Boating Registration Statistics State 1999 1998 1999 Ranking Alabama 267,868 265,592 18 Alaska 25,960 26,230 50 Arizona 153,517 158,726 29 Arkansas 173,437 210,599 27 California 955,700 895,132 2 Colorado 101,137 98,190 34 Connecticut 102,071 102,630 33 Delaware 45,854 44,458 45 Dist. of Columbia 1,811 1,811 52 Florida 805,079 805,581 3 Georgia 316,770 303,129 14 Hawaii 15,147 15,290 51 Idaho 83,554 83,501 36 Illinois 372,618 396,945 10 Indiana 229,778 214,474 21 Iowa 201,947 211,972 25 Kansas 102,424 101,306 32 Kentucky 169,759 162,780 28 Louisiana 313,035 305,386 16 Maine 120,197 117,706 31 Maryland 208,766 192,946 24 Massachusetts 149,170 146,957 30 Michigan 985,732 980,378 1 Minnesota 793,107 780,097 4 Mississippi 281,958 270,868 17 Missouri 331,693 326,879 13 Montana 50,687 49,336 44 Nebraska 72,153 72,649 39 Nevada 60,644 59,404 40 New Hampshire 96,456 92,168 35 New Jersey 221,152 197,672 23 New Mexico 78,945 72,456 37 New York 524,326 514,749 7 North Carolina 353,166 334,862 11 North Dakota 42,380 48,523 46 Ohio 407,347 407,686 9 Oklahoma 229,770 227,826 22 Oregon 196,102 197,634 26 Pennsylvania 352,231 348,727 12 Rhode Island 36,522 35,378 48 South Carolina 414,527 394,842 8 South Dakota 52,499 47,465 43 Tennessee 314,624 312,030 15 Texas 629,640 625,754 5 U.S. Territories 60,450 57,898 41 Utah 77,171 76,346 38 Vermont 37,932 38,105 47 Virginia 235,330 232,409 20 Washington 250,606 249,968 19 West Virginia 54,477 67,382 42 Wisconsin 562,788 559,321 6 Wyoming 26,287 25,828 49 Total US 12,746,301         12,565,981 Percent Change 1.4%