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Estimated Fees Paid Vehicle Registrations by Bay Area County, 1977-2008
(Cars, Trucks or Vans, Excluding Trailers. As of December 31 of Year)
Year San
Francisco		 San
Mateo		 Santa
Clara		 Alameda Contra
Costa		 Solano Napa Sonoma Marin Region
1977 332,568 435,942 845,693 689,688 424,310 131,192 66,887 196,291 153,365 3,275,936
1978 332,773 444,775 880,179 706,195 441,704 141,567 68,911 207,850 157,915 3,381,869
1979 334,828 459,893 905,534 725,620 458,611 147,964 70,944 215,338 159,083 3,477,815
1980 347,124 477,444 953,186 762,008 484,135 158,344 73,750 230,015 166,950 3,652,956
1981 342,401 476,391 944,907 754,550 482,483 160,862 73,478 230,541 165,243 3,630,856
1982 355,424 478,642 969,031 762,594 492,144 167,072 74,807 235,831 168,356 3,703,901
1983 366,234 495,963 1,011,023 786,238 508,923 172,984 76,964 244,359 172,838 3,835,526
1984 367,555 505,333 1,021,776 791,212 511,270 175,644 77,147 249,155 172,697 3,871,789
1985 398,802 517,753 1,063,031 829,053 539,242 185,991 79,868 262,704 178,504 4,054,948
1986 414,731 526,847 1,096,954 858,039 559,607 196,976 82,765 279,013 186,588 4,201,520
1987 412,708 536,232 1,106,835 867,642 575,216 206,617 83,980 286,516 189,112 4,264,858
1988 409,869 567,014 1,157,364 905,219 607,529 223,621 87,355 303,515 196,116 4,457,602
1989 406,508 577,246 1,170,844 912,679 625,353 236,729 89,838 316,071 199,252 4,534,520
1990 406,945 598,478 1,181,546 926,327 642,038 250,710 92,979 330,076 201,618 4,630,717
1991 401,793 604,798 1,176,748 920,835 641,462 251,705 92,470 331,283 201,668 4,622,762
1992 396,450 606,086 1,177,020 916,564 645,153 250,705 93,131 334,195 201,700 4,621,004
1993 388,074 610,006 1,190,743 926,391 654,143 253,827 94,221 339,743 203,518 4,660,666
1994 383,672 600,587 1,182,531 918,934 649,997 251,851 93,720 340,073 201,531 4,622,896
1995 392,080 605,934 1,210,765 937,205 659,222 254,374 94,906 345,747 202,758 4,702,991
1996 401,542 616,667 1,249,182 959,572 671,854 258,118 96,966 351,873 204,794 4,810,568
1997 386,292 602,514 1,206,701 927,719 646,654 248,228 93,030 338,971 196,508 4,646,617
1998 412,689 646,634 1,292,943 1,001,481 694,982 266,684 99,585 365,708 209,515 4,990,221
1999 419,185 647,431 1,304,697 1,027,354 711,717 276,888 101,637 375,903 211,078 5,075,890
2000 435,342 671,007 1,350,629 1,078,217 739,845 291,351 104,309 391,655 213,517 5,275,872
2001 442,311 658,094 1,360,373 1,097,489 763,323 303,217 107,108 399,768 215,581 5,347,264
2002 443,618 659,361 1,365,967 1,117,070 789,450 316,336 111,656 409,901 219,155 5,432,514
2003 430,923 634,340 1,322,542 1,088,758 776,125 312,763 110,602 401,235 212,542 5,289,830
2004 447,292 661,555 1,377,905 1,133,934 817,234 329,649 116,079 419,571 222,011 5,525,230
2005 435,244 657,280 1,353,808 1,108,005 804,453 324,128 114,049 407,334 215,890 5,420,191
2006 442,014 660,865 1,385,167 1,125,186 818,086 329,012 116,477 413,168 219,844 5,509,819
2007 446,488 669,404 1,405,927 1,135,446 824,213 328,453 118,050 417,231 222,152 5,567,364
2008 441,653 659,657 1,403,466 1,126,484 820,771 323,092 118,131 416,480 219,739 5,529,473

Source: Department of Motor Vehicles, data compiled by MTC.

Note: Data includes all vehicles (automobiles, trucks and vans), including commercial vehicle registrations. Data excludes trailers and motorcycles. Data is not comparable to "personal use vehicles" collected in the decennial census or as forecasted by MTC. Most recent statistics compiled from DMV data provided at: http://www.dmv.ca.gov/about/profile/what_dmv_does.htm

Excel Workbook with above data available here: DMV_Annual_Statistics.xls

Last updated: July 27, 2009