# US states by registered automobiles, 2024

All 51 values come from Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `registered_automobiles`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Automobiles registered during the year, taxicabs included. 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.
- Source: Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, Table MV-1, State Motor-Vehicle Registrations (automobiles, total), United States and states (https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics.cfm)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/federal-highway-administration
- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/registered-automobiles/us-states

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | California | 12,979,522 |
| 2 | Texas | 7,281,613 |
| 3 | Florida | 7,210,114 |
| 4 | New York | 6,474,059 |
| 5 | Ohio | 3,805,614 |
| 6 | Illinois | 3,514,238 |
| 7 | Pennsylvania | 3,371,581 |
| 8 | Georgia | 3,206,610 |
| 9 | North Carolina | 3,005,649 |
| 10 | Virginia | 2,833,864 |
| 11 | Washington | 2,535,919 |
| 12 | Michigan | 2,494,236 |
| 13 | Arizona | 2,287,531 |
| 14 | New Jersey | 2,275,055 |
| 15 | Tennessee | 2,253,028 |
| 16 | Alabama | 1,937,330 |
| 17 | Maryland | 1,908,452 |
| 18 | Indiana | 1,791,108 |
| 19 | South Carolina | 1,720,378 |
| 20 | Massachusetts | 1,706,714 |
| 21 | Missouri | 1,645,714 |
| 22 | Wisconsin | 1,626,951 |
| 23 | Minnesota | 1,609,042 |
| 24 | Kentucky | 1,458,659 |
| 25 | Louisiana | 1,370,563 |
| 26 | Colorado | 1,356,526 |
| 27 | Oregon | 1,308,985 |
| 28 | Oklahoma | 1,061,114 |
| 29 | Connecticut | 1,028,799 |
| 30 | Iowa | 1,006,994 |
| 31 | Utah | 970,972 |
| 32 | Arkansas | 911,769 |
| 33 | Nevada | 843,099 |
| 34 | Mississippi | 756,941 |
| 35 | Kansas | 594,786 |
| 36 | New Mexico | 590,034 |
| 37 | Nebraska | 561,111 |
| 38 | Montana | 525,226 |
| 39 | Idaho | 510,516 |
| 40 | Hawaii | 422,292 |
| 41 | West Virginia | 398,614 |
| 42 | New Hampshire | 391,064 |
| 43 | Maine | 312,473 |
| 44 | Rhode Island | 308,699 |
| 45 | South Dakota | 282,489 |
| 46 | North Dakota | 215,289 |
| 47 | Wyoming | 166,107 |
| 48 | Vermont | 164,231 |
| 49 | District of Columbia | 150,476 |
| 50 | Delaware | 148,493 |
| 51 | Alaska | 122,678 |