Although there are some recurring favorites, for the most part, the best-selling used and new cars in America vary from state to state. Part of this is a reflection of the differing lifestyles across the country. In the Great Plains, for example, trucks are dominant, as they fit both the lifestyle of the region and its work requirements. In other states, trucks are still popular but they also make way for compact and midsize SUVs, like the Honda CR-V and the Toyota RAV4.
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One car dominates the used-car market, with the Ford F-150 the most popular used car in 38 states! The new-car market is more spread out, although the top-selling car in 33 states is a truck of some kind.
Regardless of where you live, the vehicle you buy should be the one that best fits your needs while still remaining within your budget. To help get the price down, shop at the time of the year when you have your best chance of scoring a good deal.
To find the most popular cars in each state, GOBankingRates referenced data from iseecars.com on the most popular used and new cars, by state, for 2021. Here’s what we found.
![2020 F-150 XLT A 3.](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/2020-Ford-F150-XLT.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
Alabama
New: Toyota Camry
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 5.4%
Used: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 4.4%
![2020 Ram 1500-2 2020 Ram 1500-2](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/2020-Ram-1500-2.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
Alaska
New: Ram 1500
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 7%
Used: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 5.8%
![2019 Ford F-150 Raptor 2019 Ford F-150 Raptor](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/2019-Ford-F150-Raptor.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
Arizona
New: Ram 1500
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 3.1%
Used: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 2.6%
![2020 GMC Sierra AT4 2020 GMC Sierra AT4.](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/GMC-Sierra-1500-AT4.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
Arkansas
New: GMC Sierra 1500
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 5.4%
Used: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 4.3%
![2020 Honda Civic Coupe Sport 2020 Honda Civic Coupe Sport.](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/2020-Honda-Civic-Coupe-Sport-2.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
California
New: Honda Civic
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 3.9%
Used: Honda Civic
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 3.9%
![All-new F-150 Available Pro Trailer Backup Assist makes backing up a trailer as easy as turning a knob; the feature continues in the all-new F-150 and is exclusive in the segment of full-size pickups under 8,500 pounds GVWR.](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2021-Ford-F-150.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
Colorado
New: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 4.1%
Used: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 4%
![2020 Nissan Rogue 2020 Nissan Rogue](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2020-Nissan-Rogue.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
Connecticut
New: Honda CR-V
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 3.2%
Used: Nissan Rogue
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 3.4%
![2020 Chevrolet Silverado High Country 2020 Silverado Rally Edition revealed at State Fair of Texas.](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2020-Chevrolet-Silverado.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
Delaware
New: Chevrolet Silverado 1500
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 2.8%
Used: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 2.7%
![2020-Toyota-Corolla-Sedan 2020 Toyota Corolla Sedan](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2020-Toyota-Corolla-Sedan.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
Florida
New: Toyota RAV4
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 3.3%
Used: Toyota Corolla
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 2.9%
![2020 F-250 King Ranch Most powerful Super Duty yet launches with two new engine offerings including all-new advanced 7.](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/2020-Ford-F250-Super-Duty.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
Georgia
New: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 4.3%
Used: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 3.8%
![2020 Toyota Tacoma 2020 Toyota Tacoma](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/2020-Toyota-Tacoma.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
Hawaii
New: Nissan Frontier
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 4.1%
Used: Toyota Tacoma
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 5.2%
![2020 F-150 America’s favorite full-size pickup, the 2020 Ford F-150 is the tough, smart and capable partner that suits every need from die-hard work truck to trail bashing pre-runner.](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/2020-Ford-F-150-red.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
Idaho
New: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 6.7%
Used: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 7.9%
![2020 Hyundai Tucson 2020 Hyundai Tucson](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2020-Hyundai-Tucson.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
Illinois
New: Hyundai Tucson
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 2.5%
Used: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 3%
![2020 Chevrolet Equinox 2020 Chevrolet Equinox.](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/2020-Chevrolet-Equinox.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
Indiana
New: Chevrolet Silverado 1500
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 3.2%
Used: Chevrolet Equinox
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 3.7%
![2019 Ford F-150 Limited Insurance Institute for Highway Safety rates the 2019 Ford F-150 as the only truck to earn the top-tier good rating in every category, and the best performing truck among 11 pickups evaluated in passenger-side small overlap front crash testing.](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/2019-Ford-F-150-Limited.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
Iowa
New: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 4.7%
Used: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 5.7%
![2019 Ford F-150 Limited Insurance Institute for Highway Safety rates the 2019 Ford F-150 as the only truck to earn the top-tier good rating in every category, and the best performing truck among 11 pickups evaluated in passenger-side small overlap front crash testing.](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2019-Ford-F-150-Limited.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
Kansas
New: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 5.1%
Used: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 5.7%
![2020 Ram 1500 North Edition 2020 Ram 1500 North Edition.](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2020-Ram-1500-top-vehicle.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
Kentucky
New: Ram 1500
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 4.2%
Used: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 4.3%
![New F-150 Raptor Dartmouth, Canada - January 10, 2021 - New model F-150 Raptor pickup truck at a dealership.](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/iStock-1295841379-e1671658392911.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
Louisiana
New: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 5.2%
Used: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 5.5%
![2020 F-250 Most powerful Super Duty yet launches with two new engine offerings including all-new advanced 7.](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/2020-Ford-F250.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
Maine
New: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 6%
Used: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 5.6%
![Mataram,Indonesia,Honda,Cr-v,2021,White,Mataram,28,01,21 automobile,car,transporter,honda,transport,automotive,drive,tran](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-Honda-CR-V_shutterstock_1903685554-e1611860642517.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
Maryland
New: Honda CR-V
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 3.1%
Used: Honda Civic
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 2.5%
![2022 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid 2022 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/2022-Toyota-RAV4-Hybrid.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
Massachusetts
New: Toyota RAV4
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 3.2%
Used: Toyota RAV4
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 3.8%
![2018 Chevrolet Equinox 2018 Chevrolet Equinox.](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/70-2018-Chevrolet-Equinox.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
Michigan
New: Ram 1500
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 4.7%
Used: Chevrolet Equinox
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 6.5%
![Ford F-150](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/iStock-458924971-e1671659201901.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
Minnesota
New: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 4.6%
Used: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 5.1%
![All-new F-150 All-new F-150 Lariat in Rapid Red Metallic Tinted Clearcoat.](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/All-new_F-150_005-scaled-e1671659506800.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
Mississippi
New: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 4.9%
Used: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 4.7%
![2020 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD LT new truck 2020 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD LT new truck](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2020-Chevrolet-Silverado-2500HD-new-truck.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
Missouri
New: Chevrolet Silverado 1500
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 3.8%
Used: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 4.5%
![All-new F-150 All-new F-150 Limited in Smoked Quartz Tinted Clearcoat.](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/All-new_F-150_003-scaled-e1671659914711.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
Montana
New: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 7.7%
Used: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 8.3%
![All-new F-150 All-new F-150 Platinum in Rapid Red.](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/All-new_F-150_22-scaled-e1671660109207.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
Nebraska
New: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 5%
Used: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 5.5%
![2020 Ram 1500 Rebel 2020 Ram 1500 Rebel.](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/2020-Ram-1500.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
Nevada
New: Ram 1500
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 2.8%
Used: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 2.2%
![2020 Toyota Tacoma 2020 Toyota Tacoma](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2020-Toyota-Tacoma.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
New Hampshire
New: Toyota Tacoma
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 2.9%
Used: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 3.4%
![2022 Honda Civic Sedan Touring desert, desert, desert, desert, desert, desert, desert, desert, desert, desert, desert, desert](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2022-Honda-Civic-Sedan-Touring.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
New Jersey
New: Honda CR-V
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 2.9%
Used: Honda Civic
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 3.2%
![All-new F-150 All-new F-150 Limited in Smoked Quartz Tinted Clearcoat.](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/All-new_F-150_015-scaled-e1671660999820.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
New Mexico
New: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 4.6%
Used: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 4.5%
![2020 Honda CR-V Touring 2020 Honda CR-V Hybrid.](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/2020-Honda-CR-V.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
New York
New: Honda CR-V
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 2.6%
Used: Nissan Rogue
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 3.4%
![2019 Toyota Camry LE 2019 Toyota Camry LE](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2019-Toyota-Camry-LE.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
North Carolina
New: Toyota Camry
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 3.2%
Used: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 3.2%
![2020 F-150 America’s favorite full-size pickup, the 2020 Ford F-150 is the tough, smart and capable partner that suits every need from die-hard work truck to trail bashing pre-runner.](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/2020-Ford-F-150.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
North Dakota
New: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 6.4%
Used: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 7.6%
![All-new F-150 All-new F-150 XLT in Velocity Blue.](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/All-new_F-150_18-scaled-e1671661576647.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
Ohio
New: Ram 1500
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 6.4%
Used: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 7.6%
![2019 Ford F-150 Limited Thanks to the addition of a high-output 3.](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/2019-Ford-F-150-Limited-1.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
Oklahoma
New: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 5.5%
Used: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 6.3%
![2020 Toyota Tacoma 2020 Toyota Tacoma](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/2020-Toyota-Tacoma-1.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
Oregon
New: Toyota Tacoma
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 3%
Used: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 3.7%
![2023 Honda CR-V Sport Touring 1018crv22](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/06-2023-Honda-CR-V-Sport-Touring-scaled-e1671662086771.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
Pennsylvania
New: Honda CR-V
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 3.1%
Used: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 3.4%
![2020 Jeep Grand Cherokee 2020 Jeep® Grand Cherokee Summit.](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/2020-Jeep-Grand-Cherokee.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
Rhode Island
New: Toyota Highlander
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 4.1%
Used: Jeep Grand Cherokee
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 2.7%
![2022_Toyota_RAV4_XSE_011 bz4x, plano, rav4, toyota](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/2022_Toyota_RAV4_XSE_011-scaled-e1671662480577.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
South Carolina
New: Toyota RAV4
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 3.5%
Used: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 3.7%
![2020 F-150 America’s favorite full-size pickup, the 2020 Ford F-150 is the tough, smart and capable partner that suits every need from die-hard work truck to trail bashing pre-runner.](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/2020-Ford-F-150-silver.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
South Dakota
New: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 6.8%
Used: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 8.5%
![2019 Ford F-150 Limited Insurance Institute for Highway Safety rates the 2019 Ford F-150 as the only truck to earn the top-tier good rating in every category, and the best performing truck among 11 pickups evaluated in passenger-side small overlap front crash testing.](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2019-Ford-F-150-Limited.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
Tennessee
New: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 3.3%
Used: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 4%
![All-new F-150 (left to right) All-new F-150 Limited in Smoked Quartz Tinted Clearcoat, F-150 Lariat in Rapid Red Metallic Tinted Clearcoat and F-150 XLT Sport Appearance Package in Carbonized Gray.](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/All-new_F-150_009-scaled-e1671663082753.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
Texas
New: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 5.5%
Used: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 4.1%
![All-new F-150 All-new F-150 XLT Sport Appearance Package in Carbonized Gray.](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/All-new_F-150_004-scaled-e1671663207673.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
Utah
New: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 4.6%
Used: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 6.2%
![2021 Subaru Crosstrek Limited 2021 Subaru Crosstrek Limited](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/2021-Subaru-Crosstrek-Limited-e1600149143914.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
Vermont
New: Subaru Crosstrek
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 4.9%
Used: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 2.6%
![05 2023 Honda CR-V Sport (1) day, daytime, day time, outdoors, nature, in motion, driving, desert, dirt, boulders, mountains, blue sky, dirt road, dust,](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/05-2023-Honda-CR-V-Sport-1-scaled-e1671663528121.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
Virginia
New: Honda CR-V
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 2.7%
Used: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 3.2%
![2019 Toyota Tacoma Off Road 2019 Toyota Tacoma Off Road](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2019_Toyota_Tacoma_Off_Road_001.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
Washington
New: Toyota Tacoma
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 2.8%
Used: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 4.4%
![2020 Chevrolet Silverado High Country 2020 Silverado Rally Edition revealed at State Fair of Texas.](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2020-Chevrolet-Silverado.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
West Virginia
New: Chevrolet Silverado 1500
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 4.3%
Used: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 5.9%
![2016 Ford F-150 Ford F-150 2016](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/25-2016-FordF150-LariatApperancePackage.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
Wisconsin
New: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 5.2%
Used: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 5.8%
![2019 Ford F-150 Limited Thanks to the addition of a high-output 3.](https://cdn.gobankingrates.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/2019-Ford-F-150-Limited-1.jpg?w=675&quality=75)
Wyoming
New: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state new car sales: 5.2%
Used: Ford F-150
- Percent share of total state used car sales: 5.8%
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Methodology: To find the most popular cars in each state, GOBankingRates first referenced data from iseecars.com on the most popular used and new cars, by state, for 2021.
This article originally appeared on GOBankingRates.com: The Bestselling New and Used Cars in Every State
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