Alaska (285), Massachusetts (278),
parts of the South, the Mountain and Pacific states, and and Maine (263). The lowest-indexing states were primarily

FIGURE 6 Annual Pre-Tax Household Income 2008–09 to 2017–18

40% 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12
2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 33.9% 34.7% 35.5% 35.0%
35% 32.3% 32.7% 33.0%
2016–17 2017–18 29.9% 30.5% 30.4%
27.1% 24.9% 25.4% 25.0% 25.4% 24.3% 24.2% 25.4% 24.5% 24.0% 23.5% 22.5% 22.2% 22.3% 23.1% 23.9% 23.1% 25.3% 26.8%
30%
Respondents 20% 21.2% 20.7% 19.3% 18.2% 18.7% 16.7% 16.0% 18.1% 19.1% 19.9% 21.1%
25%

15%
10%
5%

0%
<$50,000 $50,000–$99,999 $100,000–$199,999 $200,000+
Income

FIGURE 7 Estimated Skier/Snowboarder Visits by Resident Geographic Origin 2017–18 vs. 2016–17

10.5%
11.7
12
Skier/Snowboarder Visits (millions) 8 6 4 6.7 -8.1% 6.2 8.3 0.6% 8.4 5.7 6.2 2.5 2.8 4.3 2.1% 4.4 vs. 2016–17 -2.1% -2.1% -0.8%
9.5%
2016–17
10.1
10.1
9.9
10
2017–18
2017–18
-3.4%

2.4
2.4
2.3
2.2
2
0.7
0.7
0
Pacific
New England Middle Atlantic East North Central West North Central South Atlantic East South Central West South Central Mountain -13.6% International &
(CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT) (NJ, NY, PA) (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI) (IA, KS, MN, MO, (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, (AL, KY, MS, TN) (AR, LA, OK, TX) (AZ, CO, ID, MT, (CA, OR, WA, AK, HI) US territories /
NE, ND, SD) NC, SC, VA, WV) NV, NM, UT, WY) overseas armed forces
Place of Residence (Census Division)
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