New numbers suggest Minnesota leads the nation in recreational boats per capita. The website Boat Safe used Coast Guard and U-S Census data based on 100-thousand people.
Minnesota ranked number one with 14-thousand-505 boats, South Carolina is second at 11-thousand-161, and Wisconsin came in third with 10-thousand-444.
California and Michigan lead the U-S with about one million total registered boats and Minnesota comes in fourth place with almost 835-thousand.






