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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.

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chart showing Nebraska Motor Vehicle Registrations.

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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

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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.

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