US Number of Auto - Motor Vehicle Registrations By State in 2004

Updated on January 8, 2026.

Based on data from the US DOT, in 2004, there were 136,430,651 total Auto motor vehicle registrations in the US. Among all US states, California had the highest number of Auto motor vehicle registrations (19,255,690), followed by Texas (8,735,544), and New York (8,548,783).

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 2004
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State Auto Registrations % of Total
California 19255690 14.11
Texas 8735544 6.40
New York 8548783 6.27
Florida 8440792 6.19
Ohio 6452386 4.73
Pennsylvania 6000676 4.40
Illinois 5652494 4.14
Michigan 4680729 3.43
Georgia 4222236 3.10
Virginia 4091334 3.00
New Jersey 4016485 2.94
North Carolina 3657863 2.68
Massachusetts 3504943 2.57
Indiana 3067260 2.25
Washington 3034253 2.22
Tennessee 2889051 2.12
Missouri 2698085 1.98
Wisconsin 2591731 1.90
Maryland 2547973 1.87
Minnesota 2502190 1.83
Arizona 2055202 1.51
Connecticut 2047031 1.50
Louisiana 1973399 1.45
South Carolina 1922964 1.41
Iowa 1882364 1.38
Kentucky 1881213 1.38
Alabama 1693741 1.24
Oklahoma 1634376 1.20
Oregon 1475253 1.08
Mississippi 1123242 0.82
Utah 1036674 0.76
Arkansas 960085 0.70
Colorado 894582 0.66
Kansas 852648 0.63
Nebraska 842363 0.62
West Virginia 740834 0.54
New Mexico 695825 0.51
New Hampshire 672560 0.49
Nevada 642818 0.47
Maine 608700 0.45
Idaho 574825 0.42
Hawaii 539845 0.40
Rhode Island 531872 0.39
Montana 433160 0.32
Delaware 422755 0.31
South Dakota 395975 0.29
North Dakota 347009 0.25
Vermont 280158 0.21
Alaska 255068 0.19
Wyoming 234382 0.17
District of Columbia 189230 0.14