Motorcycles in the U.S. - private registrations by state 2017

The graph shows motorcycle registrations in the United States in 2017, with a breakdown by state. There were approximately 828,000 such motorcycles registered in California, making it the top state in terms of total motorcycle registrations.

Private and commercial motorcycle registrations in the U.S. in 2017, by state

Characteristic	Number of registrations
California	828,083
Texas	636,764
Florida	583,685
Ohio	410,165
New York	392,176
Pennsylvania	376,390
Illinois	333,943
Wisconsin	324,260
Montana	306,651
Michigan	258,487
Indiana***	250,579
Minnesota	241,556
Washington	231,400
Georgia	203,064
Iowa*	194,273
Virginia	193,298
Colorado	190,002
North Carolina	188,580
Massachusetts**	168,931
Arizona	164,053
Tennessee	163,619
New Jersey	152,979
Oregon	141,987
Missouri	138,294
Oklahoma	136,189
Maryland	118,201
South Carolina	117,660
South Dakota	116,807
Louisiana	113,664
Alabama	111,247
Kentucky	101,085
Kansas	95,892
Connecticut	90,111
Arkansas	89,457
Utah	83,792
New Hampshire	78,702
Nevada	76,027
Idaho	63,266
West Virginia	59,236
New Mexico	57,718
Nebraska	55,716
North Dakota	51,927
Maine	51,466
Hawaii	35,203
Alaska**	31,852
Vermont	30,955
Rhode Island	30,814
Wyoming	28,956
Mississippi	28,124
Delaware	27,810
Dist. of Col.	3,897

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Release date

January 2019

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United States

Survey time period

2017

Supplementary notes

Sums may not equal to totals due to rounding.
*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.
**Estimated by FHWA based on State reported data and data from secondary sources.
***State did not provide data. Estimated by FHWA.

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