Which U.S. State Has The Most Recreational Boats & Yachts per Capita?

t Recreational Boats and Yachts per 1,000 People by State 33.0 Washington 38.9 Oregon 16.3 California WHICH U.S.STATE HAS Recreational Boats & Yachts per Capita ? < 20.0 13.4 Nevada RANK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Recreational Boats & Yachts ( per 1,000 people ) 20.01 to 40.0 1. Florida 8.13 % 3. Michigan * 6.66 % 5. Wisconsin 5.26 % 7. Texas 4.89 % 9. New York 3.67 % 11. Georgia 2.80 % Distribution of Recreational 13. Pennsylvania * 2.55 % 15. Washington * 2.16 % Boat Registrations by State 17. Tennessee 2.09 % 19. Illinois 1.83 % 21. Indiana 1.71 % 23. Arkansas 1.57 % 25. Oregon 1.40 % 49.1 Idaho 27. New Jersey * 1.13 % 29. Arizona 1.10 % FIYA 31. Maine 0.92 % 33. Colorado 0.80 % 35. Connecticut 0.74 % 37. Nebraska 0.67 % 39. South Dakota 0.51 % 41. Delaware 0.45 % 43. Alaska 0.41 % 45. Rhode Island 0.33 % 47. New Mexico 0.26 % 49. Wyoming 0.22 % 21.4 Utah 18.1 Arizona TEN ISLA FACHT SALES 47.2 Montana STATE Minnesota * South Carolina Wisconsin Maine Michigan * 40.01 to 60.01 to > 80.01 60.0 80.0 45.1 Wyoming Louisiana lowa * Alaska Arkansas Delaware Oklahoma Ohio Alabama Idaho Montana Missouri Wyoming Florida Mississippi Vermont Nebraska Oregon North Dakota New Hampshire South Dakota 14.6 New Mexico 16.3 Colorado 74.2 North Dakota 68.3 South Dakota 40.3 Nebraska 28.7 Kansas 143.587 108.671 105.335 79.803 77.996 74.196 73.546 68.297 68.211 65.815 65.464 61.556 53.246 50.293 50.292 49.412 49.095 47.229 46.763 45.11 44.563 43.25 41.427 40.293 38.90 * NOTES ABOUT THE DATA FROM THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD : 19.8 Texas BOATS AND YACHTS PER 1,000 PEOPLE 50.3 Oklahoma 143.6 Minnesota 65.8 lowa 46.8 Missouri 105.3 Wisconsin 61.6 Arkansas , 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 RANK 68.2 Louisiana 50 29.8 16.9 Illinois Indiana 65.5 Alaska 77.9 Michigan 43.2 Mississippi 35.6 Tennessee 17.3 W. Virginia 49.4 Alabama STATE 34.8 Kentucky 5. lowa excludes inflatables under 7 feet in length and canoes / kayaks under 13 feet in length . 6. New Jersey excludes non - motorized boats less than 12 feet in length and canoes , kayaks , racing shells , and rowing sculls . Tennessee North Carolina Rhode Island Kentucky Washington * Georgia Indiana Kansas Maryland Virginia Connecticut Pennsylvania * New York Utah Texas Massachusetts Arizona West Virginia Illinois Colorado California New Mexico New Jersey * Nevada Hawaii SOURCE : uscgboating.org census.gov 50.3 Ohio 30.9 Georgia 73.5 New Hampshire 18.6 Massachusetts 8.5 Hawaii 41.5 Vermont 21.5 New York 23.2 Pennsylvania 35.5 N. Carolina 108.7 S. Carolina 26.6 Virginia 44.6 Florida 35.624 35.517 34.998 34.799 33.001 30.832 29.783 28.751 27.505 26.67 24.076 23.184 21.457 21.385 19.802 18.639 18.077 17.293 16.886 16.347 16.337 14.601 14.368 13.408 8.49 BOATS AND YACHTS PER 1,000 PEOPLE 79.8 Maine 24.1 Connecticut 14.4 New Jersey 53.2 Delaware 27.5 Maryland -6 . Ohio 5.03 % -2 . Minnesota * 6.94 % -4 . California 5.47 % -8 . South Carolina 4.71 % -10 . North Carolina 3.14 % 35.0 Rhode Island 12. Louisiana 2.69 % -14 . Missouri 2.44 % -16 . Alabama 2.10 % 1. Minnesota excludes non - motorized boats 10 feet or less in length , duckboats during duckhunting season , riceboats during harvest season , and seaplanes . 2. Michigan excludes manually propelled boats 16 feet or less in length and privately - owned non - motorized rafts , canoes , and kayaks . 3. Pennsylvania registers non - powered craft using lakes or access areas owned by the State Fish & Boat Commission . 4. Washington excludes motorboats . -18 . Virginia 1.95 % -20 . lowa * 1.83 % 22. Oklahoma 1.69 % -24 . Maryland 1.44 % -26 . Kentucky 1.33 % -28 . Massachusetts 1.11 % -30 . Mississippi 1.09 % -32 . New Hampshire 0.86 % -34 . Idaho 0.77 % -36 . Kansas 0.72 % -38 . Utah 0.58 % -40 . North Dakota 0.49 % 42. Montana 0.43 % -44 . Nevada 0.35 % -46 . West Virginia 0.26 % 48. Vermont 0.23 % 50. Hawaii 0.11 %