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Registered trucks in California

Registered trucks in California was 17.11 million in 2024, according to the Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. That is up 2.1% from 2023. That is the 1st highest of 51 states in 2024.

2024, count17,113,763
Change on 2023+2.1%
Rank1st of 51US states ranked
Series high17,113,7632024
Series low12,980,9912010

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Registered trucks in California, 2010 to 2024

12M13M14M15M16M17M18M201020132016201920242010: 12,980,991 count2011: 13,771,330 count2012: 13,597,502 count2013: 13,359,688 count2014: 13,713,822 count2015: 14,037,540 count2016: 14,511,913 count2017: 14,991,714 count2018: 15,033,965 count2019: 15,443,454 count2020: 15,310,597 count2021: 16,172,732 count2022: 16,424,539 count2023: 16,757,878 count2024: 17,113,763 count12M14M16M18M20102015202020242010: 12,980,991 count2011: 13,771,330 count2012: 13,597,502 count2013: 13,359,688 count2014: 13,713,822 count2015: 14,037,540 count2016: 14,511,913 count2017: 14,991,714 count2018: 15,033,965 count2019: 15,443,454 count2020: 15,310,597 count2021: 16,172,732 count2022: 16,424,539 count2023: 16,757,878 count2024: 17,113,763 count
count. Source: FHWA, Table MV-1, State Motor-Vehicle Registrations (trucks, total), United States and states. Retrieved 2026-10-18, published 2026-02-23.
All 15 values
Periodcount
202417,113,763
202316,757,878
202216,424,539
202116,172,732
202015,310,597
201915,443,454
201815,033,965
201714,991,714
201614,511,913
201514,037,540
201413,713,822
201313,359,688
201213,597,502
201113,771,330 Estimated
201012,980,991 Estimated

Compared with United States

Place2024
California17,113,763
United States189,754,931

California compared with nearby places

Alabama: 3,585,631 countAlaska: 525,715 countArizona: 4,090,469 countArkansas: 2,343,579 countCalifornia: 17,113,763 countColorado: 3,731,091 countConnecticut: 1,688,772 countDelaware: 270,424 countDistrict of Columbia: 143,062 countFlorida: 11,794,134 countGeorgia: 5,842,123 countHawaii: 821,511 countIdaho: 1,440,556 countIllinois: 6,727,333 countIndiana: 4,073,391 countIowa: 2,647,322 countKansas: 1,316,870 countKentucky: 2,971,565 countLouisiana: 3,046,740 countMaine: 845,161 countMaryland: 2,942,140 countMassachusetts: 3,232,362 countMichigan: 6,860,844 countMinnesota: 4,087,641 countMississippi: 1,418,382 countMissouri: 3,619,999 countMontana: 1,494,471 countNebraska: 1,368,302 countNevada: 1,450,234 countNew Hampshire: 910,891 countNew Jersey: 3,809,822 countNew Mexico: 1,276,809 countNew York: 13,526,544 countNorth Carolina: 5,634,554 countNorth Dakota: 813,627 countOhio: 7,103,426 countOklahoma: 2,505,163 countOregon: 2,784,253 countPennsylvania: 6,844,674 countRhode Island: 502,595 countSouth Carolina: 3,204,874 countSouth Dakota: 954,076 countTennessee: 4,696,396 countTexas: 15,933,517 countUtah: 1,971,362 countVermont: 473,556 countVirginia: 4,924,472 countWashington: 4,758,579 countWest Virginia: 1,032,694 countWisconsin: 3,918,981 countWyoming: 680,479 count
  • Under 900K
  • 900K to 1.4M
  • 1.4M to 2.9M
  • 2.9M to 3.8M
  • 3.8M to 5.8M
  • 5.8M and over
Registered trucks, 2024, count. California 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

Trucks registered during the year, from light trucks such as pickups, vans and many sport utility vehicles to heavy trucks and truck tractors.

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. 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 (trucks, total), United States and states. https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics.cfm. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

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Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. (2026). Table MV-1, State Motor-Vehicle Registrations (trucks, total), United States and states (Registered trucks, California, 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 (trucks, total), United States and states, Registered trucks, California, 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-trucks/california. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

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

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

BibTeX
@misc{federal_registered_trucks_california_2024,
  author = {{Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation}},
  title = {{Table MV-1, State Motor-Vehicle Registrations (trucks, total), United States and states: Registered trucks, California, 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-trucks/california. Publisher attribution: Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. Highway Statistics, Table MV-1, State Motor-Vehicle Registrations (trucks, 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 trucks in California?

Registered trucks in California was 17.11 million in 2024, according to the Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. That is up 2.1% from 2023. That is the 1st 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 (trucks, total), United States and states. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-18.

What was the highest registered trucks in California?

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

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