Vehicle Registration Counts by Fuel Type and County in Washington State

Vehicle registration transaction counts from the Washington State Department of Licensing, comparable to the Fee Distribution Report #13. The data includes activity by fuel type, county, primary use class, and date. It is hosted on data.wa.gov and was last updated on March 19, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze electric vehicle adoption trends over time using Fiscal Year, Fuel Type, and Residential County columns.
• Compare vehicle registration volumes and primary use classes between transaction and residential counties using Transaction County and Residential County columns.
• Forecast future registration counts by fuel type using time-series modeling on Transaction Date and Fiscal Year columns.
• Map the geographic distribution of vehicle types and uses across Washington State using Residential County and Primary Use Class columns.

Strengths

• Includes key dimensions for transportation analysis: Fuel Type, Primary Use Class, and County.
• Provides temporal granularity with both Fiscal Year and Transaction Date columns.
• Data is comparable to an official state report (Fee Distribution Report #13).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Washington State Department of Licensing, via data.wa.gov.

Collection Method

Likely administrative records of vehicle registration transactions.

Time Range

Temporal coverage is implied by the Fiscal Year and Transaction Date columns but is not explicitly stated.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-19 17:39:01; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Spatial coverage is Washington State, U.S.A., at the county level.