The Detroit times., 1914-06-06
VAST NUMBER n
OF FORDS in
SERVICE in U. 5.
More Than Quarter of a Million
Are in Operation in This
Country
NEW YORK LEADS IN
THIS GRAND TOTAL
Iowa Comes Second With 2O,--
500 Machines, and Ohio is
Third and Illinois Fourth

OF the half million and more Ford
cAIs Which have been produCed. over
one-half OF them are in operation IN
this country. says Motor Age. This
is according 20 rather incomplete re.
turns OF the registrations IN The diifer.
eut states between Jan and April
: OF this year In several or the
states complete figures OF Ithe regis.
tration OF Ford cars could not be OBJ
tanned These include Pennsylvania,
South Carolina, Louisiana, Mississip'
pi Texas. Oklahoma. In these, how
known really 10 be exceeded In
West Virginia and Wyoming no esti.
mate AS TO the number OF Fords WAS
obtainable
tNeglecting these TWO states and
taking the minimum figures IN the
other states mentioned there were
2l9,27o Ford, cars registered on April
4 lor the 1914 season I'm the United
states. Consequently il Is safe TO
say that complete returns would In.
dictate registration considerably in
excess OF 100000 Fords in this coun.
try
To get an idea OF what this mum
Der means, glance at the total reg
istratioA OF all makes OF cars viii be
OF assistance On this same date,
April T. the 1914 registration OF all
the cars IN the United States was
265.523 just over five times the in
complete total OF Ford registrations
Taking mp the separate states, We
find that New York which leads In
the total number OF cars also takes
first place as Ford state In this
state there are q 600 Fords IN actual
service Iowa comes second with
2O50O Fords although Il IS Unly sixth
in the number OF cars Of all kinds
registered In that state, according
70 the registrations, every third or
fourth car is Ford ONO. which is
third in the list or cars OF all sorts
also is third as Ford state, and IL.
linois. which comes fourth In the list
OF car owners is NTH as a Ford
state with Massachusetts sixth, and
Nebraska seventh.
"if We consider the number OF Ford
cars in proportion TO the population
OF the various states We rnt ttta+
these cars are more popular In Ne
braska than they are anywhere else.
The department OF commerce at
Washington has issued an estimate
OF the population Of each state, July
L. 1914, as based on the census bu-
reau's figures OF 1910. Assuming
the census bureaus figures 10 be cor.
rect, il IS little unfair TO base the
comparison on the population calcu
lated for july and Ford registrations
In April as II gives the story a rlree
months start over Henry Ford. Flow
ever. these dates are the closest Il is
possible 10 get at this time II is
safe 10 say that the March record
OF 2s,7l2 Fords which passed out OF
the factory doors during the month
will be continued, In which case our
figures are cheating the Detroit man
ufacturer 70 the extent OF S6l36 cars
Nevertheless. based on these two
dates. Nebraska has one Ford for
every 100 people in the state Iowa
which is second in the total number
OF Fords owned also Is second in the
per capita Fordage. with one for every
los people North Dakota shows up
with one Ford for every 1850 people
in the state. California has Ford
for every ls4 people Michigan. its
home state. IS ar the boiling point
With one Ford FOR evert PIP people
In Ohio every two hundred and. eight
eth person owns a Ford. and in Hi.
nois every three hundred and sixth
eth In New York you have % count