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SC Department of Natural Resources - Boat Titling Division

2008 Boat and Motor Totals by County

The number of boats registered in South Carolina is represented below. Registrations are listed according to the county of boat owner's residence, with out-of-state owners listed in their own group. Since boat registrations can be written throughout the calendar year, we don't have final numbers until July of the ending fiscal year. Totals below include both inactive boats and dropped to microfiche boats.

No. County Name Boats Motors Jet Skis
1 Abbeville
2,793
3,266
235
2 Aiken
10,930
10,180
864
3 Allendale
572
588
20
4 Anderson
16,596
13,405
1,951
5 Bamberg
1,278
1,168
27
6 Barnwell
2,242
2,136
52
7 Beaufort
12,250
15,198
831
8 Berkeley
16,022
14,813
916
9 Calhoun
2,348
2,202
107
10 Charleston
32,083
38,636
1,081
11 Cherokee
2,972
2,534
166
12 Chester
2,290
2,369
115
13 Chesterfield
2,531
1,918
114
14 Clarendon
4,705
4,060
322
15 Colleton
5,303
5,414
186
16 Darlington
5,982
4,812
242
17 Dillon
2,776
1,549
133
18 Dorchester
8,542
7,559
476
19 Edgefield
1,992
1,830
136
20 Fairfield
2,269
1,847
191
21 Florence
13,339
10,884
597
22 Georgetown
9,096
9,839
392
23 Greenville
21,476
22,323
2,197
24 Greenwood
5,371
4,486
608
25 Hampton
2,062
2,225
36
26 Horry
20,779
20,522
1,907
27 Jasper
1,854
2,199
50
28 Kershaw
5,632
4,974
466
29 Lancaster
3,472
2,803
275
30 Laurens
6,357
5,106
550
31 Lee
1,108
904
45
32 Lexington
25,412
20,326
2,468
33 McCormick
1,467
1,361
148
34 Marion
3,369
2,652
129
35 Marlboro
1,403
1,057
53
36 Newberrry
4,731
4,135
401
37 Oconee
9,642
7,442
1,138
38 Orangeburg
7,509
8,453
357
39 Pickens
8,037
6,383
643
40 Richland
15,535
13,046
1,169
41 Saluda
2,482
2,033
218
42 Spartanburg
15,611
14,097
1,498
43 Sumter
8,341
8,872
517
44 Union
2,121
1,851
91
45 Williamsburg
3,878
2,854
99
46 York
11,976
8,945
1,529
  Out of State
9,063
9,335
913
 
Total
357,599
334,591
26,659

* Jet Ski totals are included in boat totals.

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