US Number of Motorcycle - Motor Vehicle Registrations By State in 2017

Updated on January 8, 2026.

Based on data from the US DOT, in 2017, there were 8,715,204 total Motorcycle motor vehicle registrations in the US. Among all US states, California had the highest number of Motorcycle motor vehicle registrations (842,543), followed by Florida (586,267), and Ohio (410,187).

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 2017
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State Motorcycle Registrations % of Total
California 842543 9.67
Florida 586267 6.73
Ohio 410187 4.71
New York 392178 4.50
Pennsylvania 377158 4.33
Texas 364690 4.18
Illinois 333943 3.83
Wisconsin 324670 3.73
Montana 306655 3.52
Michigan 258487 2.97
Indiana 250579 2.88
Minnesota 241556 2.77
Washington 231401 2.66
Georgia 203922 2.34
Iowa 194603 2.23
Virginia 193951 2.23
Colorado 190002 2.18
North Carolina 188843 2.17
Massachusetts 168931 1.94
Tennessee 165968 1.90
Arizona 164055 1.88
New Jersey 152979 1.76
Oregon 142738 1.64
Missouri 138294 1.59
Oklahoma 136190 1.56
Maryland 118277 1.36
South Carolina 118132 1.36
South Dakota 117461 1.35
Louisiana 113664 1.30
Alabama 112185 1.29
Kentucky 101163 1.16
Kansas 95892 1.10
Connecticut 90131 1.03
Arkansas 89457 1.03
Utah 83993 0.96
New Hampshire 78798 0.90
Nevada 76032 0.87
Idaho 63297 0.73
West Virginia 60582 0.70
New Mexico 57718 0.66
Nebraska 55736 0.64
North Dakota 51941 0.60
Maine 51467 0.59
Hawaii 35576 0.41
Alaska 31859 0.37
Vermont 30955 0.36
Rhode Island 30914 0.36
Wyoming 28960 0.33
Mississippi 28124 0.32
Delaware 27810 0.32
District of Columbia 4290 0.05