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

2021 Ford F-150
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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:

1Wyoming37.1%
2Montana34.7%
3North Dakota32.2%
4Idaho29.3%
5South Dakota28.8%
6Alaska26.9%
7West Virginia25.0%
8Arkansas24.3%
9Maine24.0%
10Nebraska23.8%
11Louisiana23.7%
12Iowa23.4%
13New Mexico23.2%
14Mississippi22.9%
15Vermont22.1%
16Kentucky21.2%
17Utah20.5%
18Wisconsin20.5%
19Texas20.4%
20Kansas20.2%
21Minnesota20.2%
22Alabama20.1%
23Oklahoma19.5%
24Tennessee19.3%
25New Hampshire18.8%
26Colorado18.7%
27Michigan18.4%
28South Carolina18.3%
29Missouri17.9%
30Oregon17.2%
31Washington17.1%
32Arizona16.9%
National Average16.5%
33North Carolina15.8%
34Indiana15.8%
35Ohio15.7%
36Georgia15.7%
37Pennsylvania14.7%
38Florida13.8%
39Hawaii13.7%
40Nevada13.5%
41Delaware13.2%
42Virginia12.9%
43Rhode Island12.8%
44New York12.5%
45Illinois12.4%
46Massachusetts11.7%
47California11.3%
48Maryland10.6%
49Connecticut10.3%
50New Jersey7.9%