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Which state has the most sightseeing boat businesses? 🚤

1Guess
Which states have the most sightseeing boat businesses — whale-watching trips, harbor cruises, glacier tours, airboat rides? Tap them most-to-least.

Tapping assigns 1→4 in order

I bet… New York! Boats all around that big city 🐾
2Answer
The real order is…
    Florida runs away with it, more than double #2 California. Now look at #3 and #4: Hawaii and Alaska. Alaska has fewer people than almost every other state — and still has more sightseeing-boat businesses than Texas. Whales, glaciers and volcano coasts are things you go out and look at from a boat.
    📚 Background Florida wins big — more than double #2 California. The surprise is who comes next: Hawaii is #3 and Alaska is #4. Alaska has fewer people than almost every other state, and still it has more sightseeing-boat businesses than Texas. Places travellers come to see from the water — whales, glaciers, volcano coasts — can fill a lot of tour boats. (U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns)
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    I bet… New York! Boats all around that big city 🐾
    3Compare
    Sightseeing boat businesses (by state, 2022)
    Florida #1 631 boat businesses
    Highest: Florida (631 boat businesses); lowest shown here: Utah (3 boat businesses).

    Note: counts sightseeing-boat business locations with paid staff — each counted once, whether it runs a big ship or one little boat. It does not count how many people ride. 2022, U.S. Census Bureau. Only states where the Census published a count for this industry are shown — the rest have no published count for it.

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    : 2022
    Census County Business Patterns 2022: scenic and sightseeing transportation, water (NAICS 487210), establishments by state (2026-07-30) — Official published establishment counts (a business location with paid employees counts once, whatever its size; the committed raw file holds the API values verbatim with the NAICS code). Only the states the Census publishes for this industry appear.
    ↳ On the Census CBP data (data.census.gov or api.census.gov/data/2022/cbp), filter NAICS 487210 (Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation, Water) and read ESTAB (number of establishments) for 2022 by state.