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agesilaus
Aug 14, 2019Explorer III
The 40+ million number cannot be RVers. The industry makes about 500,000 units a year (from RVIA) even if you assume that the average RV lasts 15 years that's only 7.5 million units in the US. I could not find an estimate of the total number of RV's in the US.
Some of those units, a lot of them probably, are permanently parked in RV/mobile home parks too and I don't call that camping.
My guess is something like 4 to 5 million RVers actively traveling in their units. I've seen estimates of 500,000 full timers.
Some of those units, a lot of them probably, are permanently parked in RV/mobile home parks too and I don't call that camping.
My guess is something like 4 to 5 million RVers actively traveling in their units. I've seen estimates of 500,000 full timers.
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