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Highway Statistics 2009

State Motor-Vehicle Registrations - 2009 1/

January 2011
Table MV-1

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STATE	MOTOR VEHICLES													MOTORCYCLES
	AUTOMOBILES			BUSES			TRUCKS			ALL MOTOR VEHICLES			PRIVATE AND COMMERCIAL AUTOMOBILES PER CAPITA	MOTORCYCLES
	PRIVATE AND COMMERCIAL (INCLUDING TAXICABS)	PUBLICLY OWNED 2/	TOTAL	PRIVATE AND COMMERCIAL 3/	PUBLICLY OWNED 2/	TOTAL	PRIVATE AND COMMERCIAL	PUBLICLY OWNED 2/	TOTAL	PRIVATE AND COMMERCIAL	PUBLICLY OWNED 2/	TOTAL	PRIVATE AND COMMERCIAL AUTOMOBILES PER CAPITA	PRIVATE AND COMMERCIAL	PUBLICLY OWNED 2/
Alabama	2,154,247	17,337	2,171,584	2,456	6,428	8,884	2,402,327	28,050	2,430,377	4,559,030	51,815	4,610,845	0.46	121,976	495
Alaska	233,411	2,812	236,223	2,217	481	2,698	445,706	10,655	456,361	681,334	13,948	695,282	0.33	29,166	11
Arizona	2,210,155	18,017	2,228,172	1,435	3,594	5,029	2,104,493	19,940	2,124,433	4,316,083	41,551	4,357,634	0.34	137,624	851
Arkansas	937,470	9,936	947,406	1,657	6,179	7,836	1,070,336	11,823	1,082,159	2,009,463	27,938	2,037,401	0.32	75,998	69
California	19,758,848	213,989	19,972,837	41,430	18,105	59,535	14,078,563	322,271	14,400,834	33,878,841	554,365	34,433,206	0.53	759,285	16,939
Colorado 4/	630,200	10,699	640,899	1,668	4,071	5,739	754,967	27,869	782,836	1,386,835	42,639	1,429,474	0.13	94,649	97
Connecticut 5/	1,971,255	11,859	1,983,114	9,986	919	10,905	1,047,389	30,167	1,077,556	3,028,630	42,945	3,071,575	0.56	64,989	367
Delaware	456,161	7,618	463,779	1,568	686	2,254	374,058	3,266	377,324	831,787	11,570	843,357	0.52	25,629	47
Dist. of Col.	162,148	4,371	166,519	2,469	431	2,900	41,220	7,009	48,229	205,837	11,811	217,648	0.27	1,155	370
Florida	7,478,815	118,974	7,597,789	5,018	46,572	51,590	7,491,638	173,740	7,665,378	14,975,471	339,286	15,314,757	0.40	663,336	6,410
Georgia	4,102,295	31,979	4,134,274	5,420	18,144	23,564	4,268,320	81,135	4,349,455	8,376,035	131,258	8,507,293	0.42	195,776	1,395
Hawaii	441,269	7,266	448,535	3,116	1,489	4,605	432,978	9,218	442,196	877,363	17,973	895,336	0.34	49,173	706
Idaho	556,372	6,649	563,021	1,344	2,551	3,895	792,974	15,077	808,051	1,350,690	24,277	1,374,967	0.36	56,161	234
Illinois	5,746,783	77,291	5,824,074	17,822	375	18,197	4,035,259	13,342	4,048,601	9,799,864	91,008	9,890,872	0.45	348,793	80
Indiana 6/	3,109,865	25,743	3,135,608	9,531	23,858	33,389	2,632,056	46,535	2,678,591	5,751,452	96,136	5,847,588	0.48	204,402	569
Iowa	1,726,626	9,704	1,736,330	1,608	5,315	6,923	1,594,529	25,326	1,619,855	3,322,763	40,345	3,363,108	0.57	184,450	330
Kansas	866,789	8,080	874,869	1,363	2,548	3,911	1,526,682	19,801	1,546,483	2,394,834	30,429	2,425,263	0.31	85,214	334
Kentucky	1,925,416	27,004	1,952,420	1,389	13,202	14,591	1,608,511	8,979	1,617,490	3,535,316	49,185	3,584,501	0.45	68,244	7
Louisiana	1,880,569	60,017	1,940,586	16,507	6,890	23,397	2,041,794	27,634	2,069,428	3,938,870	94,541	4,033,411	0.42	70,490	604
Maine	532,116	6,353	538,469	513	3,073	3,586	499,206	14,659	513,865	1,031,835	24,085	1,055,920	0.40	54,762	129
Maryland	2,583,261	14,331	2,597,592	6,690	5,360	12,050	1,849,201	24,755	1,873,956	4,439,152	44,446	4,483,598	0.45	82,820	89
Massachusetts	3,106,499	21,872	3,128,371	11,093	693	11,786	2,073,979	47,667	2,121,646	5,191,571	70,232	5,261,803	0.47	158,217	-
Michigan	4,320,551	51,221	4,371,772	9,719	16,771	26,490	3,431,651	83,211	3,514,862	7,761,921	151,203	7,913,124	0.43	265,881	1,507
Minnesota	2,492,632	13,545	2,506,177	7,472	11,029	18,501	2,240,469	30,948	2,271,417	4,740,573	55,522	4,796,095	0.47	251,012	367
Mississippi	1,142,688	13,104	1,155,792	3,594	5,997	9,591	848,361	11,946	860,307	1,994,643	31,047	2,025,690	0.39	28,085	-
Missouri	2,551,704	7,935	2,559,639	3,722	6,819	10,541	2,315,539	18,482	2,334,021	4,870,965	33,236	4,904,201	0.43	103,976	58
Montana	363,470	6,637	370,107	976	1,420	2,396	532,260	20,187	552,447	896,706	28,244	924,950	0.37	125,723	125
Nebraska	768,784	15,410	784,194	1,471	6,071	7,542	977,710	23,577	1,001,287	1,747,965	45,058	1,793,023	0.43	50,233	349
Nevada	696,722	10,190	706,912	2,472	294	2,766	672,514	15,149	687,663	1,371,708	25,633	1,397,341	0.26	68,251	487
New Hampshire 5/	635,121	4,514	639,635	1,644	390	2,034	557,900	12,924	570,824	1,194,665	17,828	1,212,493	0.48	80,826	-
New Jersey 5/	3,663,238	42,084	3,705,322	19,321	4,667	23,988	2,275,812	108,685	2,384,497	5,958,371	155,436	6,113,807	0.42	157,197	624
New Mexico	681,729	16,371	698,100	2,196	1,202	3,398	893,842	25,364	919,206	1,577,767	42,937	1,620,704	0.34	53,749	300
New York 5/	8,644,109	81,442	8,725,551	27,506	43,933	71,439	2,350,091	98,127	2,448,218	11,021,706	223,502	11,245,208	0.44	344,975	455
North Carolina	3,417,940	33,147	3,451,087	10,738	24,594	35,332	2,506,771	54,049	2,560,820	5,935,449	111,790	6,047,239	0.36	127,678	370
North Dakota	343,076	4,280	347,356	824	1,640	2,464	363,405	8,846	372,251	707,305	14,766	722,071	0.53	32,292	21
Ohio	6,247,020	71,783	6,318,803	24,374	24,991	49,365	4,562,655	91,306	4,653,961	10,834,049	188,080	11,022,129	0.54	385,921	1,503
Oklahoma	1,656,495	13,858	1,670,353	2,217	17,456	19,673	1,650,276	56,093	1,706,369	3,308,988	87,407	3,396,395	0.45	124,093	434
Oregon	1,409,217	30,768	1,439,985	4,938	10,900	15,838	1,555,496	35,054	1,590,550	2,969,651	76,722	3,046,373	0.37	103,836	1,027
Pennsylvania 5/	5,774,049	44,007	5,818,056	30,414	2,520	32,934	3,935,053	71,268	4,006,321	9,739,516	117,795	9,857,311	0.46	409,115	739
Rhode Island 5/	476,923	4,982	481,905	1,704	13	1,717	299,386	5,615	305,001	778,013	10,610	788,623	0.45	33,875	89
South Carolina	1,962,527	11,967	1,974,494	5,695	13,510	19,205	1,591,557	29,144	1,620,701	3,559,779	54,621	3,614,400	0.43	105,963	300
South Dakota	397,107	4,554	401,661	876	1,693	2,569	506,330	15,608	521,938	904,313	21,855	926,168	0.49	62,482	35
Tennessee	2,831,544	23,259	2,854,803	4,219	16,473	20,692	2,199,544	64,623	2,264,167	5,035,307	104,355	5,139,662	0.45	162,222	272
Texas 6/	8,711,324	119,650	8,830,974	19,768	72,871	92,639	9,033,163	251,394	9,284,557	17,764,255	443,915	18,208,170	0.35	435,492	3,653
Utah	1,204,972	12,148	1,217,120	495	844	1,339	1,217,913	17,507	1,235,420	2,423,380	30,499	2,453,879	0.43	59,464	179
Vermont	289,116	3,201	292,317	652	1,298	1,950	256,477	6,626	263,103	546,245	11,125	557,370	0.46	28,820	1
Virginia	3,700,232	32,236	3,732,468	2,439	14,120	16,559	2,518,709	34,099	2,552,808	6,221,380	80,455	6,301,835	0.47	78,607	347
Washington	3,080,386	21,185	3,101,571	3,641	9,218	12,859	2,423,661	42,577	2,466,238	5,507,688	72,980	5,580,668	0.46	228,204	1,609
West Virginia	686,961	13,142	700,103	778	1,933	2,711	683,746	25,918	709,664	1,371,485	40,993	1,412,478	0.38	48,533	500
Wisconsin	2,509,972	16,701	2,526,673	10,039	4,708	14,747	2,284,261	48,635	2,332,896	4,804,272	70,044	4,874,316	0.44	364,616	695
Wyoming	207,526	6,673	214,199	1,013	2,437	3,450	418,684	15,991	434,675	627,223	25,101	652,324	0.38	30,016	99
Total	133,437,705	1,441,895	134,879,600	351,217	490,776	841,993	108,269,422	2,291,871	110,561,293	242,058,344	4,224,542	246,282,886	0.43	7,883,446	46,278
Puerto Rico 6/	2,414,153	6,902	2,421,055	3,040	658	3,698	95,149	11,297	106,446	2,512,342	18,857	2,531,199	-	115,865

1/ For additional details of publicly owned vehicles and of trucks, buses, and trailers registered, see tables MV-7, 9, 10, and 11, respectively. Where the registration year is not more than one month removed from the calendar year, registration-year data are given. Where the registration year is more than one month removed, registrations are given for the calendar year.

2/ Includes Federal, State, county, and municipal vehicles. Vehicles owned by the military services are not included.

3/ The numbers of private and commercial buses given here are estimates by the Federal Highway Administration of the numbers in operation, rather than the registration counts of the States.

4/ State data is incomplete.

5/ The following farm trucks, registered at a nominal fee and restricted to use in the vicinity of the owner's farm, are not included in this table: Connecticut, 6,819; New Hampshire, 12,038; New Jersey, 8,931; New York, 33,372; Pennsylvania, 10,951; and Rhode Island, 1,441.

6/ State did not provide current data. Table displays 2008 private and commercial and state, county and municipal vehicles for Indiana and Texas. Table displays 2007 data for Puerto Rico.