MISSOURI REGISTRATION FIGURES
From numerous newspaper reports:
Full-year figures are as of 2/1 of the following year 1914-33.
Partial year figures denoted by (11) = 11 months.
PASSENGER TRUCK M/C TRAILER DEALER D. EXTRA
1911 ? - - - ?
1912 ? - - - ?
1913 ? - ? - ?
1914 (11) 50,998 - 3,469 - 935
1915 (12) 76,642 - ? - ?
1916 ? - ? - ?
1917 (11) 151,027 - 4,179 - 1,392 1,753
1918 (7) 182,168 - 3,690 - 1,624 2,340
1919 (9) 238,250 - 3,739(8) - 2,043
1920 (9) 292,385 - 3,879(8) - 2,505(8) 6,701(8)
1921 (9) 347,383(12) - 3,375 - 2,097 6,291
1922 (6) 310,822 35,801 2,370 378 1,966 5,235
1923 (12) 430,340 46,258 2,570 740 2,536 7,163
1924 (12) 491,645 52,990 2,218 979 2,713 8,139
1925 (10) 544,635(12)60,400 1,982 1,072 2,129 ?
1926 (11) 525,333(12)58,117(12)1,946 ? 2,293 ?
1927 (12) 610,303 72,116 1,835 1,739 2,345(11) ?
1928 (6) 583,629 66,981 1,471 1,776 2,497 4,555
1929 (7) 636,956 77,106 1,649 2,311 2,658 5,504
1930 (4) 567,916 70,962 1,214 2,539 2,366 4,764
1931 (11) 651,260 95,493 1,654 5,356 2,120 3,606
1932 (?) 618,806 99,005 ? 9,778 1,733 ?
1933 (6) 513,902 85,138 1,065 8,610 1,578 2,779
1934 ? ? ? ? ? ?
1935 (9) 633,350 109,176 1,499 20,183 1,647 3,149
1936 ? ? ? ? ? ?
1937 ? ? ? ? ? ?
1938 (12) 702,941 134,177 1,792 33,368 2,114 ?
1939 ? ? ? ? ? ?
1940 ? ? ? ? ? ?
1941 (6) 739,274 141,770 ? ? ? ?
1942 (6) 725,597 140,776 ? ? ? ?
DUPLICATE
1918 1,350
1920 (8) 2,556
OFFICIAL OFFICIAL M/C STATE PATROL STATE PATROL M/C
1922 ? ? - -
1923 (12) 1,121 15 - -
1924 (12) 1,195 9 - -
1925 (10) 1,315 5 - -
1926 (11) 1,350 5 - -
1927 (12) 1,428 3(11) - -
1928 (6) 1,440 3 - -
1929 (7) 1,602 5 - -
1930 (4) 1,560 5 - -
1931 (11) 1,902 5 40 12
1932 (12) 1,995 ? 50 ?
1933 (6) 1,969(8) ? 43 17
1934 ? ? ? ?
1935 ? ? ? ?
1936 ? ? ? ?
1937 ? ? ? ?
1938 (12) 2,075 1 73 8
1939 ? ? ? ?
1940 ? ? ? ?
1941 (12) 2,253 ? ? ?
1942 (6) 2,393 ? ? ?
FROM U.S. DOT:
PASSENGER TRUCK M/C PASSENGER TRUCK M/C
1911 16,940 - - 1954 1,139,714 288,368 6,997
1912 24,790 - - 1955 1,175,487 308,719 6,816
1913 33,310 - ? 1956 1,238,067 299,949 6,789
1914 54,468 - ? 1957 1,265,633 305,435 7,635
1915 76,462 - ? 1958 1,301,093 307,243 10,203
1916 103,587 - 4,278 1959 1,310,846 322,016 9,685
1917 147,528 - 4,179 1960 1,375,104 337,251 10,006
1918 188,040 - 3,980 1961 1,418,015 343,576 10,352
1919 244,363 - 4,131 1962 1,480,667 356,263 12,592
1920 297,008 - 3,954 1963 1,539,804 370,185 14,269
1921 346,836 - 3,609 1964 1,633,880 388,734 18,207
1922 353,375 39,594 2,792 1965 1,650,902 425,702 28,339
1923 430,340 46,258 2,570 1966 1,700,347 439,024 37,299
1924 489,356 51,144 2,139 1967 1,753,900 448,578 41,075
1925 543,965 61,925 1,989 1968 1,833,054 478,700 38,081
1926 588,408 67,992 2,010 1969 1,830,457 474,138 30,618
1927 610,881 73,543 1,838 1970 1,888,454 510,465 50,234
1928 637,307 77,782 1,824 1971 1,949,489 539,232 67,755
1929 672,290 88,039 1,898 1972 2,026,903 582,235 80,736
1930 671,259 94,316 1,751 1973 2,093,652 624,844 95,314
1931 657,992 99,084 1,672 1974 2,142,280 658,174 108,869
1932 619,220 102,823 1,566 1975 2,177,361 679,706 101,968
1933 595,841 107,801 1,513 1976 2,232,558 699,195 96,201
1934 633,055 112,213 1,653 1977 2,301,992 741,261 95,099
1935 651,373 120,452 1,620 1978 2,360,828 787,913 87,053
1936 682,583 132,897 1,644 1979 2,408,642 823,883 100,922
1937 702,874 139,089 1,736 1980 2,432,407 828,990 105,846
1938 704,378 138,987 1,807 1981 2,466,032 858,025 105,168
1939 736,375 147,506 2,317 1982 2,540,190 861,549 99,523
1940 769,869 156,224 2,457 1983 2,541,403 881,966 94,369
1941 821,682 167,062 2,476 1984 2,595,214 916,115 89,180
1942 796,375 161,432 3,446 1985 2,577,384 970,726 83,200
1943 728,020 149,592 2,886 1986 2,635,489 1,037,883 78,573
1944 687,360 146,570 2,780 1987 2,684,238 1,018,076 72,500
1945 698,744 157,203 3,446 1988 2,688,959 1,093,902 65,869
1946 778,421 188,317 6,487 1989 2,689,774 1,142,632 62,973
1947 830,849 210,470 8,375 1990 2,691,446 1,201,370 67,751
1948 878,636 228,054 8,479 1991 2,598,722 1,339,445 60,783
1949 945,632 243,391 8,121 1992 2,532,416 1,459,933 60,045
1950 992,155 263,363 8,172 1993 2,561,765 1,491,841 57,171
1951 1,037,497 276,759 6,881 1994 2,587,720 1,608,043 56,805
1952 1,045,887 280,933 6,563 1995 2,562,604 1,680,163 54,939
1953 1,100,898 279,646 6,763
FROM MISSOURI DOR:
LOCAL B.L. PRORATE C L T S
TRUCK TRUCK TRUCK TRAILER M/C BUS BUS BUS BUS
1966 235,566 192,159 16,936 134,197 37,252 110 41 79 2,813
1967 233,985 204,196 14,886 143,988 41,025 80 716 85 3,228
1968 204,990 210,184 21,881 150,911 38,036 173 113 30 3,586
1969 205,921 236,659 30,329 166,032 30,573 139 75 42 2,669
1970 195,285 236,249 27,059 172,921 50,183 157 76 19 3,142
1971 219,651 295,826 13,005* 201,575 67,704 230 110 64 3,490
*Prorate Trailer separated 1971
AM. MASTER ALL DRIVE PRORATE
RADIO DEALER DEALER -AWAY TRAILER
1966 1,558 3,090 16,379 407
1967 1,783 4,020 24,749 387
1968 1,686 4,194 26,009 362
1969 1,308 4,295 28,174 392
1970 0 7,956 54,275 697
1971 106 3,597 24,846 365 13,399
PASSENGER TRUCK M/C TRAILER BUS RADIO HISTORICAL
1978 2,543,407 823,776 112,898 323,940 4,822 1,286 11,394
1979 3,003,934 943,236 146,788 401,291 7,075 1,408 11,416
1980 3,187,350 991,760 160,138 481,992 9,073 1,667 13,137
1981 3,355,890 1,033,935 185,133 539,096 10,493 1,667 13,137
RECREATIONAL VEH.
1979 18,123
1980 19,146
1981 20,500
MISSOURI 1911 AUTOMOBILE REGISTRATIONS BY REGION AND COUNTY
(County Seat) xNo longer county seat *Prestate verified
NW N
Atchison (Rockport) 162 Mercer (Princeton) 11
Holt (Oregon) 118 Grundy (Trenton) 45
Nodaway (Maryville) 149 Livingston (Chillicothe) 37
Andrew (Savannah) 77 Carroll (Carrollton) 57
Buchanan (St. Joseph) 404 Putnam (Unionville) 28
Platte (Platte City) 57 Sullivan (Milan) 36
Worth (Grant City) 14 Linn (Linneus) 84
Gentry (Albany) 32 Chariton (Keytesville) 54
De Kalb (Maysville) 43 Schuyler (Lancaster) 13
Clinton (Plattsburg) 64 Adair (Kirksville) 52
Clay (Liberty) 67 Macon (Macon) 75
Harrison (Bethany) 56 Randolph (Huntsville) 93
Daviess (Gallatin) 46 Howard (Fayette) 49
Caldwell (Kingston) 40 Boone (Columbia) 79
Ray (Richmond) 57 713
1,386
W CENTRAL
Jackson (Independence) 2,998 Cooper (Boonville) 31
(*Kansas City 2,855, Moniteau (California) 24
other 143) Morgan (Versailles) 9
Cass (Harrisonville) 68 Camden (xLinn Creek) 2
Bates (Butler) 63 Cole (Jefferson City) 48
Vernon (Nevada) 62 Miller (Tuscumbia) 5
Lafayette (Lexington) 96 Pulaski (Waynesville) 4
Johnson (Warrensburg) 57 Osage (Linn) 5
Henry (Clinton) 56 Maries (Vienna) 4
St. Clair (Osceola) 16 Phelps (Rolla) 4
Saline (Marshall) 78 Gasconade (Hermann) 14
Pettis (Sedalia) 96 Crawford (Steelville) 2
Benton (Warsaw) 1 152
Hickory (Hermitage) 0
3,591
SW S
Barton (Lamar) 30 Dallas (Buffalo) 1
Jasper (Carthage) 612 Webster (Marshfield) 4
Newton (Neosho) 24 Laclede (Lebanon) 11
McDonald (Pineville) 2 Wright (Hartville) 4
Cedar (Stockton) 9 Douglas (Ava) 1
Dade (Greenfield) 5 Ozark (Gainesville) 1
Lawrence (Mt. Vernon) 48 Texas (Houston) 4
Barry (Cassville) 22 Howell (Westplains) 11
Polk (Bolivar) 12 Dent (Salem) 4
Greene (Springfield) 192 Shannon (Eminence) 0
Christian (Ozark) 7 Oregon (Alton) 1
Stone (Galena) 0 Reynolds (Centerville) 0
Taney (Forsyth) 1 Carter (Vanburen) 0
964 Ripley (Doniphan) 2
44
NE SE
Scotland (Memphis) 44 Iron (Ironton) 2
Knox (Edina) 44 Madison (Fredericktown) 10
Shelby (Shelbyville) 57 Wayne (Greenville) 2
Monroe (Paris) 16 Butler (Poplar Bluff) 7
Audrain (Mexico) 79 Perry (Perryville) 9
Callaway (Fulton) 65 Bollinger (Marble Hill) 0
Clark (Kahoka) 25 Stoddard (Bloomfield) 22
Lewis (Monticello) 38 Dunklin (Kennett) 8
Marion (Palmyra) 102 Cape Girardeau (Jackson) 61
Ralls (New London) 32 Scott (Benton) 41
Pike (Bowling Green) 69 Mississippi (Charleston) 52
Montgomery (xDanville) 23 New Madrid (New Madrid) 16
Lincoln (Troy) 9 Pemiscot (Caruthersville) 15
Warren (Warrenton) 5 245
St. Charles (St. Charles) 49
657
E
Franklin (Union) 58
Washington (Potosi) 3
*St. Louis (Clayton) 373
*St. Louis City 4,832
Jefferson (Hillsboro) 33
St. Francois (*Farmington) 109
Ste. Genevieve (Ste. Genevieve) 7
5,415
Out of State? 36
GRAND TOTAL 13,203
