Table R/T 31. Leading metropolitan markets for outboard motors in 1978 and 1979 

 (Boating Industry, The Boating Business 1979). 



Estimated 

 motors owned 

 City 1978 H979 31 Dec. 1979 



Minneapolis-St . Paul, MN 14,300 10,300 224,000 



Chicago, IL 8,500 6,700 171,000 



Detroit, MI 7,700 6,400 139,000 



Nassau, Suffolk, NY 8,800 6,200 173,000 



Dallas, Fort Worth, TX 6,000 5,800 127,000 



Houston, TX 6,100 5,800 131,000 



Seattle, Everett, WA 5,400 5,300 92,000 



Tampa, St. Petersburg, FL 5,500 5,200 108,000 



Milwaukee, WI 6,400 4,900 131,000 



Los Angeles, Long Beach, CA 3,800 4,100 89,000 



Philadelphia, PA 4,000 3,900 72,000 



New Orleans, LA 4,500 3,900 88,000 



Miami, FL 4,500 3,300 84,000 



Baltimore, MD 4,000 3,100 76,000 



New York, NY 3,200 3,100 75,000 



St. Louis, MO 2,400 2,900 69,000 



Atlanta, GA 3,600 2,800 53,000 



Pittsburg, PA 1,900 2,800 37,000 



San Francisco, Oakland, CA 3,300 2,600 64,000 



Boston, MA 3,100 2,600 80,000 



Kansas, City, MO 2,600 2,600 52,000 



District of Columbia 3,300 2,500 55,000 



Oklahoma City, OK 2,700 2,500 38,000 



Phoenix, AZ 2,400 2,500 42,000 



Portland, OR 2,300 2,500 47,000 



Jacksonville, FL 3,300 2,400 53,000 



Orlando, FL 2,500 2,400 45,000 



Fort Myers, FL 2,200 2,200 33,000 



Tulsa, OK 2,500 2,100 44,000 



W. Palm Beach, Boca Raton, FL 1,600 2,000 29,000 



Duluth, Superior, MN 2,800 1,900 48,000 



Indianapolis, IN 1,900 1,900 41,000 



Charleston, SC 2,300 1,800 37,000 



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