Delaware Boat Registration Counts By Vessel Class

Annual summary counts of boat registrations issued by the State of Delaware. The data includes totals for categories like Commercial_Total, Personal_Watercraft_Total, and Open_Motorboat_Total, broken down by specific vessel classes. It is published by data.delaware.gov and was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in Paddlecraft_Class_1 and Paddlecraft_Class_4 registrations over time to inform public waterway access planning.
• Forecast demand for marine services by modeling Commercial_Total against economic indicators.
• Compare the popularity of vessel types like Personal_Watercraft_Total and Auxilary_Sail_Total for market analysis.
• Examine the distribution of boat sizes via classes (e.g., Houseboat_Class_3, Cabin_Motorboat_Class_4) for safety regulation review.

Strengths

• Contains over 30 distinct columns detailing counts by vessel class and type.
• Data is provided by the official state data portal, data.delaware.gov.

Limitations

• No row count or temporal coverage range is provided, limiting trend analysis scope.
• Sample data is unavailable, preventing verification of data structure and values.

Provenance

Source

data.delaware.gov

Collection Method

Summary counts compiled from boat registrations issued by the State of Delaware.

Freshness

Last updated April 2026.

Geography

Delaware, United States