US Number of Auto - Motor Vehicle Registrations By State in 2002

Updated on January 8, 2026.

Based on data from the US DOT, in 2002, there were 135,920,677 total Auto motor vehicle registrations in the US. Among all US states, California had the highest number of Auto motor vehicle registrations (18,449,629), followed by Florida (8,471,458), and New York (7,924,325).

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	18449629	13.57
Florida	8471458	6.23
New York	7924325	5.83
Texas	7808911	5.75
Ohio	6553274	4.82
Illinois	6099582	4.49
Pennsylvania	6072248	4.47
Michigan	4874315	3.59
New Jersey	4502809	3.31
Georgia	4211547	3.10
Virginia	4011475	2.95
North Carolina	3687139	2.71
Massachusetts	3636333	2.68
Indiana	3216400	2.37
Washington	2979789	2.19
Tennessee	2805063	2.06
Wisconsin	2586648	1.90
Maryland	2523020	1.86
Minnesota	2503849	1.84
Missouri	2481695	1.83
Arizona	2237596	1.65
Kentucky	2087841	1.54
Connecticut	2026792	1.49
Louisiana	1988568	1.46
South Carolina	1959711	1.44
Iowa	1861830	1.37
Alabama	1801678	1.33
Oklahoma	1621817	1.19
Oregon	1559986	1.15
Mississippi	1136337	0.84
Utah	968327	0.71
Arkansas	960263	0.71
Colorado	956817	0.70
Kansas	843199	0.62
Nebraska	841430	0.62
West Virginia	782397	0.58
New Mexico	715474	0.53
New Hampshire	681842	0.50
Nevada	650178	0.48
Idaho	598116	0.44
Maine	583361	0.43
Rhode Island	538771	0.40
Hawaii	532348	0.39
Montana	466043	0.34
Delaware	416503	0.31
South Dakota	389260	0.29
North Dakota	348075	0.26
Vermont	298388	0.22
Alaska	255217	0.19
Wyoming	220408	0.16
District of Columbia	192595	0.14