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Table 5-6: Recreational Boat Registrations by Propulsion Type: 2004

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State Powered Nonpowered Other Total
Alabama 259,925 3,635 446 264,006
Alaska 41,498 7,407 320 49,225
Arizona 141,028 0 6,266 147,294
Arkansas 187,603 508 17,634 205,745
California 826,208 40,574 28,102 894,884
Colorado 93,721 3,708 650 98,079
Connecticut 111,216 552 224 111,992
Delaware 51,269 0 528 51,797
District of Columbia 2,402 501 5 2,908
Florida 906,066 16,072 23,934 946,072
Georgia 306,761 15,491 0 322,252
Hawaii 12,469 736 0 13,205
Idaho 80,569 793 2,277 83,639
Illinois 321,236 60,011 12,609 393,856
Indiana 190,170 1,243 21,896 213,309
Iowa 107,799 23,516 96,825 228,140
Kansas 94,131 4,040 341 98,512
Kentucky 161,875 0 12,588 174,463
Louisiana 309,950 0 0 309,950
Maine 94,145 0 437 94,582
Maryland 197,236 572 8,873 206,681
Massachusetts 141,983 0 8,700 150,683
Michigan 892,796 52,004 0 944,800
Minnesota 640,604 199,916 12,928 853,448
Mississippi 209,216 0 0 209,216
Missouri 323,360 2,817 33 326,210
Montana 58,693 578 0 59,271
Nebraska 73,952 1 3,683 77,636
Nevada 56,535 357 720 57,612
New Hampshire 97,515 4,111 0 101,626
New Jersey 201,129 8,073 476 209,678
New Mexico 36,792 1,187 460 38,439
New York 509,513 0 9,553 519,066
North Carolina 351,388 1,709 3,849 356,946
North Dakota 51,964 636 361 52,961
Ohio 329,375 75,819 9,744 414,938
Oklahoma 206,049 0 0 206,049
Oregon 187,057 0 3,062 190,119
Pennsylvania 313,798 27,867 12,414 354,079
Rhode Island 43,671 0 0 43,671
South Carolina 375,081 20,072 2,305 397,458
South Dakota 48,271 3,333 0 51,604
Tennessee 259,831 1,634 0 261,465
Texas 607,134 2,758 6,887 616,779
Utah 73,067 1,226 0 74,293
Vermont 32,498 0 0 32,498
Virginia 237,544 216 4,882 242,642
Washington 266,056 0 0 266,056
West Virginia 63,504 0 0 63,504
Wisconsin 602,163 2,952 352 605,467
Wyoming 25,138 477 282 25,897
United States, total 11,878,783 587,200 315,493 12,781,476

NOTES: Data are derived from reports of states and other jurisdictions with varying registration categories. "Other" includes boats not elsewhere classified by the reporting jurisdiction. U.S. totals include Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands. U.S. total does not include sailboards, which are numbered in some states.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Coast Guard, Office of Boating Safety, personal communication, Nov. 30, 2005.



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