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Passenger and Vehicle Ferry Boarding Counts (2017)

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This is a map of the United States which shows the boarding counts for passengers and vehicles at the state level.

Dataset Table:

Calendar Year 2017 Ferry Passenger and Vehicle Boarding Counts
State Passenger Boarding Counts Vehicle Boarding Counts 1
AK 809,213 235,888 2
AL 240,500 81,500 3
AR 50,348 15,416 4
AZ 114,858 0 5
CA 13,190,680 505,158 6
CT * * 7
DC * * 8
DE 489,691 212,702 9
FL * 237,492 10
GA 886,107 0 11
HI 163,029 0 12
IA 32,062 4,160 13
IL 3,105,081 831,309 14
KY 648,112 466,091 15
LA 3,949,472 2,021,741 16
MA 7,784,885 876,154 17
MD 80,115 81,810 18
ME 1,749,275 314,274 19
MI 2,191,313 1,082,962 20
MN 0 60 21
MO 849,532 288,355 22
MS 112,000 700 23
MT 3,200 1,960 24
NC 2,210,806 703,247 25
NJ 6,494,024 141,233 26
NY 50,090,870 2,164,453 27
OH * 274,278 28
OK 4,526 0 29
OR 712,308 330,015 30
PA 146,838 0 31
RI * 72,283 32
SC 428,778 0 33
TN 170,674 68,270 34
TX 9,036,500 3,710,900 35
UT 8,859 4,617 36
VA 2,499,787 956,720 37
VT * * 38
WA 27,256,204 11,488,050 39
WI 1,156,078 463,900 40
WV 51,073 672 41
WY 523,656 0 42
U.S. Total* 137,240,454 27,636,370 43
AS 1,608 47 44
PR 1,053,288 75,418 45
VI 659,213 81,966 46
U.S. Territories Total 1,714,109 157,431 47
BC 368,887 89,903 48
ON * * 49
Non-U.S. Total* 368,887 89,903 50
Grand Total^ 144,657,248 29,040,984 51

Dataset Excel:

Ferry Passenger and Vehicle Boarding Counts (2017) REVISED 12Feburary2021.xlsx (12.55 KB)

Notes:

Segment boarding counts are assigned to the state of origin

British Columbia (BC) and Ontario (ON), Canada are included on the map as there is reported ferry traffic destined to a U.S. terminal from these Canadian provinces.

State data are subtotals are suppressed when one, two, or all operators in a State or subcategory do not want their reported data released to the public and is denoted by (*) 

States with no data had no responding ferry operations.

The Grand Total includes all reported boardings, including values suppressed at the state level (^)

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