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State Totals
  Registrations Titles
  Passengers Trucks/Pickups/
SUV/Vans		 Trailers

Motorcycles/
ATV/Moped

 Snowmobiles Rec Vehicles Commercial
Boats
  
2012 349567 495011 205166 73310 13884 10485 40229 53132 375458
2011 354514 481889 200053 69660 16246 10590 39375
53030
359521
2010 421,342 403,311 194,841 65,686 13,930 10,767 38,774 54,692 357,485
2009 383,120 435,362 187,658 62,735 11,585 10,603 38,468 53,362 347,564
2008 415,821 388,948 180,108 58,508 10,838 10,459 40,268 25,963 353,842

In 2008 the Division of Motor Vehicles implemented a new licensing system where plates follow the owner rather than the vehicle. As a result the layout of this statistical report has changed. It now reflects a one day picture of the currently registered vehicles as opposed to a compilation of every registration done during that period.

Registrations Titles
  Trucks/Autos Dealer Plates Trailers Motorcycles *Snowmobiles *Boats Commercial Non-Commercial Gross Weight  
                 
1970 412,274 1,469 37,671 11,964          
1971 427,248 1,444 40,709 13,865 4,196        
1972 446,924 1,502 43,363 16,605 6,425        
1973 469,356 1,540 47,473 19,737 7,793        
1974 490,783 1,600 52,418 22,964 8,107        
1975 504,314 1,633 55,275 23,980 9,746        
1976 523,272 1,732 58,268 25,055 7,896        
1977 542,662 1,810 59,983 26,560 7,513        
1978 548,937 1,889 72,700 27,590 7,617        
1979 562,799 1,925 75,560 31,102 6,855        
1980 564,747 1,833 77,765 35,045 4,695        
1981 575,523 1,769 81,754 38,265 6,986        
1982 576,587 1,708 85,075 38,418 7,839        
1983 591,488 1,705 89,929 39,255 9,617        
1984 604,857 1,657 92,984 38,956 5,538        
1985 611,354 1,554 95,695 37,905 8,868   16,228    
1986 623,786 1,559 97,776 36,036 5,163   17,211    
1987 633,432 1,485 102,472 33,800 5,609   16,738    
1988 645,459 1,424 105,188 31,421 6,433   21,193    
1989 660,452 2,657 108,813 29,942 3,200   18,778    
1990 646,722 1,586 102,063 23,719 4,028   18,269    
1991 655,493 1,444 107,284 24,133 3,480   20,251   131,490
1992 660,695 1,497 108,175 23,389 4,662   27,245 38,290 270,438
1993 684,414 1,579 121,756 26,173 4,983   27,113 39,129 282,329
1994 699,508 1,643 127,022 25,822 5,508   28,634 39,490 294,249
1995 706,714 1,692 131,041 25,155 4,464 22,177 28,520 40,131 289,081
1996 706,649 1,909 133,624 24,715 6,977 21,020 29,876 41,038 294,901
1997 715,880 2,187 137,593 24,561 5,557 27,537 31,356 44,525 294,128
1998 724,338 2,368 142,579 25,188 5,809 26,284 31,036 46,817 287,645
1999 731,450 2,722 146,382 25,735 5,952 25,303 33,306 40,960 294,244
2000 755,010 2,468 150,838 29,175 8,743 29,125 35,050 33,594 297,534
2001 763,526 2,880 155,399 31,493 5,989 26,400 35,355 33,146 301,803
2002 777,328 3,004 160,014 33,906 5,227 25,409 36,607 33,145 303,838
2003 791,927 3,050 166,060 37,528 7,735 28,413 37,073 33,116 309,686
2004 805,706 3,057 172,625 41,579 5,109 26,518 36,567 33,854 313,081
2005 799,808 3,142 175,313 46,383 7,506 25,364 38,812 33,540 308,283
2006 835,457 3,265 184,874 53,451 5,021 27,702 40,539 33,781 305,215
2007 829,911 3,095 192,054 58,529 6,832 26,436 39,015 34,438 305,537
                   
*License may be purchased for more than 1 year.  Figures represents only licenses sold in corresponding year.
 

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