US Number of Auto - Motor Vehicle Registrations By State in 2016

Updated on January 8, 2026.

Based on data from the US DOT, in 2016, there were 112,961,266 total Auto motor vehicle registrations in the US. Among all US states, California had the highest number of Auto motor vehicle registrations (14,768,392), followed by Texas (8,287,254), and Florida (7,855,250).

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 2016
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State Auto Registrations % of Total
California 14768392 13.07
Texas 8287254 7.34
Florida 7855250 6.95
New York 4890916 4.33
Ohio 4693947 4.16
Pennsylvania 4640471 4.11
Illinois 4524709 4.01
North Carolina 3546363 3.14
Georgia 3538180 3.13
Michigan 3248359 2.88
Virginia 3242520 2.87
Washington 2935656 2.60
New Jersey 2847881 2.52
Arizona 2377962 2.11
Tennessee 2347806 2.08
Indiana 2330172 2.06
Massachusetts 2305471 2.04
Alabama 2284443 2.02
Missouri 2247914 1.99
Wisconsin 2159924 1.91
Minnesota 2081723 1.84
Maryland 1976021 1.75
South Carolina 1840357 1.63
Colorado 1807777 1.60
Kentucky 1713590 1.52
Oregon 1483576 1.31
Louisiana 1425349 1.26
Oklahoma 1379222 1.22
Connecticut 1352381 1.20
Iowa 1303131 1.15
Nevada 1047362 0.93
Kansas 980359 0.87
Arkansas 942604 0.83
Utah 940604 0.83
Mississippi 840737 0.74
Nebraska 700277 0.62
New Mexico 661197 0.59
Idaho 607902 0.54
West Virginia 584599 0.52
New Hampshire 529491 0.47
Hawaii 516544 0.46
Delaware 447007 0.40
Montana 441201 0.39
Rhode Island 436247 0.39
Maine 409229 0.36
South Dakota 364576 0.32
North Dakota 243338 0.22
Vermont 229570 0.20
Wyoming 211613 0.19
District of Columbia 206833 0.18
Alaska 183259 0.16