MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATIONS
Nebraska - Selected Years, 1915 to 2006
	Passenger	Trucks			All
Year	Automobiles	Farm	Other	Motorcycles	Other ¹	Total
1915	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	59,140
1920 ²	205,000	NA	16,000	1,700	2,600	225,300
1925	301,716	NA	37,003	1,207	3,444	407,013
1930	367,410	NA	58,592	900	14,676	530,891
1935	347,311	24,824	35,423	998	23,220	511,291
1940	347,515	28,502	39,514	1,328	49,722	551,939
1945	330,614	36,880	39,393	2,271	48,341	485,839
1950	441,632	65,474	59,973	4,871	66,682	767,975
1955	503,362	83,231	67,578	4,217	70,859	733,448
1960	553,508	96,673	77,572	5,412	84,910	821,367
1965	633,518	110,182	97,942	12,974	93,695	948,311
1970	679,728	113,127	125,174	31,522	141,599	1,091,150
1975	786,655	131,765	183,675	48,198	196,235	1,346,528
1980	830,360	147,062	216,679	52,142	240,845	1,487,088
1981	796,130	151,998	202,194	50,371	189,558	1,390,251
1982	803,750	145,180	209,696	47,887	198,953	1,405,466
1983	821,454	148,061	233,411	47,712	208,478	1,459,116
1984	831,138	143,947	221,757	47,236	197,913	1,441,991
1985	837,948	140,187	223,280	43,158	196,285	1,440,858
1986	856,574	140,987	228,188	33,077	208,849	1,467,675
1987	870,291	144,126	231,572	31,599	219,821	1,497,409
1988	882,451	145,460	239,560	29,088	224,954	1,521,513
1989	901,633	145,749	245,664	23,560	243,514	1,560,120
1990	917,722	147,982	273,065	22,375	275,003	1,636,147
1991³	838,803	128,969	247,831	20,264	266,178	1,502,045
1992	895,461	140,095	269,195	19,582	296,302	1,620,635
1993	940,667	149,403	288,608	18,882	301,757	1,699,317
1994	955,138	148,664	272,685	19,084	264,965	1,660,536
1995	965,100	148,181	279,781	18,696	281,287	1,693,045
1996	977,252	148,051	312,213	18,094	330,929	1,786,539
1997	981,372	149,471	324,010	18,441	341,058	1,814,352
1998 ⁴	1,011,801	148,433	337,946	19,344	349,547	1,867,071
1999	1,038,583	149,034	355,438	20,612	369,682	1,933,349
2000	1,043,491	148,421	364,198	22,758	381,986	1,960,854
2001	1,057,498	149,116	370,272	25,010	388,482	1,990,378
2002	1,076,415	148,456	372,929	25,375	395,754	2,018,929
2003	1,081,868	147,571	378,615	29,794	402,855	2,040,703
2004	1,088,620	148,278	383,024	32,906	406,725	2,059,553
2005	1,106,684	148,625	389,947	36,622	419,667	2,101,545
2006	1,112,320	147,509	392,589	40,065	426,611	2,119,094
¹ "Other" includes bus, trailer, dealer, government, mobile home, snowmobile, and tax exempt.
² Values are approximate.
³ Data entry totals are incomplete for 1991.
⁴ 1998 and earlier does not include apportioned power units and trailer units, subsequent years include
those units. There were 37,640 apportioned power units in 2005.
NA - not available
Source: Nebraska Department of Motor Vehicles, 2006 Annual Report, 2007
Last Updated:		05/21/07
by Nebraska Databook
email:	michael.lundeen@ded.ne.gov