Industry Info

• An RV is a vehicle that combines transportation and temporary living quarters for travel, recreation and camping.
• Two main categories of RVs are motorhomes (motorized) and towables (towed behind the family car, van or pickup). Type A motorhomes are generally the largest; type B motorhomes or van campers are the smallest and type C motorhomes generally fall in between. Types of towable RVs are folding camping trailers, truck campers, conventional travel trailers and fifth-wheel travel trailers.
• The annual retail value of RV shipments is $14 billion IN 2005.
  
• There's an RV for every taste and budget. Prices for new RVs are typically $4,000-$13,000 for folding camping trailers; $4,000-$26,000 for truck campers; $8,000-$65,000 for conventional travel trailers; $48,000-$140,000 for type C motorhomes and $58,000-$400,000 for type A motorhomes.
• Factory-to-dealer shipments reached a 27-year high in 2005, rising 3.9% over the previous year. A total of 384,400 RVs (motorized and towable) were shipped in 2005. During December 2005, RV wholesale shipments increased 12.4% over the same month a year prior.
• The state of Indiana is the largest state producer of RVs, with 63.8% of all RVs made in 2004, up from 58.0% last year.
• Nearly 8 million American households own an RV.
• 1 out of every 12 vehicle-owning households in the United States owns a recreation vehicle
  More RV's are owned by 35-54 year olds than by any other age group.
• The recreation vehicle industry supplied approximately 100,000 RV's and Emergency Living
• Units to the Gulf Coast for victims of the 2005 hurricanes.
• More that 384,000 new RV's were shipped to dealers in 2005, the highest total in 27 years.

Indiana is the home of the RV industry

• More than 63% of all recreation vehicles made in the United States in 2004 were produced in Indiana.
• Elkhart County, Indiana, produced more than half of the nations RV's in 2004.
  
• Indiana companies build RV's that range in price from around $3,000 to more than $750,000.
  Out of the 50 states, Indiana ranks 8th in retail sales, with Indiana's RV dealers selling to consumers across the country and beyond.
• The RV industry creates jobs for more than 60,000 Hoosiers and contributes around $65 million in taxes to Indiana governments each year.
• Indiana is home to more than 200 privately owned campgrounds totaling more than 35,000 sites. A significant amount (42%) of campground patrons come from outside Indiana, bringing with them $320 million tourism dollars each year.
• Camping is also available at 25 state parks & reservoirs.