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Registered motor vehicles in Kentucky

Registered motor vehicles in Kentucky was 4.56 million in 2024, according to the Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. That is up 0.2% from 2023. That is the 25th highest of 51 states in 2024.

2024, count4,561,539
Change on 2023+0.2%
Rank25th of 51US states ranked
Series high4,561,5392024
Series low3,660,7822010

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Registered motor vehicles in Kentucky, 2010 to 2024

3.6M3.8M4M4.2M4.4M4.6M201020132016201920242010: 3,660,782 count2011: 3,763,027 count2012: 3,670,566 count2013: 4,031,748 count2014: 4,148,721 count2015: 4,151,982 count2016: 4,224,788 count2017: 4,293,205 count2018: 4,368,285 count2019: 4,383,223 count2020: 4,459,685 count2021: 4,408,730 count2022: 4,291,816 count2023: 4,551,497 count2024: 4,561,539 count3.5M3.75M4M4.25M4.5M4.75M20102015202020242010: 3,660,782 count2011: 3,763,027 count2012: 3,670,566 count2013: 4,031,748 count2014: 4,148,721 count2015: 4,151,982 count2016: 4,224,788 count2017: 4,293,205 count2018: 4,368,285 count2019: 4,383,223 count2020: 4,459,685 count2021: 4,408,730 count2022: 4,291,816 count2023: 4,551,497 count2024: 4,561,539 count
count. Source: FHWA, Table MV-1, State Motor-Vehicle Registrations (all motor vehicles, total), United States and states. Retrieved 2026-10-18, published 2026-02-23.
All 15 values
Periodcount
20244,561,539
20234,551,497
20224,291,816
20214,408,730
20204,459,685
20194,383,223
20184,368,285
20174,293,205
20164,224,788
20154,151,982
20144,148,721
20134,031,748
20123,670,566
20113,763,027
20103,660,782

Compared with United States

Place2024
Kentucky4,561,539
United States297,525,836

Kentucky compared with nearby places

Alabama: 5,655,344 countAlaska: 683,022 countArizona: 6,692,631 countArkansas: 3,366,650 countCalifornia: 30,940,652 countColorado: 5,276,703 countConnecticut: 2,809,456 countDelaware: 447,094 countDistrict of Columbia: 302,647 countFlorida: 19,696,080 countGeorgia: 9,309,408 countHawaii: 1,270,153 countIdaho: 2,030,069 countIllinois: 10,546,027 countIndiana: 6,100,731 countIowa: 3,856,647 countKansas: 2,007,586 countKentucky: 4,561,539 countLouisiana: 4,556,436 countMaine: 1,206,967 countMaryland: 4,965,605 countMassachusetts: 5,094,689 countMichigan: 9,606,801 countMinnesota: 5,937,412 countMississippi: 2,214,249 countMissouri: 5,422,419 countMontana: 2,473,269 countNebraska: 1,989,172 countNevada: 2,388,916 countNew Hampshire: 1,390,610 countNew Jersey: 6,256,097 countNew Mexico: 1,930,353 countNew York: 20,991,098 countNorth Carolina: 8,862,420 countNorth Dakota: 1,076,690 countOhio: 11,366,695 countOklahoma: 3,707,717 countOregon: 4,254,488 countPennsylvania: 10,612,158 countRhode Island: 838,866 countSouth Carolina: 5,065,151 countSouth Dakota: 1,406,923 countTennessee: 7,175,641 countTexas: 23,606,401 countUtah: 3,207,140 countVermont: 671,376 countVirginia: 7,985,530 countWashington: 7,519,050 countWest Virginia: 1,479,130 countWisconsin: 5,836,776 countWyoming: 877,152 count
  • Under 1.3M
  • 1.3M to 2.3M
  • 2.3M to 4.6M
  • 4.6M to 5.9M
  • 5.9M to 9.2M
  • 9.2M and over
Registered motor vehicles, 2024, count. Kentucky 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

All motor vehicles registered during the year: automobiles, buses, trucks and motorcycles.

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.

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. Trailers are not motor vehicles and are not counted.

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Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. Highway Statistics, Table MV-1, State Motor-Vehicle Registrations (all motor vehicles, 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 (all motor vehicles, total), United States and states (Registered motor vehicles, Kentucky, 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 (all motor vehicles, total), United States and states, Registered motor vehicles, Kentucky, 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-motor-vehicles/kentucky. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. 2026. Table MV-1, State Motor-Vehicle Registrations (all motor vehicles, total), United States and states. Registered motor vehicles, Kentucky, 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-motor-vehicles/kentucky.

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

BibTeX
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  author = {{Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation}},
  title = {{Table MV-1, State Motor-Vehicle Registrations (all motor vehicles, total), United States and states: Registered motor vehicles, Kentucky, 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-motor-vehicles/kentucky. Publisher attribution: Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. Highway Statistics, Table MV-1, State Motor-Vehicle Registrations (all motor vehicles, 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 motor vehicles in Kentucky?

Registered motor vehicles in Kentucky was 4.56 million in 2024, according to the Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. That is up 0.2% from 2023. That is the 25th 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 (all motor vehicles, total), United States and states. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-18.

What was the highest registered motor vehicles in Kentucky?

4.56 million in 2024, the highest value since 2010 in this series.

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