US Number of Auto - Motor Vehicle Registrations By State in 1996

Updated on January 8, 2026.

Based on data from the US DOT, in 1996, there were 129,728,341 total Auto motor vehicle registrations in the US. Among all US states, California had the highest number of Auto motor vehicle registrations (15,398,720), followed by New York (7,984,694), and Texas (7,579,106).

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 1996
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State Auto Registrations % of Total
California 15398720 11.87
New York 7984694 6.16
Texas 7579106 5.84
Florida 7285563 5.62
Ohio 6609252 5.10
Illinois 6293249 4.85
Pennsylvania 5935633 4.58
Michigan 5090734 3.92
New Jersey 4397727 3.39
Georgia 3840559 2.96
Virginia 3637721 2.80
Massachusetts 3543725 2.73
North Carolina 3508344 2.70
Indiana 3166841 2.44
Tennessee 2996632 2.31
Washington 2636630 2.03
Missouri 2576039 1.99
Maryland 2570020 1.98
Wisconsin 2473218 1.91
Minnesota 2273431 1.75
Connecticut 1941328 1.50
Louisiana 1903241 1.47
Colorado 1900913 1.47
Arizona 1765844 1.36
South Carolina 1763547 1.36
Alabama 1761297 1.36
Oklahoma 1685876 1.30
Iowa 1653777 1.27
Kentucky 1606199 1.24
Oregon 1527945 1.18
Mississippi 1267644 0.98
Kansas 1158107 0.89
Arkansas 862334 0.67
Utah 811383 0.63
Nebraska 807246 0.62
West Virginia 802120 0.62
New Mexico 772175 0.60
New Hampshire 736751 0.57
Nevada 619282 0.48
Maine 578024 0.45
Rhode Island 510951 0.39
Hawaii 505424 0.39
Idaho 484745 0.37
Montana 437080 0.34
Delaware 398155 0.31
South Dakota 370349 0.28
North Dakota 338132 0.26
Vermont 300955 0.23
Wyoming 231480 0.18
Alaska 228477 0.18
District of Columbia 199722 0.15