US Number of Auto - Motor Vehicle Registrations By State in 1990

Updated on January 8, 2026.

Based on data from the US DOT, in 1990, there were 133,700,496 total Auto motor vehicle registrations in the US. Among all US states, California had the highest number of Auto motor vehicle registrations (15,364,023), followed by Texas (8,337,091), and New York (8,202,904).

The chart below shows the Auto motor vehicle registrations by state. The table below shows the number of Auto motor vehicle registrations for each state, and percentage of US total.

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Data Source: US DOT.

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State	Auto Registrations	% of Total
California	15364023	11.49
Texas	8337091	6.24
New York	8202904	6.14
Florida	8113064	6.07
Ohio	6316634	4.72
Illinois	5862026	4.38
Pennsylvania	5857965	4.38
Michigan	5116866	3.83
New Jersey	4553239	3.41
Georgia	3865101	2.89
North Carolina	3573710	2.67
Virginia	3562932	2.67
Tennessee	3097212	2.32
Indiana	3039819	2.27
Massachusetts	3023956	2.26
Washington	2950647	2.21
Maryland	2741133	2.05
Missouri	2691446	2.01
Alabama	2629143	1.97
Wisconsin	2549321	1.91
Minnesota	2393891	1.79
Colorado	2114555	1.58
Connecticut	2100144	1.57
Louisiana	1979339	1.48
Kentucky	1940126	1.45
Arizona	1898056	1.42
South Carolina	1818744	1.36
Iowa	1791146	1.34
Oklahoma	1637193	1.23
Oregon	1558088	1.17
Kansas	1318631	0.99
Mississippi	1269280	0.95
Arkansas	942083	0.71
Nebraska	904780	0.68
New Mexico	789624	0.59
Utah	777906	0.58
West Virginia	767745	0.57
New Hampshire	648955	0.49
Maine	637034	0.48
Idaho	618868	0.46
Hawaii	575340	0.43
Nevada	553011	0.41
Rhode Island	546313	0.41
South Dakota	444005	0.33
Montana	435431	0.33
Delaware	379370	0.28
North Dakota	364329	0.27
Vermont	303922	0.23
Wyoming	262879	0.20
Alaska	247886	0.19
District of Columbia	233590	0.18