List fan boatsbeskiedenings fan State
Jo hawwe wierskynlik heard fan 'e leginde fan' e Loch Ness Monster yn Skotlân. No, as jo ea besykje of nei Arizona weikje, dan kinne jo wat sa noflik hearre, - dat Arizona hat de measte boaten per capita as elke oare steat yn Amearika.
Ut de beskikbere gegevens liket dit ien grutte, droege myte te wêzen, in protte as guon fan Arizona's marren yn droegen dagen.
As jo sjogge op de Amerikaanske Census-data oer 2010 oer boatbeskermings en registraasjestatistiken, sammele út 'e US Coast Guard, it bliuwt it "Land fan 10.000 marren", Minnesota, eins hat de measte boaten.
Yn 2010 wiene der hast 309 miljoen minsken yn 'e Feriene Steaten Tichtby 12,5 miljoen registrearre wettersportfetten yn dat jier, dat betsjutte dat sawat 4 persint fan ús befolking in rekreatyf wetterskip fan wat soarte hat. Der is gjin manier wêrop't Arizona sels tichtby de top fan 'e list rint foar wettersport, wettersport per capita, of in oare maatregel dy't oangeande boaten is.
| Steat | Vessels Rank | Skippen (2010) | 2010 Befolking | Per haad fan de befolking % | Per Capita Rank |
| Minnesota | 2 | 813976 | 5,304,000 | 15.3% | 1 |
| Wisconsin | 5 | 615335 | 5.687.000 | 10.8% | 2 |
| South Carolina | 8 | 435491 | 4,625,000 | 9,4% | 3 |
| Maine | 31 | 111873 | 1.328.000 | 8,4% | 4 |
| Noard-Dakota | 42 | 56128 | 673.000 | 8.3% | 5 |
| Michigan | 3 | 812066 | 9.884.000 | 8.2% | 6 |
| New Hampshire | 33 | 94773 | 1,316,000 | 7.2% | 7 |
| Arkansas | 23 | 205925 | 2,916,000 | 7.1% | 8 |
| Delaware | 40 | 62983 | 898.000 | 7,0% | 9 |
| Súd-Dakota | 41 | 56624 | 814.000 | 7,0% | 10 |
| Alaska | 45 | 48891 | 710.000 | 6,9% | 11 |
| Iowa | 21 | 209660 | 3.046.000 | 6,9% | 12 |
| Louisiana | 14 | 302141 | 4.533.000 | 6.7% | 13 |
| Alabama | 17 | 271377 | 4,780,000 | 5,7% | 14 |
| Idaho | 36 | 87662 | 1,568.000 | 5,6% | 15 |
| Oklahoma | 22 | 209457 | 3,751,000 | 5,6% | 16 |
| Montana | 44 | 52105 | 989.000 | 5,3% | 17 |
| Mississippi | 28 | 156216 | 2,967,000 | 5,3% | 18 |
| Wyoming | 49 | 28249 | 564.000 | 5.0% | 19 |
| Missouri | 15 | 297194 | 5.989.000 | 5.0% | 20 |
| Florida | 1 | 914535 | 18.801.000 | 4,9% | 21 |
| Vermont | 48 | 30315 | 626.000 | 4,8% | 22 |
| Oregon | 25 | 177634 | 3.831.000 | 4.6% | 23 |
| Nebraska | 37 | 83832 | 1.826.000 | 4.6% | 24 |
| Rhode Island | 46 | 45930 | 1.053.000 | 4.4% | 25 |
| Indiana | 16 | 281908 | 6,484,000 | 4.3% | 26 |
| Noard-Karolina | 10 | 400846 | 9,535,000 | 4.2% | 27 |
| Tennessee | 18 | 266185 | 6,346,000 | 4.2% | 28 |
| Kentucky | 26 | 175863 | 4,339,000 | 4.1% | 29 |
| Ohio | 9 | 430710 | 11,537,000 | 3,7% | 30 |
| Georgje | 13 | 353950 | 9.688.000 | 3,7% | 31 |
| Washington | 20 | 237921 | 6,725,000 | 3,5% | 32 |
| West Virginia | 39 | 64510 | 1.853.000 | 3,5% | 33 |
| Marylân | 24 | 193259 | 5.774.000 | 3,3% | 34 |
| Kansas | 35 | 89315 | 2.853.000 | 3,1% | 35 |
| Virginia | 19 | 245940 | 8.001.000 | 3,1% | 36 |
| Connecticut | 32 | 108078 | 3.574.000 | 3.0% | 37 |
| Illinois | 11 | 370522 | 12.831.000 | 2,9% | 38 |
| Pennsylvania | 12 | 365872 | 12,702,000 | 2,9% | 39 |
| Utah | 38 | 70321 | 2,764,000 | 2,5% | 40 |
| New York | 7 | 475689 | 19.378.000 | 2,5% | 41 |
| Texas | 6 | 596830 | 25,146,000 | 2.4% | 42 |
| Kalifornje | 4 | 810008 | 37.254.000 | 2,2% | 43 |
| Massachusetts | 29 | 141959 | 6,548,000 | 2,2% | 44 |
| Arizona | 30 | 135326 | 6,392,000 | 2.1% | 45 |
| Nevada | 43 | 53464 | 2,701,000 | 2,0% | 46 |
| New Jersey | 27 | 169750 | 8.792.000 | 1.9% | 47 |
| Colorado | 34 | 91424 | 5,029.000 | 1,8% | 48 |
| Nij-Meksiko | 47 | 37340 | 2,059,000 | 1,8% | 49 |
| Hawaii | 50 | 14835 | 1,360,000 | 1.1% | 50 |
Hoe begon dit rûte?
Hoe soe Arizona, in ynrjochte state, mear boaten per capita hawwe as de "Grutte Lakes State" fan Michigan of Florida, de state mei mear as 1.300 kilometer kustline?
Werom yn 2006, as jo "de measte boaten per capita as in oare steat besjen" soene, fûnen jo fjouwer boarnen op it ynternet dat dizze mislediging fertsjinje.
Dat wiene: de Encyclopedia Britannica, de Arizona Chamber of Commerce, Mesa Community College en AZCentral.com, de online fariant fan 'e Arizona Republic, Arizona's leading newspaper. Sûnt dy tiid hawwe dizze boarnen de ferkearde oanfraach ferwiderje.
Tsjintwurdich binne it realtor bedriuwen dy't de myte fertsjinnet. As de myte assistint ferkeapet fan huzen of mar lakefront eigendom, sil de leginde altyd libje.
Arizona rivieren en marren
Arizona hat in protte marren, likernôch 200, en it meast binne minsken. En, troch Arizona dryich klimaat, binne in protte fan 'e marren intermittente marren en hawwe gjin wetter yn' e hiele jier. Fan 'e totale gebiet fan Arizona, 0,32 prosint bestiet út wetter, wêrtroch Arizona de steat mei it twadde leechste persintaazje wetter nei New Mexico. De Colorado River, mei Arizona's grins mei Kalifornje en Nevada, is wêr't Arizona 40% fan syn wetterferliening krije.
Wa bewarje fan boaten?
De US Coast Guard hâldt de boatregistraasjes per steat ôf. In boat of sâlte is definiearre as in "wetterferskaffing of in oare keunstmjittige ynsidint brûkt of brûkt wurde, as middel fan ferfier op wetter". Dizze definysje befettet roeiboats, seilboaten, kanonen, en kayaks. Dêrnjonken leau ik it Arizona Game and Fish Department, dy't in anekdoate bewiis hat oer steatlike boatbeskerming, wegere dat it geroft wier is.
Wie de rumeur echt wier?
De term per capita betsjut per persoan (of letterlik, per kop). Dat betsjut dat op in persintaazjebegrutte Arizona it heechste persintaazje boatregistraasjes hawwe moast oan 'e befolkinggrutte. Bygelyks, yn 2004, Arizona rûn 30de yn 'e steaten om' e nûmer registrearre boaten yn 'e steat, per' e US Coast Guard. As persintaazje fan har befolking, waard it 43de út 50, mei allinich 2,56 prosint fan 'e befolking fan boaten.
Steat | Rang | Boats (2004) | 2004 Befolking | Boaten per 100.000 | % | Per Capita Rank |
| Minnesota | 4 | 853448 | 5,100.958 | 16731 | 16,73% | 1 |
| Wisconsin | 6 | 605467 | 5,509,026 | 10990 | 10,99% | 2 |
| South Carolina | 9 | 397458 | 4,198,068 | 9468 | 9,47% | 3 |
| Michigan | 2 | 944800 | 10,112,620 | 9343 | 9,34% | 4 |
| Noard-Dakota | 42 | 52961 | 634.366 | 8349 | 8,35% | 5 |
| New Hampshire | 32 | 101626 | 1,299.500 | 7820 | 7,82% | 6 |
| Iowa | 20 | 228140 | 2,954,451 | 7722 | 7,72% | 7 |
| Alaska | 45 | 49225 | 655.435 | 7510 | 7,51% | 8 |
| Arkansas | 26 | 205745 | 2,752,629 | 7474 | 7,47% | 9 |
| Mississippi | 23 | 209216 | 2,902,966 | 7207 | 7,21% | 10 |
| Maine | 35 | 94582 | 1,317,253 | 7180 | 7,18% | 11 |
| Louisiana | 15 | 309950 | 4.515.770 | 6864 | 6,86% | 12 |
| Súd-Dakota | 44 | 51604 | 770,883 | 6694 | 6,69% | 13 |
| Montana | 40 | 59271 | 926.865 | 6395 | 6.39% | 14 |
| Delaware | 43 | 51797 | 830.364 | 6238 | 6,24% | 15 |
| Idaho | 36 | 83639 | 1,393,262 | 6003 | 6,00% | 16 |
| Oklahoma | 25 | 206049 | 3,523,553 | 5848 | 5,85% | 17 |
| Alabama | 17 | 264006 | 4.530.182 | 5828 | 5,83% | 18 |
| Missouri | 13 | 326210 | 5,754,618 | 5669 | 5,67% | 19 |
| Florida | 1 | 946072 | 17,397,161 | 5438 | 5,44% | 20 |
| Oregon | 27 | 190119 | 3.594.586 | 5289 | 5,29% | 21 |
| Vermont | 48 | 32498 | 621,394 | 5230 | 5,23% | 22 |
| Wyoming | 49 | 25897 | 506.529 | 5113 | 5,11% | 23 |
| Nebraska | 37 | 77636 | 1,747,214 | 4443 | 4.44% | 24 |
| Tennessee | 18 | 261465 | 5.900.962 | 4431 | 4.43% | 25 |
| Washington | 16 | 266056 | 6.203.788 | 4289 | 4.29% | 26 |
| Kentucky | 28 | 174463 | 4,145.922 | 4208 | 4,21% | 27 |
| Noard-Karolina | 11 | 356946 | 8,541,221 | 4179 | 4.18% | 28 |
| Rhode Island | 46 | 43671 | 1,080,632 | 4041 | 4,04% | 29 |
| Marylân | 24 | 206681 | 5.558.058 | 3719 | 3,72% | 30 |
| Georgje | 14 | 322252 | 8,829.383 | 3650 | 3,65% | 31 |
| Ohio | 8 | 414938 | 11,459,011 | 3621 | 3,62% | 32 |
| Kansas | 33 | 98512 | 2,735,502 | 3601 | 3,60% | 33 |
| West Virginia | 39 | 63504 | 1.815.354 | 3498 | 3,50% | 34 |
| Indiana | 21 | 213309 | 6.237.569 | 3420 | 3,42% | 35 |
| Virginia | 19 | 242642 | 7,459,827 | 3253 | 3.25% | 36 |
| Connecticut | 31 | 111992 | 3.503.604 | 3196 | 3.20% | 37 |
| Utah | 38 | 74293 | 2,389,039 | 3110 | 3,11% | 38 |
| Illinois | 10 | 393856 | 12,713,634 | 3098 | 3,10% | 39 |
| Pennsylvania | 12 | 354079 | 12,406,292 | 2854 | 2,85% | 40 |
| Texas | 5 | 616779 | 22.490.022 | 2742 | 2,74% | 41 |
| New York | 7 | 519066 | 19,227,088 | 2700 | 2,70% | 42 |
| Arizona | 30 | 147294 | 5.743.834 | 2564 | 2,56% | 43 |
| Kalifornje | 3 | 894884 | 35.893.799 | 2493 | 2,49% | 44 |
| Nevada | 41 | 57612 | 2,334,771 | 2468 | 2,47% | 45 |
| New Jersey | 22 | 209678 | 8,698,879 | 2410 | 2,41% | 46 |
| Massachusetts | 29 | 150683 | 6.416.505 | 2348 | 2,35% | 47 |
| Colorado | 34 | 98079 | 4,601,403 | 2132 | 2.13% | 48 |
| Nij-Meksiko | 47 | 38439 | 1,903,289 | 2020 | 2,02% | 49 |
| Hawaii | 50 | 13205 | 1,262,840 | 1046 | 1.05% | 50 |