Carriers No. 10.4 Census 2026-09-10

Trucking Companies by State — FMCSA Carrier Census

Name: US motor carrier census by state
Creator: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
License: https://www.usa.gov/government-works

How many motor carriers are registered in each state, how many drivers they employ, and how big their fleets actually are.

2,208,715Active Carriers

14,362,199Registered Drivers

79,924,106Power Units

36.2Trucks per Carrier

153,932Hazmat Carriers

39%Hold Interstate Authority

What the Carrier Census Is

Every motor carrier operating in the United States must register with FMCSA and keep its MCS-150 form current, declaring how many drivers it employs, how many power units it runs, and whether it hauls hazardous materials or crosses state lines. That filing is the census, and it is rebuilt daily.

Active only — carriers whose registration has lapsed, been revoked, or been marked inactive are excluded from every number on this page.
Counted where the yard is — a carrier appears under the state on its physical address, not where its trucks run. High-population states therefore dominate, and the interstate share is the more interesting column.
The industry is small operators — the national average works out to 36.2 power units per carrier. The median is lower still: the fleet count is pulled upward by a handful of very large carriers.
Self-reported — driver and power unit counts come from the carrier's own filing, which is required to be updated every two years. Treat them as an order of magnitude, not an audit.

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Carriers, Drivers and Fleet Size by State

"Trucks/Carrier" is power units divided by active carriers — the quickest read on whether a state's industry is owner-operators or large fleets.

50 states

State	Carriers	Drivers	Power Units	Trucks/Carrier	Hazmat	Interstate	Interstate %
California	328,365	1,663,152	9,195,225	28.0	9,839	73,652	22%
Texas	193,395	1,466,061	6,501,495	33.6	11,394	70,921	37%
Florida	156,506	1,321,910	7,416,924	47.4	11,524	45,304	29%
New York	129,332	849,850	5,866,931	45.4	7,057	37,713	29%
Georgia	107,757	673,351	6,110,741	56.7	6,919	38,630	36%
Pennsylvania	82,083	461,872	3,475,583	42.3	8,450	42,094	51%
Michigan	77,978	430,017	1,966,924	25.2	3,733	24,674	32%
Minnesota	75,979	429,185	2,625,063	34.5	3,543	25,317	33%
Wisconsin	65,518	322,140	1,466,760	22.4	4,949	20,471	31%
Illinois	55,844	583,696	1,157,468	20.7	4,567	39,442	71%
North Carolina	54,203	303,472	2,084,618	38.5	4,304	28,186	52%
Ohio	52,033	407,823	2,341,651	45.0	5,961	31,257	60%
Washington	50,920	390,320	2,030,713	39.9	3,515	18,761	37%
Colorado	50,533	412,086	1,781,458	35.3	2,935	13,492	27%
New Jersey	49,504	237,520	2,770,273	56.0	3,301	29,325	59%
Indiana	47,127	261,790	1,347,969	28.6	3,587	21,472	46%
Maryland	44,193	234,443	1,382,904	31.3	4,544	22,439	51%
Kentucky	43,413	195,371	1,116,408	25.7	3,140	14,345	33%
Massachusetts	39,672	627,497	4,143,190	104.4	3,637	19,249	49%
Alabama	35,549	222,262	844,424	23.8	2,672	15,707	44%
Arizona	31,902	304,268	1,720,864	53.9	2,365	12,628	40%
Nebraska	29,117	132,323	444,740	15.3	1,934	10,815	37%
Oregon	28,852	102,406	807,631	28.0	1,953	10,625	37%
Oklahoma	27,500	131,982	1,151,148	41.9	2,111	9,925	36%
Iowa	26,813	133,400	554,339	20.7	1,868	13,948	52%
Missouri	26,700	211,031	1,224,978	45.9	3,261	16,322	61%
Tennessee	25,844	328,762	918,197	35.5	2,858	15,788	61%
Virginia	25,366	148,573	756,063	29.8	2,651	16,844	66%
South Carolina	25,074	169,394	1,034,373	41.3	2,416	14,089	56%
Utah	23,940	120,463	1,075,414	44.9	2,305	8,979	38%
Connecticut	21,568	88,081	532,217	24.7	2,095	10,103	47%
Kansas	19,118	100,428	240,709	12.6	2,758	9,556	50%
Maine	14,222	78,541	226,604	15.9	1,090	3,490	25%
Idaho	13,881	60,317	192,039	13.8	1,085	7,081	51%
Mississippi	12,665	88,860	293,233	23.2	1,107	8,691	69%
Louisiana	12,468	91,104	639,915	51.3	1,087	7,414	59%
New Mexico	11,421	41,183	42,171	3.7	796	4,965	43%
West Virginia	11,112	38,778	97,933	8.8	1,100	4,916	44%
Arkansas	11,056	130,567	182,537	16.5	963	7,398	67%
Nevada	10,576	65,406	311,045	29.4	850	5,981	57%
Montana	9,036	31,866	261,571	28.9	1,463	4,022	45%
Wyoming	6,838	23,418	24,579	3.6	829	3,253	48%
North Dakota	6,592	39,569	42,081	6.4	716	4,657	71%
Alaska	6,578	27,001	83,798	12.7	520	934	14%
South Dakota	6,433	58,412	82,200	12.8	702	4,831	75%
New Hampshire	6,112	30,524	28,785	4.7	1,204	4,781	78%
Hawaii	5,463	25,178	1,134,831	207.7	423	797	15%
Delaware	5,067	24,148	151,401	29.9	680	3,747	74%
Rhode Island	4,276	22,645	20,843	4.9	593	3,268	76%
Vermont	2,363	11,204	11,123	4.7	499	1,843	78%
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Data Sources

FMCSA Company Census — Motor carrier registrations, driver counts, and power units from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Rebuilt daily from the MCS-150 filings carriers are required to keep current.

All figures are US federal government data in the public domain. We aggregate and present them; we do not adjust them.

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