US Number of Motorcycle - Motor Vehicle Registrations By State in 1990

Updated on January 8, 2026.

Based on data from the US DOT, in 1990, there were 4,259,462 total Motorcycle motor vehicle registrations in the US. Among all US states, California had the highest number of Motorcycle motor vehicle registrations (640,554), followed by Ohio (228,408), and Florida (205,827).

The chart below shows the Motorcycle motor vehicle registrations by state. The table below shows the number of Motorcycle 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 Motorcycle - Motor Vehicle Registrations By State in 1990
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US Number of Motorcycle - Motor Vehicle Registrations By State in 1990
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State Motorcycle Registrations % of Total
California 640554 15.04
Ohio 228408 5.36
Florida 205827 4.83
New York 197935 4.65
Wisconsin 189102 4.44
Illinois 179962 4.22
Michigan 176524 4.14
Texas 174334 4.09
Iowa 173367 4.07
Pennsylvania 173301 4.07
Minnesota 122476 2.88
Washington 119318 2.80
Colorado 108433 2.55
Indiana 96712 2.27
New Jersey 86439 2.03
Tennessee 80478 1.89
Arizona 79554 1.87
Kansas 75696 1.78
Georgia 74463 1.75
Missouri 67751 1.59
Oregon 64088 1.51
Virginia 61884 1.45
Oklahoma 60838 1.43
North Carolina 57079 1.34
Maryland 56124 1.32
Massachusetts 55730 1.31
Connecticut 51443 1.21
Alabama 43871 1.03
Idaho 41974 0.99
New Hampshire 39533 0.93
Maine 37795 0.89
Kentucky 34509 0.81
New Mexico 33464 0.79
South Carolina 31087 0.73
Louisiana 30065 0.71
South Dakota 29959 0.70
Utah 28172 0.66
Mississippi 26090 0.61
Rhode Island 23605 0.55
West Virginia 22138 0.52
Nebraska 22105 0.52
Montana 21994 0.52
Hawaii 20424 0.48
Wyoming 20310 0.48
North Dakota 20176 0.47
Nevada 19257 0.45
Vermont 17590 0.41
Arkansas 14556 0.34
Alaska 11541 0.27
Delaware 8867 0.21
District of Columbia 2560 0.06