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Registered motor vehicles per 1,000: U.S. states ranked (2024)

Measure: Registered motor vehicles per 1,000 residents (derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Registered motor vehicles by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024.

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Data last updated
2026-11-09
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National value: 875 (United States).

Washington: 948Idaho: 1,015Montana: 2,174North Dakota: 1,357Minnesota: 1,024Michigan: 951Ohio: 958Pennsylvania: 813New York: 1,049Vermont: 1,038New Hampshire: 987Maine: 857Arizona: 886California: 786New Mexico: 908Texas: 754Louisiana: 987Mississippi: 751Alabama: 1,095Florida: 847Georgia: 831South Carolina: 923North Carolina: 802Virginia: 905District of Columbia: 438Maryland: 795Delaware: 426New Jersey: 658Connecticut: 765Rhode Island: 755Massachusetts: 714Oregon: 997Utah: 916Wyoming: 1,495Nevada: 734Colorado: 881South Dakota: 1,518Nebraska: 992Kansas: 677Oklahoma: 905Iowa: 1,194Missouri: 868Wisconsin: 980Illinois: 830Kentucky: 995Arkansas: 1,087Tennessee: 990West Virginia: 837Indiana: 880Alaska: 927Hawaii: 885

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 426 to 786
  • Group 2: 786 to 880
  • Group 3: 880 to 948
  • Group 4: 948 to 1,015
  • Highest: 1,015 to 2,174
The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.

Note: Registrations are counted where vehicles are registered, which can differ from where they are used; fleet and rental registrations can raise some states' figures.

1Montana2,174
2South Dakota1,518
3Wyoming1,495
4North Dakota1,357
5Iowa1,194
6Alabama1,095
7Arkansas1,087
8New York1,049
9Vermont1,038
10Minnesota1,024
11Idaho1,015
12Oregon997
13Kentucky995
14Nebraska992
15Tennessee990
16Louisiana987
16New Hampshire987
18Wisconsin980
19Ohio958
20Michigan951
21Washington948
22Alaska927
23South Carolina923
24Utah916
25New Mexico908
26Oklahoma905
26Virginia905
28Arizona886
29Hawaii885
30Colorado881
31Indiana880
32Missouri868
33Maine857
34Florida847
35West Virginia837
36Georgia831
37Illinois830
38Pennsylvania813
39North Carolina802
40Maryland795
41California786
42Connecticut765
43Rhode Island755
44Texas754
45Mississippi751
46Nevada734
47Massachusetts714
48Kansas677
49New Jersey658
50District of Columbia438
51Delaware426

Source: Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics 2024, Table MV-1: State Motor-Vehicle Registrations
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2024 resident population (denominator). Reference period: 2024.

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U.S. states ranked by registered motor vehicles per 1,000 residents (derived) (2024). Data: Federal Highway Administration (with Census population), Highway Statistics 2024, Table MV-1; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-registered-motor-vehicles-per-1000-residents/

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