U.S.: total number of cars by state

In 2023, California had the most automobile registrations: almost 13.2 million such vehicles were registered in the most populous U.S. federal state. California also had the highest number of registered motor vehicles overall: nearly 30.4 million registrations.

Automobile registrations in the United States in 2023, by state

Characteristic	Number of registered automobiles
California	13,189,308
Texas	7,403,264
Florida	7,351,621
Ohio	3,877,173
Pennsylvania	3,562,073
Illinois	3,526,259
Georgia	3,236,259
North Carolina	3,040,257
Virginia	2,873,653
New York*	2,814,662
Michigan	2,676,358
Washington	2,541,023
New Jersey	2,240,161
Arizona	2,239,177
Tennessee	2,229,520
Maryland	1,946,085
Alabama	1,920,522
Massachusetts	1,824,047
Missouri	1,733,738
South Carolina	1,728,711
Indiana	1,724,266
Wisconsin	1,650,905
Minnesota	1,647,103
Kentucky	1,488,315
Colorado	1,386,543
Louisiana	1,375,067
Oregon	1,329,397
Connecticut	1,088,125
Iowa	1,032,540
Oklahoma	1,008,326
Nevada	979,859
Utah	963,793
Arkansas	917,140
Mississippi	787,600
Kansas	762,814
New Mexico	582,537
Nebraska	568,116
Idaho*	541,196
Montana	494,647
Hawaii	429,054
West Virginia	413,835
New Hampshire	411,213
Maine	367,264
Rhode Island	317,150
South Dakota	287,076
North Dakota	217,049
Wyoming	175,585
District of Columbia	164,446
Vermont	162,619
Delaware	152,899
Alaska	127,003

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Release date

March 2025

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2023

Special properties

includes private and commercial and publicly owned vehicles.

Supplementary notes

Includes federal, state, county, and municipal vehicles. Vehicles owned by the military services are not included.

* Some data estimated by FHWA due to data quality concerns not addressed by the State.

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