US states by registered motorcycles
California had the highest registered motorcycles of 51 states in 2016, at 842,106. District of Columbia had the lowest, at 4,436. The median was 123,936 and the figure for the United States was 8.68 million. Source: the Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.
Map of states, 2016
- Under 43K
- 43K to 85K
- 85K to 120K
- 120K to 190K
- 190K to 280K
- 280K and over
All states, 2016
Full ranking
| Rank | States | 2016 | Change on 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | 842,106 | +1.6% |
| 2 | Florida | 582,648 | +1.7% |
| 3 | Ohio | 408,114 | +0.8% |
| 4 | Pennsylvania | 393,037 | -0.1% |
| 5 | New York | 392,771 | +10.7% |
| 6 | Texas | 374,919 | -3.2% |
| 7 | Wisconsin | 335,359 | +3.2% |
| 8 | Illinois | 314,807 | -9.1% |
| 9 | Montana | 290,295 | +47% |
| 10 | Michigan | 256,651 | -0.3% |
| 11 | Washington | 236,135 | -0.1% |
| 12 | Minnesota | 229,377 | -7.7% |
| 13 | Indiana Estimated | 223,603 | +0.1% |
| 14 | Georgia | 202,391 | +1% |
| 15 | North Carolina | 195,618 | +3.5% |
| 16 | Iowa | 192,434 | +1.4% |
| 17 | Virginia | 191,820 | -0.5% |
| 18 | Colorado | 190,592 | -0.3% |
| 19 | Tennessee | 167,961 | +1% |
| 20 | Massachusetts Estimated | 167,829 | 0% |
| 21 | Arizona | 166,583 | +3.4% |
| 22 | Missouri | 153,580 | -29.5% |
| 23 | New Jersey | 151,101 | -0.9% |
| 24 | Oregon | 136,238 | +6.2% |
| 25 | Oklahoma | 135,937 | +5.3% |
| 26 | Maryland | 123,936 | -1.9% |
| 27 | South Carolina | 118,105 | +1.6% |
| 28 | South Dakota | 114,742 | +19.6% |
| 29 | Louisiana | 113,599 | -0.4% |
| 30 | Alabama | 109,703 | -4.7% |
| 31 | Kentucky | 106,648 | -3.9% |
| 32 | Kansas | 96,247 | -0.1% |
| 33 | Arkansas | 90,838 | -1.1% |
| 34 | Connecticut Estimated | 86,531 | 0% |
| 35 | Utah | 82,623 | +4.8% |
| 36 | New Hampshire | 78,218 | +5.7% |
| 37 | Nevada | 74,562 | 0% |
| 38 | Idaho | 65,939 | +0.5% |
| 39 | New Mexico | 61,877 | -2.2% |
| 40 | West Virginia | 61,090 | +4% |
| 41 | Nebraska | 55,360 | -1% |
| 42 | Maine | 52,374 | -4.2% |
| 43 | North Dakota | 39,000 | -0% |
| 44 | Alaska Estimated | 31,949 | -0% |
| 45 | Hawaii | 31,146 | -7.9% |
| 46 | Rhode Island | 31,137 | -1.9% |
| 47 | Vermont | 30,976 | -0.2% |
| 48 | Wyoming | 30,041 | -3.1% |
| 49 | Mississippi | 28,239 | -0.3% |
| 50 | Delaware | 28,158 | -0.1% |
| 51 | District of Columbia | 4,436 | +0.5% |
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.Citation styles
APA 7
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, 2016) [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, US states by registered motorcycles, 2016. 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?period=2016. 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. US states by registered motorcycles, 2016. 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?period=2016.
Harvard
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, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics.cfm, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/registered-motorcycles/us-states?period=2016 (Accessed: 18 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{federal_us_states_by_registered_2016,
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, 2016}},
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?period=2016. 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?
California, with 842,106 in 2016, according to the Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.
Which state has the lowest registered motorcycles?
District of Columbia, with 4,436 in 2016.
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.