Outdoor Recreation Data Dashboard now encompasses all four U.S. regions

February 26, 2026

The University of Minnesota Tourism Center created the interactive Outdoor Recreation Data Dashboard that summarizes and compares data from the outdoor recreation questions asked on the Regional Rural Development Centers' (RRDC) Baseline Survey 2024.

As a result of an innovative data initiative that began in the fall of 2024, the RRDC published the open access data from their multi-region Baseline Survey 2024. Once the fourth and last dataset was released in December 2025, the Tourism Center updated their data dashboard making it a comprehensive national data set. Be sure to check out the dashboard for a rare opportunity to compare regional- and state-level household data! 

Access the REgional Baseline survey 2024 Datasets

All four open access Baseline Survey 2024 datasets reside individually on the Purdue University Research Repository (PURR). Total respondents (for all four surveys): 18,596.

• NCR-Stat: Baseline 2024 (North Central Region)
  Survey conducted: 2024 / Survey respondents: 4,383

• SR-Stat: Baseline 2024 (Southern Region)
  Survey conducted: 2024 / Survey respondents: 5,500

• NER-Stat: Baseline 2024 (Northeast Region)
  Survey conducted: 2024 / Survey respondents: 4,211

• WR-Stat: Baseline 2024 (Western Region)
  Survey conducted: 2025 / Survey respondents: 4,502

• 4R-Stat: Baseline Survey 2024 (4-Regions)
  All four regions’ Baseline 2024 open access data in one download.

 

The RRDCs are regionally focused centers funded by USDA NIFA through the U.S. Congress annual appropriations process. The RRDCs conduct research and outreach programming that builds the capacity of the Land-Grant University System to address crucial needs in our nation’s rural communities.