generate questions: Hunting in the United States is not associated with any particular class or culture; a 2006 poll showed seventy-eight percent of Americans supported legal hunting, although relatively few Americans actually hunt. At the beginning of the 21st century, just six percent of Americans hunted. Southerners in states along the eastern seaboard hunted at a rate of five percent, slightly below the national average, and while hunting was more common in other parts of the South at nine percent, these rates did not surpass those of the Plains states, where twelve percent of Midwesterners hunted. Hunting in other areas of the country fell below the national average. Overall, in the 1996–2006 period, the number of hunters over the age of sixteen declined by ten percent, a drop attributable to a number of factors including habitat loss and changes in recreation habits.
What is hunting in the U.S. not associated with? {sep_token} What percentage of Americans supported legal hunting in 2006? {sep_token} What percentage of Americans actually hunted at the beginning of the 21st century? {sep_token} What percentage of Midwesterners hunted? {sep_token} How much did the number of hunters over the age of sixteen decline in the period between 1996-2006? {sep_token} What percentage of Americans support legal hunting? {sep_token} What percentage of Americans actually hunted at the beginning of the 21st century? {sep_token} South Easterners hunted at what rate? {sep_token} Midwesterners hunted at what rate? {sep_token} What years did hunting decline?