RHODE ISLAND REGISTRATION FIGURES
PASSENGER TRUCK M/C DEALER TLR. PUBLIC JITNEY TAXI
1908 3,134 - 287 47 - - - -
1909 4,179 - 430 58 - - - -
1910 5,403 - 508 59 - - - -
1911 6,681 - 581 53 - - - -
1912 7,766 799 792 67 - - - -
1913 9,204 1,091 1,017 67 - - - -
1914 11,033 1,298 1,199 60 - - - -
1915 14,733 1,629 1,421 60 - - - -
1916 18,551 2,855 1,330 88 - - - -
1917 30,267 6,779 1,133 65 10 - - -
1918 29,178 7,040 1,464 140 29 - - -
1919 36,494 8,339 2,301 246 20 - - -
1920 40,768 9,563 2,223 231 19 - - -
1921 43,662 9,688 1,750 229 51 1,253 - -
1922 51,804 12,776 1,434 266 52 1,503 76 -
1923a 51,215 8,976 1,447 184 38 1,081 26 -
1924b 76,442 16,824 1,372 255 64 1,494 75 -
1925b 83,203 16,892 1,343 259 48 1,566 176 -
1926b 90,723 18,595 1,263 301 53 1,576 338 -
1927b 97,029 18,754 1,236 282 46 1,403 436 -
1928b 101,655 18,721 1,070 292 61 1,580 523 -
1929b 119,021 20,319 922 374 93 1,791 617 105
1930c 82,552 15,211 545 206 40 478 515 685
1931d 117,538 19,587 779 319 68 655 549 309
1932d 114,316 18,615 782 288 62 616 551 257
1933d 113,450 17,764 840 260 70 388 487 237
1934 123,038 18,308 772 307 147 241 514 254
1935 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
1936 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
1937 147,677 18,986 724 384 571 229 438 239
a 1/1 to 11/30
b 12/1 of previous year to 11/30
c 12/1 of previous year to 6/30
d differs slightly from R.I. Book
PASSENGER TRUCK M/C PASSENGER TRUCK M/C
1935 130,796 19,252 810 1966 367,152 43,047 6,929
1936 141,330 19,655 771 1967 378,188 44,432 6,819
1937 149,540 19,819 830 1968 393,295 45,849 6,712
1938 150,605 20,177 810 1969 408,103 47,678 7,957
1939 162,619 21,519 841 1970 423,423 48,775 10,903
1940 166,026 21,191 875 1971 441,762 50,450 13,231
1941 178,737 21,605 976 1972 469,624 52,972 15,190
1942 168,228 21,808 1,296 1973 497,519 64,380 17,939
1943 154,324 20,556 1,165 1974 499,918 67,005 20,085
1944 152,781 21,071 1,152 1975 498,777 62,944 20,152
1945 162,632 23,389 1,323 1976 512,426 71,932 19,919
1946 169,210 26,959 1,734 1977 588,017 80,074 24,892
1947 178,869 27,813 1,793 1978 574,829 78,296 24,333
1948 190,845 29,560 2,082 1979 509,336 73,992 23,428
1949 203,916 30,126 1,991 1980 542,462 78,849 24,951
1950 219,685 31,169 1,816 1981 519,002 75,428 23,867
1951 226,649 31,721 1,781 1982 507,284 77,214 27,101
1952 236,367 32,509 1,884 1983 518,803 78,010 26,869
1953 246,154 33,196 1,763 1984 538,307 82,528 25,873
1954 257,980 34,354 1,737 1985 518,668 89,811 26,185
1955 269,870 35,627 1,650 1986 532,533 97,723 25,714
1956 275,961 36,274 1,542 1987 543,120 109,114 25,566
1957 281,545 35,956 1,648 1988 549,017 120,260 24,006
1958 286,446 35,573 1,639 1989 546,886 122,136 29,086
1959 293,917 35,327 1,733 1990 546,313 123,887 23,605
1960 297,888 38,560 1,789 1991 501,554 125,253 23,125
1961 305,169 39,517 2,002 1992 492,467 127,953 21,137
1962 314,971 40,659 2,460 1993 537,057 156,670 19,782
1963 327,854 42,328 3,470 1994 530,783 166,667 16,979
1964 341,109 44,101 4,545 1995 524,520 172,999 16,979
1965 355,901 41,506 5,738
Sources: All types 1908-30, 1934, 1937, from R.I. Book,
Passenger and Truck 1935-72 from R.I. Book,
All types 1931-33 from notes received in 1985,
Motorcycle 1935-95, All types 1973-95 from U.S. DOT.
