Where do Americans Boat?

The start of winter marks the start of boat show season when thousands of boats will be bought and sold across the country. To get ready, Discover Boating took a look at how many boats are already on the water and released new data showing overall boat registrations increased increased 1 percent to 13 million in 2007.

Below please find a ranking of U.S. boat registrations in 2007. Where does your state rank?

Quick Facts:

There were 345,400 new (model year 2007) powerboats registered by U.S. states during the year – approximately 187,000 powerboats were retired from the recreational boating fleet in 2007.
13 million recreational boats are either registered by the states or documented by the USCG
Florida topped this list for the fourth year in a row with 991,680 registrations.

RANK	STATE/TERRITORY	REGISTERED BOATS
1	Florida	991,680
2	California	964,881
3	Minnesota	866,496
4	Michigan	830,743
5	Wisconsin	617,366
6	Texas	599,567
7	New York	494,020
8	South Carolina	442,040
9	Ohio	415,228
10	Illinois	379,454
11	North Carolina	375,815
12	Pennsylvania	342,427
13	Missouri	321,782
14	Georgia	344,597
15	Louisiana	301,249
16	Washington	270,789
17	Tennessee	274,914
18	Alabama	274,176
19	Virginia	251,440
20	Iowa	213,767
21	Oklahoma	223,758
22	Indiana	241,474
23	Mississippi	180,356
24	Maryland	202,892
25	Arkansas	206,195
26	New Jersey	183,147
27	Oregon	184,147
28	Kentucky	176,716
29	Massachusetts	145,496
30	Arizona	144,570
31	Maine	112,818
32	Connecticut	108,539
33	New Hampshire	100,261
34	Colorado	98,055
35	Kansas	93,900
36	Idaho	91,612
37	Nebraska	83,722
38	Utah	76,921
39	Montana	79,651
40	Nevada	59,895
41	South Dakota	53,570
42	Delaware	61,569
43	West Virginia	63,064
44	Alaska	47,548
45	North Dakota	53,519
46	Rhode Island	43,665
47	New Mexico	38,100
48	Vermont	31,482
49	Wyoming	26,956
50	Hawaii	15,094
	District of Columbia	2,866
	U.S. Territories	71,579




TOTAL	12,875,568

Source: National Marine Manufacturers Association, 2005 U.S. Recreational Boat Registration Statistics Report

NMMA used registration data supplied to the U.S. Coast Guard by the each state to develop the registration statistics report. Boat registration statistics are compiled by individual states. The federal government uses these statistics to allocate Aquatic Resource Trust Fund dollars among the states each year.

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