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

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  Kentucky United States
1999 2000 1999 2000
Total 169,759 169,670 12,738,271 12,782,143
Powered 159,858 159,196 11,811,562 11,648,769
Nonpowered 0 0 481,191 547,271
Other 9,901 10,474 445,518 590,103

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. Kentucky statistics include all motorboats , except electric motors 1 hp or less. 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.