What State Has The Highest Motorcycle Ownership Rate?

We recently came across this statistic and thought, what better way to remind everyone why we all love riding. To some, this may come as a shock but I think that every state is accurately represented. I mean who really didn’t expect #1? Right? The ranking is very simple to read and easily understood. One should note, the national average is 33 people per bike so all of those states under that are really riding hard. What state are you in?

There are a few interesting things to note. The state with the highest amount of actual registered motorcycle is California, woo hoo, is ranked amongst the worst 10 states. Why? Because according to this study their population is just as high and their people per bike ratio is at 47. Now you would think that having a warm climate would mean that you would have a lot of people riding but that isn’t necessarily the case. When you think of a warm state, you think Florida and California! At least I do, since Daytona Bike Week just passed and California has good riding weather year-round.. Guess what? Florida barely makes the top 25! Come to think about it, the top 20 states all have cold weather for a good majority of the year so good weather doesn’t always mean you’ll have a lot of hard core riders. Take a bow guys, for your state to make it into the top 10 you have to have a pair to ride year round….enjoy!

Rank	State	Bikes	Population	People per bike
1	South Dakota	69,284	816.598	12
2	New Hampshire	79,266	1,316,807	17
3	Iowa	173,929	3,050,202	18
4	Wisconsin	317,276	5,691,659	18
5	Wyoming	30,351	564,554	19
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	5,310,658	22
10	Alaska	30,983	714,146	23
11	Idaho	62,576	1,51,102	25
12	Maine	50,318	1,327,379	26
13	New Jersey	330,470	8,799,593	27
14	Colorado	173,120	5,047,692	29
15	Delaware	30,494	899,792	30
16	Ohio	390,494	11,537,968	30
17	Oklahoma	127,140	3,760,184	30
18	Washington	220,856	6,742,950	31
19	Pennsylvania	404,164	12,717	31
20	Indiana	204,402	6,490,622	32
21	New Mexico	64,863	2,065,913	32
22	Rhode Island	32,989	1,052,528	32
23	Michigan	308,338	9,877,143	32
24	Florida	574,176	18,838,613	33
25	West Virginia	56,210	1,854,368	33
26	Kansas	81,354	2,859,143	35
27	Oregon	108,313	3,8383,332	35
28	Nebraska	51,371	1,830,141	36
29	Arizona	178,890	6,413,158	36
30	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	2,921,588	38
35	Nevada	68,951	2,704,283	39
36	Virginia	195,722	8,023,953	41
37	Massachusetts	159,000	6,555,466	41
38	Missouri	140,936	5,995,715	43
39	North Carolina	223,209	9,560,234	43
40	South Carolina	107,864	4,637,223	43
41	Kentucky	98,475	4,347,223	44
42	Hawaii	30,098	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	67
49	Louisiana	67,486	4,545,343	67
50	Mississippi	25,067	2,970,072	106
51	Dist. of Col.	3,523	604,912	172