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

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  Alaska United States
1999 2000 1999 2000
Total 25,960 29,113 12,738,271 12,782,143
Powered 25,646 28,769 11,811,562 11,648,769
Nonpowered 75 83 481,191 547,271
Other 240 261 445,518 590,103

NOTE: Data are derived from reports of states and other jurisdictions which have 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. Alaska statistics include all watercraft, except sailboats; unpowered boats if requested. 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 www.uscgboating.org/Saf/pdf/Boating_Statistics_2000.pdf and www.uscgboating.org/Saf/pdf/Boating_Statistics_1999.pdf as of Nov. 14, 2001.