MICHIGAN REGISTRATION FIGURES
From 1915 news article, and/or +Lansing State Journal, 4/15/1919:
PASSENGER MOTORCYCLE
1905-09 11,718+ -
1910 18,355+ 1,041
1911 27,796+ 1,924
1912 39,579+ 3,621
1913 54,366+ 5,698
1914 76,322 6,975
75,389+
1915 114,485+
FROM MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF STATE:
PASSENGER TRUCK M/C TRAILER DEALER FARM MUNICIPAL
1916 160,052 - 8,951 - 682 - -
1917 226,693 - 8,727 - 938 - -
1918 235,608 26,517 7,816 - 845 - -
1919 288,708 37,105 7,875 - 967 - -
1920 412,717 - 8,011 3,711 1,638 - -
1921 477,037 - 6,195 4,330 1,737 - -
1922 578,980 - 5,163 5,311 1,571 - -
1923 730,658 - 4,165 6,730 1,849 - -
1924 868,587 - 3,644 8,635 1,950 - -
1925 990,709 - 3,392 10,601 1,958 - -
1926 970,880 149,561 3,444 13,636 2,133 - -
1927 999,915 156,429 3,586 17,865 2,128 - -
1928 1,086,022 165,199 3,688 23,235 2,192 - -
1929 1,220,848 176,824 3,988 31,645 2,282 - -
1930 1,162,578 168,004 3,536 44,515 2,034 - -
1931 1,079,532 153,332 3,239 62,012 1,718 - -
1932 1,001,130 135,094 2,998 77,538 1,553 - -
1933 956,784 121,973 2,916 79,071 1,384 - -
1934 1,027,064 123,865 3,063 92,309 1,461 - -
1935 1,114,183 127,839 3,036 103,261 1,632 - -
1936 1,237,997 139,520 3,234 120,009 1,820 - -
1937 1,362,789 146,117 4,080 134,148 1,974 - -
1938 1,270,373 112,387 4,295 141,772 1,957 26,811 -
1939 1,326,302 116,186 4,621 143,574 3,806 30,603 -
1940 1,401,654 120,711 4,774 161,017 4,086 31,397 -
1941 1,544,551 128,984 5,076 169,776 4,182 33,747 -
1942 1,456,872 122,910 5,634 166,912 2,855 37,654 -
1943 1,379,261 116,909 5,144 154,402 1,389 39,274 -
1944 1,339,956 115,843 5,559 161,579 1,178 41,833 -
1945 1,307,475 123,406 6,583 175,072 1,731 43,365 -
1946 1,405,698 149,546 13,038 205,833 3,204 47,170 -
1947 1,603,613 171,974 19,481 217,197 3,900 50,390 -
1948 1,749,660 199,567 16,982 228,389 4,381 59,189 -
1949 1,913,694 201,950 15,569 230,085 3,803 67,277 ?
1950 2,117,662 221,797 19,569 233,226 6,441 73,187 ?
1951 2,221,225 234,907 19,170 242,306 6,210 77,400 796
1952 2,219,817 239,669 18,764 247,042 ? 76,496 31,163
1953 2,414,946 262,851 19,562 260,363 ? 78,161 32,531
1954 2,474,907 285,108 18,677 283,124 ? 77,593 32,636
1955 2,722,752 298,359 18,896 298,660 ? 74,746 33,842
1956 2,736,036 307,842 21,359 315,113 ? 72,899 35,462
1957 2,810,353 308,037 28,330 322,506 ? 74,440 34,990
1958 2,704,202 340,806a 34,158 337,730b ? 41,993 36,282
1959 2,782,671 357,760a 35,735 349,158b ? 38,524 37,802
1960 2,879,225 354,765a 30,614 348,070b ? 37,615 39,479
1961 2,923,373 366,609a 27,662 362,274b ? 37,815 40,277
1962 3,010,559 378,793a 29,058 370,480b ? 37,863 42,485
1963 3,144,747 387,197a 31,212 379,413b ? 38,440 44,484
1964 3,323,151 408,151 39,041 396,830b ? 38,785 51,663
1965 3,480,560 439,390 64,948 409,613b ? 38,267 43,697
1966 3,496,179 468,019 81,136 443,168b ? 34,308 53,557
1967 3,565,348 466,335 89,366 454,057b ? 32,243 8,281c
1968 3,676,249 512,536 100,185 489,490b ? 32,494 6,421c
1969 3,842,811 582,699 125,629 540,587 ? - 8,958c
1970 3,907,459 609,564 156,941 578,914 ? - 9,955c
1971 3,993,979 643,482 187,351 626,375 ? - 10,334c
1972 4,221,005 700,711 226,600 691,345 ? - 12,669c
1973 4,404,757 762,484 262,742 705,990 ? - 12,250c
1974 4,514,331 817,169 306,297 722,175 ? - 14,609c
1975 4,598,247 857,460 288,734 774,265 ? - 15,924c
1976 4,681,236 911,734 268,938 760,302 ? - 69,649
1977 4,890,094 987,822 260,816 811,224 ? - 9,571c
1978 5,126,907 1,081,990 242,706 818,232 ? - ?
1979 5,162,138 1,122,898 251,210 775,261 ? - ?
1980 5,220,972 1,095,634 254,129 760,533 ? - ?
1981 4,848,924 1,047,504 243,858 721,381 ? - ?
1982 5,075,091 1,095,057 230,794 778,374 ? - ?
1983 5,101,748 1,121,822 219,929 726,510 ? - ?
1984 5,143,379 1,153,200 212,613 730,790 ? - ?
1985 5,430,766 1,223,372 203,226 756,075 ? - ?
1986 5,501,421 1,266,909 183,933 779,440 ? - ?
a Includes Pickup 1958-63.
b Includes A-Trailer 1958-68.
c New registrations only 1967-75, 1977.
TRAILER COACH
1939 10,904
