CALIFORNIA REGISTRATION FIGURES
FROM CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF REGISTRATION:
PNEUMATIC SOLID PNEUMATIC SOLID
PASSENGER TRUCK TRUCK M/C TRAILER TRAILER EXEMPT*
1914 123,516 - - 24,709 - - -
1915 164,795 - - 26,401 - - ?
1916 232,440 - - 30,994 - - ?
1917 306,916 - - 30,417 - - ?
1918 364,800 - - 25,973 674 - ?
1919 477,450 - - 26,072 1,658 - ?
1920 532,934 39,045 - 20,564 2,644 - 9,000
1921 645,522 35,092 - 17,729 3,421 - 11,721
1922 822,394 39,413 - 16,301 4,861 - 14,163
1923 1,056,756 43,527 - 14,694 5,808 - 16,660
1924 1,125,201 151,939 41,932 12,324 19,033 - 17,776
1925 1,224,831 172,277 42,294 10,997 25,453 - 22,280
1926 1,383,097 174,543 41,606 10,289 30,759 - 24,027
1927 1,479,411 175,670 38,114 9,444 34,126 - 26,108
1928 1,582,477 181,237 36,176 9,449 37,073 - 30,520
1929 1,885,308 68,490 20,543 9,628 32,264 10,635 35,275
1930 1,941,969 83,887 15,500 9,405 38,969 9,563 37,337
1931 1,938,068 93,942 11,271 8,970 46,750 8,274 38,199
1932 1,865,333 98,244 8,039 8,338 54,752 7,118 38,433
1933 1,850,608 102,395 5,794 8,134 63,836 6,151 38,507
1934 1,876,192 112,416 4,508 8,294 73,843 5,631 39,569
1935 2,015,018 131,659 4,063 8,861 88,814 6,413 25,657
1936 2,178,038 146,192 2,799 9,816 106,204 5,876 27,638
1937 2,319,341 162,004 2,128 11,240 127,663 5,264 29,593
1938 2,339,208 168,990 1,493 11,785 137,954 4,303 30,732
1939 2,422,322 181,653 1,172 13,247 151,656 3,648 33,875
1940 2,573,264 197,939 956 15,876 164,826 3,091 34,310
1941 2,740,101 220,366 780 18,051 181,434 2,662 35,305
1942 2,617,853 216,314 641 19,913 185,194 2,237 38,292
1943 2,533,436 214,916 549 19,414 174,253 2,004 41,224
1944 2,553,362 225,371 510 22,309 189,822 1,850 43,406
1945 2,604,789 247,918 470 27,173 236,818 1,672 44,536
PASSENGER TRUCK M/C TRAILER EXEMPT*
1946 2,801,076 296,806 36,353 307,816 47,773
1947 3,113,329 363,225 53,234 349,743 54,564
1948 3,350,078 403,702 60,857 361,230 57,722
1949 3,671,466 429,725 57,475 355,575 65,254
1950 4,076,484 481,809 54,948 363,055 67,072
1951 4,320,124 541,394 52,373 389,633 63,990
1952 4,499,775 585,381 50,737 412,749 68,365
1953 4,790,541 643,060 50,726 438,399 70,530
1954 4,948,516 675,493 49,683 445,572 75,378
1955 5,360,717 747,180 50,699 491,169 81,891
1956 5,643,771 808,720 54,101 559,107 82,149
1957 5,895,909 849,964 57,400 599,231 89,340
1958 6,267,854 938,284 63,017 694,435 97,528
1959 6,371,875 928,153 68,778 717,765 104,767
1960 6,751,313 982,821 75,590 759,571 111,867
1961 6,982,930 1,029,816 83,211 793,903 118,009
1962 7,549,332 1,135,161 106,341 856,671 226,301(?)
1963 7,805,255 1,097,140 150,259 816,355 121,617
1964 8,187,597 1,259,431 204,296 923,913 132,606
1965 8,586,371 1,352,464 264,655 987,709 142,138
1966 8,774,812 1,412,044 310,072 1,021,837 153,540
1967 8,885,870 1,457,167 348,763 1,057,045 161,661
1968 9,316,096 1,558,128 392,554 1,121,651 173,048
1969 9,781,756 1,669,803 469,433 1,217,802 184,157
1970 10,004,155 1,758,685 561,621 1,299,716 194,692
*Probably includes Public Service and U.S. Exempt.
FROM U.S. DOT:
PASSENGER TRUCK M/C
1971 10,234,172 2,111,817 614,637
1972 10,560,142 2,270,630 625,783
1973 10,910,604 2,479,152 638,776
1974 11,162,119 2,498,811 672,121
1975 11,226,325 2,643,397 668,460
1976 11,478,776 2,814,744 667,363
1977 11,694,053 3,241,523 678,538
1978 11,974,736 3,468,092 662,884
1979 12,466,173 3,771,658 729,181
1980 13,268,006 3,580,834 745,691
1981 13,208,593 3,557,517 739,607
1982 13,420,945 3,675,347 687,110
1983 13,935,390 3,797,926 705,106
1984 14,095,912 3,835,287 704,986
1985 13,968,518 4,896,268 712,894
1986 14,415,379 5,309,069 709,746
1987 14,629,229 5,627,769 685,713
1988 15,224,990 6,074,441 664,864
1989 15,338,606 6,243,373 643,184
1990 15,364,023 6,521,728 640,554
1991 15,017,681 7,194,679 651,370
1992 14,545,660 7,615,805 623,046
1993 14,691,068 8,091,221 586,810
1994 14,504,566 7,792,048 554,727
1995 14,297,486 8,091,364 532,053
AS OF: PASSENGER TRUCK P TRUCK S EXEMPT P.S. U.S. DEALER TLR M/C
10/11/1924 1,070,967 141,957 40,746 7,340 6,665 900
6/30/1926 1,262,841 157,439 39,290 10,931 7,785 1,067 11,758 26,353 8,968
6/30/1927 1,388,947 162,798 36,322 29,577 8,122
AS OF 6/30/1927: REGULAR M/C TLR
City Exempt 5,734 221 266
County Exempt 4,104 138 286
State Exempt 2,420 19 189
Public Service 8,150 69 1,533
U.S. Exempt 1,139 10 40
Dealer 2,839 62 31
Sources: Bakersfield Morning Echo, 11/2/1924,
Fresno Bee, 7/23/1926,
Oakland Tribune 7/20/1927.
