The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-07-20
MANY MOTORS IN MARYLAND
One For Each 9.75 Persons Within
Boundaries of the State.


Maryland is very definitely on the
automobile map of the United States.
With the 1922 registration of 148,3O7
motor vehicles to a population of l.
449,661, according to the census Of
1920, there is one such vehicle to
every 94persons in the state.
However, in making comparisons
with other states it is not fair to use
the 1922 registration figures, because
it is impossible to obtain them for
the other states. The only regis
tration figures that cover the country
are those for 1921, which are sup
piled by the National Automobile
Chamber of Commerce. These give
1921 registration figures for all the
states, and on the basis of the 1921
registration of 136,247 motor
vehicles in Maryland this state
would have an automobile for every
10 % persons.
At that Maryland makes a be;.3r
showing for the ownership of motor
vehicles than do any of the states
along the Atlantic seaboard which
nave large cities within their Ter
ders; better than New York, Penn
sylvania Massachusetts or New
Jersey.
New York has an automobile fer
each - 1-3 persons; Pennsylvania
las one for every II 2-3 persons;
New Jersey, one for every H. par-
sons and Massachusetts is very close
to Maryland, with one for every
10 % persons.
1t is necessary to work out the per
centage of automobiles to population
down to three decimal points to show
that Maryland actually has mere
automobiles than Massachusetts. The
only states of the Rockies which con-
tain large cities and which make
better showing than Maryland are
Illinois, which has Chicago, and
Missouri, which has ST. Louis. Illinois
has an automobile for each 9 "a
persons, while Missouri is very
slightly behind her with an automo.
bile for each 8 AS persons.
The state which has the greatest
number of automobiles in proportion
to its population is California, with Il
machine for a little more than every
five persons in the state. Iowa, in the
corn belt, comes next with a machine
for each 5 is PEI ,ons; South Dakota
is third with one for each 1-3 per-
sons and Nebraska is fourth with one
for every 5l2 persons.
A comparison of the automobile
registration of the various states
with the population of those states
shows that it is not the big, prosper
Gus states that have the greatest
number of motorcars in proportion to
population, but the sparsely settled
states of the far west. Aside from
the states already mentioned as lead
ing, Kansas, Colorado, Oregon and
North Dakota have an automobile
for fewer than every seven persons
in those states; Nevada, Wyoming
Washington, Indiana, Minnesota,
Michigan, West Virginia and Ohio
have one for fewer than every eight
persons in those states; Idaho and
Utah have one for fewer than every
nine persons, and Oklahoma, Mon
tana, Texas, Vermont, Florida, Maine,
Tlionis and Missouri have one for
fewer than every ten persons in those
states.
Mississippi has the fewest ma
chimes in proportion to its popula-
ton. There is only one machine for
each 271a persons. Arkansas comes
next with one for each &c persons;
Louisiana third with one for each 90
persons and Tennessee is fourth with
a machine for each 20 persons.
Maryland's figure is close to the
average of the country. The regis
tration shows a total of 10,412,6S8
machines in the country as Of 1921,