US Number of Motorcycle - Motor Vehicle Registrations By State in 1997

Updated on January 8, 2026.

Based on data from the US DOT, in 1997, there were 3,826,373 total Motorcycle motor vehicle registrations in the US. Among all US states, California had the highest number of Motorcycle motor vehicle registrations (454,360), followed by Ohio (220,092), and Florida (209,473).

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 1997
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US Number of Motorcycle - Motor Vehicle Registrations By State in 1997
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State Motorcycle Registrations % of Total
California 454360 11.87
Ohio 220092 5.75
Florida 209473 5.47
Wisconsin 190673 4.98
Pennsylvania 183116 4.79
Illinois 181789 4.75
Michigan 155673 4.07
New York 135814 3.55
Texas 133423 3.49
Iowa 132000 3.45
Minnesota 123858 3.24
Washington 104553 2.73
Indiana 98476 2.57
Colorado 95162 2.49
New Jersey 94243 2.46
Massachusetts 88800 2.32
Georgia 75625 1.98
Arizona 74680 1.95
North Carolina 70216 1.84
Oregon 62836 1.64
Virginia 56338 1.47
Tennessee 56229 1.47
Missouri 55527 1.45
Oklahoma 52318 1.37
Connecticut 48537 1.27
Kansas 48054 1.26
New Hampshire 47312 1.24
South Carolina 39853 1.04
Alabama 39025 1.02
Maryland 38701 1.01
Kentucky 38658 1.01
Louisiana 38049 0.99
Idaho 35069 0.92
New Mexico 31392 0.82
Mississippi 30857 0.81
Maine 28166 0.74
South Dakota 24584 0.64
Nevada 23781 0.62
Utah 23175 0.61
Hawaii 21487 0.56
Montana 21406 0.56
Vermont 18856 0.49
Nebraska 18063 0.47
Rhode Island 17741 0.46
West Virginia 17655 0.46
North Dakota 16051 0.42
Wyoming 15261 0.40
Arkansas 14331 0.38
Alaska 13467 0.35
Delaware 9941 0.26
District of Columbia 1627 0.04