US Number of Auto - Motor Vehicle Registrations By State in 2001

Updated on January 8, 2026.

Based on data from the US DOT, in 2001, there were 137,633,467 total Auto motor vehicle registrations in the US. Among all US states, California had the highest number of Auto motor vehicle registrations (17,918,760), followed by Florida (8,937,563), and Texas (7,724,309).

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	17918760	13.02
Florida	8937563	6.49
Texas	7724309	5.61
New York	7597371	5.52
Ohio	6666033	4.84
Illinois	6424601	4.67
Pennsylvania	6231291	4.53
Michigan	4903195	3.56
New Jersey	4517906	3.28
Georgia	4084746	2.97
Virginia	3976364	2.89
North Carolina	3713667	2.70
Massachusetts	3530955	2.57
Indiana	3229359	2.35
Tennessee	3011787	2.19
Washington	2903201	2.11
Maryland	2595892	1.89
Wisconsin	2579061	1.87
Minnesota	2564940	1.86
Missouri	2490721	1.81
Colorado	2367565	1.72
Arizona	2263970	1.65
Kentucky	2122875	1.54
Connecticut	2051140	1.49
Louisiana	1994403	1.45
South Carolina	1919405	1.40
Iowa	1870457	1.36
Alabama	1765088	1.28
Oklahoma	1748889	1.27
Oregon	1559228	1.13
Mississippi	1147240	0.83
Arkansas	973531	0.71
Utah	924021	0.67
Kansas	842312	0.61
Nebraska	833979	0.61
West Virginia	786539	0.57
New Hampshire	684378	0.50
Nevada	679137	0.49
New Mexico	671132	0.49
Maine	617781	0.45
Idaho	577762	0.42
Rhode Island	536246	0.39
Hawaii	528622	0.38
Montana	460024	0.33
Delaware	410464	0.30
South Dakota	389032	0.28
North Dakota	347620	0.25
Vermont	301765	0.22
Alaska	242293	0.18
Wyoming	211154	0.15
District of Columbia	203693	0.15