TENNESSEE REGISTRATION FIGURES
FROM TENNESSEE ANNUAL REPORTS:
PASSENGER TRUCK a FARM b TAXI c M/C DEALER FREE d
1916 30,000 - - - ? ? -
1917 48,000 - - - ? ? -
1918 63,000 - - - ? ? -
1919 79,189 - - - ? ? -
1920 90,214 11,628 - - 1,151 564 -
1921 102,795 14,230 - - 1,043 478 -
1922 119,361 16,385 - - 861 446 -
1923 153,834 19,678 - - 736 519 -
1924 185,718 20,693 - - 789 536 -
1925 220,952 22,913 - 2,281 677 518 -
1926 253,331 25,297 - 2,011 751 599 -
1927 266,956 25,481 - 2,130 904 632 2,914
1928 292,106 27,832 - 2,199 1,059 693 3,269
1929 327,356 32,734 - 2,341 1,203 711 4,377
1930 328,325 38,057 - 2,301 1,324 649 4,850
1931 314,057 33,976 - 2,487 1,385 545 5,720
1932 266,299 31,523 - 1,751 1,100 487 3,431
1933 276,762 33,848 - 1,570 1,064 398 3,297
1934 296,641 37,755 - 1,917 1,188 463 580
1935* 315,975 44,050 - 2,191 1,291 507 4,197
1936 329,939 43,709 8,134 2,369 1,359 542 4,511
1937 335,840 45,604 12,547 2,410 1,678 584 6,721
1938 337,432 45,777 15,913 2,312 1,563 575 7,036
1939 ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
1940 380,760 49,467 21,829 2,766 1,745 598 8,438
1941 415,971 56,665 23,227 3,298 1,943 391 6,586
1942 386,613 49,761 22,498 4,176 2,091 84 4,966
1943 372,986 49,316 22,440 4,181 1,880 77 4,524
1944 372,853 51,176 23,499 4,332 2,175 115 4,691
1945 376,445 56,913 24,976 6,337 2,851 124 4,761
1946 422,022 73,500 29,296 7,345 5,393 450 5,889
1947 473,248 86,764 35,138 6,805 7,860 665 6,706
1948 ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
1949 586,308 99,569 55,062 6,026 8,806 910 8,187
1950 667,263 100,700 65,167 5,689 7,724 1,031 8,090
1951 ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
1952 735,838 126,684 78,686 5,075 6,747 1,820 9,002
1953 831,423 119,379 83,283 5,294 6,190 1,802 9,490
1954 887,973 120,714 87,333 4,958 5,765 1,870 9,629
1955 902,854 117,707 92,281 4,645 5,549 2,236 10,017
1956 936,291 119,894 92,621 4,582 6,157 2,124 10,578
1957 968,115 115,856 95,291 4,503 6,940 2,051 11,033
1958 1,007,925 113,316 99,769 4,170 9,153 1,986 11,496
1959 1,068,916 121,282 104,947 4,156 9,696 2,178 11,922
1960 1,110,219 120,049 108,781 4,538 10,623 2,012 12,873
1961 1,160,807 122,096 114,306 2,219 11,908 2,116 13,478
1962 1,178,961 123,286 119,779 2,209 13,085 2,256 13,887
1963 1,228,324 124,539 119,958 2,049 13,305 2,513 15,051
1964 1,275,801 138,051 115,630 2,015 14,321 2,524 15,249
1965 1,335,883 151,629 120,944 1,966 19,646 2,572 16,329
1966 1,421,948 127,711 87,225 2,034 26,526 2,633 17,119
1967 1,509,316 117,024 80,986 606 29,434 ? 19,034
1968 1,498,772 109,057 (to Joint) 2,038 29,186 ? 12,529
1969 1,544,959 106,576 - 2,005 35,439 ? 1,854
1970 1,630,411 106,107 - 1,879 45,636 ? 2,167 a Truck 1930-39, Commercial Truck 1940-49, Commercial Truck less than
maximum weight 1950 (maximum weight 3,884), P Truck 1952-55,
P/1 - P/8 1956-70 (Added P/9 1959, P/10 1963).
b Farm Truck 1936-55, F/1 - F/4 1956-67 (Added F/5 1957, F/6 1967).
c Taxi 1930-57, 1961-66, Bus and Taxi 1958-60, Taxicab 1967-70.
d Free 1930-54, G.S. Free 1955, Government Service 1956-70.
1931 2,696 1942 1,584
1932 3,295
1933 2,982
1934 2,991
1935* 843
*January 1935 to March 1936.
1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 Antique - - - - - 180
Handicapped Veteran ? 535 554 596 679 707
P3L (Spec. Lic.) a - - - - 879 1,411
P/9 Tractor - - - - - 19
P Trailer - - - - - 191
Trailer - - 7,914 8,080 3,609 4,295
H Truck b ? 2,474 2,913 2,858 3,487 3,643
1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 Add'l.Dlr. - - - - 11,814 11,539 13,651
Antique 260 352 415 426 506 529 513
Bus (from Taxi) - - 1,982 2,073 2,145
Farm Float 147 208 227 248 (to P/1 - P/9) -
Fixed Load - - - - 215 281 372
H/1 - H/8 b 2,704 2,566 3,064 3,560 2,601 2,805 3,205
H/8A 872 880 782 - - - -
H/9A - - 382 - 814 781 -
Hand. Vet. 732 826 813 684 865 873 882
Ident. Tlr. 779 797 (to Semi-Tlr.) - - -
M/1 - M/8 c 280 386 395 374 368 350 387
Mobile Home - - - - - - 2,962
P/9 Tractor 23 28 - - - - -
Replacement - 5,466 6,104 5,456 5,773 6,439 10,605
Semi-Tlr. (from Ident.) 1,941 2,661 3,433 5,571 6,162
Spec. Lic.a 1,910 2,416 3,514 4,326 (to Passenger) -
Temp.Permit - 1,426 1,818 2,400 3,049 3,173 4,967
Trailer d 5,853 7,285 8,968 9,638 9,595 9,885 9,660
Well Drill. - - - - 205 276 311
a P3L 1955, Special License 1956-60 includes:
Amateur Radio (1957-60),
Auxiliary Police (1955-60),
Capitol Press (1955-58),
Civil Air Patrol (1955-60),
Civil Defense (1957-60).
b H Truck 1952-55, H/1 - H/8 1956-70 (Added H/9 1959, H/10 1963).
c M/1 - M/8 1957, 1961-70, M/1 - M/5 1958-60.
d Trailer 1953-62, Trailer E 1963-70.
Add'l.Dlr. 19,764 14,648 16,067 - - - -
Am. Radio 1,335 1,420 1,452 847 1,212 892 414
Antique 616 769 798 437 706 689 550
Aux.Police 969 734 (to C.D.Police) - - -
Bus A 1,900 1,894 1,882 1,999 1,734 1,918 1,938
Bus B 227 80 75 71 62 74 55
Bus C 315 447 417 490 310 317 297
Bus D 10 18 20 27 30 28 27
C.A.P. a 716 420 396 260 350 374 37
Civil Def. 2,687 2,784 3,270 3,773 3,898 3,802 380
C.D.Police (from Aux.Police) 836 768 790 818 107
Consular 4 7 7 27 2 8 7
Ex-Governor - - - 3 2 1 1
Fixed Load 453 608 689 330 741 762 810
Gov. Staff 1,209 1,307 1,603 522 1,080 1,509 1,348
Hand. Vet. 915 954 906 926 941 1,033 1,151
J.C.C. b 18 191 212 30 51 19 15
Judiciary - - - 14 42 74 80
Legislat. c 29 215 212 89 152 211 193
Logger P/3L 793 743 965 659 295 199 21
Logger P/4L 800 963 1,204 1,036 411 306 30
Mobile Home 7,044 5,663 4,491 1,732 10,375 11,394 15,590
Replace. 10,313 15,542 10,997 11,231 13,831 14,067 21,468
R.V.F.D. d 1 - - 1 3 5 8
Semi-Tlr. e 6,722 8,088 9,726 22,718 13,887 6,930 10,566
Sheriff 97 89 105 57 84 77 64
T.C.C. f - - 63 17 37 10 8
Temp.Permit 6,112 3,108 1,539 - - - -
Trailer E 8,224 11,273 13,343 14,519 9,031 12,172 14,713
Undercover 481 565 581 (to Government Service) -
U.S.Judge g - - 4 10 13 17 8
U.S.Repr. - - - 0 8 6 15
U.S.Senate - - - 58 2 1 3
Vol. Fire. 110 494 760 988 951 1,058 76
Well Drill. 379 393 375 380 327 336 330
Z/T h 3,505 3,656 4,264 4,274 5,442 3,273 2,615
a C.A.P. = Civil Air Patrol.
b J.C.C. 1964-66, Jaycee 1967-70.
c Legislative 1964-66, Legislator 1967-70.
d R.V.F.D. = Rural Volunteer Fire Department.
e Semi-Trailer 1964-66, Trailer S 1967-70.
f T.C.C. = Tennessee Constitution Convention.
g U.S.Judge 1966, Federal Judge 1967-70.
h Zone Truck 1964, Z/T 1965-66, Zone Tag 1967-70 (= Urban).
F/1 91,056 96,012 68,104 64,617 - - -
F/2 11,662 11,336 6,208 5,315 - - -
F/3 11,753 12,351 11,472 9,764 - - -
F/4 589 644 663 573 - - -
F/5 570 601 778 716 - - -
F/6 - - - 1 - - -
Total 115,630 120,944 87,225 80,986 - - - HIRE H/1 24 27 48 107 124 130 104
H/2 95 104 277 289 366 378 405
H/3 49 53 71 76 112 106 84
H/4 57 65 70 77 65 99 88
H/5 44 45 28 50 22 45 24
H/6 50 53 31 48 44 38 34
H/7 283 316 321 285 190 227 139
H/8 594 608 564 522 605 573 502
H/9 875 767 478 530 450 394 268
H/10 1,656 2,196 2,495 2,707 2,920 2,826 2,600
Total 3,727 4,234 4,383 4,691 4,898 4,816 4,248 JOINT J/1 - - 86,114 109,510 194,467 218,864 246,366
J/2 - - 703 2,559 14,860 15,039 15,990
J/3 - - 1,086 1,418 1,818 1,802 1,722
J/4 - - 154 289 1,580 1,905 2,079
J/5 - - 131 206 760 910 993
J/6 - - - 21 386 486 591
Total 88,188 114,003 213,871 239,006 267,741 MOVER M/1 49 49 58 63 62 66 57
M/2 93 98 98 97 89 89 82
M/3 99 107 126 131 118 120 108
M/4 79 97 120 131 125 126 129
M/5 40 35 47 46 51 51 60
M/6 32 41 49 55 48 56 47
M/7 23 26 36 49 50 39 56
M/8 7 7 10 15 26 54 53
Total 422 460 544 587 569 601 592 PRIVATE P/1 95,129 106,225 82,707 73,556 67,943 65,597 65,186
P/2 16,178 16,453 16,204 15,376 13,663 13,007 12,901
P/3 7,866 8,280 9,077 8,743 8,493 8,739 8,961
P/4 8,109 8,077 7,410 7,563 7,086 6,912 7,017
P/5 1,561 2,202 2,102 1,880 2,083 2,403 2,606
P/6 990 1,101 972 773 794 799 806
P/7 2,065 2,111 1,958 1,821 1,695 1,623 1,384
P/8 3,356 3,496 3,328 3,274 2,543 2,368 2,029
P/9 1,374 1,576 1,377 1,238 1,460 1,422 1,444
P/10 1,423 2,108 2,576 2,800 3,297 3,706 3,773
Total 138,051 151,629 127,711 117,024 109,057 106,576 106,107
