Which U.S. State Buys The Most Pickups Per Vehicle?

By Gary Gastelu |

Mar 20, 2024

Pickups make up around 16.5% of the vehicles on the road in the U.S., but the number varies widely state to state.

A new study from iSeeCars.com that looked at 20 million used vehicle sales found that Wyoming had the highest percentage of pickups at 37.1%.

Neighboring Montana was second at 34.7%, followed by North Dakota at 32.2%, Idaho at 29.3% and South Dakota at 26.9% before the list jumped up to Alaska at 26.9%.

Texas, which is the largest market for pickup sales overall, was 19th at 20.4%.

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At the other end of the list, densely populated and mostly suburban New Jersey was the only state in the single-digits at 7.9%, with Connecticut just behind at 10.3% and Maryland at 10.6%.

Here’s the full list from iSeeCars.com:

1	Wyoming	37.1%
2	Montana	34.7%
3	North Dakota	32.2%
4	Idaho	29.3%
5	South Dakota	28.8%
6	Alaska	26.9%
7	West Virginia	25.0%
8	Arkansas	24.3%
9	Maine	24.0%
10	Nebraska	23.8%
11	Louisiana	23.7%
12	Iowa	23.4%
13	New Mexico	23.2%
14	Mississippi	22.9%
15	Vermont	22.1%
16	Kentucky	21.2%
17	Utah	20.5%
18	Wisconsin	20.5%
19	Texas	20.4%
20	Kansas	20.2%
21	Minnesota	20.2%
22	Alabama	20.1%
23	Oklahoma	19.5%
24	Tennessee	19.3%
25	New Hampshire	18.8%
26	Colorado	18.7%
27	Michigan	18.4%
28	South Carolina	18.3%
29	Missouri	17.9%
30	Oregon	17.2%
31	Washington	17.1%
32	Arizona	16.9%
National Average		16.5%
33	North Carolina	15.8%
34	Indiana	15.8%
35	Ohio	15.7%
36	Georgia	15.7%
37	Pennsylvania	14.7%
38	Florida	13.8%
39	Hawaii	13.7%
40	Nevada	13.5%
41	Delaware	13.2%
42	Virginia	12.9%
43	Rhode Island	12.8%
44	New York	12.5%
45	Illinois	12.4%
46	Massachusetts	11.7%
47	California	11.3%
48	Maryland	10.6%
49	Connecticut	10.3%
50	New Jersey	7.9%