MINNESOTA REGISTRATION FIGURES
PASSENGER M/C DEALER MANUFACTURER
1909 ? ? 79 3
1910 ? ? 116 3
1911 ? ? 169 4
1912 - - 252 2
1913 - - 238 5
1914 - - ? ?
1915 - - ? ?
1916 - - ? ?
1917 - - 485 ?
1912-14
PASSENGER TOTAL M/C TOTAL
1912 28,688a 28,688a ? ?
1913 16,626b 45,314 ? ?
1914 22,073 67,387 ? ?
a 10 months as of 11/1/1912
b 14 months starting 11/1/1912
1915-17 (Issued 12/1/1914)
PASSENGER TOTAL M/C TOTAL
1915 ? ? ? ?
1916 ? ? ? ?
1917 ? 190,999 ? 11,956
1918-20 (Issued 11/9/1917 new registrations, 11/15/1917 renewals)
PASSENGER TOTAL M/C TOTAL DEALER TOTAL
1918 204,458 204,458 5,021 5,021 725 725
1919 55,283 259,741 1,368 6,389 241 966
1920
1921
(1921 not issued until 5/14/1921)
PASSENGER, MOTORCYCLE AND BUS:
A B TOTAL PASS. M/C MB/S BUS
1921 142,072 161,658 303,730 3,168 - -
1922 176,344 164,978 341,322 3,240 - -
1923 227,211 172,193 399,404 3,220 - -
1924 240,229 224,936 465,165 3,071 - 419
1925 268,713 255,749 524,462 2,923 - 417
1926 256,310 302,439 558,749 2,551 - 379
1927 265,457 299,560 565,017 2,295 - 384
1928 255,532 327,938 583,470 2,083 - 359
1929 235,141 385,201 620,342 1,900 - 361
1930 192,679 431,972 624,651 1,870 - 298
1931 151,573 460,118 611,691 1,749 - 275
1932 118,271 463,420 581,691 1,697 - 214
1933 101,581 478,327 579,908 1,687 - 205
1934 89,123 504,433 593,556 1,731 - 206
1935 72,026 548,865 620,891 1,823 - 241
1936 57,056 611,623 668,679 1,894 - 264
1937 41,199 662,956 704,155 2,074 - 282
1938 27,274 677,745 705,019 2,226 - 252
1939 18,870 702,347 721,217 2,324 - 256
1940 13,350 733,150 746,500 2,437 - 249
1941 9,552 764,220 773,772 2,471 - 259
1942 6,575 714,943 721,518 2,558 - 345
1943 4,989 667,066 672,055 2,583 - 324
1944 4,300 639,937 644,237 2,870 - 335
1945 3,828 628,831 632,659 3,280 - 375
1946 3,648 669,598 673,246 5,762 - 402
1947 3,382 724,649 728,031 9,137 - 438
1948 3,056 779,763 782,819 11,609 - 399
1949 2,585 857,300 859,885 12,128 - 368
1950 - - 944,272 11,508a 3,245
1951 - - 987,325 10,679a 3,357
1952 - - 977,679 9,993a 3,658
1953 - - 1,038,763 9,973a 4,113
1954 - - 1,050,647 9,576a 4,289
1955 - - 1,123,346 9,676a 4,512
1956 - - 1,140,731 9,540a 4,917
1957 - - 1,158,583 9,449a 4,953
1958 - - 1,174,688 10,233a 4,666
1959 - - 1,246,737 6,647 4,762 b
1960 - - 1,275,964 7,045 5,172 b
1961 - - 1,307,127 7,362 5,585 b
1962 - - 1,356,626 7,804 6,310 b
1963 - - 1,375,059 8,997 8,264 b
1964 - - 1,443,780 14,091 13,785 b
1965 - - 1,502,218 21,658 17,688 b
1966 - - 1,550,767 29,229 20,283 b
1967 - - 1,590,731 36,270 19,240 b
1968 - - 1,636,080 42,511 17,554 b
1969 - - 1,689,379 61,199 - b
1970 - - 1,732,607 71,914 - b
1971 - - 1,782,734 90,150 - b
a Includes Motorcycle and Motorbike/Scooter 1950-58.
b See Bus section below.
TRUCKS:
T X Y S YI F URBAN TOTAL
1921 15,970 8,924 - - - - - 24,894
1922 28,014 11,221 - - - - - 39,235
1923 36,977 11,806 - - - - - 48,783
1924 24,715 12,630 378 - - - - 37,723
1925 30,029 14,343 443 - - - - 44,815
1926 30,175 36,522 3,987 473 - - - 71,157
1927 36,294 41,531 3,198 255 - - - 81,281
1928 34,631 54,400 753 - - - - 89,784
1929 38,202 61,071 423 - - - - 99,696
1930 40,835 66,895 333 - - - - 108,063
1931 26,425 81,689 321 1 - - - 108,436
1932 11,748 89,465 279 216 - - - 101,708
1933 43,920 54,770 227 213 - - - 99,130
1934 45,679 48,672 8,925 206 428 - - 103,910
1935 43,152 52,420 9,587 222 480 - - 105,861
1936 40,740 62,030 10,942 233 571 - - 114,516
1937 39,267 66,920 11,221 224 529 - - 118,161
1938 37,455 67,051 10,791 196 477 - - 115,970
1939 37,051 69,297 11,705 174 532 - - 118,759
1940 42,097 68,593 13,124 139 649 - - 124,602
1941 45,329 69,985 13,960 115 832 - - 130,221
1942 44,687 65,374 12,234 88 830 - - 123,213
1943 43,385 60,195 11,205 68 681 42 - 116,026
1944 44,848 58,045 10,394 50 238 91 - 113,666
1945 45,105 59,617 10,875 51 184 74 - 115,906
1946 47,584 67,073 15,981 50 129 129 - 130,946
1947 50,829 74,210 23,403 31 122 176 - 148,771
1948 55,957 76,646 31,858 19 135 141 - 163,756
1949 63,717 74,326 41,055 16 152 136 - 179,402
1950 73,585 - 112,607 20 - - 2,780 188,990
1951 76,712 - 120,755 20 - - 1,904 199,396
1952 78,646 - 125,371 22 - - 1,562 205,601
1953 81,211 - 134,052 20 - - 1,377 216,660
1954 83,797 - 136,304 20 - - 1,212 221,333
1955 86,923 - 143,876 17 - - 1,142 231,958
1956 88,518 - 147,663 16 - - 1,110 237,307
1957 90,485 - 149,611 17 - - 1,074 241,187
1958 90,883 - 152,310 18 - - 1,278 244,489
1959 93,353 - 162,859 19 - - 2,307 258,538
1960 93,568 - 166,693 20 - - 2,203 262,484
1961 95,957 - 174,160 14 - - 2,477 272,608
1962 97,997 - 178,784 18 - - 2,742 279,541
1963 96,388 - 185,133 33 - - 2,858 284,412
1964 99,672 - 197,588 84 - - 2,996 300,340
1965 100,875 - 211,858 194 YW - 3,360 316,287
1966 102,558 - 228,887 541 - 3,729 335,715
1967 104,140 - 246,433 1,327 - 3,880 355,780
1968 104,970 - 263,929 - - 4,050 372,949
1969 105,095 - 287,486 - - 4,197 396,778
1970 105,212 - 306,232 - 3,918 - 4,402 419,764
1971 105,202 - 329,802 - 4,612 - 4,731 444,346
TRAILERS:
Z TZ XZ YZ ZI F TOTAL LIGHT
1921 860 - - - - - 860 -
1922 601 - - - - - 601 -
1923 1,268 - - - - - 1,268 -
1924 1,514 - - - - - 1,514 -
1925 1,912 - - - - - 1,912 -
1926 2,666 - - - - - 2,666 -
1927 3,286 - - - - - 3,286 -
1928 3,894 - - - - - 3,894 -
1929 4,783 - - - - - 4,783 -
1930 9,389 - - - - - 9,389 -
1931 18,291 - - - - - 18,291 -
1932 21,839 - - - - - 21,839 -
1933 19,648 - - - - - 19,648 -
1934 18,495 1,262 3,288 889 222 - 24,156 -
1935 18,649 1,165 3,148 983 315 - 24,260 -
1936 20,751 888 3,383 1,020 527 - 26,569 -
1937 23,888 780 3,378 1,081 577 - 29,704 -
1938 25,510 737 3,152 1,012 622 - 31,033 -
1939 27,042 688 3,185 1,156 856 - 32,927 9,248
1940 32,034 855 3,827 1,308 1,074 - 39,098 51,070
1941 33,487 918 3,985 1,410 1,324 - 41,124 16,854
1942 34,655 924 4,040 1,478 1,444 - 42,541 68,422
1943 32,165 960 3,637 1,582 1,346 1 39,691 8,872
1944 29,085 1,331 3,654 1,755 755 13 36,593 5,988
1945 26,908 1,501 4,048 2,039 814 4 35,314 53,478
1946 27,631 1,701 4,754 2,706 856 9 37,657 17,820
1947 29,441 1,978 5,513 3,280 1,099 11 41,322 17,068
1948 5,488 24,195 7,924 3,534 1,215 11 42,367 63,303
1949 5,347 23,138 7,927 3,737 1,477 6 41,632 20,236
Z TZ HZ YZ UZ TOTAL LIGHT
1950 6,684 20,960 4,612 7,851 871 40,978 1,688a
49,839b
1951 7,008 18,907 4,685 8,747 706 40,053 18,554
1952 7,397 17,395 4,976 9,499 609 39,876 62,554
1953 8,003 16,235 5,711 10,390 583 40,922 25,624
1954 8,861 15,253 5,518 11,023 549 41,204 69,829
1955 9,834 14,704 6,372 14,124 514 45,548 19,986
1956 10,257 13,924 6,680 14,866 498 46,225 81,779
1957 10,404 13,130 6,842 14,995 453 45,824 21,969
1958 11,123 12,198 7,433 15,355 612 46,721 100,151
1959 12,622 12,469 9,192 17,654 735 52,672 25,441
1960 13,060 11,884 5,932 18,157 758 49,791 122,756
1961 13,786 11,539 6,948 18,517 769 51,559 22,815
1962 14,183 11,691 7,523 19,041 848 53,286 140,410
1963 14,657 11,222 8,907 19,852 749 55,387 21,167
1964 16,112 11,175 10,957 22,849 810 61,903 158,254
1965 17,543 10,985 12,520 25,827 800 67,675 20,482
1966 20,334 10,841 14,423 27,483 923 74,004 174,628
1967 22,591 10,668 16,397 28,912 971 79,539 26,072
1968 25,971 10,887 19,107 26,860 939 83,764 204,514
1969 29,312 10,121 21,624 29,373 954 91,384 33,354
1970 35,406 3,885 44,613 30,372 997 115,273 221,413
1971 41,409 2,704 51,247 31,738 1,025 128,123 29,403
a Under old law through 6/30/1950. b Under new law starting 7/1/1950.
LIGHT TRAILER SUMMARY MOBILE HOME R
1939-41 77,172 1960 12,574 -
1942-44 83,282 1961 13,701 -
1945-47 88,366 1962 14,183 -
1948-50 85,227 1963 12,969 -
1950-51 68,393 1964 18,004 -
1952-53 88,178 1965 19,673 -
1954-55 89,815 1966 21,807 -
1956-57 103,748 1967 24,622 -
1958-59 125,592 1968 26,924 -
1960-61 145,571 1969 30,596 -
1962-63 161,577 1970 34,440 4,834
1964-65 178,736 1971 38,670 6,592
1966-67 200,700
1968-69 237,868
1970-71 250,816
BUSES:
BY BDU BTC B2C IC ICA SPEC IC TOTAL
1959 3,145 80 702 224 56 118 286 4,611
1960 3,285 85 684 237 43 125 375 4,834
1961 3,350 73 678 238 13 106 513 4,971
1962 3,596 68 669 246 22 110 497 5,208
1963 3,514 72 706 242 15 99 464 5,112
1964 3,699 72 663 238 22 82 779 5,555
1965 3,793 81 675 243 19 97 798 5,706
1966 3,937 85 690 259 17 91 988 6,067
1967 4,061 85 635 260 20 96 883 6,040
1968 4,313 78 635 265 20 90 893 6,294
1969 4,547 75 619 219 23 98 911 6,492
1970 4,740 3 605 237 22 102 830 6,539
1971 5,093 2 0 292 21 101 884 6,393
TAX EXEMPT VEHICLES:
1960 16,413
1961
1962
1963 19,326
1964 2,837
1965 2,783 1963-65 TOTAL 24,946
1966 22,899
1967 3,098
1968 3,606 1966-68 TOTAL 29,603
1969 26,647
