US Number of Auto - Motor Vehicle Registrations By State in 1998

Updated on January 8, 2026.

Based on data from the US DOT, in 1998, there were 131,838,538 total Auto motor vehicle registrations in the US. Among all US states, California had the highest number of Auto motor vehicle registrations (16,174,220), followed by New York (7,664,320), and Texas (7,455,714).

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 1998
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State Auto Registrations % of Total
California 16174220 12.27
New York 7664320 5.81
Texas 7455714 5.66
Florida 7437597 5.64
Ohio 6664356 5.06
Illinois 6425276 4.87
Pennsylvania 6131725 4.65
Michigan 5104781 3.87
New Jersey 4215195 3.20
Georgia 4032998 3.06
Massachusetts 3782940 2.87
Virginia 3774372 2.86
North Carolina 3530711 2.68
Indiana 3273026 2.48
Washington 2776482 2.11
Tennessee 2695539 2.05
Maryland 2621923 1.99
Missouri 2600722 1.97
Wisconsin 2544109 1.93
Minnesota 2412412 1.83
Alabama 2062734 1.57
Connecticut 1998457 1.52
Louisiana 1966954 1.49
Colorado 1843385 1.40
South Carolina 1822640 1.38
Iowa 1737582 1.32
Arizona 1728185 1.31
Kentucky 1715524 1.30
Oregon 1588313 1.21
Oklahoma 1548949 1.18
Mississippi 1250200 0.95
Kansas 1127367 0.86
Arkansas 928958 0.71
Utah 850487 0.65
Nebraska 834188 0.63
New Mexico 821031 0.62
West Virginia 776583 0.59
New Hampshire 687770 0.52
Nevada 665940 0.51
Maine 565338 0.43
Rhode Island 522292 0.40
Idaho 501509 0.38
Montana 458116 0.35
Hawaii 449731 0.34
Delaware 416709 0.32
South Dakota 381752 0.29
North Dakota 330275 0.25
Vermont 295664 0.22
Alaska 232170 0.18
Wyoming 219220 0.17
District of Columbia 192097 0.15