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SC Department of Natural Resources - Boat Titling Division

2020 Watercraft Registrations and Outboard Motors 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. Totals below include both inactive boats and dropped to microfiche boats.

County County Name Boats Motors Jet Skis
1 Abbeville 3,183 4,075 225
2 Aiken 12,939 12,667 967
3 Allendale 491 706 8
4 Anderson 18,471 16,852 2,052
5 Bamberg 1,175 1,322 40
6 Barnwell 2,335 2,630 70
7 Beaufort 15,826 19,091 810
8 Berkeley 18,659 19,214 1,184
9 Calhoun 2,426 2,706 87
10 Charleston 37,076 48,105 1,596
11 Cherokee 3,288 3,259 204
12 Chester 2,614 3,077 132
13 Chesterfield 2,817 2,619 149
14 Clarendon 5,436 5,583 358
15 Colleton 5,295 6,706 220
16 Darlington 5,822 5,935 206
17 Dillon 2,379 1,854 120
18 Dorchester 10,020 10,008 652
19 Edgefield 2,592 2,435 180
20 Fairfield 2,564 2,460 271
21 Florence 13,494 13,554 611
22 Georgetown 10,255 12,435 391
23 Greenville 23,042 25,656 2,600
24 Greenwood 5,726 5,192 683
25 Hampton 2,009 2,753 56
26 Horry 26,305 27,059 2,415
27 Jasper 2,049 2,820 77
28 Kershaw 6,829 6,464 589
29 Lancaster 4,261 3,798 367
30 Laurens 7,020 6,868 667
31 Lee 1,129 1,206 49
32 Lexington 32,328 27,882 3,543
33 Mccormick 1,739 1,648 158
34 Marion 3,134 3,077 101
35 Marlboro 1,481 1,435 71
36 Newberry 5,877 5,473 523
37 Oconee 13,342 9,666 1,963
38 Orangeburg 7,801 10,479 357
39 Pickens 9,936 8,900 1,109
40 Richland 15,829 15,381 1,276
41 Saluda 3,078 2,812 316
42 Spartanburg 18,107 18,192 1,799
43 Sumter 8,236 10,507 384
44 Union 2,130 2,339 109
45 Williamsburg 3,573 3,860 78
46 York 16,288 11,809 1,962
47 OUT-OF-STATE 12,407 13,594 1,663
  TOTAL 412,810 426,161 33,447

 

* Jet Ski totals are included in boat totals.

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