- FHWA's Table MV-1 counts 97.4 million registered automobiles and 189.8 million registered trucks for 2024. FHWA's truck category spans pickups and SUVs through heavy commercial trucks, so it is not a count of light trucks.
- California, Texas, New York and Florida together account for 32.0% of registered motor vehicles.
- In EPA's production data, SUVs (car SUVs and truck SUVs together) were 5.6% of new vehicles in model year 1990 and 60.2% in model year 2024; sedans and wagons fell from 69.8% to 23.7%.
- Electric stations in DOE's alternative fueling station counts (public and private) grew from 432 in 2007 to 85,692 in 2025.
01 Registrations in 2024
FHWA's Table MV-1 reports motor vehicle registrations by state and type. For the 2024 data year, the national total is 297,525,836 motor vehicles, of which 97,413,321 are automobiles and 189,754,931 are trucks. FHWA's "trucks" category is a broad registration category: it includes pickups, SUVs and vans registered as trucks as well as heavy commercial trucks, so it should not be read as a count of light trucks.
| Category | Private and commercial | Publicly owned | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Automobiles | 96,058,245 | 1,355,076 | 97,413,321 |
| Buses | 627,494 | 468,841 | 1,096,335 |
| Trucks (all classes) | 186,871,245 | 2,883,686 | 189,754,931 |
| Motorcycles | 9,227,925 | 33,324 | 9,261,249 |
| All motor vehicles | 292,784,909 | 4,740,927 | 297,525,836 |
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Use the Calculator02 Registrations by State
The 20 states with the most registered motor vehicles are listed below. California, Texas, New York and Florida together account for 32.0% of the national total. Each state's own page has its driving-cost profile.
| Rank | State | Automobiles | Trucks | All motor vehicles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | 12,979,522 | 17,113,763 | 30,940,652 |
| 2 | Texas | 7,281,613 | 15,933,517 | 23,606,401 |
| 3 | New York | 6,474,059 | 13,526,544 | 20,991,098 |
| 4 | Florida | 7,210,114 | 11,794,134 | 19,696,080 |
| 5 | Ohio | 3,805,614 | 7,103,426 | 11,366,695 |
| 6 | Pennsylvania | 3,371,581 | 6,844,674 | 10,612,158 |
| 7 | Illinois | 3,514,238 | 6,727,333 | 10,546,027 |
| 8 | Michigan | 2,494,236 | 6,860,844 | 9,606,801 |
| 9 | Georgia | 3,206,610 | 5,842,123 | 9,309,408 |
| 10 | North Carolina | 3,005,649 | 5,634,554 | 8,862,420 |
| 11 | Virginia | 2,833,864 | 4,924,472 | 7,985,530 |
| 12 | Washington | 2,535,919 | 4,758,579 | 7,519,050 |
| 13 | Tennessee | 2,253,028 | 4,696,396 | 7,175,641 |
| 14 | Arizona | 2,287,531 | 4,090,469 | 6,692,631 |
| 15 | New Jersey | 2,275,055 | 3,809,822 | 6,256,097 |
| 16 | Indiana | 1,791,108 | 4,073,391 | 6,100,731 |
| 17 | Minnesota | 1,609,042 | 4,087,641 | 5,937,412 |
| 18 | Wisconsin | 1,626,951 | 3,918,981 | 5,836,776 |
| 19 | Alabama | 1,937,330 | 3,585,631 | 5,655,344 |
| 20 | Missouri | 1,645,714 | 3,619,999 | 5,422,419 |
03 New-Vehicle Production by Type
EPA's Automotive Trends Report gives the production share of each new-vehicle type. The table shows selected model years. In model year 1975, cars were 80.7% of production; in 2024 they were 34.3% and trucks 65.7%. Car SUVs and truck SUVs together rose from 5.6% in 1990 to 60.2% in 2024.
| Model year | Cars | Trucks | Sedan/wagon | Car SUV | Truck SUV | Minivan/van | Pickup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 80.7% | 19.3% | 80.6% | 0.1% | 1.7% | 4.5% | 13.1% |
| 1985 | 75.2% | 24.8% | 74.6% | 0.6% | 4.5% | 5.9% | 14.4% |
| 1995 | 63.5% | 36.5% | 62.0% | 1.5% | 10.5% | 11.0% | 15.0% |
| 2005 | 55.6% | 44.4% | 50.5% | 5.1% | 20.6% | 9.3% | 14.5% |
| 2015 | 57.4% | 42.6% | 47.2% | 10.2% | 28.1% | 3.9% | 10.7% |
| 2024 | 34.3% | 65.7% | 23.7% | 10.6% | 49.6% | 2.0% | 14.1% |
04 Fuel Economy by Vehicle Type
The same EPA table reports real-world fuel economy for each type. Fuel economy rose within every type between 1975 and 2024, for example from 11.0 to 25.7 MPG for truck SUVs and from 13.5 to 33.5 MPG for sedans and wagons, while the mix moved toward the types with lower fuel economy.
| Model year | Sedan/wagon | Car SUV | Truck SUV | Minivan/van | Pickup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 13.5 | 11.1 | 11.0 | 11.1 | 11.9 |
| 1985 | 23.0 | 20.1 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 18.2 |
| 1995 | 23.4 | 17.8 | 16.0 | 18.1 | 16.9 |
| 2005 | 23.5 | 20.2 | 16.7 | 19.3 | 15.8 |
| 2015 | 29.0 | 25.1 | 21.9 | 21.8 | 18.8 |
| 2024 | 33.5 | 39.2 | 25.7 | 26.1 | 20.5 |
05 Electric Fueling Stations
This site does not have a registration count of electric vehicles. DOE's Alternative Fuels Data Center counts alternative fueling stations by fuel type, public and private combined. Electric stations rose from 432 in 2007 to 85,692 in 2025. The counts are stations, not charging ports and not vehicles.
| Year | Electric stations |
|---|---|
| 2007 | 432 |
| 2013 | 8,100 |
| 2018 | 22,845 |
| 2020 | 31,751 |
| 2023 | 68,475 |
| 2024 | 79,763 |
| 2025 | 85,692 |
06 Data Sources
- Federal Highway Administration. Highway Statistics, Table MV-1, State Motor Vehicle Registrations, 2024. fhwa.dot.gov
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The 2025 EPA Automotive Trends Report (EPA-420-R-26-001), Tables 3.1 and 3.2. epa.gov/automotive-trends
- U.S. Department of Energy. Alternative Fuels Data Center, alternative fueling stations by fuel type. afdc.energy.gov