US Number of Auto - Motor Vehicle Registrations By State in 2021

Updated on January 8, 2026.

Based on data from the US DOT, in 2021, there were 102,724,349 total Auto motor vehicle registrations in the US. Among all US states, California had the highest number of Auto motor vehicle registrations (14,268,528), followed by Florida (7,853,979), and Texas (7,784,067).

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 2021
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State Auto Registrations % of Total
California 14268528 13.89
Florida 7853979 7.65
Texas 7784067 7.58
Illinois 4117589 4.01
Ohio 4086521 3.98
Pennsylvania 3917586 3.81
Georgia 3497207 3.40
North Carolina 3280487 3.19
New York 3112030 3.03
Virginia 2978391 2.90
Washington 2977074 2.90
Michigan 2894828 2.82
New Jersey 2535248 2.47
Tennessee 2346547 2.28
Arizona 2258488 2.20
Maryland 2076393 2.02
Alabama 2065319 2.01
Massachusetts 1980433 1.93
South Carolina 1919529 1.87
Missouri 1916497 1.87
Indiana 1836779 1.79
Wisconsin 1825450 1.78
Minnesota 1729997 1.68
Kentucky 1567435 1.53
Colorado 1496310 1.46
Oregon 1357126 1.32
Louisiana 1279501 1.25
Iowa 1129061 1.10
Connecticut 1119278 1.09
Oklahoma 1056367 1.03
Nevada 1051677 1.02
Utah 990756 0.96
Arkansas 958639 0.93
Mississippi 893598 0.87
Kansas 856989 0.83
New Mexico 619690 0.60
Nebraska 604900 0.59
Idaho 569964 0.56
Hawaii 463874 0.45
Montana 463651 0.45
New Hampshire 458141 0.45
Maine 415725 0.41
West Virginia 359430 0.35
Rhode Island 338351 0.33
South Dakota 317697 0.31
North Dakota 212292 0.21
District of Columbia 199249 0.19
Wyoming 186583 0.18
Vermont 180025 0.18
Delaware 177980 0.17
Alaska 141093 0.14