Number of registered U.S. motorcycles by state

The number of publicly owned, private, and commercial motorcycles registered in the U.S. states and the District of Columbia reached a total of some 9.6 million units in 2022. In that same year, there were 802,500 motorcycles registered in California.

U.S. motorcycle registrations by state

In 2022, California and New York reported the highest amount of registered private and commercial motorcycles in the country. Not only is California the U.S. states with the highest number of motorcycles, but it is also the most populous state in the U.S. overall, representing close to 12 percent of the country’s total population. At the bottom of the ranking are Rhode Island, Delaware, and the District of Colombia with fewer than 25,000 registrations, as well as less populous states, including Wyoming and Alaska, and Hawaii.

Dangerous travel

Riding a motorcycle is one of the most dangerous ways to travel in the U.S. with more than 200 fatalities per billion passenger miles as of 2019. Motorcycle crashes in the United States had decreased slightly in recent years, after peaking in 2016, but saw a strong rise in 2020.

U.S. motorcycle registration estimates in 2022, by state (in units)

State	Registrations in units
California	802,500
New York*	736,004
Florida	650,201
Arkansas	451,746
Ohio	424,385
Montana	399,881
Pennsylvania	371,946
Texas	342,485
Illinois	291,539
Wisconsin	280,182
Arizona	279,110
Michigan	256,508
Washington	226,056
Minnesota	223,875
Georgia	217,819
Indiana**	216,022
North Carolina	200,162
Tennessee	199,360
Iowa	195,119
Virginia	191,968
Colorado	180,103
Oklahoma	152,178
New Jersey	148,634
Massachusetts	146,187
Utah	142,921
Oregon	141,277
South Dakota	140,761
Missouri	134,550
Alabama	125,810
South Carolina	122,547
Louisiana	109,369
Kentucky	107,212
Maryland	103,607
Kansas	89,488
New Hampshire	87,365
Connecticut	84,876
Nevada	78,885
Idaho*	63,311
New Mexico	56,881
Nebraska	51,173
Maine	50,061
West Virginia	48,457
North Dakota	46,095
Vermont	33,775
Mississippi	31,607
Wyoming	28,655
Alaska	25,638
Hawaii	25,630
Delaware	24,607
Rhode Island	24,591
District of Columbia	4,545

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Release date

January 2024

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Survey time period

2022

Supplementary notes

* Some data estimated by FHWA using secondary data sources due to data quality concerns.

** The state verified significant variation due to the instability caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, with accurate reporting anticipated to resume in 2023. Until then, the data was estimated by FHWA.

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