US Number of Auto - Motor Vehicle Registrations By State in 2008

Updated on January 8, 2026.

Based on data from the US DOT, in 2008, there were 137,079,843 total Auto motor vehicle registrations in the US. Among all US states, California had the highest number of Auto motor vehicle registrations (19,919,068), followed by Texas (8,830,985), and New York (8,576,151).

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 2008
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State Auto Registrations % of Total
California 19919068 14.53
Texas 8830985 6.44
New York 8576151 6.26
Florida 8180462 5.97
Ohio 6413063 4.68
Pennsylvania 6086264 4.44
Illinois 5779977 4.22
Michigan 4388023 3.20
Georgia 4260495 3.11
Virginia 3881087 2.83
New Jersey 3826995 2.79
North Carolina 3572277 2.61
Washington 3299259 2.41
Massachusetts 3236056 2.36
Indiana 3135611 2.29
Tennessee 2833546 2.07
Wisconsin 2659162 1.94
Maryland 2650579 1.93
Missouri 2620559 1.91
Minnesota 2543559 1.86
Arizona 2234963 1.63
Alabama 2220095 1.62
Connecticut 2018461 1.47
South Carolina 1996617 1.46
Kentucky 1972534 1.44
Louisiana 1957262 1.43
Iowa 1798052 1.31
Oklahoma 1654409 1.21
Oregon 1463189 1.07
Utah 1192191 0.87
Mississippi 1155133 0.84
Arkansas 957446 0.70
Kansas 884039 0.65
Nebraska 816515 0.60
Colorado 734665 0.54
West Virginia 700301 0.51
Nevada 699041 0.51
New Mexico 692415 0.51
New Hampshire 650130 0.47
Maine 561893 0.41
Idaho 534911 0.39
Rhode Island 490628 0.36
Hawaii 488217 0.36
Delaware 461882 0.34
Montana 375757 0.27
South Dakota 347408 0.25
North Dakota 346622 0.25
Vermont 306690 0.22
Wyoming 261294 0.19
Alaska 242650 0.18
District of Columbia 171255 0.13