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Table 5-6: Recreational Boat Registrations by Propulsion Type: 2008

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Table 5-6: Recreational Boat Registrations by Propulsion Type: 2008

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State Powered1 Nonpowered2 Other3 Total
Alabama 266,054 2,322 4,182 272,558
Alaska 46,587 651 296 47,534
Arizona 133,850 0 6,441 140,291
Arkansas 181,974 540 16,590 199,104
California 796,828 35,452 26,573 858,853
Colorado 89,734 3,759 1,837 95,330
Connecticut 110,102 399 149 110,650
Delaware 54,901 0 1,768 56,669
District of Columbia 2,298 297 327 2,922
Florida 932,272 19,203 23,078 974,553
Georgia 323,237 3,233 24,009 350,479
Hawaii 14,766 498 140 15,404
Idaho 85,912 738 2,376 89,026
Illinois 303,353 64,022 10,833 378,208
Indiana 268,884 1,672 976 271,532
Iowa 189,024 34,711 7,598 231,333
Kansas 87,080 3,380 607 91,067
Kentucky 160,949 0 13,032 173,981
Louisiana 301,148 0 1,605 302,753
Maine 109,102 0 555 109,657
Maryland 190,830 458 7,799 199,087
Massachusetts 135,067 701 9,345 145,113
Michigan 767,245 46,157 3,350 816,752
Minnesota 644,669 209,712 13,065 867,446
Mississippi 190,361 951 0 191,312
Missouri 319,906 2,304 43 322,253
Montana 84,155 833 0 84,988
Nebraska 79,426 1 3,853 83,280
Nevada 56,177 303 1,039 57,519
New Hampshire 92,236 3,969 0 96,205
New Jersey 180,555 4,804 0 185,359
New Mexico 31,907 883 514 33,304
New York 475,739 0 9,802 485,541
North Carolina 366,619 1,639 3,621 371,879
North Dakota 45,200 574 293 46,067
Ohio4 314,681 99,945 1,960 416,586
Oklahoma 196,052 0 0 196,052
Oregon 177,338 0 2,725 180,063
Pennsylvania 299,089 24,026 15,201 338,316
Rhode Island 42,524 0 0 42,524
South Carolina 413,322 20,984 2,538 436,844
South Dakota 52,418 3,926 260 56,604
Tennessee 269,973 1,502 0 271,475
Texas 587,637 3,148 6,643 597,428
Utah 71,990 1,019 0 73,009
Vermont 30,429 0 0 30,429
Virginia 244,507 257 4,548 249,312
Washington 264,393 0 0 264,393
West Virginia 49,930 0 0 49,930
Wisconsin 613,575 18,297 2,674 634,546
Wyoming 26,149 671 423 27,243
United States, total5 11,841,281 618,429 233,182 12,692,892

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 Ohio included 5576 livery vessels in their 2008 figures; they did not include 5522 livery vessels in their 2007 figure.

5 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, Apr. 30, 2010.