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Table 3: Number and Percent of Operators by Revenue Source (2015)

Dataset Table:

Percent of operator revenue Ticket revenue Private contract revenue Advertising revenue Public contract revenue Federal funding revenue State funding revenue Local funding revenue
None 42 (25.8%) 107 (65.6%) 154 (94.5%) 144 (88.3%) 137 (84.0%) 126 (77.3%) 139 (85.3%)
Less than 25% 9 (5.5%) 49 (30.1%) 9 (5.5%) 12 (7.4%) 17 (10.4%) 12 (7.4%) 7 (4.3%)
25% to less than 50% 12 (7.4%) 3 (1.8%) 0 (0.0%) 2 (1.2%) 1 (0.6%) 4 (2.5%) 6 (3.7%)
50% to less than 75% 11 (6.7%) 2 (1.2%) 0 (0.0%) 2 (1.2%) 2 (1.2%) 4 (2.5%) 3 (1.8%)
75% to 100% 89 (54.6%) 2 (1.2%) 0 (0.0%) 3 (1.8%) 6 (3.7%) 17 (10.4%) 8 (4.9%)
Total 163 (100.0%) 163 (100.0%) 163 (100.0%) 163 (100.0%) 163 (100.0%) 163 (100.0%) 163 (100.0%)

Source:

U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 2016 Na­tional Census of Ferry Operators, available at www.bts.gov as of October 2017.