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Number of passenger cars and commercial motor vehicles in use in the United States from 1900 to 1988 (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	Passenger cars	Commercial vehicles
1988	140,700	42,800
1987	137,300	41,700
1986	135,400	40,800
1985	131,900	39,800
1984	128,100	38,100
1983	126,200	37,700
1982	123,700	35,900
1981	123,100	35,200
1980	121,600	34,200
1979	118,500	33,400
1978	116,600	31,800
1977	112,300	29,800
1976	110,200	28,400
1975	106,700	26,200
1974	104,900	25,100
1973	102,000	23,700
1972	97,100	21,700
1971	92,700	20,300
1970	89,200	19,200
1969	86,858	18,238
1968	83,604	17,294
1967	80,407	16,499
1966	78,128	15,822
1965	75,258	15,100
1964	71,983	14,318
1963	69,055	13,658
1962	66,108	13,065
1961	63,417	12,541
1960	61,682	12,186
1959	59,454	11,900
1958	56,891	11,406
1957	55,918	11,207
1956	54,211	10,937
1955	52,145	10,544
1954	48,468	10,037
1953	46,429	9,788
1952	43,823	9,439
1951	42,688	9,224
1950	40,339	8,721
1949	36,458	8,232
1948	33,355	7,730
1947	30,849	6,992
1946	28,217	6,156
1945	25,797	5,238
1944	25,566	4,913
1943	26,009	4,879
1942	27,973	5,031
1941	29,624	5,270
1940	27,466	4,987
1939	26,226	4,783
1938	25,250	4,563
1937	25,467	4,592
1936	24,183	4,324
1935	22,568	3,978
1934	21,544	3,717
1933	20,657	3,502
1932	20,901	3,490
1931	22,396	3,698
1930	23,035	3,715
1929	23,121	3,584
1928	21,362	3,326
1927	20,193	3,110
1926	19,268	2,932
1925	17,481	2,588
1924	15,436	2,177
1923	13,253	1,849
1922	10,704	1,570
1921	9,212	1,282
1920	8,132	1,108
1919	6,679	898
1918	5,555	605
1917	4,727	391
1916	3,368	250
1915	2,332	158
1914	1,664	99
1913	1,190	68
1912	902	42
1911	619	21
1910	458	10
1909	306	6
1908	194	4
1907	140	2.9
1906	106	2.2
1905	77	1.4
1904	55	0.7
1903	33	-
1902	23	-
1901	15	-
1900	8	-

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1993

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United States

Survey time period

1900 to 1988

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*Includes Alaska and Hawaii from 1960 on.
The source gives figures in millions from 1970 on.

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Over the course of the 20^th century, the number of operational motor vehicles in the United States grew significantly, from just 8,000 automobiles in the year 1900 to more than 183 million private and commercial vehicles in the late 1980s. Generally, the number of vehicles increased in each year, with the most notable exceptions during the Great Depression and Second World War.