US Motor Carriers by State

    Geographic distribution of active US motor carriers across all 50 states, from FMCSA registration data.

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    2,674,651
    Total Carriers Mapped
    105
    States Covered
    76,693,174
    Total Power Units

    Key Insights

    • •California and Texas account for 23.3% of all US carriers
    • •The average fleet in Hawaii is 221.7 power units — 6.4x the national average
    • •Top 5 states hold 36.2% of all registered drivers

    Carriers by State

    Geographic distribution of active motor carriers

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    1,177
    374,441

    Market Concentration

    Top 10 states account for 56.4% of all carriers

    Top 10 — 56.4%
    Other 41 — 43.6%
    CaliforniaTexasFloridaNew YorkGeorgiaPennsylvaniaMichiganMinnesotaWisconsinIllinois

    Top 10 States by Carrier Count

    States with the most registered motor carriers

    All States

    Complete state-by-state breakdown

    # State Carriers % of Total Power Units Drivers Avg Fleet
    1 California 374,441 13.8% 9,773,918 1,621,865 33.80
    2 Texas 248,130 9.1% 7,156,597 1,242,000 31.50
    3 Florida 189,442 7.0% 8,317,816 1,114,738 48.40
    4 New York 145,370 5.3% 6,095,766 936,182 44.60
    5 Georgia 134,467 5.0% 7,209,714 681,986 58.70
    6 Pennsylvania 100,173 3.7% 3,694,858 733,502 39.40
    7 Michigan 87,215 3.2% 2,100,395 483,947 25.70
    8 Minnesota 83,202 3.1% 2,851,627 550,616 36.40
    9 Wisconsin 72,876 2.7% 1,748,983 339,059 25.40
    10 Illinois 72,232 2.7% 1,503,722 582,195 23.50
    11 North Carolina 72,189 2.7% 2,895,529 354,290 44.10
    12 Ohio 67,538 2.5% 2,465,825 470,875 40.30
    13 New Jersey 66,990 2.5% 2,901,840 277,556 47.50
    14 Washington 59,568 2.2% 2,064,128 434,359 36.70
    15 Indiana 58,177 2.1% 1,304,213 452,618 24.00
    16 Colorado 56,926 2.1% 1,861,485 427,195 34.60
    17 Maryland 55,603 2.0% 1,437,638 246,311 27.80
    18 Kentucky 49,745 1.8% 1,129,021 211,998 23.90
    19 Massachusetts 47,936 1.8% 4,415,221 686,584 98.20
    20 Alabama 43,370 1.6% 879,519 242,390 21.70
    21 Arizona 38,993 1.4% 2,043,534 313,857 57.30
    22 Missouri 35,399 1.3% 1,253,464 239,551 39.00
    23 Virginia 35,161 1.3% 1,098,320 179,014 34.60
    24 Tennessee 35,094 1.3% 1,387,171 584,561 44.30
    25 South Carolina 33,399 1.2% 1,146,535 182,669 37.90
    26 Nebraska 33,381 1.2% 698,012 147,967 22.20
    27 Oklahoma 33,260 1.2% 1,224,483 160,183 38.90
    28 Oregon 33,201 1.2% 904,593 112,700 29.10
    29 Iowa 32,127 1.2% 571,232 153,598 19.00
    30 Utah 27,900 1.0% 1,132,118 133,215 43.10
    31 Connecticut 26,234 1.0% 682,149 96,951 27.70
    32 Kansas 23,809 0.9% 288,319 136,571 12.80
    33 Mississippi 19,100 0.7% 568,309 75,922 33.00
    34 Louisiana 17,986 0.7% 972,873 84,604 61.20
    35 Idaho 16,584 0.6% 200,224 67,628 12.80
    36 Maine 15,772 0.6% 229,514 84,101 15.00
    37 Arkansas 15,347 0.6% 221,335 141,983 16.20
    38 Nevada 15,098 0.6% 384,498 75,945 28.90
    39 New Mexico 14,317 0.5% 53,632 48,769 3.90
    40 West Virginia 13,566 0.5% 130,688 47,261 10.00
    41 Montana 10,881 0.4% 300,541 36,323 29.00
    42 North Dakota 8,558 0.3% 49,630 47,069 6.20
    43 Wyoming 8,463 0.3% 60,701 29,122 7.70
    44 South Dakota 8,100 0.3% 285,758 43,261 37.70
    45 New Hampshire 8,059 0.3% 32,962 34,705 4.30
    46 Alaska 7,096 0.3% 84,934 28,994 12.30
    47 Delaware 6,986 0.3% 244,080 29,429 39.50
    48 Rhode Island 5,813 0.2% 23,091 25,604 4.20
    49 Hawaii 5,714 0.2% 1,185,557 26,489 221.70
    50 Vermont 3,140 0.1% 13,225 13,645 4.40
    51 District of Columbia 1,177 0.0% 35,796 9,556 35.30

    Analysis

    · as of June 15, 2026

    Highlights

    • California alone accounts for 13.79% of all FMCSA-registered carriers nationally, with 374,441 registrations.
    • The top 5 states — CA, TX, FL, NY, and GA — collectively hold 40.2% of all registered carriers.
    • Florida carriers average 48.4 power units per carrier, while Georgia carriers average 58.7, despite Georgia having fewer carriers.
    • Massachusetts carriers average 98.2 power units per carrier, the highest among major US states, despite ranking 19th by carrier count.
    • FMCSA registration spans 115 distinct state and jurisdiction codes, including Canadian provinces and non-US territories.

    The sharpest divergence in this dataset is between carrier count and fleet concentration: states that rank modestly by registration volume often carry disproportionate shares of total power units, which suggests the registered-carrier count is a poor proxy for actual freight capacity in those markets. Massachusetts illustrates this most clearly — it ranks 19th by carrier count at 47,936 registrations, yet its carriers average 98.2 power units each, the highest of any major US state, implying a concentration of large, multi-unit fleets operating under Massachusetts authority. Georgia presents a similar pattern: with 134,467 registered carriers (4.95% of the national total), Georgia carriers average 58.7 power units, well above the national mix suggested by states like Michigan (25.7) and Wisconsin (25.4), which have comparable or higher carrier counts. Florida, the third-largest state by carrier count at 189,442, also runs above the median at 48.4 average power units, consistent with its role as a major freight corridor terminus. California and Texas, the two largest states by registration at 374,441 and 248,130 respectively, average 33.8 and 31.5 power units per carrier — below several mid-tier states — which likely reflects the large share of owner-operators and small fleets that tend to register in high-population, high-economic-activity states. The dataset also records registrations across 115 jurisdiction codes, including Canadian provinces such as Ontario (10,794 carriers) and British Columbia (3,850), as well as US territories and a small number of entries with non-standard codes, which may indicate cross-border operating authority filings rather than domicile. The total registered driver count of 15,762,436 across all jurisdictions, set against 2,715,197 carrier entities, produces an average of roughly 5.8 drivers per carrier nationally, though this figure is heavily skewed by the large-fleet states. Over the trailing 60-month window captured here, the breadth of jurisdictions present in FMCSA records has expanded beyond the 50 states, reflecting the agency's role in tracking interstate operating authority for any entity moving freight across US borders.

    Key Statistics

    2,715,197
    Total FMCSA-registered motor carrier entities across all jurisdictions
    As of 2026-06-15
    374,441
    Carrier registrations in California, the largest state by count
    As of 2026-06-15
    13.79%
    California's share of all FMCSA-registered carriers nationally
    As of 2026-06-15
    40.2%
    Combined share of carrier registrations held by the top 5 states (CA, TX, FL, NY, GA)
    As of 2026-06-15
    98.2
    Average power units per carrier in Massachusetts, highest among major US states
    As of 2026-06-15
    58.7
    Average power units per carrier in Georgia
    As of 2026-06-15
    15,762,436
    Total drivers reported across all FMCSA-registered carriers
    As of 2026-06-15
    115
    Distinct state and jurisdiction codes present in FMCSA carrier registration data
    As of 2026-06-15
    10,794
    Carrier registrations filed under Ontario (ON), the largest Canadian province by FMCSA registrations
    As of 2026-06-15
    23.5
    Average power units per carrier in Illinois, among the lower values for large-registration states
    As of 2026-06-15
    7,209,714
    Total power units associated with Georgia-registered carriers
    As of 2026-06-15
    9,773,918
    Total power units associated with California-registered carriers, the highest of any state
    As of 2026-06-15

    Cite this data

    AlphaLoops. (2026). Carrier Geography — FMCSA Data Hub. Retrieved 2026-06-15 from https://runalphaloops.com/data/geography.

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