Published by Aug 24, 2023
In 2021, California had the most automobile registrations: almost 14.3 million such vehicles were registered in the most populous U.S. federal state. California also had the highest number of registered motor vehicles overall: nearly 31.4 million registrations.
Automobile registrations in the United States in 2021, by state
| Characteristic | Number of registered automobiles |
|---|---|
| California | 14,268,528 |
| Florida | 7,853,979 |
| Texas | 7,784,067 |
| Illinois | 4,117,589 |
| Ohio | 4,086,521 |
| Pennsylvania | 3,917,586 |
| Georgia*** | 3,525,145 |
| North Carolina | 3,280,487 |
| New York* | 3,112,030 |
| Virginia | 2,978,391 |
| Washington | 2,977,074 |
| Michigan | 2,894,828 |
| New Jersey | 2,535,248 |
| Tennessee | 2,346,547 |
| Arizona | 2,258,488 |
| Maryland | 2,076,393 |
| Indiana** | 2,064,554 |
| Alabama | 2,059,139 |
| Massachusetts | 1,980,433 |
| South Carolina | 1,919,529 |
| Missouri | 1,916,497 |
| Wisconsin | 1,825,450 |
| Minnesota | 1,729,997 |
| Kentucky | 1,567,435 |
| Colorado | 1,496,310 |
| Oregon | 1,357,126 |
| Louisiana* | 1,279,501 |
| Iowa | 1,129,061 |
| Connecticut | 1,119,278 |
| Oklahoma | 1,056,367 |
| Nevada | 1,051,677 |
| Utah | 990,756 |
| Arkansas | 958,639 |
| Mississippi | 893,598 |
| Kansas | 856,989 |
| New Mexico | 619,690 |
| Nebraska | 604,900 |
| Idaho* | 569,964 |
| Hawaii | 463,874 |
| Montana | 463,651 |
| New Hampshire | 458,141 |
| Maine | 415,725 |
| West Virginia | 359,430 |
| Rhode Island | 338,351 |
| South Dakota | 317,697 |
| North Dakota | 212,292 |
| District of Columbia | 199,249 |
| Wyoming | 186,583 |
| Vermont | 180,025 |
| Delaware | 177,980 |
| Alaska | 141,093 |
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