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SC Department of Natural Resources - Boat Titling Division

2012 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
3,035
3,598
251
2 Aiken
11,548
11,022
1,017
3 Allendale
569
645
16
4 Anderson
16,900
14,035
1,971
5 Bamberg
1,227
1,122
20
6 Barnwell
2,391
2,330
73
7 Beaufort
11,365
14,358
641
8 Berkeley
15,425
15,448
1,010
9 Calhoun
2,370
2,365
106
10 Charleston
31,534
41,156
1,325
11 Cherokee
3,176
2,802
198
12 Chester
2,586
2,667
168
13 Chesterfield
2,952
2,249
173
14 Clarendon
4,674
4,304
330
15 Colleton
5,311
5,679
207
16 Darlington
6,272
5,143
235
17 Dillon
2,701
1,596
129
18 Dorchester
8,758
7,958
586
19 Edgefield
2,291
2,045
168
20 Fairfield
2,381
1,968
216
21 Florence
14,065
12,193
719
22 Georgetown
9,065
10,360
423
23 Greenville
22,319
23,522
2,624
24 Greenwood
5,208
4,455
628
25 Hampton
2,094
2,367
49
26 Horry
21,713
22,230
2,092
27 Jasper
2,025
2,417
87
28 Kershaw
5,318
4,987
476
29 Lancaster
4,023
3,135
341
30 Laurens
6,889
5,568
554
31 Lee
1,230
1,039
46
32 Lexington
27,193
21,966
2,841
33 McCormick
1,520
1,466
174
34 Marion
3,432
2,792
117
35 Marlboro
1,487
1,215
70
36 Newberrry
5,178
4,531
458
37 Oconee
10,076
7,821
1,471
38 Orangeburg
7,158
8,469
301
39 Pickens
8,689
7,308
870
40 Richland
15,305
13,302
1,184
41 Saluda
2,783
2,302
285
42 Spartanburg
16,072
15,189
1,528
43 Sumter
8,600
9,473
509
44 Union
2,219
2,013
93
45 Williamsburg
3,412
3,059
77
46 York
13,668
9,995
1,863
  Out of State
10,625
10,977
1,299
 
Total
368,832
356,641
30,019

* Jet Ski totals are included in boat totals.

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