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Registered motorcycles in North Carolina

Registered motorcycles in North Carolina was 189,734 in 2024, according to the Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. That is down 0.3% from 2023. That is the 20th highest of 51 states in 2024.

2024, count189,734
Change on 2023-0.3%
Rank20th of 51US states ranked
Series high223,3052011
Series low134,4402010

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Registered motorcycles in North Carolina, 2010 to 2024

120K140K160K180K200K220K240K201020132016201920242010: 134,440 count2011: 223,305 count2012: 199,205 count2013: 195,493 count2014: 193,643 count2015: 188,922 count2016: 195,618 count2017: 188,843 count2018: 188,484 count2019: 187,849 count2020: 189,680 count2021: 189,314 count2022: 200,162 count2023: 190,304 count2024: 189,734 count125K150K175K200K225K20102015202020242010: 134,440 count2011: 223,305 count2012: 199,205 count2013: 195,493 count2014: 193,643 count2015: 188,922 count2016: 195,618 count2017: 188,843 count2018: 188,484 count2019: 187,849 count2020: 189,680 count2021: 189,314 count2022: 200,162 count2023: 190,304 count2024: 189,734 count
count. Source: FHWA, Table MV-1, State Motor-Vehicle Registrations (motorcycles, total), United States and states. Retrieved 2026-10-18, published 2026-02-23.
All 15 values
Periodcount
2024189,734
2023190,304
2022200,162
2021189,314
2020189,680
2019187,849
2018188,484
2017188,843
2016195,618
2015188,922
2014193,643
2013195,493
2012199,205 Estimated
2011223,305
2010134,440

Compared with United States

Place2024
North Carolina189,734
United States9,261,249

North Carolina compared with nearby places

Alabama: 129,014 countAlaska: 25,540 countArizona: 292,014 countArkansas: 100,497 countCalifornia: 751,138 countColorado: 176,484 countConnecticut: 81,996 countDelaware: 24,694 countDistrict of Columbia: 3,622 countFlorida: 634,364 countGeorgia: 221,294 countHawaii: 24,555 countIdaho: 74,915 countIllinois: 265,273 countIndiana: 203,871 countIowa: 193,164 countKansas: 94,496 countKentucky: 115,887 countLouisiana: 105,504 countMaine: 47,685 countMaryland: 99,106 countMassachusetts: 141,710 countMichigan: 249,465 countMinnesota: 226,544 countMississippi: 30,421 countMissouri: 133,801 countMontana: 447,943 countNebraska: 50,753 countNevada: 87,702 countNew Hampshire: 86,208 countNew Jersey: 146,003 countNew Mexico: 56,497 countNew York: 794,820 countNorth Carolina: 189,734 countNorth Dakota: 44,166 countOhio: 422,404 countOklahoma: 139,387 countOregon: 143,067 countPennsylvania: 342,114 countRhode Island: 25,375 countSouth Carolina: 125,526 countSouth Dakota: 147,254 countTennessee: 204,353 countTexas: 326,186 countUtah: 256,780 countVermont: 31,427 countVirginia: 190,615 countWashington: 200,298 countWest Virginia: 47,662 countWisconsin: 279,308 countWyoming: 28,613 count
  • Under 45K
  • 45K to 92K
  • 92K to 140K
  • 140K to 200K
  • 200K to 270K
  • 270K and over
Registered motorcycles, 2024, count. North 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.

Rankings

Definition

Motorcycles registered during the year.

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.

Many states keep no record of publicly owned motorcycles, so those may be missing. 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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How to cite

Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. Highway Statistics, Table MV-1, State Motor-Vehicle Registrations (motorcycles, 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 (motorcycles, total), United States and states (Registered motorcycles, North 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 (motorcycles, total), United States and states, Registered motorcycles, North 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-motorcycles/north-carolina. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. 2026. Table MV-1, State Motor-Vehicle Registrations (motorcycles, total), United States and states. Registered motorcycles, North 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-motorcycles/north-carolina.

Harvard

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

BibTeX
@misc{federal_registered_motorcycles_north_carolina_2024,
  author = {{Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation}},
  title = {{Table MV-1, State Motor-Vehicle Registrations (motorcycles, total), United States and states: Registered motorcycles, North 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-motorcycles/north-carolina. Publisher attribution: Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. Highway Statistics, Table MV-1, State Motor-Vehicle Registrations (motorcycles, 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 motorcycles in North Carolina?

Registered motorcycles in North Carolina was 189,734 in 2024, according to the Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. That is down 0.3% from 2023. That is the 20th 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 (motorcycles, total), United States and states. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-18.

What was the highest registered motorcycles in North Carolina?

223,305 in 2011, the highest value since 2010 in this series.

Registered motorcycles elsewhere in United States

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