US Number of Motorcycle - Motor Vehicle Registrations By State in 1998

Updated on January 8, 2026.

Based on data from the US DOT, in 1998, there were 3,879,450 total Motorcycle motor vehicle registrations in the US. Among all US states, California had the highest number of Motorcycle motor vehicle registrations (403,971), followed by Ohio (229,306), and Florida (221,966).

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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State	Motorcycle Registrations	% of Total
California	403971	10.41
Ohio	229306	5.91
Florida	221966	5.72
Illinois	204225	5.26
Pennsylvania	191073	4.93
Wisconsin	170329	4.39
Michigan	154358	3.98
Texas	149175	3.85
New York	138846	3.58
Iowa	128540	3.31
Minnesota	128097	3.30
Washington	106352	2.74
Indiana	102848	2.65
New Jersey	100564	2.59
Massachusetts	99583	2.57
Colorado	97236	2.51
Georgia	86273	2.22
North Carolina	75002	1.93
Oregon	64506	1.66
Tennessee	59620	1.54
Virginia	57582	1.48
Arizona	54373	1.40
Missouri	53653	1.38
Oklahoma	53326	1.38
Connecticut	50594	1.30
Kansas	47634	1.23
New Hampshire	46040	1.19
Alabama	44540	1.15
Maryland	42636	1.10
South Carolina	41116	1.06
Kentucky	39901	1.03
Louisiana	39638	1.02
Idaho	34530	0.89
New Mexico	32364	0.83
Mississippi	31138	0.80
Maine	28117	0.73
South Dakota	25210	0.65
Nevada	24709	0.64
Utah	24470	0.63
West Virginia	22496	0.58
Montana	21582	0.56
Arkansas	21070	0.54
Hawaii	20445	0.53
Nebraska	18662	0.48
Rhode Island	17673	0.46
Vermont	16684	0.43
North Dakota	16167	0.42
Wyoming	15799	0.41
Alaska	13695	0.35
Delaware	10174	0.26
District of Columbia	1562	0.04