US Number of Auto - Motor Vehicle Registrations By State in 2017

Updated on January 8, 2026.

Based on data from the US DOT, in 2017, there were 111,177,029 total Auto motor vehicle registrations in the US. Among all US states, California had the highest number of Auto motor vehicle registrations (14,860,967), followed by Texas (8,176,879), and Florida (7,778,493).

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 2017
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State Auto Registrations % of Total
California 14860967 13.37
Texas 8176879 7.36
Florida 7778493 7.00
Illinois 4655844 4.19
Ohio 4605459 4.14
New York 4563035 4.10
Pennsylvania 4463267 4.01
Georgia 3536055 3.18
North Carolina 3317918 2.98
Michigan 3257473 2.93
Virginia 3251339 2.92
Washington 2925765 2.63
New Jersey 2798699 2.52
Arizona 2391624 2.15
Tennessee 2325004 2.09
Indiana 2261440 2.03
Massachusetts 2208468 1.99
Minnesota 2146187 1.93
Missouri 2141050 1.93
Wisconsin 2092584 1.88
Alabama 2065463 1.86
Maryland 2006904 1.81
South Carolina 1808401 1.63
Colorado 1785058 1.61
Kentucky 1691085 1.52
Oregon 1542461 1.39
Louisiana 1389436 1.25
Oklahoma 1337624 1.20
Connecticut 1302339 1.17
Iowa 1268996 1.14
Nevada 1047508 0.94
Kansas 987259 0.89
Arkansas 926789 0.83
Utah 925052 0.83
Mississippi 822864 0.74
Nebraska 677040 0.61
New Mexico 609494 0.55
West Virginia 562984 0.51
Idaho 550006 0.50
Hawaii 512386 0.46
New Hampshire 505381 0.46
Montana 441392 0.40
Rhode Island 420313 0.38
Delaware 419199 0.38
Maine 387233 0.35
South Dakota 353180 0.32
North Dakota 276545 0.25
Vermont 221936 0.20
District of Columbia 208141 0.19
Wyoming 193523 0.17
Alaska 173487 0.16