US Number of Auto - Motor Vehicle Registrations By State in 2012

Updated on January 8, 2026.

Based on data from the US DOT, in 2012, there were 111,289,910 total Auto motor vehicle registrations in the US. Among all US states, California had the highest number of Auto motor vehicle registrations (13,223,822), followed by Texas (7,821,859), and Florida (7,535,856).

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	13223822	11.88
Texas	7821859	7.03
Florida	7535856	6.77
New York	5076204	4.56
Pennsylvania	4774517	4.29
Ohio	4738058	4.26
Illinois	4717657	4.24
New Jersey	3971265	3.57
North Carolina	3445365	3.10
Michigan	3408669	3.06
Georgia	3321507	2.99
Virginia	3305911	2.97
Washington	2542747	2.29
Massachusetts	2481482	2.23
Indiana	2439141	2.19
Missouri	2398353	2.15
Tennessee	2232584	2.01
Wisconsin	2221497	2.00
Minnesota	2148272	1.93
Arizona	2124041	1.91
Alabama	2042489	1.84
Maryland	1968035	1.77
Colorado	1746188	1.57
South Carolina	1712854	1.54
Kentucky	1533919	1.38
Louisiana	1499813	1.35
Oregon	1455989	1.31
Connecticut	1387079	1.25
Oklahoma	1361339	1.22
Iowa	1343336	1.21
Kansas	959718	0.86
Nevada	932805	0.84
Arkansas	881272	0.79
Mississippi	847669	0.76
Utah	832197	0.75
Nebraska	732238	0.66
New Mexico	675737	0.61
Idaho	577382	0.52
New Hampshire	560416	0.50
West Virginia	537131	0.48
Hawaii	521804	0.47
Maine	474622	0.43
Rhode Island	456426	0.41
Delaware	442113	0.40
Montana	433264	0.39
South Dakota	331662	0.30
Vermont	251437	0.23
North Dakota	249181	0.22
Wyoming	212789	0.19
District of Columbia	207048	0.19
Alaska	193151	0.17