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

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  Washington United States
1999 2000 1999 2000
Total 250,606 257,625 12,738,271 12,782,143
Powered 250,606 257,625 11,811,562 11,648,769
Nonpowered 0 0 481,191 547,271
Other 0 0 445,518 590,103

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. Washington statistics include all motorboats excluding motorboats <16 feet with motors 10 horsepower or less used solely on exclusive state waters. 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.