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Table 5-6: Alabama and U.S. Recreational Boat Registrations by Propulsion Type

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  Alabama United States
1999   2000   1999     2000    
Total 267,868 265,458 12,738,271 12,782,143
Powered 263,235 260,977 11,811,562 11,648,769
Nonpowered 3,742 3,602 481,191 547,271
Other 891 879 445,518 590,103

NOTE: Data are derived from reports of states and other jurisdictions with varying registration categories.  "Other" includes boats not elsewhere classified by the reporting jurisdiction.

NOTES FOR DATA ON THIS PAGE: U.S. totals include Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands.  Alabama statistics include all motorboats, sailboats, and rental boats.  U.S. total does not include sailboards, which are numbered in some states.

SOURCES FOR DATA ON THIS PAGE: U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Coast Guard, Boating Statistics, 2000 and Boating Statistics, 1999, Washington, DC: 2001, available at http://www.uscgboating.org/Saf/pdf/Boating_Statistics_2000.pdf and http://www.uscgboating.org/Saf/pdf/Boating_Statistics_1999.pdf as of Nov. 14, 2001.