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US states by registered motorcycles, 2024

New York had the highest registered motorcycles of 51 states in 2024, at 794,820. District of Columbia had the lowest, at 3,622. The median was 139,387 and the figure for the United States was 9.26 million. Source: the Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.

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Highest794,820New York
Lowest3,622District of Columbia
Median139,38751 states
United States9,261,249History

Map of states, 2024

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
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  • 270K and over
count, 2024. Source: FHWA, Table MV-1, State Motor-Vehicle Registrations (motorcycles, total), United States and states. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2024

New York: 794,820 countNew York794,820California: 751,138 countCalifornia751,138Florida: 634,364 countFlorida634,364Montana: 447,943 countMontana447,943Ohio: 422,404 countOhio422,404Pennsylvania: 342,114 countPennsylvania342,114Texas: 326,186 countTexas326,186Arizona: 292,014 countArizona292,014Wisconsin: 279,308 countWisconsin279,308Illinois: 265,273 countIllinois265,273Utah: 256,780 countUtah256,780Michigan: 249,465 countMichigan249,465Minnesota: 226,544 countMinnesota226,544Georgia: 221,294 countGeorgia221,294Tennessee: 204,353 countTennessee204,353Indiana: 203,871 countIndiana203,871Washington: 200,298 countWashington200,298Iowa: 193,164 countIowa193,164Virginia: 190,615 countVirginia190,615North Carolina: 189,734 countNorth Carolina189,734Colorado: 176,484 countColorado176,484South Dakota: 147,254 countSouth Dakota147,254New Jersey: 146,003 countNew Jersey146,003Oregon: 143,067 countOregon143,067Massachusetts: 141,710 countMassachusetts141,710Oklahoma: 139,387 countOklahoma139,387Missouri: 133,801 countMissouri133,801Alabama: 129,014 countAlabama129,014South Carolina: 125,526 countSouth Carolina125,526Kentucky: 115,887 countKentucky115,887Louisiana: 105,504 countLouisiana105,504Arkansas: 100,497 countArkansas100,497Maryland: 99,106 countMaryland99,106Kansas: 94,496 countKansas94,496Nevada: 87,702 countNevada87,702New Hampshire: 86,208 countNew Hampshire86,208Connecticut: 81,996 countConnecticut81,996Idaho: 74,915 countIdaho74,915New Mexico: 56,497 countNew Mexico56,497Nebraska: 50,753 countNebraska50,753Maine: 47,685 countMaine47,685West Virginia: 47,662 countWest Virginia47,662North Dakota: 44,166 countNorth Dakota44,166Vermont: 31,427 countVermont31,427Mississippi: 30,421 countMississippi30,421Wyoming: 28,613 countWyoming28,613Alaska: 25,540 countAlaska25,540Rhode Island: 25,375 countRhode Island25,375Delaware: 24,694 countDelaware24,694Hawaii: 24,555 countHawaii24,555District of Columbia: 3,622 countDistrict of Columbia3,622New York: 794,820 countNew York794,820California: 751,138 countCalifornia751,138Florida: 634,364 countFlorida634,364Montana: 447,943 countMontana447,943Ohio: 422,404 countOhio422,404Pennsylvania: 342,114 countPennsylvania342,114Texas: 326,186 countTexas326,186Arizona: 292,014 countArizona292,014Wisconsin: 279,308 countWisconsin279,308Illinois: 265,273 countIllinois265,273Utah: 256,780 countUtah256,780Michigan: 249,465 countMichigan249,465Minnesota: 226,544 countMinnesota226,544Georgia: 221,294 countGeorgia221,294Tennessee: 204,353 countTennessee204,353Indiana: 203,871 countIndiana203,871Washington: 200,298 countWashington200,298Iowa: 193,164 countIowa193,164Virginia: 190,615 countVirginia190,615North Carolina: 189,734 countNorth Carolina189,734Colorado: 176,484 countColorado176,484South Dakota: 147,254 countSouth Dakota147,254New Jersey: 146,003 countNew Jersey146,003Oregon: 143,067 countOregon143,067Massachusetts: 141,710 countMassachusetts141,710Oklahoma: 139,387 countOklahoma139,387Missouri: 133,801 countMissouri133,801Alabama: 129,014 countAlabama129,014South Carolina: 125,526 countSouth Carolina125,526Kentucky: 115,887 countKentucky115,887Louisiana: 105,504 countLouisiana105,504Arkansas: 100,497 countArkansas100,497Maryland: 99,106 countMaryland99,106Kansas: 94,496 countKansas94,496Nevada: 87,702 countNevada87,702New Hampshire: 86,208 countNew Hampshire86,208Connecticut: 81,996 countConnecticut81,996Idaho: 74,915 countIdaho74,915New Mexico: 56,497 countNew Mexico56,497Nebraska: 50,753 countNebraska50,753Maine: 47,685 countMaine47,685West Virginia: 47,662 countWest Virginia47,662North Dakota: 44,166 countNorth Dakota44,166Vermont: 31,427 countVermont31,427Mississippi: 30,421 countMississippi30,421Wyoming: 28,613 countWyoming28,613Alaska: 25,540 countAlaska25,540Rhode Island: 25,375 countRhode Island25,375Delaware: 24,694 countDelaware24,694Hawaii: 24,555 countHawaii24,555District of Columbia: 3,622 countDistrict of Columbia3,622
count. Source: FHWA, Table MV-1, State Motor-Vehicle Registrations (motorcycles, total), United States and states. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

Full ranking

RankStates2024
count		Change on 2023
1New York794,820-23.1%
2California751,138-3.2%
3Florida634,364+1.2%
4Montana447,943+5.8%
5Ohio422,404+0.1%
6Pennsylvania342,114-5.8%
7Texas326,186-2.2%
8Arizona292,014+2.6%
9Wisconsin279,308-13.7%
10Illinois265,273-3.8%
11Utah256,780+21.8%
12Michigan249,465-8.2%
13Minnesota226,544+0.3%
14Georgia221,294+0.7%
15Tennessee204,3530%
16Indiana203,871+0.3%
17Washington200,298-5.7%
18Iowa193,164-0.1%
19Virginia190,615-0.9%
20North Carolina189,734-0.3%
21Colorado176,484-0.8%
22South Dakota147,254+1.7%
23New Jersey146,003+3.4%
24Oregon143,067-0.2%
25Massachusetts141,710-1.7%
26Oklahoma139,387-0.4%
27Missouri133,801-1.9%
28Alabama129,014+3.6%
29South Carolina125,526+0.6%
30Kentucky115,887+23.2%
31Louisiana105,504-0.6%
32Arkansas100,497-0.1%
33Maryland99,106-1.8%
34Kansas94,496+9.8%
35Nevada87,702+11.8%
36New Hampshire86,208+0.1%
37Connecticut81,996-4.6%
38Idaho74,915+14.8%
39New Mexico56,497-1%
40Nebraska50,753+0.1%
41Maine47,685-7.4%
42West Virginia47,662-4.2%
43North Dakota44,166+0.8%
44Vermont31,427-7.7%
45Mississippi30,421-0.7%
46Wyoming28,613+2%
47Alaska25,540-0.5%
48Rhode Island25,375+2.3%
49Delaware24,694+0.7%
50Hawaii24,555-2.8%
51District of Columbia3,622-4.7%

Other periods

About this ranking

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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the states are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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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Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. (2026). Table MV-1, State Motor-Vehicle Registrations (motorcycles, total), United States and states (US states by registered motorcycles, 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, US states by registered motorcycles, 2024. Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 23 Feb. 2026, https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics.cfm. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/registered-motorcycles/us-states. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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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. US states by registered motorcycles, 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics.cfm. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/registered-motorcycles/us-states.

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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, US states by registered motorcycles, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics.cfm, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/registered-motorcycles/us-states (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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  author = {{Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation}},
  title = {{Table MV-1, State Motor-Vehicle Registrations (motorcycles, total), United States and states: US states by registered motorcycles, 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/rankings/registered-motorcycles/us-states. 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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Which state has the highest registered motorcycles?

New York, with 794,820 in 2024, according to the Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.

Which state has the lowest registered motorcycles?

District of Columbia, with 3,622 in 2024.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, Table MV-1, State Motor-Vehicle Registrations (motorcycles, total), United States and states. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

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