What State Has The Most Registered Motorcycles Per Capita

All 50 States Ranked For Highest Motorcycle Ownership Per Capita

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In a recent report done ranking each of the 50 states (and the District of Columbia) by motorcycle ownership per capita, Due south Dakota ranked the best. In that location are a full of 69,284 motorcycles registered in the state, co-ordinate to the Department of Transportation, and with a total population of 816,598, when you exercise the math, at that place'southward roughly 12 people in South Dakota for every motorcycle.

Considering South Dakota is the habitation of the Sturgis rally, its ranking on this listing may not be much of a surprise. However, coming in 2d may exist an unlikely state: New Hampshire. With just a tick over 79,000 motorcycles registered and a population of 1.iii million, the numbers piece of work out to approximately 17 people per bike. Merely consider New Hampshire is home to Laconia Bike Week and features some groovy riding areas (when the weather cooperates!), and the 2nd identify standing may not be so far fetched.

Iowa rounds out the top three states for motorbike ownership per capita with 18 people per motorcycle. Considering it'due south the home of Polaris Industries, owners of both Victory and Indian motorcycles, its ranking on the list isn't surprising.

Looking at the lesser of the field, the District of Columbia ranks 51st, and last, with 172 people per motorbike. Of the states in the Spousal relationship, Mississippi is 50th (106 people per motorcycle), followed by Louisiana and Texas, with 67 and 58 people per motorcycle, respectively. When it comes to states with the highest motorcycle ownership, it'due south well known that California leads that category past far, with over 800,000 motorcycles registered in the state. All the same, with a population of over 37 1000000, it ranks 43rd on the listing, with 47 people per motorbike.

The complete ranking listing tin can exist seen below.

Rank	State	# Bikes	Population	People per bicycle
i	South Dakota	69,284	816,598	12
two	New Hampshire	79,266	1,316,807	17
three	Iowa	173,929	iii,050,202	eighteen
4	Wisconsin	317,276	5,691,659	18
5	Wyoming	30,351	564,554	nineteen
6	North Dakota	32,654	674,629	21
7	Vermont	30,070	625,909	21
8	Montana	46,996	990,958	21
9	Minnesota	240,288	v,310,658	22
10	Alaska	30,983	714,146	23
eleven	Idaho	62,576	ane,571,102	25
12	Maine	l,318	one,327,379	26
13	New Jersey	330,470	8,799,593	27
14	Colorado	173,120	v,047,692	29
fifteen	Delaware	30,494	899,792	30
16	Ohio	390,494	11,537,968	xxx
17	Oklahoma	127,140	3,760,184	30
18	Washington	220,856	6,742,950	31
19	Pennsylvania	404,164	12,717,722	31
twenty	Indiana	204,402	6,490,622	32
21	New Mexico	64,863	2,065,913	32
22	Rhode Island	32,989	ane,052,528	32
23	Michigan	308,338	9,877,143	32
24	Florida	574,176	xviii,838,613	33
25	Westward Virginia	56,210	1,854,368	33
26	Kansas	81,354	2,859,143	35
27	Oregon	108,313	3,838,332	35
28	Nebraska	51,371	ane,830,141	36
29	Arizona	178,890	6,413,158	36
thirty	Connecticut	97,960	3,575,498	36
31	Illinois	350,193	12,841,980	37
32	Alabama	127,255	4,785,401	38
33	Tennessee	168,408	6,357,436	38
34	Arkansas	76,293	two,921,588	38
35	Nevada	68,951	2,704,283	39
36	Virginia	195,722	8,023,953	41
37	Massachusetts	159,000	six,555,466	41
38	Missouri	140,936	5,995,715	43
39	Due north Carolina	223,209	9,560,234	43
twoscore	South Carolina	107,864	4,637,106	43
41	Kentucky	98,475	4,347,223	44
42	Hawaii	xxx,098	1,363,359	45
43	California	801,803	37,338,198	47
44	Utah	59,355	2,775,479	47
45	Maryland	120,069	5,785,681	48
46	Georgia	199,586	9,712,157	49
47	New York	345,816	19,395,206	56
48	Texas	438,551	25,253,466	58
49	Louisiana	67,486	4,545,343	67
50	Mississippi	28,067	two,970,072	106
51	Dist. of Col.	3,523	604,912	172

[Source: Fool.com]