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Table 5-6: Recreational Boat Registrations by Propulsion Type: 2003

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State Powered Nonpowered Other Total
Alabama 258,366 3,540 343 262,249
Alaska 42,096 8,960 360 51,416
Arizona 140,579 0 6,634 147,213
Arkansas 178,277 472 17,466 196,215
California 886,959 51,407 25,013 963,379
Colorado 95,942 3,937 696 100,575
Connecticut 107,089 565 253 107,907
Delaware 49,420 0 515 49,935
District of Columbia 1,683 425 44 2,152
Florida 900,159 15,392 24,417 939,968
Georgia 310,393 4,414 11,911 326,718
Hawaii 14,590 690 320 15,600
Idaho 79,770 800 2,106 82,676
Illinois 323,742 24,090 12,420 360,252
Indiana 191,466 1,308 23,371 216,145
Iowa 174,868 28,659 7,309 210,836
Kansas 95,972 4,195 296 100,463
Kentucky 161,064 0 12,354 173,418
Louisiana 307,051 0 0 307,051
Maine 90,133 0 471 90,604
Maryland 189,336 483 8,576 198,395
Massachusetts 149,773 0 6,348 156,121
Michigan 901,065 52,489 0 953,554
Minnesota 634,356 198,346 12,677 845,379
Mississippi 201,457 0 0 201,457
Missouri 279,843 2,950 43,360 326,153
Montana 52,873 511 0 53,384
Nebraska 71,784 421 3,558 75,763
Nevada 57,485 398 697 58,580
New Hampshire 87,686 4,183 8,966 100,835
New Jersey 199,338 7,804 446 207,588
New Mexico 38,568 1,291 435 40,294
New York 518,491 0 9,603 528,094
North Carolina 350,618 1,788 7,451 359,857
North Dakota 48,340 580 329 49,249
Ohio 332,391 73,478 7,179 413,048
Oklahoma 229,778 0 0 229,778
Oregon 194,370 0 3,221 197,591
Pennsylvania 315,957 28,220 11,058 355,235
Rhode Island 43,007 0 0 43,007
South Carolina 358,870 19,188 2,256 380,314
South Dakota 48,929 0 4,540 53,469
Tennessee 259,906 1,730 0 261,636
Texas 609,598 2,398 7,092 619,088
Utah 74,864 1,314 0 76,178
Vermont 33,260 0 0 33,260
Virginia 236,663 234 5,096 241,993
Washington 265,773 0 0 265,773
West Virginia 51,629 0 7,088 58,717
Wisconsin 610,472 0 328 610,800
Wyoming 25,093 189 443 25,725
United States, total 11,946,576 546,991 301,049 12,794,616

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, Boating Statistics, 2003, Washington, DC: 2004, available at http://www.uscgboating.org/Saf/pdf/Boating_Statistics_2003.pdf as of Dec. 1, 2004.



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