Nebraska Motor Vehicle Registrations

The graph and data table below show motor vehicle registrations in Nebraska each year. For select years, historical numbers are available.


Year	Autos	Farm Trucks	Other Trucks	Motor- cycles	All Other	Annual Total
Year	Autos	Farm Trucks	Other Trucks	Motor- cycles	All Other	Annual Total
2019	1,205,150	162,509	492,422	50,647	488,790	2,399,518
2018	1,242,548	182,481	454,098	53,566	538,624	2,471,317
2017	1,239,329	182,567	448,246	54,863	578,158	2,503,163
2016	1,220,465	180,732	439,256	55,340	525,438	2,421,231
2015	1,205,595	162,167	446,600	55,585	512,853	2,382,800
2014	1,188,368	161,295	433,550	55,475	501,298	2,339,986
2013	1,174,669	161,033	426,914	55,833	496,677	2,315,126
2012	1,161,629	158,737	418,758	55,461	484,085	2,278,670
2011	1,158,374	157,286	414,918	53,773	477,327	2,261,678
2010	1,148,305	153,216	408,548	51,359	462,673	2,224,101
2009	1,147,354	151,530	403,368	50,322	452,393	2,204,967
2008	1,140,386	150,027	399,923	49,191	444,575	2,184,102
2007	1,122,877	148,047	397,333	43,387	436,417	2,148,061
2006	1,112,320	147,509	392,589	40,065	426,611	2,119,094
2005	1,106,684	148,625	389,947	36,622	419,667	2,101,545
2004	1,088,620	148,278	383,024	32,916	406,715	2,059,553
2003	1,081,868	147,571	378,615	29,794	402,855	2,040,703
2002	1,076,415	148,456	372,929	26,931	394,198	2,018,929
2001	1,057,498	149,116	370,272	25,010	388,482	1,990,378
2000	1,043,491	148,421	364,198	22,758	381,986	1,960,854
1999	1,038,583	149,034	355,438	20,612	369,682	1,933,349
1998	1,011,801	148,433	337,946	19,344	349,547	1,867,071
1997	981,372	149,471	324,010	18,441	341,058	1,814,352
1996	977,252	148,051	312,213	18,094	330,929	1,786,539
1995	965,100	148,181	279,781	18,696	281,287	1,693,045
1994	955,138	148,664	272,685	19,084	264,965	1,660,536
1993	940,667	149,403	288,608	18,882	301,757	1,699,317
1992	895,461	140,095	269,195	19,582	296,302	1,620,635
1991	838,803	128,969	247,831	20,264	266,178	1,502,045
1990	917,722	147,982	250,589	22,375	238,211	1,576,879
1989	901,633	145,749	245,664	23,560	243,514	1,560,120
1988	882,451	145,460	239,560	29,088	224,954	1,521,513
1987	870,291	144,126	231,572	31,599	219,821	1,497,409
1986	856,574	140,987	228,188	33,077	208,849	1,467,675
1985	831,299	140,187	223,280	43,248	202,844	1,440,858
1984	837,810	143,947	221,757	47,384	191,093	1,441,991
1983	821,454	148,061	216,735	47,712	212,218	1,446,180
1982	803,750	145,180	209,696	47,887	198,953	1,405,466
1981	796,130	151,998	202,194	50,371	189,558	1,390,251
1980	830,360	147,062	216,679	52,142	240,845	1,487,088
1979	765,533	126,176	184,215	44,218	184,977	1,305,119
1978	840,579	139,258	201,965	49,871	222,713	1,454,386
1977	834,953	136,079	198,617	50,362	220,252	1,440,263
1976	810,931	132,126	184,937	49,556	209,832	1,387,382
1975	786,655	131,765	183,675	48,198	196,256	1,346,549
1974	772,293	128,749	171,837	47,399	184,595	1,304,873
1973	753,944	121,671	157,832	41,288	172,107	1,246,842
1972	726,670	115,701	142,788	37,649	153,278	1,176,086
1971	695,643	113,918	135,692	35,940	145,556	1,126,749
1970	679,728	113,127	125,174	31,552	141,599	1,091,180

Sources: DMV Annual Report. Nebraska Department of Motor Vehicles, Lincoln, NE. Nebraska Energy Office, Lincoln, NE.

Notes: All Other includes bus, trailer, dealer, government, mobile home, snowmobile and tax exempt registrations. Other Trucks includes commercial, nonresident commercial, local, minitruck, message commercial, spirit commercial, spirit message commercial, gold star commercial, gold star message commercial, organizational commercial, message farm, spirit farm, spirit message farm, gold star farm, gold star message farm, organizational farm, special mobile equipment (SME), soil and water, farm semi-tractor/trailer, 10% reduction, and apportioned power units. Data entry totals are incomplete for 1991. Apportioned power units and trailer units are reported by DMV as part of 1996-98 totals; those values are subtracted from 1996-98 numbers to make the data consistent with previous years.

The table and graph were updated on September 29, 2020.
Typically, there is one year between updates.