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Vehicle Registrations, Fuel consumption, and Vehicle Miles of Travel as Indices

Graphic showing Indices on 1987 for Vehicle Registrations, Fuel Consumpion, Vehicle Miles of Travel, and Gallons Per Vehicle.

Graphic showing Indices on 1987 for Vehicle Registrations, Fuel Consumpion, Vehicle Miles of Travel, and Gallons Per Vehicle.

The Data following shows Indices for 1987.

YEAR VEHICLE MILES
OF TRAVEL
MOTOR FUEL
CONSUMPTION
VEHICLE
REGISTRATIONS
GALLONS PER
VEHICLE
1960 0.37 0.45 0.41 1.10
1961 0.38 0.47 0.42 1.10
1962 0.4 0.48 0.44 1.09
1963 0.42 0.51 0.46 1.09
1964 0.44 0.53 0.48 1.10
1965 0.46 0.56 0.51 1.10
1966 0.48 0.59 0.53 1.11
1967 0.5 0.61 0.54 1.13
1968 0.53 0.65 0.56 1.15
1969 0.55 0.69 0.59 1.18
1970 0.58 0.72 0.61 1.19
1971 0.61 0.76 0.63 1.21
1972 0.66 0.82 0.66 1.24
1973 0.68 0.87 0.7 1.23
1974 0.67 0.83 0.73 1.15
1975 0.69 0.85 0.74 1.15
1976 0.73 0.91 0.77 1.17
1977 0.76 0.94 0.79 1.18
1978 0.8 0.98 0.83 1.18
1979 0.8 0.96 0.85 1.13
1980 0.79 0.9 0.87 1.04
1981 0.81 0.9 0.88 1.01
1982 0.83 0.89 0.89 1.00
1983 0.86 0.91 0.92 0.99
1984 0.9 0.93 0.93 1.00
1985 0.92 0.95 0.96 0.99
1986 0.96 0.98 0.98 1.00
1987 1 1 1 1.00
1988 1.05 1.02 1.03 0.99
1989 1.09 1.03 1.05 0.99
1990 1.12 1.03 1.06 0.97
1991 1.13 1.01 1.05 0.96
1992 1.17 1.04 1.06 0.98
1993 1.2 1.08 1.08 0.99
1994 1.23 1.1 1.11 1.00
1995 1.26 1.12 1.13 1.00
1996 1.29 1.15 1.15 1.00
1997 1.33 1.18 1.16 1.02
1998 1.37 1.22 1.18 1.03
1999 1.40 1.27 1.21 1.05
2000 1.43 1.27 1.24 1.03
2001 1.46 1.28 1.29 1.00
2002 1.49 1.32 1.28 1.03
2003 1.5 1.33 1.29 1.03
2004 1.54 1.36 1.33 1.03
2005 1.56 1.36 1.35 1.01

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