Number of registered U.S. motorcycles by state 2021

The number of publicly owned, private, and commercial motorcycles registered in the U.S. states and the District of Columbia reached a total of some 9.89 million units in 2021. In that same year, there were some 637,500 motorcycles registered in Florida.

U.S. motorcycle registrations by state

In 2021, New York and California reported the highest amount of registered private and commercial motorcycles in the country. Not only is California one of the U.S. states with the highest number of motorcycles, but it is also the most populous state in the U.S. overall, representing close to 12 percent of the country’s total population. At the bottom of the ranking are Rhode Island, Delaware, and the District of Colombia with fewer than 25,000 registrations, as well as less populous states, including Wyoming and Alaska.

Dangerous travel

Riding a motorcycle is one of the most dangerous ways to travel in the U.S. with more than 200 fatalities per billion passenger miles as of 2019. Motorcycle crashes in the United States have decreased slightly in recent years, after peaking in 2016.

U.S. motorcycle registration estimates in 2021, by state (in units)

State	Registrations in units
New York*	969,825
California	812,924
Florida	637,448
Arkansas	437,026
Ohio	414,401
Montana	377,165
Pennsylvania	372,063
Texas	343,292
Wisconsin	323,974
Illinois	312,956
Arizona	280,071
Michigan	255,832
Washington	245,409
Indiana**	225,805
Minnesota	223,887
South Dakota	222,868
Georgia***	213,096
Tennessee	195,328
Iowa	193,950
North Carolina	189,314
Virginia	188,100
Colorado	180,287
Oklahoma	175,374
New Jersey	159,602
Massachusetts	147,488
Missouri	136,058
Oregon	134,213
Utah	130,910
Alabama	123,296
South Carolina	119,548
Maryland	104,783
Louisiana*	100,058
Kentucky	99,729
Kansas	90,671
New Hampshire	85,026
Connecticut	83,220
Nevada	78,064
Maine	59,854
New Mexico	56,494
Nebraska	51,153
Idaho*	48,584
West Virginia	47,636
North Dakota	37,356
Hawaii	37,094
Mississippi	32,649
Vermont	31,445
Wyoming	29,015
Alaska	25,713
Rhode Island	24,833
Delaware	24,338
District of Columbia	3,481

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February 2023

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Survey time period

2021

Supplementary notes

* Some data estimated by FHWA using secondary data sources due to data quality concerns.

** The state verified significant decreases due to the instability causzed by the COVID-19 pandemic, with accurate reporting anticipated to resume in 2023. Until then, the data was estimated by FHWA.

*** State provided estimated registration data in lieu of actual registration counts.

Despite the efforts made by each state to provide accurate vehicle (in this case, motorcycle) registration data, occurrences that would lead to a duplication – re-registration stands as one of the main reasons for this – of registrations are stated to be inevitable. The information is forwarded to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), who compiles it into an annual series of statistics relevant to the study of highway systems throughout the country.

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