According to https://www.valuepenguin.com/auto-insurance/car-ownership-st... even in new york the vehicle ownership rate is only half (23) of the highest state (Delaware with 44 registered cars per 100 inhabitants). Assuming basically every family has one or two cars in Delaware (that's the impression I get of what is the norm in an average USA state), that translates to nearly every family having a car on average in New York as well.

Then again, the Netherlands reportedly (https://longreads.cbs.nl/european-scale-2019/car-ownership/) has 48 per 100, which would be higher than the highest USA state, while I think most people are aware of the difference in car mentality between the two countries so something doesn't add up here. I'm not sure what I'm missing.