US Number of Auto - Motor Vehicle Registrations By State in 1999

Updated on January 8, 2026.

Based on data from the US DOT, in 1999, there were 132,432,044 total Auto motor vehicle registrations in the US. Among all US states, California had the highest number of Auto motor vehicle registrations (16,657,441), followed by New York (7,892,118), and Texas (7,738,292).

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	16657441	12.58
New York	7892118	5.96
Texas	7738292	5.84
Florida	7304601	5.52
Ohio	6651554	5.02
Illinois	6307479	4.76
Pennsylvania	6071724	4.59
Michigan	5069808	3.83
New Jersey	4341182	3.28
Georgia	4011725	3.03
Massachusetts	3822524	2.89
Virginia	3769276	2.85
North Carolina	3423588	2.59
Indiana	3224493	2.44
Washington	2741257	2.07
Maryland	2665572	2.01
Tennessee	2621508	1.98
Missouri	2601830	1.97
Wisconsin	2520717	1.90
Minnesota	2265392	1.71
Colorado	2053579	1.55
Arizona	2037370	1.54
Connecticut	1994380	1.51
Louisiana	1964922	1.48
Alabama	1918032	1.45
South Carolina	1872502	1.41
Iowa	1723848	1.30
Kentucky	1592519	1.20
Oregon	1559972	1.18
Oklahoma	1524424	1.15
Mississippi	1299441	0.98
Kansas	1187320	0.90
Arkansas	945871	0.71
Utah	856699	0.65
Nebraska	833415	0.63
New Mexico	761012	0.57
West Virginia	759648	0.57
New Hampshire	678497	0.51
Nevada	620131	0.47
Maine	550537	0.42
Rhode Island	535034	0.40
Idaho	494220	0.37
Montana	455430	0.34
Hawaii	454341	0.34
Delaware	401917	0.30
South Dakota	379168	0.29
North Dakota	342786	0.26
Vermont	301914	0.23
Alaska	238202	0.18
District of Columbia	197070	0.15
Wyoming	195762	0.15