| DEMOGRAPHIC FACTS ABOUT ALL TERRAIN VEHICLES IN NEW YORK STATE
More than 80% of ATV households in New York State support an increase
in registration fees to support an ATV trail fund. [Actually 86%
of 1,800 riders surveyed by NYSORVA in 1999. See the Survey Report here:
More than 150,000 families in New York State currently own at least
one off-highway vehicle [1.8/household per industry research]. By
year-end 2002, 117,366 ATVs were REGISTERED and another at least 140,000
ATVs were estimated to have gone UNREGISTERED.
The average age of a new ATV owner in 2001 was 40. 72% of ATV
owners are married, and 58% are college educated. The national average
household income of ATV owners in 2001 was $69,200, while one in four ATV
families had a household income in excess of $75,000.
New York State has one of the fastest growing ATV populations in
the United States. In 2002, ATV sales increased 41%, placing New
York third behind only California and Texas in total expansion of the sport. |