Texas vehicle registrations statistics
Published October 14, 2026 · StatsGalore
total all motor vehicles registered in Texas [1]
Texas had 23,606,401 total motor-vehicle registrations in the Federal Highway Administration's State Motor-Vehicle Registrations table for 2024. The measure is a registration count, not a count of residents, licensed drivers, trips, or households. The table separates automobiles, buses, trucks, and motorcycles, and it also reports whether registrations are private and commercial, including taxicabs, or publicly owned. [1]
The numbers
| Measure | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| All motor vehicles: private and commercial | 23,225,821 | [1] |
| All motor vehicles: publicly owned | 380,580 | [1] |
| All motor vehicles: total | 23,606,401 | [1] |
| Automobiles: total | 7,281,613 | [1] |
| Buses: total | 65,085 | [1] |
| Trucks: total | 15,933,517 | [1] |
| Motorcycles: total | 326,186 | [1] |
Statewide registration total
In the 2024 Texas row, FHWA reports 23,606,401 total registrations for all motor vehicles. That total is divided into 23,225,821 private and commercial registrations and 380,580 publicly owned registrations.
For a reference user, the total is best read as the FHWA statewide inventory of registered motor vehicles in Texas for that table year. It is not a per-capita rate and it does not show vehicle age, fuel type, county, or title history because those fields are not included in the supplied MV-1 passage.
[1]Vehicle class counts
Trucks are reported at 15,933,517 total registrations in Texas, while automobiles are reported at 7,281,613. The same row lists 326,186 motorcycles and 65,085 buses.
The table structure matters because each vehicle class is reported with the same ownership split: private and commercial, publicly owned, and total. That makes the Texas row useful for checking both class totals and the all-motor-vehicle total without treating one class as a person-based measure.
[1]Ownership split by class
For automobiles, Texas has 7,184,055 private and commercial registrations and 97,558 publicly owned registrations. For trucks, the row lists 15,701,836 private and commercial registrations and 231,681 publicly owned registrations.
For buses, Texas has 15,549 private and commercial registrations and 49,536 publicly owned registrations. For motorcycles, it has 324,381 private and commercial registrations and 1,805 publicly owned registrations. The table does not explain the reasons for these counts; it only provides registration counts by owner category.
[1]How to use the FHWA table
The source is FHWA Highway Statistics 2024, Table MV-1, titled State Motor-Vehicle Registrations - 2024 and shown with January 2026 on the page. Its note says published data reflect State-supplied data without FHWA estimation procedures applied, except where noted.
The note also says sums may not equal totals due to rounding, so users should cite the published figures as listed rather than reconstructing totals. Where a statistic needs local detail, rates, fleets in operation, or trends over multiple years, this single supplied passage is not enough.
[1]Sources & notes
Definitions and limitations: the figures are vehicle registrations for 2024 from FHWA Table MV-1, not counts of people or trips. The table’s ownership category for private and commercial includes taxicabs. Published data reflect State-supplied data without FHWA estimation procedures applied, except where noted, and sums may not equal totals due to rounding.
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