US Number of Motorcycle - Motor Vehicle Registrations By State in 2003

Updated on January 8, 2026.

Based on data from the US DOT, in 2003, there were 5,370,035 total Motorcycle motor vehicle registrations in the US. Among all US states, California had the highest number of Motorcycle motor vehicle registrations (562,176), followed by Florida (392,420), and Ohio (286,378).

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 2003
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State Motorcycle Registrations % of Total
California 562176 10.47
Florida 392420 7.31
Ohio 286378 5.33
Pennsylvania 268990 5.01
Texas 261553 4.87
Illinois 261038 4.86
Wisconsin 240519 4.48
Michigan 215698 4.02
Arizona 209215 3.90
Minnesota 174706 3.25
New York 150756 2.81
Indiana 144310 2.69
Washington 141945 2.64
New Jersey 140383 2.61
Iowa 140000 2.61
Massachusetts 130355 2.43
Georgia 118671 2.21
North Carolina 95598 1.78
Tennessee 93814 1.75
Oregon 75149 1.40
Missouri 73828 1.38
Virginia 73692 1.37
Oklahoma 72705 1.35
Alabama 70859 1.32
Montana 66017 1.23
Maryland 63994 1.19
Connecticut 63071 1.17
New Hampshire 59692 1.11
Louisiana 57275 1.07
South Carolina 57177 1.07
Kansas 56356 1.05
Kentucky 50932 0.95
Idaho 43951 0.82
Arkansas 38500 0.72
Utah 38131 0.71
South Dakota 37549 0.70
Nevada 37206 0.69
Maine 34923 0.65
New Mexico 32544 0.61
Wyoming 27816 0.52
Nebraska 27233 0.51
Mississippi 26998 0.50
Vermont 26332 0.49
Rhode Island 24589 0.46
Hawaii 22394 0.42
Alaska 19615 0.37
West Virginia 19291 0.36
North Dakota 19154 0.36
Delaware 15008 0.28
Colorado 8013 0.15
District of Columbia 1516 0.03