US Number of Auto - Motor Vehicle Registrations By State in 2005

Updated on January 8, 2026.

Based on data from the US DOT, in 2005, there were 136,568,083 total Auto motor vehicle registrations in the US. Among all US states, California had the highest number of Auto motor vehicle registrations (19,638,969), followed by New York (8,973,047), and Texas (8,911,818).

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 2005
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State Auto Registrations % of Total
California 19638969 14.38
New York 8973047 6.57
Texas 8911818 6.53
Florida 8311702 6.09
Ohio 6362255 4.66
Pennsylvania 5888278 4.31
Illinois 5704638 4.18
Michigan 4753156 3.48
Georgia 4208585 3.08
Virginia 4066886 2.98
New Jersey 3957193 2.90
North Carolina 3583762 2.62
Massachusetts 3367754 2.47
Washington 3061330 2.24
Tennessee 2832604 2.07
Indiana 2694941 1.97
Maryland 2596879 1.90
Wisconsin 2562357 1.88
Missouri 2539266 1.86
Minnesota 2505986 1.84
Arizona 2120631 1.55
Connecticut 2028005 1.49
Louisiana 1960105 1.44
South Carolina 1933281 1.42
Oklahoma 1932704 1.42
Kentucky 1914028 1.40
Iowa 1841522 1.35
Alabama 1761909 1.29
Oregon 1392768 1.02
Mississippi 1118672 0.82
Utah 1090043 0.80
Arkansas 951430 0.70
Kansas 865196 0.63
Colorado 859018 0.63
Nebraska 836387 0.61
West Virginia 699765 0.51
New Mexico 686258 0.50
Nevada 673083 0.49
New Hampshire 652343 0.48
Maine 588851 0.43
Idaho 583274 0.43
Hawaii 517817 0.38
Rhode Island 516728 0.38
Montana 433181 0.32
Delaware 427740 0.31
South Dakota 384673 0.28
North Dakota 341469 0.25
Vermont 269324 0.20
Alaska 249560 0.18
Wyoming 231853 0.17
District of Columbia 185059 0.14