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.

If you liked this post, check out Ranked: The Top 10 EV Battery Manufacturers in 2023. In this graphic we rank the top 10 EV battery manufacturers by total battery deployment (measured in megawatt-hours) in 2023.