US Number of Auto - Motor Vehicle Registrations By State in 1997

Updated on January 8, 2026.

Based on data from the US DOT, in 1997, there were 129,748,704 total Auto motor vehicle registrations in the US. Among all US states, California had the highest number of Auto motor vehicle registrations (15,705,806), followed by New York (8,063,496), and Florida (7,374,840).

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 1997
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US Number of Auto - Motor Vehicle Registrations By State in 1997
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State Auto Registrations % of Total
California 15705806 12.11
New York 8063496 6.22
Florida 7374840 5.68
Texas 7085404 5.46
Ohio 6700396 5.16
Pennsylvania 6050365 4.66
Illinois 5853560 4.51
Michigan 5110851 3.94
New Jersey 4268888 3.29
Massachusetts 3832386 2.95
Georgia 3688005 2.84
Virginia 3630241 2.80
North Carolina 3479993 2.68
Indiana 3247725 2.50
Tennessee 2755950 2.12
Washington 2690616 2.07
Maryland 2628171 2.03
Wisconsin 2551207 1.97
Missouri 2549791 1.97
Minnesota 2317021 1.79
Connecticut 1963185 1.51
Louisiana 1930142 1.49
Colorado 1919850 1.48
Alabama 1905811 1.47
Arizona 1852690 1.43
South Carolina 1765458 1.36
Iowa 1636347 1.26
Kentucky 1633671 1.26
Oregon 1578081 1.22
Oklahoma 1528947 1.18
Mississippi 1262969 0.97
Kansas 1137271 0.88
Arkansas 857314 0.66
Utah 850812 0.66
Nebraska 811678 0.63
New Mexico 779596 0.60
West Virginia 754685 0.58
New Hampshire 739132 0.57
Nevada 659079 0.51
Maine 637418 0.49
Rhode Island 515446 0.40
Idaho 494486 0.38
Montana 455140 0.35
Hawaii 442889 0.34
Delaware 403797 0.31
South Dakota 377737 0.29
North Dakota 336610 0.26
Vermont 290593 0.22
Alaska 224770 0.17
Wyoming 222311 0.17
District of Columbia 196077 0.15