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

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  Michigan United States
1999 2000 1999 2000
Total 985,732 1,000,049 12,738,271 12,782,143
Powered 985,732 941,157 11,811,562 11,648,769
Nonpowered 0 54,745 481,191 547,271
Other 0 4,147 445,518 590,103

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. Michigan statistics include all watercraft except manually propelled boats 16 feet or less in length, and nonmotorized rafts, canoes, and kayaks. 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 1999.pdf as of Nov. 14, 2001.