All About License Plates

TEXAS REGISTRATION FIGURES

PASSENGER TRUCK M/C TRAILER BUS S/C EXEMPT

1917 194,720 - 3,468 - - - -

1918 250,201 - 2,496 - - - -

1919 331,721 - 3,889 - - - -

1920 430,377 - 4,290 - - - -

1921 470,575 - 3,905 - - - -

1922 531,608 - 3,401 - - - -

1923 695,822 - 3,346 - - - -

1924 769,913 65,536 2,738 2,373 - - -

1925 887,235 88,207 2,780 5,198 - - -

1926 941,791 104,794 2,688 7,285 4,158 - -

1927 995,366 114,874 3,103 10,379 3,260 - -

1928 1,058,695 153,902 3,507 12,129 5,850 - -

1929 1,167,370 183,487 4,064 17,165 4,341 - -

1930 1,158,415 206,528 4,066 30,465 1,649 625 -

1931 1,091,134 213,105 3,857 35,283 1,429 628 -

1932 1,005,593 191,299 3,375 36,304 795 484 ?

1933 1,012,541 188,657 3,362 36,238 671 379 ?

1934 1,089,818 227,290a 3,519 37,153 788 314 ?

1935 1,126,486 257,568a 3,409 38,486 765 235 ?

1936 1,194,002 284,573a 3,486 42,443 859 219 12,365

1937 1,229,216 313,343a 3,795 47,956 882 169 17,172

1938 1,236,509 318,984a 4,004 51,141 835 164 18,403

1939 1,287,074 335,568a 4,607 54,102 818 139 20,199

1940 1,364,067 354,686a 4,726 57,298 894 109 20,283

1941 1,387,183 355,356a 4,823 61,552 1,035 116 20,756

1942 1,317,402 300,634a 6,483 59,000 1,499 103 19,174

1943 1,271,139 282,144a 6,278 44,492 1,713 68 18,472

1944 1,262,686 288,017a 8,126 45,450 1,883 57 18,934

1945 1,305,058 314,991a 11,294 60,007 1,941 84 20,233

1946 1,439,361 256,501 17,327 82,793 2,017 75 22,662

1947 1,605,081 278,435 24,194 97,568 2,005 107 26,352

1948 1,778,786 310,882 28,903 93,937 2,078 70 27,493

1949 2,045,766 337,990 28,921 102,751 1,931 60 32,615

1950 2,316,318 373,278 27,324 114,590 1,892 46 32,904

1951 2,412,870 393,962 27,356 127,485 1,899 42 36,013

1952 2,473,044 402,124 28,502 139,304 1,893 - 39,772

1953 2,617,957 416,484 27,828 147,171 1,957 - 42,695

1954 2,798,122 442,603 27,876 161,528 1,650 - 46,134

1955 3,023,201 526,223 29,204 186,724 1,550 - 52,026

1956 3,115,931 543,154 31,993 214,226 1,221 - 58,636

1957 3,231,495 562,347 35,583 237,844 1,331 - 70,142

1958 3,291,904 578,245 41,385 269,353 1,257 - 80,968

1959 3,425,599 610,160 45,739 295,864 1,156 - 91,838

1960 3,512,620 631,009 46,212 320,910 1,216 - 102,994

1961 3,639,208 662,096 46,124 341,509 1,207 - 107,454

1962 3,832,445 703,597 46,492 362,399 1,216 - 85,856

1963 4,016,616 752,279 47,266 383,755 1,215 - 89,147

1964 4,197,483 808,825 50,510 402,469 1,178 - 94,287

1965 4,291,048 857,485 58,715 415,918 1,183 - 100,610

1966 4,440,214 913,423 73,566 439,779 1,135 - 103,798

1967 4,586,621 971,758 87,830 472,154 898 - 107,742

1968 4,799,870 1,062,828 94,153 492,605 875 - 111,720

1969 4,974,844 1,147,630 111,967 522,875 972 - 120,295

1970 5,093,251 1,213,870 145,766 563,974 992 - 126,426

1971 5,329,325 1,304,645 185,216 602,919 992 - 136,285

1972 5,570,576 1,408,311 215,333 657,821 1,046 - 149,003

1973 5,803,580 1,541,972 247,852 706,408 1,056 - 163,834

1974 5,954,698 1,638,959 267,655 754,751 1,106 - 179,549

1975 6,223,718 1,766,148 272,803 778,993 799 - 191,815

a Includes Farm Truck 1934-45.

FARM TRUCK FARM TK. HOUSE CITY FARM MACH-

TRACTOR TRUCK TRACTOR TRACTOR TRAILER BUS TRAILER INERY

1928 1,079 - - - - - - -

1943 287 ? - - - - - -

1944 275 ? - - - - - -

1945 246 ? - - - - - -

1946 318 122,662 - - - - - -

1947 285 138,479 20,148 - - - - -

1948 276 155,746 23,145 665 15,737 3,440 - -

1949 280 186,838 23,978 802 19,066 3,482 - -

1950 351 212,332 27,005 882 22,336 3,356 - ?

1951 337 226,236 30,588 953 24,647 3,338 - -

1952 326 226,663 32,293 997 25,271 3,252 - -

1953 304 236,234 33,036 984 23,227 3,027 - -

1954 270 241,724 35,247 1,065 22,613 2,906 - -

1955 287 202,970 39,985 1,033 23,970 2,527 - -

1956 320 182,450 43,452 1,041 25,839 2,439 - -

1957 386 182,340 44,018 1,073 27,798 2,357 - -

1958 412 189,827 46,181 1,206 28,007 2,265 - -

1959 408 192,817 49,145 1,205 27,871 2,203 - -

1960 426 192,396 48,100 1,257 26,287 1,873 - -

1961 508 198,380 48,528 1,258 26,815 1,980 123,760 7,715

1962 1,422 200,606 49,622 1,260 28,053 1,841 131,466 10,618

1963 1,408 204,271 50,734 1,261 29,917 1,739 129,951 12,014

1964 1,403 205,462 51,622 1,275 33,195 1,262 121,660 13,102

1965 1,426 203,168 52,300 1,293 36,357 1,165 131,262 14,119

1966 1,351 202,255 54,067 1,320 40,087 1,131 105,610 15,314

1967 1,369 200,350 54,476 1,301 49,101 1,124 98,046 16,205

1968 1,402 199,491 56,743 1,580 67,566 1,126 105,940 17,671

1969 1,341 196,570 59,161 1,582 90,490 1,167 101,262 18,484

1970 1,119 192,955 60,020 1,542 114,258 1,217 104,879 19,294

1971 1,020 190,508 63,979 1,742 138,825 1,009 106,557 20,328

1972 969 187,403 - 1,841 154,996 848 121,021 21,579

1973 1,012 192,936 - 2,216 164,348 852 133,613 23,511

1974 890 194,940 - 1,641 162,835 661 108,196 24,968

1975 875 198,513 - 1,819 129,539 426 116,303 25,365

COMBINATION PRIVATE BUS APPORTIONED MOBILE HOME

1972 71,185 - - -

1973 71,251 5,808 7,513 -

1974 66,284 7,907 18,655 -

1975 61,288 9,221 54,124 44,622