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Table 5-6: Recreational Boat Registrations by Propulsion Type: 2007

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Table 5-6: Recreational Boat Registrations by Propulsion Type: 2007

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State Powered1 Nonpowered2 Other3 Total
Alabama 264,452 3,389 6,335 274,176
Alaska 46,586 664 298 47,548
Arizona 138,106 0 6,464 144,570
Arkansas 188,801 539 16,855 206,195
California 894,805 40,190 29,886 964,881
Colorado 92,380 3,856 1,819 98,055
Connecticut 107,966 414 159 108,539
Delaware 60,176 0 1,393 61,569
District of Columbia 2,295 372 199 2,866
Florida 949,537 18,812 23,331 991,680
Georgia 322,862 805 20,930 344,597
Hawaii 14,376 642 76 15,094
Idaho 88,592 751 2,269 91,612
Illinois 305,823 62,189 11,442 379,454
Indiana 239,018 1,506 950 241,474
Iowa 102,746 21,816 89,205 213,767
Kansas 89,763 3,609 528 93,900
Kentucky 163,918 0 12,798 176,716
Louisiana 301,249 0 0 301,249
Maine 112,302 0 516 112,818
Maryland 194,356 498 8,038 202,892
Massachusetts 136,606 0 8,890 145,496
Michigan 781,186 46,264 3,293 830,743
Minnesota 648,409 204,893 13,194 866,496
Mississippi 179,404 952 0 180,356
Missouri 319,278 2,504 0 321,782
Montana 78,860 791 0 79,651
Nebraska 79,788 1 3,933 83,722
Nevada 58,600 335 960 59,895
New Hampshire 96,253 4,008 0 100,261
New Jersey 183,147 0 0 183,147
New Mexico 36,474 1,080 546 38,100
New York 484,623 0 9,397 494,020
North Carolina 370,403 1,651 3,761 375,815
North Dakota 52,478 655 386 53,519
Ohio 323,334 90,017 1,877 415,228
Oklahoma 223,758 0 0 223,758
Oregon 181,261 0 2,886 184,147
Pennsylvania 303,021 24,905 14,501 342,427
Rhode Island 43,665 0 0 43,665
South Carolina 417,309 22,097 2,634 442,040
South Dakota 49,733 3,573 264 53,570
Tennessee 273,371 1,543 0 274,914
Texas 589,918 3,079 6,570 599,567
Utah 75,842 1,079 0 76,921
Vermont 31,482 0 0 31,482
Virginia 246,581 252 4,607 251,440
Washington 270,789 0 0 270,789
West Virginia 63,064 0 0 63,064
Wisconsin 591,655 8,489 17,222 617,366
Wyoming 25,921 643 392 26,956
United States, total4 11,966,627 579,351 329,590 12,875,568

1 Powered boats include traditional power boats, sailboats with auxiliary engines and personal watercraft (such as jet-skis).
2 Nonpowered boats include row boats, sail boats, canoes and kayaks.
3 Other boats are those not included elsewhere.
4 U.S. totals include Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands.

NOTES: Data are derived from reports of states and other jurisdictions with varying registration categories.The U.S. totals do not include sailboards, which are registered in some states.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Coast Guard, Office of Boating Safety, personal communication, Dec. 9, 2008.