US Number of Motorcycle - Motor Vehicle Registrations By State in 2016

Updated on January 8, 2026.

Based on data from the US DOT, in 2016, there were 8,679,380 total Motorcycle motor vehicle registrations in the US. Among all US states, California had the highest number of Motorcycle motor vehicle registrations (842,106), followed by Florida (582,648), and Ohio (408,114).

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 2016
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US Number of Motorcycle - Motor Vehicle Registrations By State in 2016
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State Motorcycle Registrations % of Total
California 842106 9.70
Florida 582648 6.71
Ohio 408114 4.70
Pennsylvania 393037 4.53
New York 392771 4.53
Texas 374919 4.32
Wisconsin 335359 3.86
Illinois 314807 3.63
Montana 290295 3.35
Michigan 256651 2.96
Washington 236135 2.72
Minnesota 229377 2.64
Indiana 223603 2.58
Georgia 202391 2.33
North Carolina 195618 2.25
Iowa 192434 2.22
Virginia 191820 2.21
Colorado 190592 2.20
Tennessee 167961 1.94
Massachusetts 167829 1.93
Arizona 166583 1.92
Missouri 153580 1.77
New Jersey 151101 1.74
Oregon 136238 1.57
Oklahoma 135937 1.57
Maryland 123936 1.43
South Carolina 118105 1.36
South Dakota 114742 1.32
Louisiana 113599 1.31
Alabama 109703 1.26
Kentucky 106648 1.23
Kansas 96247 1.11
Arkansas 90838 1.05
Connecticut 86531 1.00
Utah 82623 0.95
New Hampshire 78218 0.90
Nevada 74562 0.86
Idaho 65939 0.76
New Mexico 61877 0.71
West Virginia 61090 0.70
Nebraska 55360 0.64
Maine 52374 0.60
North Dakota 39000 0.45
Alaska 31949 0.37
Hawaii 31146 0.36
Rhode Island 31137 0.36
Vermont 30976 0.36
Wyoming 30041 0.35
Mississippi 28239 0.33
Delaware 28158 0.32
District of Columbia 4436 0.05