US Number of Auto - Motor Vehicle Registrations By State in 2009

Updated on January 8, 2026.

Based on data from the US DOT, in 2009, there were 134,879,600 total Auto motor vehicle registrations in the US. Among all US states, California had the highest number of Auto motor vehicle registrations (19,972,837), followed by Texas (8,830,974), and New York (8,725,551).

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 2009
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State Auto Registrations % of Total
California 19972837 14.81
Texas 8830974 6.55
New York 8725551 6.47
Florida 7597789 5.63
Ohio 6318803 4.68
Illinois 5824074 4.32
Pennsylvania 5818056 4.31
Michigan 4371772 3.24
Georgia 4134274 3.07
Virginia 3732468 2.77
New Jersey 3705322 2.75
North Carolina 3451087 2.56
Indiana 3135608 2.33
Massachusetts 3128371 2.32
Washington 3101571 2.30
Tennessee 2854803 2.12
Maryland 2597592 1.93
Missouri 2559639 1.90
Wisconsin 2526673 1.87
Minnesota 2506177 1.86
Arizona 2228172 1.65
Alabama 2171584 1.61
Connecticut 1983114 1.47
South Carolina 1974494 1.46
Kentucky 1952420 1.45
Louisiana 1940586 1.44
Iowa 1736330 1.29
Oklahoma 1670353 1.24
Oregon 1439985 1.07
Utah 1217120 0.90
Mississippi 1155792 0.86
Arkansas 947406 0.70
Kansas 874869 0.65
Nebraska 784194 0.58
Nevada 706912 0.52
West Virginia 700103 0.52
New Mexico 698100 0.52
Colorado 640899 0.48
New Hampshire 639635 0.47
Idaho 563021 0.42
Maine 538469 0.40
Rhode Island 481905 0.36
Delaware 463779 0.34
Hawaii 448535 0.33
South Dakota 401661 0.30
Montana 370107 0.27
North Dakota 347356 0.26
Vermont 292317 0.22
Alaska 236223 0.18
Wyoming 214199 0.16
District of Columbia 166519 0.12