U.S.: total number of automobiles by state

In 2019, California had the most automobile registrations: almost 14.2 million such vehicles were registered in the most populous U.S. federal state. California also had the highest number of registered motor vehicles overall: more than 30 million registrations.

Automobile registrations in the United States in 2020, by state

Characteristic	Number of registered automobiles
California	14,201,400
Texas*	8,088,058
Florida	7,841,553
Ohio*	4,247,843
New York*	4,232,748
Illinois	4,161,655
Pennsylvania*	4,043,715
Georgia	3,495,421
North Carolina	3,398,470
Virginia	3,057,254
Washington	2,800,370
Michigan*	2,691,704
New Jersey	2,541,125
Arizona	2,410,018
Indiana*	2,123,748
Tennessee*	2,115,632
Alabama	2,035,376
Massachusetts*	2,003,373
Missouri	1,991,376
Wisconsin*	1,901,497
Minnesota	1,841,690
Maryland*	1,823,553
South Carolina	1,767,348
Kentucky	1,644,497
Colorado	1,639,028
Oregon	1,440,848
Louisiana*	1,315,691
Oklahoma*	1,223,848
Connecticut*	1,211,171
Iowa	1,163,751
Nevada	1,027,503
Utah*	902,723
Kansas	889,083
Arkansas*	872,437
Mississippi *	788,425
Nebraska	624,907
New Mexico*	623,955
Idaho*	588,362
West Virginia*	508,663
Hawaii	483,669
New Hampshire	460,825
Montana *	459,081
Delaware *	415,915
Rhode Island*	381,767
Maine*	356,079
South Dakota	325,001
North Dakota*	215,654
District of Columbia*	210,297
Vermont*	193,407
Wyoming	191,332
Alaska*	171,144

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Release date

December 2021

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United States

Survey time period

2020

Supplementary notes

Includes federal, state, county, and municipal vehicles. Vehicles owned by the military services are not included.
* Estimated by FHWA based on State reported data and data from secondary sources.

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