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Idaho vehicle registrations

2.03 million

Motor vehicles registered in Idaho, 2024

−1.3% since 2023 (2.06 million); +15.2% since 2014 (1.76 million); +73.4% since 1999 (1.17 million)

Source: Federal Highway Administration, Motor vehicle registrations (computed by Understand Idaho). Data period 2024. Published . Newest release as of ; next expected by June 2027.

Registered motor vehicles of every type and ownership, summed from the vehicle-type rows of FHWA Highway Statistics table MV-1.

Comparison

Among 50 states and the District of Columbia, Idaho ranked 11th highest in 2024 on vehicle registrations per 1,000 residents from the Federal Highway Administration. Montana was highest at 2,174 per 1,000 and Delaware lowest at 426 per 1,000.

The largest category in registrations by vehicle type is Truck, Private at 1,419,807; next is Auto, Private at 504,204.

Historical data

Idaho vehicle registrations, 1900 to 2024Idaho vehicle registrations, 1900 to 2024. Idaho: 10 in 1900, 2,030,069 in 2024.01M2M3M190019502000CountIdaho vehicle registrations, 1900 to 2024Idaho vehicle registrations, 1900 to 2024. Idaho: 10 in 1900, 2,030,069 in 2024.01M2M3M190019502000CountIdaho vehicle registrations, 1900 to 2024Idaho vehicle registrations, 1900 to 2024. Idaho: 10 in 1900, 2,030,069 in 2024.01M2M3M190019502000Count

Source: FHWA, Motor vehicle registrations (computed by Understand Idaho).

Data table (125 rows)
PeriodIdaho (count)
190010
190110
190220
190330
190470
190580
1906120
1907140
1908220
1909320
1910470
1911650
19121,430
19132,080
19143,742
19157,698
191613,753
191725,483
191832,996
191942,951
192051,625
192152,038
192254,577
192363,034
192469,846
192583,209
192696,555
1927103,172
1928110,018
1929119,765
1930120,822
1931113,452
193298,118
193398,611
1934111,608
1935121,337
1936135,873
1937145,433
1938141,462
1939157,379
1940167,662
1941174,962
1942161,031
1943152,540
1944151,413
1945154,485
1946173,998
1947198,091
1948225,219
1949246,752
1950275,143
1951283,709
1952292,671
1953306,225
1954316,836
1955339,526
1956339,425
1957344,375
1958351,467
1959367,172
1960378,500
1961389,819
1962405,592
1963416,303
1964430,325
1965450,339
1966465,781
1967477,245
1968493,557
1969503,610
1970514,749
1971541,230
1972585,775
1973633,421
1974679,340
1975691,874
1976724,721
1977762,265
1978809,750
1979833,083
1980890,512
1981912,839
1982926,131
1983929,634
1984899,364
1985902,932
1986905,173
1987993,154
19881,005,485
19891,082,292
19901,095,512
19911,088,567
19921,067,765
19931,055,570
19941,067,903
19951,076,563
19961,090,441
19971,116,121
19981,153,423
19991,170,422
20001,219,851
20011,363,120
20021,428,523
20031,345,071
20041,393,702
20051,430,663
20061,325,629
20071,326,006
20081,382,663
20091,431,362
20101,378,190
20111,625,204
20121,644,228
20131,692,457
20141,762,687
20151,854,019
20161,842,245
20171,835,903
20181,879,670
20191,954,528
20201,917,808
20211,976,199
20222,031,332
20232,057,655
20242,030,069

Compared with other states

Every state is compared on vehicle registrations per 1,000 residents from the Federal Highway Administration: Registered motor vehicles summed from the vehicle-type rows of FHWA Highway Statistics table MV-1, divided by the Census Bureau's July 1 population estimate for the same year, times 1,000.

Per 1,000

  1. Montana2,174
  2. South Dakota1,518
  3. Wyoming1,495
  4. Idaho1,015
  5. Oregon998
  6. Washington948
  7. Utah916
  8. Nevada734
  9. New Jersey658
  10. District of Columbia438
  11. Delaware426

Source: FHWA, Vehicle registrations per 1,000 residents (computed by Understand Idaho).

Data table (51 rows)
State2024
1. Montana2,174.2
2. South Dakota1,517.5
3. Wyoming1,495.0
4. North Dakota1,357.1
5. Iowa1,193.8
6. Alabama1,095.3
7. Arkansas1,087.4
8. New York1,049.5
9. Vermont1,038.4
10. Minnesota1,024.1
11. Idaho1,014.6
12. Oregon997.5
13. Kentucky995.1
14. Nebraska991.8
15. Tennessee989.6
16. Louisiana987.3
17. New Hampshire987.3
18. Wisconsin979.8
19. Ohio958.4
20. Michigan951.2
21. Washington948.4
22. Alaska927.3
23. South Carolina922.6
24. Utah915.5
25. New Mexico907.6
26. Virginia905.4
27. Oklahoma904.8
28. Arizona885.7
29. Hawaii885.2
30. Colorado881.1
31. Indiana879.7
32. Missouri868.5
33. Maine857.0
34. Florida846.6
35. West Virginia836.9
36. Georgia830.9
37. Illinois830.2
38. Pennsylvania813.5
39. North Carolina801.9
40. Maryland795.1
41. California786.0
42. Connecticut764.6
43. Rhode Island755.5
44. Texas753.8
45. Mississippi750.5
46. Nevada734.3
47. Massachusetts713.7
48. Kansas677.0
49. New Jersey658.1
50. District of Columbia437.8
51. Delaware425.8

Registrations by vehicle type

This breakdown is from Federal Highway Administration, on a different basis than the headline figure above. Registered motor vehicles by category (Auto, Bus, Truck, Motorcycle) and, from 2000 on, by private/public ownership, from FHWA Highway Statistics table MV-1.

Share of registrations

  • Truck, Private: 70%
  • Auto, Private: 25%
  • Motorcycle, Private: 3.7%
  • Truck, Public: 1.0%
  • Auto, Public: 0.3%
  • Bus, Public: 0.1%
  • Bus, Private: 0.1%
  • Motorcycle, Public: <0.1%

Source: FHWA, Highway Statistics series.

Data table (8 rows)
Vehicle type2024 (count)Share of total
Truck, Private1,419,80769.9%
Auto, Private504,20424.8%
Motorcycle, Private74,8153.7%
Truck, Public20,7491.0%
Auto, Public6,3120.3%
Bus, Public2,5150.1%
Bus, Private1,5670.1%
Motorcycle, Public1000.0%
  • Vehicle miles traveled (VM-2) is an estimate from each state's own travel monitoring program, not a direct count.
  • Traffic fatalities (FI-20) are Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) counts as FHWA republishes them by functional system.
  • Vehicle registrations (MV-1) count registered vehicles, not owners; one business or agency vehicle counts once regardless of drivers.
  • The licensed-drivers table (DL-1C) starts in 2010 in this republication; earlier years are not available through this source.
  • No source table prints a state total for its category breakdown; a state total here is summed from the categories.
  • Puerto Rico appears in the source tables but is excluded here; it is not in this site's geography list.
  • Idaho's MV-1 vehicle-registration total rises from 1,378,190 in 2010 to 1,625,204 in 2011, about 18 percent. The increase concentrates in the Truck, Private (up 166,972) and Auto, Private (up 68,546) categories; FHWA's published MV-1 table carries no footnote for Idaho in either year explaining the change.
  • Some MV-1 rows, Idaho's included, carry a fractional vehicle count (for example, Idaho's 2012 Auto, Private row is 571,308.21) as FHWA's republication prints it. This dataset stores the figure as printed rather than rounding it.

Registrations by vehicle type over time

Registrations by vehicle type over timeRegistrations by vehicle type over time. Stacked areas: Truck, Private, Auto, Private, Motorcycle, Private, Truck, Public, Auto, Public, Bus, Public, Bus, Private, Motorcycle, Public, in 2000 to in 2024.01M2M3M200020102020CountRegistrations by vehicle type over timeRegistrations by vehicle type over time. Stacked areas: Truck, Private, Auto, Private, Motorcycle, Private, Truck, Public, Auto, Public, Bus, Public, Bus, Private, Motorcycle, Public, in 2000 to in 2024.01M2M3M200020102020CountRegistrations by vehicle type over timeRegistrations by vehicle type over time. Stacked areas: Truck, Private, Auto, Private, Motorcycle, Private, Truck, Public, Auto, Public, Bus, Public, Bus, Private, Motorcycle, Public, in 2000 to in 2024.01M2M3M20002005201020152020Count
  • Motorcycle, Public
  • Bus, Private
  • Bus, Public
  • Auto, Public
  • Truck, Public
  • Motorcycle, Private
  • Auto, Private
  • Truck, Private

Source: FHWA, Highway Statistics series.

Data table (25 rows)
PeriodTruck, Private (count)Auto, Private (count)Motorcycle, Private (count)Truck, Public (count)Auto, Public (count)Bus, Public (count)Bus, Private (count)Motorcycle, Public (count)
2000640,772.000509,490.00042,00117,975.0005,776.0002,409.0001,278.000150.000
2001725,418.000572,048.00039,13216,958.0005,714.0002,427.0001,283.000140.000
2002767,117.000592,095.00042,55816,786.0006,021.0002,513.0001,288.000145.000
2003728,478.000548,416.00043,80414,844.0005,686.0002,402.0001,294.000147.000
2004751,265.000568,756.00049,39714,233.0006,069.0002,501.0001,300.000181.000
2005772,647.000577,289.00056,40214,360.0005,985.0002,468.0001,307.000205.000
2006714,691.000535,298.00050,33115,170.0006,189.0002,452.0001,315.000183.000
2007737,839.000519,417.00043,94714,628.0006,143.0002,548.0001,324.000160.000
2008764,618.000528,544.00064,16314,773.0006,367.0002,597.0001,334.000267.000
2009792,974.000556,372.00056,16115,077.0006,649.0002,551.0001,344.000234.000
2010765,518.000534,688.00052,96714,591.0006,350.0002,483.0001,355.000238.000
2011932,490.000603,234.00062,57614,892.0007,412.0002,601.0001,952.00047.000
2012989,250.366571,308.20663,91111,151.3096,074.1192,197.000283.00053.107
20131,020,334.000594,469.00064,8995,170.0004,408.000502.0002,630.00045.000
20141,079,351.136604,192.86466,1495,070.0004,478.000524.0002,880.00042.000
20151,150,397.000624,560.00065,6048,269.0001,880.000504.0002,774.00031.000
20161,154,988.000605,599.00065,8949,539.0002,303.000693.0003,184.00045.000
20171,208,288.000547,567.00063,26610,442.0002,439.000627.0003,243.00031.000
20181,200,297.000596,208.00066,50310,257.3762,566.000580.4463,228.22030.000
20191,273,403.675599,749.32566,8278,226.4182,420.796573.6123,296.00031.040
20201,258,139.000586,008.00059,1968,144.0002,354.000564.0003,374.00029.000
20211,349,990.762568,864.40448,5735,440.0001,100.000280.0001,940.00011.000
20221,403,779.511553,545.16163,2027,358.0001,073.000286.0001,979.000109.000
20231,442,063.900541,196.14565,1525,757.1511,079.204292.0002,005.000110.000
20241,419,807.000504,204.00074,81520,749.0006,312.0002,515.0001,567.000100.000

Vehicle registrations per 1,000 residents

1,015 per 1,000 in 2024 (estimate). Registered motor vehicles summed from the vehicle-type rows of FHWA Highway Statistics table MV-1, divided by the Census Bureau's July 1 population estimate for the same year, times 1,000.

Vehicle registrations per 1,000 residents, 2010 to 2024Vehicle registrations per 1,000 residents, 2010 to 2024. Vehicle registrations per 1,000 residents: 877 in 2010, 1,015 in 2024.8009001,0001,1001,200201020152020Per 1,000Vehicle registrations per 1,000 residents, 2010 to 2024Vehicle registrations per 1,000 residents, 2010 to 2024. Vehicle registrations per 1,000 residents: 877 in 2010, 1,015 in 2024.8009001,0001,1001,200201020152020Per 1,000Vehicle registrations per 1,000 residents, 2010 to 2024Vehicle registrations per 1,000 residents, 2010 to 2024. Vehicle registrations per 1,000 residents: 877 in 2010, 1,015 in 2024.8009001,0001,1001,200201020152020Per 1,000

Source: FHWA, Vehicle registrations per 1,000 residents (computed by Understand Idaho).

Data table (15 rows)
PeriodVehicle registrations per 1,000 residents (per 1,000)
2010877.4
20111,026.1
20121,030.7
20131,050.4
20141,080.7
20151,122.9
20161,095.0
20171,068.8
20181,073.8
20191,093.7
20201,037.0
20211,037.5
20221,045.5
20231,044.2
20241,014.6

Source

Organization
Federal Highway Administration
Dataset
Motor vehicle registrations (computed by Understand Idaho)
Geography
States and the District of Columbia
Time coverage
1900-2024
Update frequency
Annual
Published
Newest release as of
; next expected by June 2027
Original file
https://datahub.transportation.gov/browse?q=highway%20statistics
License
Public domain. U.S. federal government work.
Our copy
Motor vehicle registrations (computed by Understand Idaho)

Caveats

  • Computed by Understand Idaho from Highway Statistics series; it is not a figure the publisher releases.

Inputs: Highway Statistics series.

State comparison:

Organization
Federal Highway Administration
Dataset
Vehicle registrations per 1,000 residents (computed by Understand Idaho)
Geography
States and the District of Columbia
Time coverage
1900-2024
Update frequency
Annual
Published
Newest release as of
; next expected by June 2027
Original file
https://datahub.transportation.gov/browse?q=highway%20statistics
License
Public domain. U.S. federal government work.
Our copy
Vehicle registrations per 1,000 residents (computed by Understand Idaho)

Caveats

  • Computed by Understand Idaho from Highway Statistics series and Population Estimates Program; it is not a figure the publisher releases.
  • Totals for 2010-2019 are Vintage 2019 estimates and 2020-2025 are Vintage 2025; a change across 2019 to 2020 includes the revision between vintages.

Where sources disagree

  • Population, Idaho, 2020: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census apportionment counts publishes 1,839,106. The Population Estimates base for April 1, 2020 is 1,839,123, 17 more than the 1,839,106 apportionment count. The 2020 to 2025 estimates build forward from that base.

Inputs: Highway Statistics series and Population Estimates Program.

Cite as Understand Idaho, “Idaho vehicle registrations”, https://understandidaho.com/transportation/vehicle-registrations/; cite the publisher above for the figures. See the data catalog.

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