US Number of Auto - Motor Vehicle Registrations By State in 1991

Updated on January 8, 2026.

Based on data from the US DOT, in 1991, there were 128,299,601 total Auto motor vehicle registrations in the US. Among all US states, California had the highest number of Auto motor vehicle registrations (15,017,681), followed by Texas (7,912,725), and New York (7,729,805).

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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US Number of Auto - Motor Vehicle Registrations By State in 1991
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US Number of Auto - Motor Vehicle Registrations By State in 1991
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State Auto Registrations % of Total
California 15017681 11.71
Texas 7912725 6.17
New York 7729805 6.03
Florida 7135394 5.56
Ohio 6344715 4.95
Illinois 6046682 4.71
Pennsylvania 5747840 4.48
Michigan 5001380 3.90
New Jersey 4354315 3.39
Georgia 3879128 3.02
Virginia 3505220 2.73
North Carolina 3461570 2.70
Tennessee 3041367 2.37
Indiana 2957777 2.31
Massachusetts 2897572 2.26
Washington 2876768 2.24
Maryland 2693211 2.10
Missouri 2598722 2.03
Alabama 2214858 1.73
Wisconsin 2183538 1.70
Minnesota 2160588 1.68
Connecticut 2035154 1.59
Louisiana 1953115 1.52
Colorado 1929053 1.50
Kentucky 1899035 1.48
Arizona 1840969 1.44
Iowa 1733477 1.35
South Carolina 1712422 1.34
Oklahoma 1573573 1.23
Oregon 1503586 1.17
Mississippi 1208822 0.94
Kansas 1189070 0.93
Arkansas 873479 0.68
Nebraska 866514 0.68
West Virginia 814048 0.63
Utah 762179 0.59
New Mexico 758560 0.59
Maine 623924 0.49
New Hampshire 613873 0.48
Idaho 568229 0.44
Hawaii 552084 0.43
Nevada 545584 0.43
Rhode Island 501554 0.39
South Dakota 414182 0.32
Montana 404194 0.32
Delaware 375499 0.29
North Dakota 344769 0.27
Vermont 285193 0.22
Alaska 230821 0.18
District of Columbia 213691 0.17
Wyoming 212092 0.17