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Registered automobiles in South Carolina

Registered automobiles in South Carolina was 1.72 million in 2024, according to the Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. That is down 7.8% from 2023. That is the 19th highest of 51 states in 2024.

2024, count1,720,378
Change on 2023-7.8%
Rank19th of 51US states ranked
Series high2,030,6322010
Series low1,712,8542012

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Registered automobiles in South Carolina, 2010 to 2024

1.7M1.8M1.9M2M2.1M201020132016201920242010: 2,030,632 count2011: 1,983,691 count2012: 1,712,854 count2013: 1,750,642 count2014: 1,754,081 count2015: 1,784,004 count2016: 1,840,357 count2017: 1,808,401 count2018: 1,830,186 count2019: 1,801,243 count2020: 1,767,348 count2021: 1,919,529 count2022: 1,921,883 count2023: 1,865,739 count2024: 1,720,378 count1.7M1.8M1.9M2M2.1M20102015202020242010: 2,030,632 count2011: 1,983,691 count2012: 1,712,854 count2013: 1,750,642 count2014: 1,754,081 count2015: 1,784,004 count2016: 1,840,357 count2017: 1,808,401 count2018: 1,830,186 count2019: 1,801,243 count2020: 1,767,348 count2021: 1,919,529 count2022: 1,921,883 count2023: 1,865,739 count2024: 1,720,378 count
count. Source: FHWA, Table MV-1, State Motor-Vehicle Registrations (automobiles, total), United States and states. Retrieved 2026-10-18, published 2026-02-23.
All 15 values
Periodcount
20241,720,378
20231,865,739
20221,921,883
20211,919,529
20201,767,348
20191,801,243
20181,830,186
20171,808,401
20161,840,357
20151,784,004
20141,754,081
20131,750,642
20121,712,854
20111,983,691
20102,030,632

Compared with United States

Place2024
South Carolina1,720,378
United States97,413,321

South Carolina compared with nearby places

Alabama: 1,937,330 countAlaska: 122,678 countArizona: 2,287,531 countArkansas: 911,769 countCalifornia: 12,979,522 countColorado: 1,356,526 countConnecticut: 1,028,799 countDelaware: 148,493 countDistrict of Columbia: 150,476 countFlorida: 7,210,114 countGeorgia: 3,206,610 countHawaii: 422,292 countIdaho: 510,516 countIllinois: 3,514,238 countIndiana: 1,791,108 countIowa: 1,006,994 countKansas: 594,786 countKentucky: 1,458,659 countLouisiana: 1,370,563 countMaine: 312,473 countMaryland: 1,908,452 countMassachusetts: 1,706,714 countMichigan: 2,494,236 countMinnesota: 1,609,042 countMississippi: 756,941 countMissouri: 1,645,714 countMontana: 525,226 countNebraska: 561,111 countNevada: 843,099 countNew Hampshire: 391,064 countNew Jersey: 2,275,055 countNew Mexico: 590,034 countNew York: 6,474,059 countNorth Carolina: 3,005,649 countNorth Dakota: 215,289 countOhio: 3,805,614 countOklahoma: 1,061,114 countOregon: 1,308,985 countPennsylvania: 3,371,581 countRhode Island: 308,699 countSouth Carolina: 1,720,378 countSouth Dakota: 282,489 countTennessee: 2,253,028 countTexas: 7,281,613 countUtah: 970,972 countVermont: 164,231 countVirginia: 2,833,864 countWashington: 2,535,919 countWest Virginia: 398,614 countWisconsin: 1,626,951 countWyoming: 166,107 count
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  • 1.4M to 1.8M
  • 1.8M to 2.9M
  • 2.9M and over
Registered automobiles, 2024, count. South Carolina is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

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Definition

Automobiles registered during the year, taxicabs included.

More on how it is measured
  • FHWA Highway Statistics table MV-1 counts the vehicles registered in each state during the year, from the records of the state motor vehicle agencies: private, commercial and publicly owned vehicles, but not those of the armed forces.
  • A vehicle is counted in the state that registered it.

From the 2012 table FHWA allocates light-duty vehicles between automobiles and trucks with its own method, and automobiles fall from 125.7 million in 2011 to 111.3 million in 2012 while trucks rise from 118.5 million to 133.1 million, so the split is not comparable across those years. The all motor vehicles total is. Many sport utility vehicles, pickups and vans count as trucks, not automobiles. States keep their registers differently: some report registration transactions during the year or vehicles on multi-year registrations instead of active registrations, and a change in what a state reports can move its count sharply from one year to the next (Delaware in 2021, New York in 2024). Values for states FHWA estimated, or for which it repeated the previous year, are marked estimated. FHWA publishes some counts with fractions; they are rounded to whole vehicles.

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Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. Highway Statistics, Table MV-1, State Motor-Vehicle Registrations (automobiles, total), United States and states. https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics.cfm. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

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APA 7

Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. (2026). Table MV-1, State Motor-Vehicle Registrations (automobiles, total), United States and states (Registered automobiles, South Carolina, 2010 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics.cfm

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Table MV-1, State Motor-Vehicle Registrations (automobiles, total), United States and states, Registered automobiles, South Carolina, 2010 to 2024. Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 23 Feb. 2026, https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics.cfm. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/registered-automobiles/south-carolina. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. 2026. Table MV-1, State Motor-Vehicle Registrations (automobiles, total), United States and states. Registered automobiles, South Carolina, 2010 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics.cfm. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/registered-automobiles/south-carolina.

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Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation (2026) Table MV-1, State Motor-Vehicle Registrations (automobiles, total), United States and states, Registered automobiles, South Carolina, 2010 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics.cfm, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/registered-automobiles/south-carolina (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{federal_registered_automobiles_south_carolina_2024,
  author = {{Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation}},
  title = {{Table MV-1, State Motor-Vehicle Registrations (automobiles, total), United States and states: Registered automobiles, South Carolina, 2010 to 2024}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics.cfm},
  urldate = {2026-10-18},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/registered-automobiles/south-carolina. Publisher attribution: Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. Highway Statistics, Table MV-1, State Motor-Vehicle Registrations (automobiles, total), United States and states. https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics.cfm. Retrieved 2026-10-18.},
}
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What is the registered automobiles in South Carolina?

Registered automobiles in South Carolina was 1.72 million in 2024, according to the Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. That is down 7.8% from 2023. That is the 19th highest of 51 states in 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. Table MV-1, State Motor-Vehicle Registrations (automobiles, total), United States and states. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-18.

What was the highest registered automobiles in South Carolina?

2.03 million in 2010, the highest value since 2010 in this series.

Registered automobiles elsewhere in United States

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