ILLINOIS REGISTRATION FIGURES
From Illinois Blue Books and Biennial Reports of Secretary of State.
PASSENGER TRUCK MOTORCYCLE DEALER TRACTOR TRAILER
1911 38,269 - 4,346 - - -
1912 68,012 - 9,238 874 - -
1913 94,646 - 12,183 1,041 - -
1914 131,140 - 14,852 1,198 - -
1915 180,832 - 15,710 1,458 - -
1916 248,429 - 14,931 2,871 - -
1917 340,292 - 13,740 3,745 - -
1918 389,701 - 10,834 3,548 - -
1919 478,438 - 10,920 4,960 - -
1920 503,762 64,997 10,597 6,282 310 -
1921 583,441 79,907 8,935 7,041 124 -
1922 682,250 99,724 7,871 4,214 152 -
1923 847,005 122,087 7,612 4,516 195 -
1924 981,859 141,706 6,873 4,488 - 2,044
1925 1,101,943 161,234 6,603 4,557 - 3,777
1926 1,195,014 175,489 6,156 4,688 - 3,350
1927 1,254,421 184,564 6,135 4,594 - 3,489
1928 1,314,003 190,356 5,826 4,548 - 3,742
1929 1,410,913 204,175 6,055 4,605 - 5,068
1930 1,429,146 209,114 6,245 4,368 - 7,341
1931 1,411,261 201,509 5,811 3,883 - 9,283
1932 1,311,783 181,715 5,274 3,266 - 8,950
1933 1,276,864 186,186 4,959 2,922 - 9,228
1934 1,285,434 178,496 4,766 3,449 - 10,792
1935 1,342,904 190,843 5,291 3,986 - 14,636
1936 1,460,676 203,098 5,753? 3,963 - 17,421?
1937 1,556,702 220,639 6,490 4,329 - 22,360
1938 1,567,775 222,582 6,848 4,199 - 23,396
1939 1,626,689 232,888 7,227 4,363 - 25,296
1940 1,707,512 228,889 7,475? 4,625? - 28,060?
1941 1,825,142 234,703 7,672 4,862 - 32,236
1942 1,748,253 233,386 8,563? 3,708? - 28,791?
1943a 1,592,837? 221,634? 8,247? 3,882? - 26,014?
1944 ? ? 7,972? 3,819? - ?
1945 1,508,222 224,929 8,834 4,595 - 31,776
1946 1,614,490 254,059 16,016 6,332 - 45,998
1947 1,753,109 291,749 22,506 7,028 VETERAN 51,864
1948 1,904,991 317,048 30,369 7,603 56,369
1949 2,078,704 336,044 28,627 7,349 56,943
1950 2,286,572 362,975 26,686 7,349 60,776
1951 2,406,537 381,810 24,782 7,560 64,991
1952 2,457,010 382,715 24,020 7,166 1,309 68,079
1953 2,580,669 377,073 23,637 7,941 1,526 72,669
1954 2,695,977 370,131a 22,880 7,312a 1,646 66,018a
1955 2,858,869 23,263 1,680
1956 2,974,527 24,004 1,687
1957 3,075,000 24,755 1,654
1958 3,117,182 33,436 1,650
1959 3,211,374 27,904 1,606
1960 3,306,177 26,123 1,570
1961 3,378,308 25,617 1,550
a As of June 30
1936 BY TYPE
Passenger 1,460,676
Dealer 3,963
Truck A 30,165
Truck B 109,773
Truck C 17,968
Truck D 15,013
Truck E 9,075
Truck F 5,785
Truck G 5,018
Truck H 5,585
Truck X 4,716
Public Truck M 5,828
TOTAL 1,673,565
FROM U.S. DOT:
PASSENGER TRUCK M/C PASSENGER TRUCK M/C
1936 1,458,153 212,657 5,943 1966 4,124,044 564,039 81,037
1937 1,555,932 224,015 6,515 1967 4,204,955 596,458 93,867
1938 1,566,665 226,170 6,867 1968 4,358,260 614,226 91,097
1939 1,625,493 236,996 7,256 1969 4,507,915 635,147 102,527
1940 1,708,190 231,161 7,841 1970 4,559,069 660,450 116,947
1941 1,825,652 234,514 7,673 1971 4,707,141 691,738 135,492
1942 1,748,807 232,569 9,243 1972 4,903,960 721,021 142,441
1943 1,593,433 219,653 8,247 1973 5,120,721 811,629 177,834
1944 1,519,217 214,930 8,381 1974 5,258,649 893,917 207,840
1945 1,508,834 222,021 8,834 1975 5,350,375 968,908 218,073
1946 1,614,804 250,947 16,016 1976 5,515,959 1,135,191 227,391
1947 1,753,065 288,400 22,503 1977 5,712,606 1,124,313 238,645
1948 1,905,040 314,110 30,363 1978 5,883,525 1,184,958 247,795
1949 2,077,286 328,716 28,619 1979 6,059,653 1,200,817 281,406
1950 2,286,934 355,378 26,682 1980 6,240,460 1,212,888 304,255
1951 2,406,080 373,825 24,778 1981 6,334,050 1,238,516 305,571
1952 2,463,890 373,483 24,013 1982 5,855,187 1,363,491 295,115
1953 2,580,313 368,542 23,635 1983 5,929,783 1,561,330 232,818
1954 2,693,638 383,659 22,875 1984 6,069,551 1,508,236 222,644
1955 2,858,029 399,543 23,263 1985 6,098,010 1,408,799 222,140
1956 2,983,889 413,719 24,002 1986 5,840,709 1,559,608 218,610
1957 3,075,578 425,661 24,753 1987 6,139,655 1,504,007 242,761
1958 3,126,904 430,917 33,443 1988 6,116,016 1,730,889 243,735
1959 3,221,127 445,565 27,903 1989 6,080,972 1,923,043 225,565
1960 3,311,975 451,251 26,115 1990 5,862,026 1,994,064 179,962
1961 3,388,771 456,261 25,611 1991 6,046,682 2,129,440 184,380
1962 3,495,423 467,820 27,091 1992 5,895,362 2,070,056 200,904
1963 3,606,672 483,903 30,128 1993 5,869,698 2,184,775 201,415
1964 3,750,790 493,751 37,082 1994 6,190,368 2,491,181 188,553
1965 3,900,016 520,940 56,394 1995 6,406,116 2,550,465 184,216
