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Highway Statistics Series

Highway Statistics 2012


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State Motor-Vehicle Registrations - 2012

January 2014
Table MV-1

STATE AUTOMOBILES BUSES TRUCKS MOTORCYCLES ALL MOTOR VEHICLES
PRIVATE AND COMMERCIAL (INCLUDING TAXICABS) PUBLICLY OWNED TOTAL PRIVATE AND COMMERCIAL PUBLICLY OWNED TOTAL PRIVATE AND COMMERCIAL PUBLICLY OWNED TOTAL PRIVATE AND COMMERCIAL PUBLICLY OWNED (1) TOTAL PRIVATE AND COMMERCIAL PUBLICLY OWNED TOTAL
Alabama 2,024,677 17,812 2,042,489 1,037 4,662 5,699 2,641,310 22,669 2,663,979 132,432 33 132,465 4,799,456 45,176 4,844,632
Alaska 189,301 3,850 193,151 2,114 1,373 3,487 535,789 10,878 546,667 31,933 7 31,940 759,137 16,108 775,245
Arizona 2,101,007 23,034 2,124,041 7,214 13,636 20,850 2,837,688 31,680 2,869,368 148,752 4 148,756 5,094,661 68,353 5,163,015
Arkansas (2) 840,272 41,000 881,272 1,313 9,222 10,535 1,499,788 12,235 1,512,023 76,085 - 76,085 2,417,458 62,457 2,479,915
California 12,999,038 224,784 13,223,822 54,498 38,807 93,305 13,276,984 320,518 13,597,502 772,344 15,177 787,521 27,102,864 599,286 27,702,150
Colorado 1,728,413 17,775 1,746,188 7,220 4,539 11,759 2,592,033 28,035 2,620,068 183,819 62 183,881 4,511,485 50,411 4,561,896
Connecticut 1,370,468 16,611 1,387,079 3,503 8,582 12,085 1,207,938 16,025 1,223,963 83,332 - 83,332 2,665,241 41,218 2,706,459
Delaware 438,074 4,039 442,113 2,610 1,855 4,465 461,636 4,698 466,334 30,730 - 30,730 933,050 10,592 943,642
Dist. of Col. 194,711 12,337 207,048 436 3,866 4,302 103,213 3,643 106,856 4,008 136 4,144 302,368 19,982 322,350
Florida 7,471,652 64,204 7,535,856 13,556 17,678 31,234 7,411,442 68,302 7,479,744 619,079 73 619,152 15,515,729 150,257 15,665,986
Georgia (2) 3,290,675 30,832 3,321,507 9,936 31,854 41,790 4,044,313 38,178 4,082,491 201,206 1 201,207 7,546,130 100,865 7,646,995
Hawaii 510,652 11,152 521,804 1,841 725 2,566 660,766 11,079 671,845 35,150 377 35,527 1,208,409 23,333 1,231,742
Idaho 571,308 6,074 577,382 283 2,197 2,480 989,250 11,151 1,000,402 63,911 53 63,964 1,624,753 19,476 1,644,228
Illinois (2) 4,670,581 47,076 4,717,657 3,385 26,959 30,344 4,967,267 51,960 5,019,227 364,655 - 364,655 10,005,888 125,995 10,131,883
Indiana 2,417,986 21,155 2,439,141 2,575 6,179 8,754 3,305,956 27,412 3,333,368 223,103 - 223,103 5,949,620 54,746 6,004,366
Iowa (2) 1,333,056 10,280 1,343,336 3,928 5,327 9,255 1,953,804 24,592 1,978,396 179,733 330 180,063 3,470,521 40,529 3,511,050
Kansas 945,219 14,499 959,718 2,732 1,988 4,720 1,383,283 19,932 1,403,214 81,578 - 81,578 2,412,811 36,419 2,449,230
Kentucky (2) 1,517,753 16,166 1,533,919 1,978 7,721 9,699 2,006,342 20,100 2,026,442 100,506 - 100,506 3,626,580 43,986 3,670,566
Louisiana (2) 1,471,603 28,210 1,499,813 6,633 5,884 12,517 2,293,516 15,273 2,308,789 67,486 811 68,297 3,839,238 50,178 3,889,416
Maine (2) 469,189 5,433 474,622 540 893 1,433 643,643 7,125 650,769 53,267 1 53,268 1,166,639 13,453 1,180,092
Maryland 1,941,886 26,149 1,968,035 6,073 9,614 15,687 1,850,586 27,120 1,877,706 121,230 76 121,306 3,919,775 62,959 3,982,734
Massachusetts (3) 2,453,950 27,532 2,481,482 8,521 2,719 11,240 2,305,542 27,474 2,333,016 124,121 - 124,121 4,892,134 57,725 4,949,859
Michigan 3,376,679 31,990 3,408,669 3,357 5,354 8,711 4,074,571 39,992 4,114,563 266,489 - 266,489 7,721,096 77,336 7,798,432
Minnesota (2) 2,127,475 20,796 2,148,272 5,387 7,270 12,657 2,670,596 25,714 2,696,310 241,768 - 241,768 5,045,226 53,781 5,099,007
Mississippi (2) 835,482 12,186 847,669 1,801 6,086 7,887 1,152,114 16,206 1,168,320 28,264 - 28,264 2,017,662 34,478 2,052,140
Missouri 2,375,420 22,933 2,398,353 3,573 2,703 6,276 3,074,901 29,266 3,104,166 175,887 - 175,887 5,629,780 54,902 5,684,682
Montana 428,335 4,929 433,264 3,404 321 3,725 883,298 9,448 892,746 158,871 2 158,873 1,473,909 14,699 1,488,608
Nebraska 705,329 26,909 732,238 656 3,216 3,872 1,084,541 14,974 1,099,515 52,853 - 52,853 1,843,379 45,099 1,888,478
Nevada (2) 923,184 9,621 932,805 656 3,207 3,863 1,110,961 13,062 1,124,022 69,634 7 69,641 2,104,434 25,896 2,130,331
New Hampshire (4) 554,717 5,699 560,416 1,881 1,475 3,356 651,842 6,950 658,792 79,877 - 79,877 1,288,317 14,124 1,302,441
New Jersey (3) 3,931,287 39,978 3,971,265 13,002 6,604 19,606 3,549,817 38,316 3,588,133 332,470 - 332,470 7,826,576 84,898 7,911,474
New Mexico 663,677 12,060 675,737 1,020 4,391 5,411 1,040,028 17,948 1,057,976 66,666 - 66,666 1,771,391 34,399 1,805,790
New York (4) 4,991,599 84,605 5,076,204 15,201 10,483 25,684 4,921,072 80,371 5,001,443 345,409 3 345,412 10,273,281 175,463 10,448,743
North Carolina (5) 3,407,241 38,124 3,445,365 8,922 29,242 38,164 4,076,171 33,651 4,109,822 199,152 53 199,205 7,691,485 101,070 7,792,555
North Dakota 245,398 3,783 249,181 1,074 1,461 2,535 518,669 5,960 524,628 34,009 2 34,011 799,150 11,205 810,355
Ohio 4,696,974 41,083 4,738,058 15,431 2,754 18,185 4,974,738 45,580 5,020,317 339,677 11 339,688 10,026,820 89,428 10,116,248
Oklahoma (2) 1,347,325 14,013 1,361,339 517 1,429 1,946 1,929,047 19,924 1,948,971 127,679 2 127,681 3,404,569 35,369 3,439,937
Oregon 1,439,867 16,122 1,455,989 1,404 1,774 3,178 1,959,199 22,748 1,981,947 86,123 - 86,123 3,486,593 40,644 3,527,237
Pennsylvania 4,728,296 46,221 4,774,517 18,217 18,762 36,979 5,169,948 70,687 5,240,635 418,572 710 419,282 10,335,033 136,380 10,471,413
Rhode Island (3) 448,890 7,536 456,426 106 2,076 2,182 356,489 6,184 362,673 32,989 89 33,078 838,474 15,885 854,359
South Carolina 1,695,615 17,239 1,712,854 5,661 11,423 17,084 2,033,292 21,363 2,054,655 111,770 469 112,239 3,846,338 50,494 3,896,832
South Dakota (2) 327,336 4,326 331,662 232 2,048 2,280 584,670 11,607 596,277 72,927 425 73,352 985,165 18,406 1,003,571
Tennessee (2) 2,209,551 23,033 2,232,584 5,780 6,248 12,028 2,950,628 29,855 2,980,483 167,566 - 167,566 5,333,525 59,136 5,392,661
Texas (2) 7,679,657 142,202 7,821,859 2,545 95,140 97,685 11,597,044 273,135 11,870,179 444,514 3,885 448,399 19,723,760 514,362 20,238,122
Utah 823,885 8,312 832,197 4,053 2,600 6,653 1,063,348 16,324 1,079,672 62,747 72 62,819 1,954,033 27,308 1,981,341
Vermont 248,196 3,241 251,437 1,258 830 2,088 319,326 3,400 322,725 30,691 - 30,691 599,471 7,470 606,941
Virginia 3,227,954 77,957 3,305,911 29,812 1,405 31,217 3,539,706 40,468 3,580,174 198,813 676 199,489 6,996,285 120,506 7,116,791
Washington (2) 2,514,500 28,247 2,542,747 10,728 9,580 20,308 3,034,880 34,709 3,069,589 217,300 1 217,301 5,777,409 72,536 5,849,945
West Virginia 510,947 26,184 537,131 931 3,541 4,472 845,357 13,921 859,278 56,541 1,380 57,921 1,413,776 45,026 1,458,802
Wisconsin (2) 2,208,576 12,921 2,221,497 771 14,540 15,311 2,638,553 58,959 2,697,512 280,954 20 280,974 5,128,854 86,440 5,215,294
Wyoming (2) 209,408 3,380 212,789 1,257 1,703 2,960 545,075 7,263 552,337 31,316 3 31,319 787,056 12,349 799,405
Total 109,834,272 1,455,635 111,289,906 300,563 463,946 764,509 131,321,968 1,808,064 133,130,032 8,429,988 24,951 8,454,939 249,886,790 3,752,596 253,639,386

Sums may not equal to totals due to rounding.

(1) Many states do not maintain records on publicly owned motorcycles. Total may not represent an accurate count of the total number of publicly-owned motorcycles.

(2) State did not report active registrations and registers vehicles annually. Annual transaction data shown.

(3) State did not report active registrations and offers multi-year registrations. Data estimated from current and previously published data

(4) State did not report current year data. Previous year data shown for private vehicles.

(5) State data estimated from North Carolina Department of Transportation published data and other data sources.

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