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US states by registered motorcycles

New York had the highest registered motorcycles of 51 states in 2023, at 1.03 million. District of Columbia had the lowest, at 3,802. The median was 139,974 and the figure for the United States was 9.52 million. Source: the Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.

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Highest1,034,172New York
Lowest3,802District of Columbia
Median139,97451 states
United States9,516,910History

Map of states, 2023

Alabama: 124,492 countAlaska: 25,674 countArizona: 284,624 countArkansas: 100,571 countCalifornia: 775,650 countColorado: 177,946 countConnecticut: 85,922 countDelaware: 24,518 countDistrict of Columbia: 3,802 countFlorida: 626,534 countGeorgia: 219,816 countHawaii: 25,250 countIdaho: 65,262 countIllinois: 275,804 countIndiana: 203,163 countIowa: 193,405 countKansas: 86,064 countKentucky: 94,068 countLouisiana: 106,117 countMaine: 51,477 countMaryland: 100,904 countMassachusetts: 144,100 countMichigan: 271,783 countMinnesota: 225,802 countMississippi: 30,639 countMissouri: 136,354 countMontana: 423,458 countNebraska: 50,725 countNevada: 78,470 countNew Hampshire: 86,105 countNew Jersey: 141,154 countNew Mexico: 57,093 countNew York: 1,034,172 countNorth Carolina: 190,304 countNorth Dakota: 43,816 countOhio: 422,132 countOklahoma: 139,974 countOregon: 143,350 countPennsylvania: 363,002 countRhode Island: 24,801 countSouth Carolina: 124,832 countSouth Dakota: 144,747 countTennessee: 204,311 countTexas: 333,397 countUtah: 210,847 countVermont: 34,037 countVirginia: 192,434 countWashington: 212,443 countWest Virginia: 49,769 countWisconsin: 323,755 countWyoming: 28,041 count
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count, 2023. 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, 2023

New York: 1,034,172 countNew York1,034,172California: 775,650 countCalifornia775,650Florida: 626,534 countFlorida626,534Montana: 423,458 countMontana423,458Ohio: 422,132 countOhio422,132Pennsylvania: 363,002 countPennsylvania363,002Texas: 333,397 countTexas333,397Wisconsin: 323,755 countWisconsin323,755Arizona: 284,624 countArizona284,624Illinois: 275,804 countIllinois275,804Michigan: 271,783 countMichigan271,783Minnesota: 225,802 countMinnesota225,802Georgia: 219,816 countGeorgia219,816Washington: 212,443 countWashington212,443Utah: 210,847 countUtah210,847Tennessee: 204,311 countTennessee204,311Indiana: 203,163 countIndiana203,163Iowa: 193,405 countIowa193,405Virginia: 192,434 countVirginia192,434North Carolina: 190,304 countNorth Carolina190,304Colorado: 177,946 countColorado177,946South Dakota: 144,747 countSouth Dakota144,747Massachusetts: 144,100 countMassachusetts144,100Oregon: 143,350 countOregon143,350New Jersey: 141,154 countNew Jersey141,154Oklahoma: 139,974 countOklahoma139,974Missouri: 136,354 countMissouri136,354South Carolina: 124,832 countSouth Carolina124,832Alabama: 124,492 countAlabama124,492Louisiana: 106,117 countLouisiana106,117Maryland: 100,904 countMaryland100,904Arkansas: 100,571 countArkansas100,571Kentucky: 94,068 countKentucky94,068New Hampshire: 86,105 countNew Hampshire86,105Kansas: 86,064 countKansas86,064Connecticut: 85,922 countConnecticut85,922Nevada: 78,470 countNevada78,470Idaho: 65,262 countIdaho65,262New Mexico: 57,093 countNew Mexico57,093Maine: 51,477 countMaine51,477Nebraska: 50,725 countNebraska50,725West Virginia: 49,769 countWest Virginia49,769North Dakota: 43,816 countNorth Dakota43,816Vermont: 34,037 countVermont34,037Mississippi: 30,639 countMississippi30,639Wyoming: 28,041 countWyoming28,041Alaska: 25,674 countAlaska25,674Hawaii: 25,250 countHawaii25,250Rhode Island: 24,801 countRhode Island24,801Delaware: 24,518 countDelaware24,518District of Columbia: 3,802 countDistrict of Columbia3,802New York: 1,034,172 countNew York1,034,172California: 775,650 countCalifornia775,650Florida: 626,534 countFlorida626,534Montana: 423,458 countMontana423,458Ohio: 422,132 countOhio422,132Pennsylvania: 363,002 countPennsylvania363,002Texas: 333,397 countTexas333,397Wisconsin: 323,755 countWisconsin323,755Arizona: 284,624 countArizona284,624Illinois: 275,804 countIllinois275,804Michigan: 271,783 countMichigan271,783Minnesota: 225,802 countMinnesota225,802Georgia: 219,816 countGeorgia219,816Washington: 212,443 countWashington212,443Utah: 210,847 countUtah210,847Tennessee: 204,311 countTennessee204,311Indiana: 203,163 countIndiana203,163Iowa: 193,405 countIowa193,405Virginia: 192,434 countVirginia192,434North Carolina: 190,304 countNorth Carolina190,304Colorado: 177,946 countColorado177,946South Dakota: 144,747 countSouth Dakota144,747Massachusetts: 144,100 countMassachusetts144,100Oregon: 143,350 countOregon143,350New Jersey: 141,154 countNew Jersey141,154Oklahoma: 139,974 countOklahoma139,974Missouri: 136,354 countMissouri136,354South Carolina: 124,832 countSouth Carolina124,832Alabama: 124,492 countAlabama124,492Louisiana: 106,117 countLouisiana106,117Maryland: 100,904 countMaryland100,904Arkansas: 100,571 countArkansas100,571Kentucky: 94,068 countKentucky94,068New Hampshire: 86,105 countNew Hampshire86,105Kansas: 86,064 countKansas86,064Connecticut: 85,922 countConnecticut85,922Nevada: 78,470 countNevada78,470Idaho: 65,262 countIdaho65,262New Mexico: 57,093 countNew Mexico57,093Maine: 51,477 countMaine51,477Nebraska: 50,725 countNebraska50,725West Virginia: 49,769 countWest Virginia49,769North Dakota: 43,816 countNorth Dakota43,816Vermont: 34,037 countVermont34,037Mississippi: 30,639 countMississippi30,639Wyoming: 28,041 countWyoming28,041Alaska: 25,674 countAlaska25,674Hawaii: 25,250 countHawaii25,250Rhode Island: 24,801 countRhode Island24,801Delaware: 24,518 countDelaware24,518District of Columbia: 3,802 countDistrict of Columbia3,802
count. Source: FHWA, Table MV-1, State Motor-Vehicle Registrations (motorcycles, total), United States and states. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

Full ranking

RankStates2023
count		Change on 2022
1New York Estimated1,034,172+40.5%
2California775,650-3.3%
3Florida626,534-3.6%
4Montana423,458+5.9%
5Ohio422,132-0.5%
6Pennsylvania363,002-2.4%
7Texas333,397-2.7%
8Wisconsin323,755+15.6%
9Arizona284,624+2%
10Illinois275,804-5.4%
11Michigan271,783+6%
12Minnesota225,802+0.9%
13Georgia219,816+0.9%
14Washington212,443-6%
15Utah210,847+47.5%
16Tennessee204,311+2.5%
17Indiana203,163+8.1%
18Iowa193,405-0.9%
19Virginia192,434+0.2%
20North Carolina190,304-4.9%
21Colorado177,946-1.2%
22South Dakota144,747+2.8%
23Massachusetts144,100-1.4%
24Oregon143,350+1.5%
25New Jersey141,154-5%
26Oklahoma139,974-8%
27Missouri136,354+1.3%
28South Carolina124,832+1.9%
29Alabama124,492-1%
30Louisiana106,117-3%
31Maryland100,904-2.6%
32Arkansas100,571+2.2%
33Kentucky94,068-12.3%
34New Hampshire86,105-1.4%
35Kansas86,064-3.8%
36Connecticut85,922+1.2%
37Nevada78,470-0.5%
38Idaho Estimated65,262+3.1%
39New Mexico57,093+0.4%
40Maine51,477+2.8%
41Nebraska50,725-0.9%
42West Virginia49,769+2.7%
43North Dakota43,816-4.9%
44Vermont34,037+0.8%
45Mississippi30,639-3.1%
46Wyoming28,041-2.1%
47Alaska25,674+0.1%
48Hawaii25,250-1.5%
49Rhode Island24,801+0.9%
50Delaware24,518-0.4%
51District of Columbia3,802-16.3%

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, 2023) [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, 2023. 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=2023. 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, 2023. 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=2023.

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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, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics.cfm, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/registered-motorcycles/us-states?period=2023 (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, 2023}},
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  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=2023. 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 1.03 million in 2023, according to the Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.

Which state has the lowest registered motorcycles?

District of Columbia, with 3,802 in 2023.

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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