Imperial Valley press., 1923-02-10
AUTO FOR EVERY
EIGHT PERSONS
IN UNITED STATES, El;.S',
Over Twelve and Quarter
Million Cars in U. S.
i'm 1922

+, The annual statistics on motor
vehicles compiled by the l.. +.
Goodrich Rubber Company, gave a
total of II, 281 ,445 ears and trucks
registered in this country in 1922.
a gain of 1,757,O50, or 1G.7 percent,
is registered over 1921, which gave
a total of 10, 524,395.
1922 was the biggest year the auto
motive industry has known. Ever
state in the union shows an increase
in the number of cars operated, as
opposed to the preceding year. From
the standpoint Of production, man
ufacturcrs enjoyed the biggest year
since the inception of the motor car,
with ., 576,219 ears and trucks pro
duced.
Today there is one car for every
S.6 people in the country. in the
past two years more ears have been
produced than were registered in
1916. This enormous growth is un,
paralleled i'll any industry.
New York Leads
New York is again the leader,
with 1,002,2 ears and trucks. This
is an increase Of 1876, ,2S3 over 1921,
the largest numerical gain made in
any state Ohio continues in second
place with $4,000 vehicles, 1872, 800
more than in the preceding year.
California advanced to third place
with S42,G63, passing Pennsylvania
and Illinois, respectively fourth and
fifth.
Nevada clings to the cellar posi-
tion with l2,Sl7. This, however, is
a gain of 2,047 or 10 percent over
1921. Nevada S registration is not
as small as il might seem, since it is
greater than the combined total OF
27 foreign countries.
The District of Columbia register
ed the largest percentage gain with
31.G percent more vehicles than in
1921. California increased its num-
Der of cars by 23.l percent, tcsti-
monial to its popular climate and
progressiycness The smallest gain
recorded was in Maryland, where
there are ONLY 2,l per cent more
ears than in 1921.
Agricultural States Gain
In the agricultural section, such
states rs Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota,
Missouri and North Dakota, show
increases ranging from I percent to
l5 percent, any one of which is
greater than the gain made in Mas
sachusetts, namely 6.4 percent, The
gain throughout the southern states
is generally greater than in the mid
die west.
1t is interesting to note that six
states have nearly 40 percent of all
the motor vehicles registered in the
country. New York, Ohio, Califor-
mia, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Mich
lgan accomplish this with a combined
total Of 4,898,S63.. The gain made
in these states during 1922, Sj9,32G,
is greater than the total registration
of Great Britain and France com
bincd. Any one of these states has
more cars than the entire Dominion
of Canada. Their aggregate total is
nearly equal to the 1917 registration
for the entire country.
One Car for Every Eight
Today there is one motor vehicle
for every Sc people in the United
states as opposed to one for every
10 i'll 1921. California has the great
nst number of cars per capita with
one for every Al inha abitants, virtu-
ally one ear per family. When this
rate is attained throughout the coun-
try we will have over 25,O00,000
motor vehicles.
If the world could support such an
average there would be over 100000
200 ears in use, or 26 times as many
rs all those produced in this country
since the inception of the motor ear. |
Alabama has the lowest showing in
his respect, having oaly one ear for |
'very 26.l persons. New York, the (
numerical leader, has one for every !
l0.3 people.
The 1922 car and truck production !
vas 2, o76,2l9. Deducting from this /.
he increase in registrations of
|, 1850, the result, S19,l6 vehicles. +!
the number of ears discard !
ID last year. For the most part these ,
were produced six or seven years |
ago and have outlived their period .