INDIANA REGISTRATION FIGURES
FROM INDIANA BUREAU OF MOTOR VEHICLES:
PASSENGER TRUCK M/C DEALER TRAILER BUS
1913 44,735 - 6,505 437 - -
1914 66,410 - 10,403 511 - -
1915 96,615 - 11,225 727 - -
1916 139,117 - 11,217 997 - -
1917 192,195 - 10,315 1,121 - -
1918 227,170 - 9,112 990 - -
1919 277,255 - 8,895 1,192 - -
1920 294,338 31,654 8,864 1,537 - -
1921 357,025 43,317 7,524 1,569 1,851 -
1922 413,410 56,529 6,598 1,725 2,508 -
1923 510,214 73,228 6,042 2,039 3,233 -
1924 566,735 84,969 4,822 2,351 3,744 433
1925 627,173 94,856 4,525 2,242 5,068 3,381
1926 663,540 106,142 3,768 2,489 5,550 896
1927 696,457 116,137 3,501 2,584 6,404 902
1928 718,173 119,419 3,124 2,716 7,650 1,019
1929 745,161 127,611 2,983 2,204 9,928 1,062
1930 733,792 124,373 2,770 2,736 11,914 980
1931 731,065 125,637 2,691 2,602 16,297 936
1932 673,490 119,560 2,528 2,423 22,343 873
1933 652,800 113,794 2,561 2,265 25,067 910
1934 679,578 119,393 2,794 1,874 30,737 898
1935 716,995 127,623 3,107 2,283 37,872 889
1936 766,291 131,770 3,443 2,385 46,501 995
1937 814,554 133,954 4,093 2,631 52,719 1,160
1938 795,188 122,699 4,548 2,469 54,835 1,151
1939 824,815 134,436 5,384 2,587 61,205 1,254
1940a 805,498 121,102 4,657 2,529 54,762 1,239
FREE SEMI-TRAILER TRACTOR HOUSE CAR TRANSPORT
1926 3,593 147 111 - -
1927 4,093 195 141 - -
1928 4,531 245 170 - -
1929 4,965 479 228 - -
1930 5,365 712 293 - -
1931 5,823 1,101 612 - -
1932 - 2,093 1,844 - -
1933 - 2,928 2,567 - -
1934 - 3,038 3,386 - -
1935 - 5,143 5,145 - -
1936 5,181 6,101 6,041 - -
1937 5,851 6,192 6,337 2,196 13
1938 6,428 5,555 5,567 3,042 20
1939 6,806 6,870 6,951 3,509 15
1940a 7,193 6,237 6,287 2,281 15
a As of 8/1/1940
FARM *SEMI-
PASSENGER TRUCK TRUCK TRAILER TRACTOR TRAILER
1959 1,624,002 308,906 - 116,469 26,914 40,821
1960 1,678,211 317,503 - 118,170 26,260 42,622
1961 1,713,568 326,843 - 119,641 25,833 42,858
1962 1,777,173 344,343 - 117,216 26,666 44,358
1963 1,838,977 358,580 - 118,248 27,593 47,148
1964 1,890,883 373,593 - 118,250 28,095 48,065
1965 1,978,192 397,907 - 123,597 29,458 51,079
1966 2,063,085 423,828 - 129,791 30,809 51,138
1967 2,118,917 448,574 - 136,732 31,288 51,829
1968 2,197,784 476,485 - 145,320 32,074 53,531
1969 2,247,846 490,375 - 152,916 34,734 55,671
1970 2,264,994 452,909 34,331 159,600 32,680 51,309
1971 2,280,405 487,944 37,217 169,478 32,626 50,204
1972 2,418,556 539,988 39,368 177,510 35,420 53,436
1973 2,521,384 601,664 41,262 189,170 38,082 58,134
1974 2,534,976 610,198 43,001 198,269 40,167 61,201
1975 2,564,527 636,371 44,603 207,227 38,626 49,876
1976A 2,645,893 676,816 46,111 216,766 41,095 51,139
1976B 2,646,029 676,960 46,121 216,792 41,115 65,694
1977 2,733,852 725,403 46,198 222,399 42,120 55,317
1978 2,810,308 790,760 46,791 228,681 44,489 65,027
1979 2,842,233 820,128 46,971 233,837 47,666 61,195
1980 2,865,160 819,322 46,805 240,139 45,809 66,338
1981A 2,881,858 815,308 47,319 254,962 45,652 59,672
1981B 2,865,673 812,990 47,163 254,312 45,560 59,592
1982 2,859,296 812,046 46,647 259,973 43,384 64,677
1983 2,834,502 805,276 44,775 259,789 43,334 57,444
1984 2,915,551 819,307 45,293 265,494 47,086 68,526
1985 2,974,265 837,591 44,739 272,510 47,788 61,243
1986 3,031,756 857,183 43,514 276,318 44,899 67,957
1987 3,011,233 870,039 42,323 283,193 9,682 47,650
1988 3,061,137 908,602 41,293 293,888 9,136 49,399
1989 3,157,818 949,666 41,663 304,998 9,178 50,680
1990A 3,121,494 949,431 40,862 284,471 9,267 43,536
1990B 3,177,817 967,764 41,548 290,582 9,359 44,030
1991 3,207,656 981,187 39,447 288,416 8,480 36,175
1992 3,261,233 1,013,760 39,927 302,800 8,402 35,259
1993 3,324,948 1,046,959 40,759 316,848 8,587 35,220
1994 3,399,004 1,099,183 41,137 335,858 9,062 64,440
1995 3,435,705 1,137,561 40,969 354,060 9,220 50,124
1996 3,500,863 1,187,493 40,949 374,091 9,405 52,337
A = Current year report
B = Following year report
*2-Year Semi-Trailer began 1975.
HOUSE RE-DECL. MOTOR- SCHOOL FARM SPEC. *
CAR WEIGHT CYCLE BUS TRACT. MACH. BUSES
1959 6,813 8,568 18,109 6,355 9,076 1,590 2,439
1960 6,785 8,162 18,418 5,194 8,211 1,639 2,584
1961 6,902 7,951 18,924 5,172 8,336 1,972 3,451
1962 8,089 7,865 21,611 5,140 7,531 2,695 4,318
1963 9,883 8,765 24,858 5,903 6,742 2,411 3,915
1964 11,909 7,511 29,892 4,769 5,858 4,516 4,189
1965 14,913 7,471 43,249 4,775 5,265 5,918 4,471
1966 18,092 6,851 63,237 4,576 4,761 7,597 4,740
1967 21,657 6,984 66,071 5,053 4,220 9,372 5,020
1968 26,012 7,508 64,543 4,083 4,016 11,041 5,471
1969 29,365 6,793 71,395 4,110 3,286 11,215 5,521
1970 32,265 4,593 80,200 3,971 2,936 11,055 5,401
1971 37,083 3,875 87,166 4,453 2,651 11,266 5,812
1972 43,981 5,097 100,652 4,038 2,388 12,955 6,309
1973 49,337 4,627 122,741 3,813 2,122 13,461 6,770
1974 51,396 4,747 144,727 3,726 1,928 14,413 7,464
1975 56,033 4,149 142,179 4,081 1,678 14,938 7,885
1976A 56,762 4,363 140,421 3,660 1,573 16,393 8,530
1976B " " 140,438 " " 16,395 "
1977 64,087 3,746 152,997 3,711 1,342 17,432 5,572
1978 67,296 3,484 154,012 3,576 1,253 18,243 4,919
1979 65,262 3,098 166,849 3,947 1,098 18,370 8,381
1980 63,655 3,262 179,741 3,506 1,158 19,559 8,408
1981A 63,337 2,836 172,574 3,568 1,042 20,320 5,693
1981B 62,803 2,690 171,499 3,554 1,034 20,298 5,651
1982 62,329 2,897 160,071 3,470 906 20,705 5,670
1983 59,793 3,073 138,916 3,823 686 19,305 5,548
1984 58,875 3,301 135,729 3,571 624 20,061 5,463
1985 57,586 2,669 133,232 3,551 539 19,813 5,450
1986 56,864 2,321 124,218 3,371 472 19,334 5,155
1987 53,561 1,464 104,578 3,804 412 18,726 5,235
1988 53,940 1,415 104,159 3,538 366 18,475 5,102
1989 53,551 1,693 96,729 3,664 327 18,593 5,074
1990A 52,194 2,141 93,282 3,253 284 18,805 4,871
1990B 53,255 2,187 96,298 3,458 289 19,125 4,962
1991 53,407 1,664 96,390 3,695 272 18,651 4,866
1992 54,834 1,927 94,765 3,321 237 18,574 4,850
1993 55,871 1,772 95,267 3,507 217 18,669 4,626
1994 57,729 1,457 97,017 3,517 188 18,471 4,610
1995 58,343 1,365 95,936 3,722 173 18,002 4,599
1996 59,410 1,404 96,052 3,308 153 17,668 4,615
A = Current year report
B = Following year report
*Includes A, C, D and Church Buses.
Prorated Buses listed separately from other buses 1962-65,
1968-76, but no such type known.
FROM U.S. DOT:
PASSENGER TRUCK M/C PASSENGER TRUCK M/C
1940 858,734 142,569 5,583 1950 1,190,859 236,279 20,766
1941 930,695 150,479 6,348 1951 1,247,889 256,470 19,567
1942 901,037 145,040 8,394 1952 1,260,635 260,692 18,518
1943 850,068 138,843 8,649 1953 1,326,571 275,307 18,593
1944 806,018 137,629 9,787 1954 1,391,194 284,253 17,629
1945 831,067 151,419 11,488 1955 1,450,673 303,017 17,574
1946 896,644 171,496 17,551 1956 1,529,479 324,256 17,229
1947 952,888 198,122 20,958 1957 1,567,848 330,449 17,450
1948 1,014,755 215,617 24,756 1958 1,572,963 332,928 17,477
1949 1,101,697 229,469 22,899