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Where to find Downy Woodpecker in March
within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA

This page shows which locations in the selected region historically had the highest probability of a checklist including Downy Woodpecker in March. Because some locations may be undersampled, the results are sorted based on a confidence score which takes into account how many samples are available. The bar chart shows how the probability of observing this species varies over the year.

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Rank Map Pics Location Distance Observed Sampled Frequency Confidence
1 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 467 617 75.7% 72.2%
2 Ritter Park 4.3 60 74 81.1% 70.7%
3 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 108 139 77.7% 70.1%
4 Bond Park 2.7 136 179 76.0% 69.2%
5 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 87 113 77.0% 68.4%
6 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 20 23 87.0% 67.9%
7 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 19 22 86.4% 66.7%
8 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 36 45 80.0% 66.2%
9 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 23 28 82.1% 64.4%
10 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 176 251 70.1% 64.2%
11 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 14 16 87.5% 64.0%
12 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 32 41 78.0% 63.3%
13 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 77 109 70.6% 61.5%
14 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 46 63 73.0% 61.0%
15 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 343 532 64.5% 60.3%
16 White Deer Park 11.6 18 23 78.3% 58.1%
17 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 19 25 76.0% 56.6%
18 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 5 5 100.0% 56.6%
19 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 8 9 88.9% 56.5%
20 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 144 232 62.1% 55.7%
21 Apex Community Park 3.7 82 129 63.6% 55.0%
22 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 14 18 77.8% 54.8%
23 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 25 36 69.4% 53.1%
24 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 28 41 68.3% 53.0%
25 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 32 48 66.7% 52.5%
26 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 49 77 63.6% 52.5%
27 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 9 11 81.8% 52.3%
28 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 9 11 81.8% 52.3%
29 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 9 11 81.8% 52.3%
30 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 22 32 68.8% 51.4%
31 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 44 70 62.9% 51.1%
32 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 34 53 64.2% 50.7%
33 Shelley Lake 8.1 74 125 59.2% 50.4%
34 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 24 36 66.7% 50.3%
35 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 51 84 60.7% 50.0%
36 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 25 38 65.8% 49.9%
37 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
38 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
39 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 45 74 60.8% 49.4%
40 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 19 28 67.9% 49.3%
41 Raven Rock SP 23.9 23 35 65.7% 49.2%
42 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
43 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 33 53 62.3% 48.8%
44 Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.) 9.2 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
45 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 138 252 54.8% 48.6%
46 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 21 32 65.6% 48.3%
47 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 14 20 70.0% 48.1%
48 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 12 17 70.6% 46.9%
49 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 26 42 61.9% 46.8%
50 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 163 312 52.2% 46.7%
51 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 14 21 66.7% 45.4%
52 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 14 21 66.7% 45.4%
53 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 10 14 71.4% 45.4%
54 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 28 47 59.6% 45.3%
55 Parker Preserve 15.5 20 32 62.5% 45.3%
56 17 Acre Woods 18.0 31 53 58.5% 45.1%
57 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 101 199 50.8% 43.9%
58 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
59 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
60 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
61 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 22 37 59.5% 43.5%
62 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 23 39 59.0% 43.4%
63 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 14 22 63.6% 43.0%
64 Wendell Park 22.6 14 22 63.6% 43.0%
65 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 38 70 54.3% 42.7%
66 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 18 30 60.0% 42.3%
67 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 27 48 56.2% 42.3%
68 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 42 79 53.2% 42.3%
69 Higgins Greenway 1.2 10 15 66.7% 41.7%
70 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 30 55 54.5% 41.5%
71 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 12 19 63.2% 41.0%
72 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
73 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 20 35 57.1% 40.9%
74 Lake Lynn 7.7 86 182 47.3% 40.1%
75 Schenck Forest 3.6 91 194 46.9% 40.0%
76 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 282 649 43.5% 39.7%
77 Little Creek Trail 15.3 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
78 Lake Benson 11.9 36 71 50.7% 39.3%
79 Williamson Preserve 19.2 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
80 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 27 52 51.9% 38.7%
81 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 72 159 45.3% 37.7%
82 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 22 42 52.4% 37.7%
83 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 10 17 58.8% 36.0%
84 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 38 82 46.3% 36.0%
85 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
86 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 37 80 46.2% 35.7%
87 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 9 15 60.0% 35.7%
88 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 8 13 61.5% 35.5%
89 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 14 26 53.8% 35.5%
90 Homestead Park 19.3 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
91 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
92 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 13 24 54.2% 35.1%
93 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 24 50 48.0% 34.8%
94 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 41 93 44.1% 34.4%
95 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
96 Falls Lake SRA--B. W. Wells 16.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
97 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
98 Eno River--Pleasant Green to Cole Mill 21.2 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
99 Main Street Park (Rolesville) 20.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
100 Higgins Park 1.8 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
101 Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access 21.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
102 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
103 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 25 54 46.3% 33.7%
104 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
105 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 8 14 57.1% 32.6%
106 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 8 14 57.1% 32.6%
107 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 191 524 36.5% 32.4%
108 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 13 26 50.0% 32.1%
109 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 14 29 48.3% 31.4%
110 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
111 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 9 17 52.9% 31.0%
112 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 11 22 50.0% 30.7%
113 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 18 40 45.0% 30.7%
114 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
115 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
116 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
117 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
118 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
119 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
120 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
121 Walltown Park 17.3 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
122 Lake Raleigh 6.0 49 131 37.4% 29.6%
123 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 16 36 44.4% 29.5%
124 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 11 23 47.8% 29.2%
125 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 12 26 46.2% 28.8%
126 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 36 97 37.1% 28.2%
127 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 12 27 44.4% 27.6%
128 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 14 33 42.4% 27.2%
129 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
130 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
131 Apex Nature Park 8.6 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
132 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 13 31 41.9% 26.4%
133 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 18 46 39.1% 26.4%
134 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 40 119 33.6% 25.8%
135 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 14 35 40.0% 25.6%
136 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 11 26 42.3% 25.5%
137 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 11 26 42.3% 25.5%
138 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 39 118 33.1% 25.2%
139 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
140 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 8 18 44.4% 24.6%
141 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 38 118 32.2% 24.4%
142 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 29 88 33.0% 24.0%
143 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 13 34 38.2% 23.9%
144 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
145 Hoffman Lake 2.4 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
146 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 51 174 29.3% 23.1%
147 Beaver Marsh 16.7 112 416 26.9% 22.9%
148 Lake Betz 7.3 77 285 27.0% 22.2%
149 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
150 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 6 14 42.9% 21.4%
151 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
152 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 23 76 30.3% 21.1%
153 American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access 7.9 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
154 Cedar Hills Park 9.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
155 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
156 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. Ramp 18.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
157 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
158 Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Athletic Park 14.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
159 Strickland Park 8.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
160 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
161 Black Creek Greenway--Cary Parkway to Dynasty Drive 1.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
162 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 18 59 30.5% 20.3%
163 Fearrington Village 17.5 14 44 31.8% 20.0%
164 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 20 68 29.4% 19.9%
165 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 8 22 36.4% 19.7%
166 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 9 26 34.6% 19.4%
167 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 7 19 36.8% 19.1%
168 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
169 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
170 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
171 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 23 87 26.4% 18.3%
172 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 93 428 21.7% 18.1%
173 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 8 25 32.0% 17.2%
174 Crowder District Park 6.8 7 21 33.3% 17.2%
175 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
176 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
177 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
178 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
179 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
180 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
181 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
182 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
183 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
184 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
185 Jordan Game Land--Bells Church Fishing Access 12.9 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
186 American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road 12.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
187 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
188 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 9 34 26.5% 14.6%
189 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
190 Dorothea Dix 6.6 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
191 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
192 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
193 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
194 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 22 118 18.6% 12.6%
195 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 5 18 27.8% 12.5%
196 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
197 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 3 9 33.3% 12.1%
198 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 5 19 26.3% 11.8%
199 Jordan Lake--Poe's Ridge 19.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
200 Carrboro High School 18.4 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
201 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 9 43 20.9% 11.4%
202 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
203 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
204 Town Lake Park 23.4 6 27 22.2% 10.6%
205 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 8 40 20.0% 10.5%
206 Cornwallis Road Park 16.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
207 Eastgate Park 9.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
208 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
209 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
210 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
211 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
212 Duke Forest--Eno Division 22.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
213 Little Beaverdam Creek 18.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
214 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
215 Valley Springs Park 20.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
216 Leesville Park 7.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
217 Procter Farm Preserve 22.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
218 American Tobacco Trail--Fayetteville Road 11.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
219 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
220 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
221 Bennett Place State Historic Site 19.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
222 Cates Creek Park 25.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
223 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
224 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 22 169 13.0% 8.8%
225 Lake Wheeler 8.2 6 34 17.6% 8.3%
226 Jordan Lake SRA--Visitor's Center 13.8 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
227 Rock Ridge Park 23.8 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
228 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
229 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 11 86 12.8% 7.3%
230 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
231 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
232 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
233 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
234 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
235 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
236 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 3 15 20.0% 7.0%
237 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 4 23 17.4% 7.0%
238 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
239 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
240 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
241 Indian Trail Park 18.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
242 Eden Lakes 23.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
243 Neuse River Trail--Falls River 15.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
244 Lyon Park 15.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
245 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
246 Northgate Park 17.2 3 19 15.8% 5.5%
247 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 6 56 10.7% 5.0%
248 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
249 Pullen Park 6.6 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
250 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
251 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
252 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
253 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
254 Mitchell Mill Natural Area 23.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
255 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
256 Durant Nature Park--Fairy Garden 13.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
257 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
258 Wake Forest Reservoir 20.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
259 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
260 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
261 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
262 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
263 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 2 14 14.3% 4.0%
264 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 3 26 11.5% 4.0%
265 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 6 73 8.2% 3.8%
266 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 3 28 10.7% 3.7%
267 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
268 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
269 Falls Lake SRA--Woodpecker Ridge 16.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
270 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
271 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
272 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
273 Salem Pond Park 4.5 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
274 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
275 Carpenter Park 5.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
276 Inwood Rd. 7.3 2 28 7.1% 2.0%
277 UNC Chapel Hill--Kenan Woods 17.0 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
278 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 2 36 5.6% 1.5%
279 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
280 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
281 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 2 60 3.3% 0.9%