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Registered motorcycles in South Dakota

Registered motorcycles in South Dakota was 147,254 in 2024, according to the Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. That is up 1.7% from 2023. That is the 22nd highest of 51 states in 2024.

2024, count147,254
Change on 2023+1.7%
Rank22nd of 51US states ranked
Series high147,2542024
Series low65,7012010

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Registered motorcycles in South Dakota, 2010 to 2024

60K80K100K120K140K160K201020132016201920242010: 65,701 count2011: 69,670 count2012: 73,352 count2013: 86,710 count2014: 89,460 count2015: 95,919 count2016: 114,742 count2017: 117,461 count2018: 120,494 count2019: 124,037 count2020: 129,769 count2021: 136,341 count2022: 140,761 count2023: 144,747 count2024: 147,254 count50K75K100K125K150K20102015202020242010: 65,701 count2011: 69,670 count2012: 73,352 count2013: 86,710 count2014: 89,460 count2015: 95,919 count2016: 114,742 count2017: 117,461 count2018: 120,494 count2019: 124,037 count2020: 129,769 count2021: 136,341 count2022: 140,761 count2023: 144,747 count2024: 147,254 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
2024147,254
2023144,747
2022140,761
2021136,341
2020129,769
2019124,037
2018120,494
2017117,461
2016114,742
201595,919
201489,460
201386,710
201273,352
201169,670
201065,701

Compared with United States

Place2024
South Dakota147,254
United States9,261,249

South Dakota 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. South Dakota 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, South Dakota, 2010 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics.cfm

MLA 9

Table MV-1, State Motor-Vehicle Registrations (motorcycles, total), United States and states, Registered motorcycles, South Dakota, 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/south-dakota. 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, South Dakota, 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/south-dakota.

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

BibTeX
@misc{federal_registered_motorcycles_south_dakota_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, South Dakota, 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/south-dakota. 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 South Dakota?

Registered motorcycles in South Dakota was 147,254 in 2024, according to the Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. That is up 1.7% from 2023. That is the 22nd 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 South Dakota?

147,254 in 2024, the highest value since 2010 in this series.

Registered motorcycles elsewhere in United States

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