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    2,613,323
    Total Carriers Mapped
    114
    States Covered
    88,453,766
    Total Power Units

    Key Insights

    • •California and Texas account for 23.4% of all US carriers
    • •The average fleet in Hawaii is 225.1 power units — 6.4x the national average
    • •Top 5 states hold 37.0% of all registered drivers

    Carriers by State

    Geographic distribution of active motor carriers

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    1,158
    369,436

    Market Concentration

    Top 10 states account for 56.5% of all carriers

    Top 10 — 56.5%
    Other 41 — 43.5%
    CaliforniaTexasFloridaNew YorkGeorgiaPennsylvaniaMichiganMinnesotaWisconsinNorth Carolina

    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 369,436 13.9% 9,694,161 1,598,352 34.10
    2 Texas 241,794 9.1% 7,096,496 1,180,446 32.00
    3 Florida 185,537 7.0% 8,215,296 1,072,456 48.70
    4 New York 142,784 5.4% 6,057,887 894,244 45.00
    5 Georgia 132,010 5.0% 7,225,502 668,364 59.80
    6 Pennsylvania 96,701 3.6% 3,561,467 522,118 39.30
    7 Michigan 85,532 3.2% 2,045,979 393,946 25.50
    8 Minnesota 82,008 3.1% 2,841,949 540,592 36.70
    9 Wisconsin 71,685 2.7% 1,740,404 331,142 25.70
    10 North Carolina 70,327 2.6% 2,869,101 339,643 44.80
    11 Illinois 69,358 2.6% 1,478,960 553,538 24.00
    12 Ohio 65,125 2.5% 2,451,506 455,722 41.40
    13 New Jersey 64,790 2.5% 2,884,215 270,708 48.70
    14 Washington 58,471 2.2% 2,043,621 406,169 37.00
    15 Indiana 56,479 2.1% 1,194,708 430,782 22.60
    16 Colorado 55,988 2.1% 1,853,200 417,604 35.00
    17 Maryland 54,330 2.0% 1,390,562 231,574 27.50
    18 Kentucky 48,922 1.9% 1,124,416 206,238 24.20
    19 Massachusetts 46,283 1.8% 4,405,626 676,236 101.10
    20 Alabama 42,443 1.6% 940,483 234,034 23.70
    21 Arizona 38,076 1.4% 1,984,120 282,785 56.90
    22 Missouri 34,141 1.3% 1,203,270 215,281 38.80
    23 Tennessee 33,797 1.3% 1,378,558 576,681 45.70
    24 Virginia 33,788 1.3% 1,140,677 169,624 37.30
    25 Nebraska 32,797 1.2% 692,874 142,119 22.40
    26 Oregon 32,523 1.2% 900,100 108,785 29.50
    27 South Carolina 32,495 1.2% 1,140,982 177,407 38.70
    28 Oklahoma 32,299 1.2% 1,213,466 149,851 39.60
    29 Iowa 31,425 1.2% 565,200 147,789 19.10
    30 Utah 27,352 1.0% 1,126,328 126,787 43.70
    31 Connecticut 25,520 1.0% 678,076 107,772 28.30
    32 Kansas 23,195 0.9% 254,623 111,603 11.60
    33 Mississippi 18,402 0.7% 564,561 72,021 34.00
    34 Louisiana 17,361 0.7% 962,861 74,614 62.70
    35 Idaho 16,268 0.6% 253,324 64,098 16.50
    36 Maine 15,435 0.6% 228,146 82,157 15.20
    37 Arkansas 14,803 0.6% 214,313 134,246 16.30
    38 Nevada 14,729 0.6% 382,583 73,796 29.40
    39 New Mexico 13,966 0.5% 51,161 46,943 3.80
    40 West Virginia 13,243 0.5% 129,215 44,849 10.10
    41 Montana 10,610 0.4% 299,300 35,064 29.60
    42 North Dakota 8,268 0.3% 45,943 43,941 6.00
    43 Wyoming 8,215 0.3% 58,217 27,419 7.60
    44 South Dakota 7,874 0.3% 231,321 40,783 31.30
    45 New Hampshire 7,643 0.3% 31,373 32,936 4.30
    46 Alaska 6,997 0.3% 84,274 28,427 12.30
    47 Delaware 6,774 0.3% 267,294 27,820 44.50
    48 Hawaii 5,627 0.2% 1,185,376 26,403 225.10
    49 Rhode Island 5,571 0.2% 22,186 24,656 4.20
    50 Vermont 2,968 0.1% 12,809 13,057 4.50
    51 District of Columbia 1,158 0.0% 35,696 9,448 35.80

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