Hunting Licenses - Historical Summary (Issued on a Fiscal Year - July 1 thru June 30)
License Year	Unique Number of Resident Hunting Licenses	Unique Number of Non-Resident Hunting Licenses	Unique Number of Resident Waterfowl Stamps	Unique Number of Non-Resident Waterfowl Stamps
1972	23,713	1,357	N/A	N/A
1973	25,662	1,572	N/A	N/A
1974	26,407	2,147	N/A	N/A
1975	27,434	2,560	N/A	N/A
1976	26,519	2,610	N/A	N/A
1977	25,900	2,663	N/A	N/A
1978	25,411	2,443	N/A	N/A
1979	25,204	2,589	N/A	N/A
1980	24,554	2,367	N/A	N/A
1981	23,811	2,600	N/A	N/A
1982	24,213	3,048	11,438	2,019
1983	24,051	3,169	9,412	1,661
1984	23,644	3,516	11,562	2,040
1985	24,269	3,728	11,386	2,487
1986	21,781	3,885	12,795	2,836
1987	23,378	4,320	13,160	3,035
1988	21,109	4,667	19,611	3,314
1989	21,411	4,192	20,499	2,873
1990	21,157	3,848	16,906	2,522
1991	21,674	2,995	19,930	1,707
1992	21,863	2,362	15,202	925
1993	21,664	2,184	13,190	757
1994	21,769	2,042	15,041	466
1995	19,518	1,945	11,514	750
1996	19,914	1,693	9,355	399
1997	20,257	1,731	8,863	436
1998	19,886	1,993	8,290	1,150
1999	19,422	2,295	9,020	1,252
2000	19,468	1,915	8,851	1,323
2001	18,921	1,997	8,272	1,236
2002	19,299	2,189	9,360	1,039
2003	18,088	2,017	9,427	754
2004	16,663	1,847	8,397	1,145
2005	16,957	2,599	9,057	1,006
2006	16,970	2,711	9,459	1,168
Fishing Licenses - Historical Summary (Issued on a Calendar Year - January 1 thru December 31)
License Year	Unique Number of Resident Fishing Licenses	Unique Number of Resident Trout Stamps	Unique Number of Non-Resident Fishing Licenses	Unique Number of Non-Resident Trout Stamps	Unique Number of Young Angler Trout Stamps
1975	11,526	3,258	1,925	222	N/A
1976	10,347	3,130	1,762	204	N/A
1977	11,346	2,658	2,142	208	N/A
1978	11,232	3,758	2,267	386	N/A
1979	13,346	4,316	1,846	395	N/A
1980	13,429	4,103	2,467	533	N/A
1981	14,268	4,086	2,554	456	N/A
1982	14,721	4,226	2,987	483	N/A
1983	15,196	3,706	2,929	483	1,015
1984	15,653	3,620	2,948	446	861
1985	16,889	3,730	3,509	507	844
1986	16,235	3,700	3,680	386	733
1987	17,870	3,500	3,971	390	515
1988	18,169	4,433	4,130	398	442
1989	19,190	4,744	4,167	513	525
1990	22,067	5,929	4,730	571	456
1991	22,198	5,874	3,993	1,128	617
1992	20,255	4,691	4,510	665	609
1993	22,937	5,426	4,402	676	656
1994	22,758	6,489	4,456	737	727
1995	23,498	5,648	4,336	865	646
1996	22,334	6,054	3,994	848	829
1997	20,981	5,055	3,966	602	594
1998	20,532	4,691	3,992	660	608
1999	19,630	5,226	3,873	785	717
2000	19,187	5,240	3,672	664	561
2001	18,732	4,687	3,555	677	519
2002	16,705	3,907	3,190	641	392
2003	17,233	4,044	3,311	581	468
2004	17,441	3,951	2,242	571	470
2005	17,690	4,287	3,438	593	464

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Delaware Hunting & Fishing License Statistics