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US states by registered motorcycles

California had the highest registered motorcycles of 51 states in 2018, at 822,844. District of Columbia had the lowest, at 4,312. The median was 120,494 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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Highest822,844California
Lowest4,312District of Columbia
Median120,49451 states
United States8,659,741History

Map of states, 2018

Alabama: 110,012 countAlaska: 31,550 countArizona: 170,274 countArkansas: 91,127 countCalifornia: 822,844 countColorado: 190,869 countConnecticut: 87,660 countDelaware: 28,071 countDistrict of Columbia: 4,312 countFlorida: 587,499 countGeorgia: 203,968 countHawaii: 30,998 countIdaho: 66,533 countIllinois: 319,764 countIndiana: 250,904 countIowa: 194,606 countKansas: 94,850 countKentucky: 101,165 countLouisiana: 113,664 countMaine: 51,306 countMaryland: 118,277 countMassachusetts: 168,931 countMichigan: 252,043 countMinnesota: 241,556 countMississippi: 28,262 countMissouri: 153,905 countMontana: 293,567 countNebraska: 55,736 countNevada: 74,740 countNew Hampshire: 78,962 countNew Jersey: 150,528 countNew Mexico: 60,348 countNew York: 389,404 countNorth Carolina: 188,484 countNorth Dakota: 38,947 countOhio: 409,893 countOklahoma: 129,451 countOregon: 133,760 countPennsylvania: 372,679 countRhode Island: 28,267 countSouth Carolina: 116,972 countSouth Dakota: 120,494 countTennessee: 181,126 countTexas: 349,082 countUtah: 84,413 countVermont: 30,532 countVirginia: 195,845 countWashington: 235,501 countWest Virginia: 60,683 countWisconsin: 336,410 countWyoming: 28,968 count
  • Under 43K
  • 43K to 87K
  • 87K to 120K
  • 120K to 190K
  • 190K to 280K
  • 280K and over
count, 2018. 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, 2018

California: 822,844 countCalifornia822,844Florida: 587,499 countFlorida587,499Ohio: 409,893 countOhio409,893New York: 389,404 countNew York389,404Pennsylvania: 372,679 countPennsylvania372,679Texas: 349,082 countTexas349,082Wisconsin: 336,410 countWisconsin336,410Illinois: 319,764 countIllinois319,764Montana: 293,567 countMontana293,567Michigan: 252,043 countMichigan252,043Indiana: 250,904 countIndiana250,904Minnesota: 241,556 countMinnesota241,556Washington: 235,501 countWashington235,501Georgia: 203,968 countGeorgia203,968Virginia: 195,845 countVirginia195,845Iowa: 194,606 countIowa194,606Colorado: 190,869 countColorado190,869North Carolina: 188,484 countNorth Carolina188,484Tennessee: 181,126 countTennessee181,126Arizona: 170,274 countArizona170,274Massachusetts: 168,931 countMassachusetts168,931Missouri: 153,905 countMissouri153,905New Jersey: 150,528 countNew Jersey150,528Oregon: 133,760 countOregon133,760Oklahoma: 129,451 countOklahoma129,451South Dakota: 120,494 countSouth Dakota120,494Maryland: 118,277 countMaryland118,277South Carolina: 116,972 countSouth Carolina116,972Louisiana: 113,664 countLouisiana113,664Alabama: 110,012 countAlabama110,012Kentucky: 101,165 countKentucky101,165Kansas: 94,850 countKansas94,850Arkansas: 91,127 countArkansas91,127Connecticut: 87,660 countConnecticut87,660Utah: 84,413 countUtah84,413New Hampshire: 78,962 countNew Hampshire78,962Nevada: 74,740 countNevada74,740Idaho: 66,533 countIdaho66,533West Virginia: 60,683 countWest Virginia60,683New Mexico: 60,348 countNew Mexico60,348Nebraska: 55,736 countNebraska55,736Maine: 51,306 countMaine51,306North Dakota: 38,947 countNorth Dakota38,947Alaska: 31,550 countAlaska31,550Hawaii: 30,998 countHawaii30,998Vermont: 30,532 countVermont30,532Wyoming: 28,968 countWyoming28,968Rhode Island: 28,267 countRhode Island28,267Mississippi: 28,262 countMississippi28,262Delaware: 28,071 countDelaware28,071District of Columbia: 4,312 countDistrict of Columbia4,312California: 822,844 countCalifornia822,844Florida: 587,499 countFlorida587,499Ohio: 409,893 countOhio409,893New York: 389,404 countNew York389,404Pennsylvania: 372,679 countPennsylvania372,679Texas: 349,082 countTexas349,082Wisconsin: 336,410 countWisconsin336,410Illinois: 319,764 countIllinois319,764Montana: 293,567 countMontana293,567Michigan: 252,043 countMichigan252,043Indiana: 250,904 countIndiana250,904Minnesota: 241,556 countMinnesota241,556Washington: 235,501 countWashington235,501Georgia: 203,968 countGeorgia203,968Virginia: 195,845 countVirginia195,845Iowa: 194,606 countIowa194,606Colorado: 190,869 countColorado190,869North Carolina: 188,484 countNorth Carolina188,484Tennessee: 181,126 countTennessee181,126Arizona: 170,274 countArizona170,274Massachusetts: 168,931 countMassachusetts168,931Missouri: 153,905 countMissouri153,905New Jersey: 150,528 countNew Jersey150,528Oregon: 133,760 countOregon133,760Oklahoma: 129,451 countOklahoma129,451South Dakota: 120,494 countSouth Dakota120,494Maryland: 118,277 countMaryland118,277South Carolina: 116,972 countSouth Carolina116,972Louisiana: 113,664 countLouisiana113,664Alabama: 110,012 countAlabama110,012Kentucky: 101,165 countKentucky101,165Kansas: 94,850 countKansas94,850Arkansas: 91,127 countArkansas91,127Connecticut: 87,660 countConnecticut87,660Utah: 84,413 countUtah84,413New Hampshire: 78,962 countNew Hampshire78,962Nevada: 74,740 countNevada74,740Idaho: 66,533 countIdaho66,533West Virginia: 60,683 countWest Virginia60,683New Mexico: 60,348 countNew Mexico60,348Nebraska: 55,736 countNebraska55,736Maine: 51,306 countMaine51,306North Dakota: 38,947 countNorth Dakota38,947Alaska: 31,550 countAlaska31,550Hawaii: 30,998 countHawaii30,998Vermont: 30,532 countVermont30,532Wyoming: 28,968 countWyoming28,968Rhode Island: 28,267 countRhode Island28,267Mississippi: 28,262 countMississippi28,262Delaware: 28,071 countDelaware28,071District of Columbia: 4,312 countDistrict of Columbia4,312
count. Source: FHWA, Table MV-1, State Motor-Vehicle Registrations (motorcycles, total), United States and states. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

Full ranking

RankStates2018
count		Change on 2017
1California822,844-2.3%
2Florida587,499+0.2%
3Ohio409,893-0.1%
4New York389,404-0.7%
5Pennsylvania372,679-1.2%
6Texas349,082-4.3%
7Wisconsin336,410+3.6%
8Illinois319,764-4.2%
9Montana293,567+14.4%
10Michigan252,043-2.1%
11Indiana250,904+0.1%
12Minnesota241,5560%
13Washington235,501+1.8%
14Georgia203,9680%
15Virginia195,845+1%
16Iowa194,6060%
17Colorado190,869+0.5%
18North Carolina188,484-0.2%
19Tennessee181,126+9.1%
20Arizona170,274+3.8%
21Massachusetts Estimated168,9310%
22Missouri153,905+11.3%
23New Jersey150,528-1.6%
24Oregon133,760-6.3%
25Oklahoma Estimated129,451-4.9%
26South Dakota120,494+2.6%
27Maryland118,2770%
28South Carolina116,972-1%
29Louisiana113,6640%
30Alabama110,012-1.9%
31Kentucky101,1650%
32Kansas94,850-1.1%
33Arkansas91,127+1.9%
34Connecticut87,660-2.7%
35Utah84,413+0.5%
36New Hampshire78,962+0.2%
37Nevada74,740-1.7%
38Idaho66,533+5.1%
39West Virginia Estimated60,683+0.2%
40New Mexico60,348+4.6%
41Nebraska Estimated55,7360%
42Maine51,306-0.3%
43North Dakota38,947-25%
44Alaska31,550-1%
45Hawaii30,998-12.9%
46Vermont30,532-1.4%
47Wyoming28,9680%
48Rhode Island28,267-8.6%
49Mississippi28,262+0.5%
50Delaware28,071+0.9%
51District of Columbia4,312+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.

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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, 2018) [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, 2018. 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=2018. 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, 2018. 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=2018.

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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, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics.cfm, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/registered-motorcycles/us-states?period=2018 (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, 2018}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-18},
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Which state has the highest registered motorcycles?

California, with 822,844 in 2018, according to the Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.

Which state has the lowest registered motorcycles?

District of Columbia, with 4,312 in 2018.

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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