Spot The Odd One Out: EV Adoption By State

In 2023, sales of electric vehicles (EVs) passed the 1.6 million mark.

To visualize where EVs are the most popular, Visual Capitalist’s Bruno Venditti maps the number of registered EVs per 100,000 people by state as of June 2024.

The vehicle registration data is sourced from the U.S. Department of Energy, while population data is from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Only all-electric vehicles are included on the map.

California Leads EV Adoption

California has the highest number of electric vehicles, with 1.1 million. Florida follows with 231,000 EVs, and Texas ranks third with 210,000.

When considering EVs per 100,000 people, California also leads with 3,026 cars per 100,000 people, followed by Washington, Hawaii, and Oregon.

U.S. State
EVs per 100k people
California
3026
Washington
1805
Hawaii
1686
Oregon
1422
Colorado
1405
Nevada
1379
New Jersey
1349
Arizona
1139
Vermont
1129
District of Columbia
1115
Utah
1078
Maryland
1050
Florida
1024
Massachusetts
983
Connecticut
818
Georgia
771
Delaware
745
Illinois
741
Texas
690
New Hampshire
660
New York
622
Minnesota
591
North Carolina
589
Oklahoma
564
Rhode Island
542
Pennsylvania
499
Maine
489
Michigan
454
New Mexico
452
Tennessee
428
Idaho
406
Missouri
398
Ohio
391
Montana
373
South Carolina
358
Kansas
354
Indiana
350
Alaska
346
Nebraska
319
Iowa
260
Kentucky
238
Alabama
232
Arkansas
214
South Dakota
169
Louisiana
165
North Dakota
112
Mississippi
110

Mississippi has the fewest electric vehicles proportionally, with only 110 EVs per 100,000 people. North Dakota has a similar lack of EVs, with 112 per 100,000 people in the state.

Additionally, California has the highest number of EV charging stations, with over 15,000, making up 29% of all charging stations in America. As of 2022, the Golden State had nearly double the number of chargers compared to the next three states combined: New York, Florida, and Texas.

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