Spotlight on Statistics: Sports and Exercise
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

What percentage of people (aged 15 years and older) who live in the United States participated in sports and exercise activities on an average day in recent years? About 16 percent. In comparison, consider that the number of people who watched television on an average day is roughly five times larger.

These charts, which display data from the American Time Use Survey, take a closer look at people who spend time in sports and exercise activities.
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People living in the Pacific, New England, and Mountain regions of the country are more likely to participate in sports or exercise activities than those in other regions. In fact, those living in the Pacific region are about 50 percent more likely to exercise on an average day than are those in the East South Central and West South Central regions.

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