State ranking: Electric vehicles per capita in the United States

In 2023, sales of electric vehicles (EVs) exceeded 1.6 million.

To see where electric vehicles are most popular, Bruno Venditti’s Maps of Visual Capitalist the number of registered electric vehicles per 100,000 inhabitants, by state, in June 2024.

Vehicle registration data comes from US Department of Energywhile population data are from US Census Bureau.

Only electric vehicles are included on the map.

California is leading the adoption of electric vehicles

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

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

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

In addition, California has the highest number of electric vehicles charging stationswith over 15,000, representing 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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By Zerohedge.com

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