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Show MILLIONS OF AUTOS IN THE UNITED STATES Great Increase of Registration Shown by Figures Some States Reached 100,000-Mark. There are 508,677 more cars in use today than there were on January 1, 1916. There are more than 3,000,000 automobiles in use in the United States today, including both passenger passen-ger cars and trucks. Between January Janu-ary 1 and June 20, 1916, the increase which took place was not far short of the total Increase for the whole year of 1915, according to an article by Donald SIcLeod Lay in the current issue of the Automobile. There are now three states having more than 200,000 cars apiece New York, Ohio and Illinois whereas on January 1 of this year only New York had as many as this. Eleven states have more than 100,000 machines each, Minnesota, Minne-sota, Massachusetts, Indiana and Texas having passed Into this class since January 1. In thinking of these big figures it must not be forgotten that the Industry Indus-try has been reducing a good many more cars than those absorbed in the United States. Since January 1 the exports have totaled 43,265. Automobiles Auto-mobiles manufactured since July 1, when the following registrations were noted bring the total to more than 3,-000,000. 3,-000,000. Registrations by States. Cars and State. Trucks. New York 259,105 Ohio 20S.705 Illinois : 203,757 Pennsylvania 189.0S2 California 187.519 Iowa 169.55S Michigan 132,000 Minnesota 122,000 Indiana ,116,121 Massachusetts 105.4S8 Ohio 105,000 Wisconsin 99,000 Kansas S9,223 Missouri 83,742 Nebraska 80,959 New Jersey 75,420 Oklahoma 46,000 Connecticut 45,731 Washington 44,607 Colorado 38,000 S. Dakota 37,240 N. Dakota 33,663. Virginia 31,272 Georgia '. 31,259 Maryland 26.86S Tennessee 26,437 Oregon 26,110 Florida 25,000 Kentucky 34,725 N. Carolina 24,460 Maine 24,027 Alabama 19,977 Montana 19,580 Rhode Island 19,427 S. Carolina 18,000 (Mississippi 16,500 W. Virginia 15,771 N. Hampshire 14,837 Louisiana 13,594 Arkansas ' 12,300 Vermont 12,272 Idaho 10,900 Utah 10,729 Arizona 9,743 N. Mexico 6,226 Wyoming 5,900 Delaware 5,433 DIsL of Col 5,268 Nevada 3,900 Total 2,932,455 Taking, up a few exact figures, the total registrations July 1, 1916, were 2,932,455 car8 and trucks. The largest state registration, that of New York, was 259,105. Ohio, taking second place for the first time, had 20S,705 and Illinois 203,757. New York now holds the placo at the head of the list by a margin of 50,400 registrations. The bottom of the list is occupied by Nevada, with 2900 cars, but Nevada ranks fourteenth in the tabulation showing the number of people per car, New York taking the twentyeighth place In this list. Iowa has a motor vehicle now for each thirteen persons, California one to each fifteen persons and Nebraska one to each sixteen, while New York has as many as thirty-nine inhabitants to even' car. A striking' feature brought out by a comparison of the registration statistics statis-tics of July 1 and those recorded at the first of the year is the constant Increase which Indicates the stability and normal progress of the automobile industry. The average increase In registration in the United States for the entire year of 1915 was 39,6 per cent; for six months of 1916 the average aver-age is 21 per cent, or approximately 40 per cent on a yearly basis, since the registration tapers off to some extent ex-tent during the last six months of the year. Increase in Registration. Increase Per cent State.- in cars, increase. New York 46,261 22 Pennsylvania 3S.353 25 Minnesota 30,171 33 Iowa 29,750 21 Ohio 29,415 16 California 23.71S . 14 Nebraska 21,819 37 Illinois 21,467 10 Oklahoma 20,385 80 Indiana 19,206 20 Wisconsin 17,629 22 Michigan 17,255 "' 15 Massachusetts 16,355 is Texas 15,000 17 Kansas 14,267 19 Florida 11,877 90 Colorado 11.3S9 ' 43 Virginia 9,915 47 North Dakota 8,991 36 New Jersey 7.S64 12 South Dakota 7,904 27 Washington 7,702 ' 21 Missouri .. 7.2S0 10 Georgia 7,200 30 Connecticut ........ 6,781 , 37 Alabama 6,177 45 Maine 5,427 29 Kentucky 5,225 27 Montana 5,060 35 Mississippi 5,000 43 New Hampshire ... 4,018 37 South Carolina .... 3,500 24 Arkansas 4,279 53 North Carolina 3,300 16 Rhode Island 3,065 19 Idaho 2,916 41 Utah 2,725 34 Louisiana 2,714 25 West Virginia 2,515 19 Arizona 2,423 33 Oregon 2,352 10 Wyoming 1,924 49 Nevada 1,723 79 Now Mexico 1,739 26 Vermont 773 7 Delaware 514 10 Total . 514,210 " Average increaso . . . . , 21 A study of the tables herewith, both the complete registration figures for each state and the statistics of gain in each, brings out the underlying economic econ-omic factors which have made a registration reg-istration of 3,000,000 automobiles and trucks possible in the United States today. Prosperity has been the rule throughout most sections of the coun try, and the sale of cars naturally follows fol-lows the spread of prosperity! A glance at the tabulation of states showing the increase In registration suffices to bring out that those which have made the largest gains are the ones most affected by the unusual Industrial In-dustrial conditions prevailing In this country since the outbreak of the Eur-opean Eur-opean war. New York, the leading state, represents repre-sents in large degree the enormous financial operations connected with the war order business throughout the country as well as the huge profits derived de-rived from the reorganization of capital capi-tal and securities in foreign countries. Its normal growth has been accelerated accelerat-ed by the increase in the foreign commerce com-merce of the United States, the bulk of which is transacted through New York Citj . High Prices Aid Sales. Pennsylvania, which stands second in growth of registration, with a gain of 38,353 cars and trucks, has shared in almost every form of industrial boom that has taken place, utilizing the high prices of the commodities which it produces in such large vol-ume. vol-ume. The prlco of steel has been steadily going up, and Pennsylvania is one of the largest producers. The price of coal is higher, and PennsyL vania is one of the leading states in coal mining; agricultural products are selling for higher prices than ever before, be-fore, and Pennsylvania's contribution to this field of industry is enormous; and last, but not least, there has been an unprecedented boom in tho oil Industry, In-dustry, which also has redounded to the profit of the Keystone state. Minnesota, next in line, with an increase in-crease of 30,171 registrations, is ono of our largest agricultural and lumber states, so that Its 33 per cent gain is largely due to the wide market and highest prices for these products. Iowa, another big farming state, has been steadily forging toward the front rank in motor vehicle registrations for the past five years, and during the first six months of 1916 shows an increase in-crease of 29,750, or more than the en-tire en-tire number of registrations at the end of 1911, when the state boasted of 27,-936 27,-936 automobiles. Ohio, with Its big oil fields, its large manufacturing Industries and extensive exten-sive farming interests, has increased its registration 29,415, or 16 per cent, and without question a large part of this gain is directly attributable tb the prosperity marking the state during dur-ing the last six months. Profits on War Orders. Some of the other states which may be mentioned in this connection are Nebraska, a leading agricultural center, cen-ter, which is credited with an increase of 37 per cent over Its 1915 registration; registra-tion; Oklahoma, which has an apparent appar-ent increase of 20,385 cars, or SO per cent, a large part of which is due to the boom in the oil Industry, although it must be noted that it is only recently re-cently that registration has been enforced, en-forced, so that the statistics recorded January 1 were really incomplete. A similar condition may be noted in New Hampshire, which shows an Increase In-crease of 37 per cent during the six months. This state is a big center for tourists and summer residents, and it is undoubtedly due in a large measure to this fact that the gain has been so marked. In Florida there has been a gain of 11,877, or 90 per cent, part of which represents cars previously unregistered, unregis-tered, but the bulk of the gain may be attributed to prosperous conditions in the lumber business and other leading industries of the state. Lumber and agriculture also had much to do with the increase of 7,702 made in Washington, Wash-ington, while high metal prices combined com-bined with farm activities to give Missouri Mis-souri 7,280 more cars than were registered reg-istered In that state at the beginning of the 3Tear. Millions in Fees. War orders and their consequent profits are responsible for some part of the 17 per cent expansion of Con- necticut registration, and high prices for cotton and lumber contributed to Georgia's 30 per cent gain. Louisiana shows a gain of 25 per cent, due to high sugar prices and the big cotton market. Arizona's copper mining industry in-dustry played its part in giving that state an increase of 33 per cent. on |
