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Table 5-6: Recreational Boat Registrations by Propulsion Type: 2005

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State Powered Nonpowered Other Total
Alabama 262,295 2,468 409 265,172
Alaska 43,406 5,417 304 49,127
Arizona 141,727 0 6,616 148,343
Arkansas 187,301 508 17,605 205,414
California 892,722 42,847 28,189 963,758
Colorado 94,206 3,691 615 98,512
Connecticut 108,003 505 194 108,702
Delaware 51,329 0 790 52,119
District of Columbia 2,012 505 11 2,528
Florida 932,673 17,300 23,886 973,859
Georgia 317,315 897 0 318,212
Hawaii 14,312 729 261 15,302
Idaho 82,035 783 2,265 85,083
Illinois 308,875 59,574 12,416 380,865
Indiana 204,525 1,227 8,944 214,696
Iowa 115,044 25,146 103,734 243,924
Kansas 93,404 3,967 377 97,748
Kentucky 163,434 0 12,823 176,257
Louisiana 308,104 0 0 308,104
Maine 111,313 0 443 111,756
Maryland 196,695 568 8,549 205,812
Massachusetts 141,390 0 8,636 150,026
Michigan 891,937 52,201 0 944,138
Minnesota 640,862 199,443 13,184 853,489
Mississippi 203,220 1,440 3,806 208,466
Missouri 277,433 2,712 46,604 326,749
Montana 69,931 685 0 70,616
Nebraska 78,982 1 3,938 82,921
Nevada 56,586 347 793 57,726
New Hampshire 98,170 4,098 0 102,268
New Jersey 191,913 6,829 364 199,106
New Mexico 37,196 1,188 479 38,863
New York 499,136 0 9,400 508,536
North Carolina 357,253 1,666 3,865 362,784
North Dakota 43,728 499 271 44,498
Ohio 325,632 78,386 8,357 412,375
Oklahoma 216,913 0 0 216,913
Oregon 184,643 0 2,997 187,640
Pennsylvania 308,851 26,969 13,339 349,159
Rhode Island 43,656 0 0 43,656
South Carolina 393,341 21,055 2,367 416,763
South Dakota 48,527 3,546 965 53,038
Tennessee 265,966 1,601 0 267,567
Texas 604,929 2,964 6,723 614,616
Utah 74,424 1,211 0 75,635
Vermont 32,386 0 370 32,756
Virginia 240,097 237 4,739 245,073
Washington 267,793 0 0 267,793
West Virginia 44,304 0 5,757 50,061
Wisconsin 635,862 2,940 396 639,198
Wyoming 25,510 533 227 26,270
United States, total 11,998,728 576,855 366,831 12,942,414

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, Oct. 31, 2006.