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SC Department of Natural Resources - Boat Titling Division

2016 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
3,122
3,657
257
2 Aiken
12,924
11,835
1,193
3 Allendale
599
678
15
4 Anderson
17,565
14,497
2,070
5 Bamberg
1,314
1,206
35
6 Barnwell
2,445
2,402
68
7 Beaufort
15,286
17,001
1,147
8 Berkeley
18,030
17,332
1,297
9 Calhoun
2,452
2,457
116
10 Charleston
35,168
44,020
1,675
11 Cherokee
3,255
2,883
206
12 Chester
2,641
2,711
175
13 Chesterfield
3,064
2,325
189
14 Clarendon
5,441
4,880
410
15 Colleton
5,582
5,905
227
16 Darlington
6,604
5,434
249
17 Dillon
2,968
1,721
175
18 Dorchester
9,907
8,809
694
19 Edgefield
2,373
2,105
176
20 Fairfield
2,569
2,120
255
21 Florence
14,479
12,529
746
22 Georgetown
9,963
11,153
491
23 Greenville
23,555
24,132
2,827
24 Greenwood
5,624
4,714
696
25 Hampton
2,260
2,538
61
26 Horry
22,954
23,071
2,334
27 Jasper
2,146
2,535
103
28 Kershaw
6,259
5,582
593
29 Lancaster
4,317
3,360
395
30 Laurens
7,585
6,076
697
31 Lee
1,271
1,084
49
32 Lexington
31,493
24,529
3,493
33 McCormick
1,585
1,526
182
34 Marion
3,486
2,833
112
35 Marlboro
1,550
1,253
76
36 Newberrry
5,435
4,737
493
37 Oconee
10,972
8,309
1,691
38 Orangeburg
8,177
9,403
405
39 Pickens
9,964
7,917
1,049
40 Richland
17,036
14,718
1,375
41 Saluda
2,923
2,415
310
42 Spartanburg
17,676
16,309
1,905
43 Sumter
8,892
9,752
510
44 Union
2,368
2,139
120
45 Williamsburg
3,840
3,403
107
46 York
14,670
10,640
2,032
  Out of State
11,755
11,741
1,485
 
Total
405,544
382,376
34,966

* Jet Ski totals are included in boat totals.

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