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SC Department of Natural Resources - Boat Titling Division

2009 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
2,777
3,310
240
2 Aiken
11,139
10,467
939
3 Allendale
575
610
20
4 Anderson
16,405
13,467
1,952
5 Bamberg
1,230
1,152
24
6 Barnwell
2,249
2,177
72
7 Beaufort
12,524
15,422
851
8 Berkeley
15,391
14,876
873
9 Calhoun
2,283
2,194
101
10 Charleston
29,352
38,816
1,071
11 Cherokee
2,923
2,573
147
12 Chester
2,316
2,442
128
13 Chesterfield
2,584
1,973
125
14 Clarendon
4,566
4,042
320
15 Colleton
5,250
5,458
177
16 Darlington
6,035
4,867
234
17 Dillon
2,704
1,540
115
18 Dorchester
8,418
7,546
518
19 Edgefield
2,031
1,860
147
20 Fairfield
2,286
1,894
191
21 Florence
13,613
11,270
671
22 Georgetown
8,776
9,784
363
23 Greenville
20,649
22,421
2,152
24 Greenwood
5,324
4,476
621
25 Hampton
2,016
2,232
42
26 Horry
20,549
20,872
1,883
27 Jasper
1,863
2,240
54
28 Kershaw
5,643
5,085
482
29 Lancaster
3,563
2,869
276
30 Laurens
6,382
5,159
520
31 Lee
1,112
909
49
32 Lexington
25,464
20,534
2,498
33 McCormick
1,448
1,386
152
34 Marion
3,337
2,659
125
35 Marlboro
1,389
1,084
60
36 Newberrry
4,759
4,187
417
37 Oconee
9,544
7,452
1,162
38 Orangeburg
7,463
8,574
359
39 Pickens
7,760
6,540
680
40 Richland
15,465
13,147
1,185
41 Saluda
2,514
2,082
219
42 Spartanburg
15,573
14,397
1,503
43 Sumter
8,169
8,948
490
44 Union
2,094
1,866
89
45 Williamsburg
3,207
2,853
77
46 York
12,369
9,150
1,623
  Out of State
9,226
9,743
974
 
Total
352,309
338,605
26,971

* Jet Ski totals are included in boat totals.

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