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US states by registered motorcycles

California had the highest registered motorcycles of 51 states in 2017, at 842,543. District of Columbia had the lowest, at 4,290. The median was 118,277 and the figure for the United States was 8.66 million. Source: the Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.

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Highest842,543California
Lowest4,290District of Columbia
Median118,27751 states
United States8,664,108History

Map of states, 2017

Alabama: 112,185 countAlaska: 31,859 countArizona: 164,055 countArkansas: 89,457 countCalifornia: 842,543 countColorado: 190,002 countConnecticut: 90,131 countDelaware: 27,810 countDistrict of Columbia: 4,290 countFlorida: 586,267 countGeorgia: 203,922 countHawaii: 35,576 countIdaho: 63,297 countIllinois: 333,943 countIndiana: 250,579 countIowa: 194,603 countKansas: 95,892 countKentucky: 101,163 countLouisiana: 113,664 countMaine: 51,467 countMaryland: 118,277 countMassachusetts: 168,931 countMichigan: 257,455 countMinnesota: 241,556 countMississippi: 28,124 countMissouri: 138,294 countMontana: 256,591 countNebraska: 55,736 countNevada: 76,032 countNew Hampshire: 78,798 countNew Jersey: 152,979 countNew Mexico: 57,718 countNew York: 392,178 countNorth Carolina: 188,843 countNorth Dakota: 51,941 countOhio: 410,187 countOklahoma: 136,190 countOregon: 142,738 countPennsylvania: 377,158 countRhode Island: 30,914 countSouth Carolina: 118,132 countSouth Dakota: 117,461 countTennessee: 165,968 countTexas: 364,690 countUtah: 83,993 countVermont: 30,955 countVirginia: 193,951 countWashington: 231,401 countWest Virginia: 60,582 countWisconsin: 324,670 countWyoming: 28,960 count
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  • 260K and over
count, 2017. 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, 2017

California: 842,543 countCalifornia842,543Florida: 586,267 countFlorida586,267Ohio: 410,187 countOhio410,187New York: 392,178 countNew York392,178Pennsylvania: 377,158 countPennsylvania377,158Texas: 364,690 countTexas364,690Illinois: 333,943 countIllinois333,943Wisconsin: 324,670 countWisconsin324,670Michigan: 257,455 countMichigan257,455Montana: 256,591 countMontana256,591Indiana: 250,579 countIndiana250,579Minnesota: 241,556 countMinnesota241,556Washington: 231,401 countWashington231,401Georgia: 203,922 countGeorgia203,922Iowa: 194,603 countIowa194,603Virginia: 193,951 countVirginia193,951Colorado: 190,002 countColorado190,002North Carolina: 188,843 countNorth Carolina188,843Massachusetts: 168,931 countMassachusetts168,931Tennessee: 165,968 countTennessee165,968Arizona: 164,055 countArizona164,055New Jersey: 152,979 countNew Jersey152,979Oregon: 142,738 countOregon142,738Missouri: 138,294 countMissouri138,294Oklahoma: 136,190 countOklahoma136,190Maryland: 118,277 countMaryland118,277South Carolina: 118,132 countSouth Carolina118,132South Dakota: 117,461 countSouth Dakota117,461Louisiana: 113,664 countLouisiana113,664Alabama: 112,185 countAlabama112,185Kentucky: 101,163 countKentucky101,163Kansas: 95,892 countKansas95,892Connecticut: 90,131 countConnecticut90,131Arkansas: 89,457 countArkansas89,457Utah: 83,993 countUtah83,993New Hampshire: 78,798 countNew Hampshire78,798Nevada: 76,032 countNevada76,032Idaho: 63,297 countIdaho63,297West Virginia: 60,582 countWest Virginia60,582New Mexico: 57,718 countNew Mexico57,718Nebraska: 55,736 countNebraska55,736North Dakota: 51,941 countNorth Dakota51,941Maine: 51,467 countMaine51,467Hawaii: 35,576 countHawaii35,576Alaska: 31,859 countAlaska31,859Vermont: 30,955 countVermont30,955Rhode Island: 30,914 countRhode Island30,914Wyoming: 28,960 countWyoming28,960Mississippi: 28,124 countMississippi28,124Delaware: 27,810 countDelaware27,810District of Columbia: 4,290 countDistrict of Columbia4,290California: 842,543 countCalifornia842,543Florida: 586,267 countFlorida586,267Ohio: 410,187 countOhio410,187New York: 392,178 countNew York392,178Pennsylvania: 377,158 countPennsylvania377,158Texas: 364,690 countTexas364,690Illinois: 333,943 countIllinois333,943Wisconsin: 324,670 countWisconsin324,670Michigan: 257,455 countMichigan257,455Montana: 256,591 countMontana256,591Indiana: 250,579 countIndiana250,579Minnesota: 241,556 countMinnesota241,556Washington: 231,401 countWashington231,401Georgia: 203,922 countGeorgia203,922Iowa: 194,603 countIowa194,603Virginia: 193,951 countVirginia193,951Colorado: 190,002 countColorado190,002North Carolina: 188,843 countNorth Carolina188,843Massachusetts: 168,931 countMassachusetts168,931Tennessee: 165,968 countTennessee165,968Arizona: 164,055 countArizona164,055New Jersey: 152,979 countNew Jersey152,979Oregon: 142,738 countOregon142,738Missouri: 138,294 countMissouri138,294Oklahoma: 136,190 countOklahoma136,190Maryland: 118,277 countMaryland118,277South Carolina: 118,132 countSouth Carolina118,132South Dakota: 117,461 countSouth Dakota117,461Louisiana: 113,664 countLouisiana113,664Alabama: 112,185 countAlabama112,185Kentucky: 101,163 countKentucky101,163Kansas: 95,892 countKansas95,892Connecticut: 90,131 countConnecticut90,131Arkansas: 89,457 countArkansas89,457Utah: 83,993 countUtah83,993New Hampshire: 78,798 countNew Hampshire78,798Nevada: 76,032 countNevada76,032Idaho: 63,297 countIdaho63,297West Virginia: 60,582 countWest Virginia60,582New Mexico: 57,718 countNew Mexico57,718Nebraska: 55,736 countNebraska55,736North Dakota: 51,941 countNorth Dakota51,941Maine: 51,467 countMaine51,467Hawaii: 35,576 countHawaii35,576Alaska: 31,859 countAlaska31,859Vermont: 30,955 countVermont30,955Rhode Island: 30,914 countRhode Island30,914Wyoming: 28,960 countWyoming28,960Mississippi: 28,124 countMississippi28,124Delaware: 27,810 countDelaware27,810District of Columbia: 4,290 countDistrict of Columbia4,290
count. Source: FHWA, Table MV-1, State Motor-Vehicle Registrations (motorcycles, total), United States and states. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

Full ranking

RankStates2017
count		Change on 2016
1California842,543+0.1%
2Florida586,267+0.6%
3Ohio410,187+0.5%
4New York392,178-0.2%
5Pennsylvania377,158-4%
6Texas364,690-2.7%
7Illinois333,943+6.1%
8Wisconsin324,670-3.2%
9Michigan257,455+0.3%
10Montana256,591-11.6%
11Indiana250,579+12.1%
12Minnesota241,556+5.3%
13Washington231,401-2%
14Georgia203,922+0.8%
15Iowa194,603+1.1%
16Virginia193,951+1.1%
17Colorado190,002-0.3%
18North Carolina188,843-3.5%
19Massachusetts168,931+0.7%
20Tennessee165,968-1.2%
21Arizona164,055-1.5%
22New Jersey152,979+1.2%
23Oregon142,738+4.8%
24Missouri138,294-10%
25Oklahoma Estimated136,190+0.2%
26Maryland118,277-4.6%
27South Carolina118,1320%
28South Dakota117,461+2.4%
29Louisiana Estimated113,664+0.1%
30Alabama112,185+2.3%
31Kentucky101,163-5.1%
32Kansas95,892-0.4%
33Connecticut90,131+4.2%
34Arkansas89,457-1.5%
35Utah83,993+1.7%
36New Hampshire78,798+0.7%
37Nevada76,032+2%
38Idaho63,297-4%
39West Virginia Estimated60,582-0.8%
40New Mexico57,718-6.7%
41Nebraska55,736+0.7%
42North Dakota51,941+33.2%
43Maine51,467-1.7%
44Hawaii35,576+14.2%
45Alaska31,859-0.3%
46Vermont30,955-0.1%
47Rhode Island30,914-0.7%
48Wyoming28,960-3.6%
49Mississippi28,124-0.4%
50Delaware27,810-1.2%
51District of Columbia4,290-3.3%

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, 2017) [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, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017. 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=2017.

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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, 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics.cfm, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/registered-motorcycles/us-states?period=2017 (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, 2017}},
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  howpublished = {Data set},
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  urldate = {2026-10-18},
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Which state has the highest registered motorcycles?

California, with 842,543 in 2017, according to the Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.

Which state has the lowest registered motorcycles?

District of Columbia, with 4,290 in 2017.

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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