Work in progress. We've built 2 of 50 states so far, and those 2 still have blanks. Each blank says why. Comparison year 2024. Data built 2026-10-16, version 0.1.0.

Data

Every file we publish, with its size and sha256. The manifest lists the same hashes.

File	Bytes	sha256
sources_2024.json	25,821	`9c49db25d4ad3d98d4eb9cb310a1749e3b079eadeb6377613afc64945a4665d4`
state_economy_2024.csv	133,780	`a2126a007e36dfb896790615ee7f44a953c24dd724b11fab4adcfc57772abf8f`
state_economy_2024.json	319,568	`e20eb8b5d0d03c03697688b302302edd7a25ebf8799bdc5a240de89aca7fea92`
state_economy_2024.parquet	23,972	`4868d75db48ea3f0da5ccb7f948cff400686146f1b25463800c567490388f387`
state_parks_2024.csv	27,825	`91b04b84b0966232137054c8a96087dff60f17763a8e669dc18c0f4290292541`
state_parks_2024.json	60,967	`057df41fd773d1b385e7656dcf51a55e6602d1dfc8742647e417ab9ccfbdfe53`
state_parks_2024.parquet	22,326	`6fe7a027e87fb2df5d600d451f34c62e494fff85e912046c28ffffca969b9282`
state_tourism_2024.csv	51,596	`98de4c6f7518b362f0c55805c5cd266f196a22d8027bab423bd33f035540ce60`
state_tourism_2024.json	111,775	`3d96e3176d69d9669b85762330b529bbafb6aa8389342a5394f17ce21fd36971`
state_tourism_2024.parquet	24,670	`bfa0540980e3b0a74816e1c47d76ee8092a1ac40ccf138acac1575e3bd759ee0`
state_wildlife_2024.csv	86,078	`05c824b1a1dd082bbccdd7ae6545b5bff051bc058e477fa246593b5590a1806c`
state_wildlife_2024.json	176,607	`a3a8aca39a804f12d6d714fb64f3b4f29b164e894d11575fdf79b11c6d74333e`
state_wildlife_2024.parquet	28,253	`08fba7da89f277f597a0a2872af88ce1626abf38d16b78388d5f43499fbb15ae`
validation_2024.json	67,142	`392524bb09834d61f6f873a18bb69b4d962570ab1964a48c0e7d9ec9860231fd`
validation_report_2024.md	13,936	`d603fbfd14bdedb772b7cc4943192f03c2c8a4f245fbb743c95fef2b5430de95`

manifest_2024.json

License and credit

The data is licensed Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). You can copy, share and adapt it for any purpose, commercial use included. Just credit NaturalPass, link to the license, and say if you changed anything.

Covers the published tables, derived values and comparability grades. Source documents and the values reported in them remain under their publishers' terms. Each value's source is in its provenance card and in sources_2024.json.

To credit it:

NaturalPass. State recreation economy data, 2024 (version 0.1.0, built 2026-10-16). https://naturalpass.org/data/ Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Sources

Publisher	Tier	States	URL	Released
Arkansas Legislative Audit	B	AR	https://arklegaudit.gov/downloadReport.php?id=SR0508024	2025-09-10
Arkansas Bureau of Legislative Research (2021 Summary Budget Manual, Game and Fish Commission)	B	AR	https://webftp.blr.arkansas.gov/Home/FTPDocument?path=Assembly%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F2021%2FSummary%20Budget%20Manuals%2FGame%20and%20Fish%20Commission.pdf
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission	B	AR	https://agfc-omnibus.s3.amazonaws.com/eregs/regulation_pdfs/large/agfc_regulation_D1.00_large.pdf
Arkansas Bureau of Legislative Research	B	AR	https://arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAssembly%2F2023%2FAgency+Budget+Summaries%2F2023R%2F0900.pdf
Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism (via Bureau of Legislative Research)	B	AR	https://webftp.blr.arkansas.gov/Home/FTPDocument?path=Assembly%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FMeeting%20Attachments%2F%2F%2F040%2F3625%2FC.12.b%20ADPHT%20CY%202021%20Arkansas%20State%20Parks%20Fees%20and%20Rates.pdf
Arkansas Legislative Audit	B	AR	https://www.arklegaudit.gov/downloadReport.php?id=SAC991224
Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism	B	AR	https://www.arkansas.com/state-parks
Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism	C	AR	https://www.arkansas.com/sites/default/files/press-releases/2023_Arkansas_Tourism_Economic_Impact_Report.pdf
Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism	C	AR	https://adpht.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024-Arkansas-Tourism-Economic-Impact-Report.pdf	2025-07-24
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis	A	AR, ME	https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAGDP.zip	BEA Regional bulk file SAGDP (annual GDP by state, 1997-2025)
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis	A	AR, ME	https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SARPP.zip	BEA Regional bulk file SARPP (regional price parities, 2008-2024)
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics	A	AR, ME	https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2024/a/area/05000.csv	QCEW open data, annual averages
U.S. Census Bureau	A	AR, ME	https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/1YRData/acsdt1y2024-b11001.dat	ACS 1-year table-based summary file
U.S. Census Bureau	A	AR, ME	https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/state/asrh/sc-est2025-alldata6.csv	Vintage 2025 state characteristics (age, sex, race, Hispanic origin)
U.S. Census Bureau	A	AR, ME	https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/state/totals/NST-EST2025-ALLDATA.csv	Vintage 2025 population estimates
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; U.S. Census Bureau	A	AR, ME, US	https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Final_2022-National-Survey_101223-accessible-single-page.pdf	2023-10-12
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program	A	AR, ME	https://tracs.fws.gov/oci-dashboards/data/fishing-licenses.json	TRACS license certification dashboard data (state-certified)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program	A	AR, ME	https://tracs.fws.gov/oci-dashboards/data/hunting-licenses.json	TRACS license certification dashboard data (state-certified)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program	A	AR, ME	https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024-03/fy24-sfr-final-apportionment-table.pdf
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program	A	AR, ME	https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024-04/fy-24-swg-apportionment-table.pdf
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program	A	AR, ME	https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024-03/fy24-wr-final-apportionment-table.pdf
Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services	B	ME	https://www.maine.gov/budget/sites/budget/files/inline-files/2024%20Maine%20State%20Government%20Annual%20Report.pdf
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife	B	ME	https://www.maine.gov/ifw/fishing-boating/fishing/laws-rules/license-requirements.html
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife	B	ME	https://www1.maine.gov/ifw/docs/25-MDIFW-25-R_M-REPORT-2023-24-Habitat.pdf
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife	B	ME	https://www.maine.gov/ifw/hunting-trapping/hunting/licenses-permits.html
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife	B	ME	https://www.maine.gov/ifw/fish-wildlife/wildlife/index.html
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife	B	ME	https://www.maine.gov/ifw/fish-wildlife/wildlife/wildlife-management-areas/index.html
Maine Office of Tourism	C	ME	https://live-motpartners-com.pantheonsite.io/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/ME_1619047592_GovernorsConf_EconomicImpactHighlights_v11.pdf	2026-01
Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands	B	ME	https://www.maine.gov/dacf/parks/about/state_parks.shtml
Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands	B	ME	https://www11.maine.gov/dacf/parks/docs/fee-schedule.pdf
Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry	B	ME	https://www.maine.gov/dacf/about/news/news.shtml?id=13145114
Maine Legislature	B	ME	https://www.legislature.maine.gov/legis/statutes/5/title5sec13092.html