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US automotive and aeronautic industry statistics for 1938-1939, including car dealer representation by state and export data.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 142\2\ scan0429 | |
| Date | 15th April 1939 | |
| File for R.M. 491 Car Dealer Representation by States and by Population Groups* (As of January, 1939) Population Divisions TABLE 1: Car Dealer Representation STATE, 0-1,000, 1,000-2,500, 2,500-5,000, 5,000-10,000, 10,000-25,000, 25,000-50,000, 50,000-100,000, Over 100,000, Total Dealer Representations, Exclusive Dealer Representations, Combined Dealer Representations Alabama, 53, 118, 90, 59, 44, 103, , 32, 472, 210, 262 Arizona, 27, 50, 90, 105, 53, 40, 15, , 380, 77, 152 Arkansas, 90, 139, 79, 52, 60, , 15, , 503, 253, 250 California, 399, 500, 468, 506, 404, 190, 150, 393, 3,010, 1,010, 2,000 Colorado, 126, 138, 79, 105, 67, 18, , 61, 612, 277, 335 Connecticut, 90, 126, 104, 118, 204, 100, 43, 89, 874, 306, 568 Delaware, 18, 27, 30, , , , , 24, 99, 43, 56 District of Columbia, , , , , , , , 99, 99, 33, 66 Florida, 50, 127, 151, 150, 94, 79, , 38, 744, 258, 486 Georgia, 68, 174, 117, 108, 104, 15, 52, 38, 676, 337, 339 Idaho, 113, 101, 131, 71, 38, , , , 454, 185, 269 Illinois, 582, 566, 412, 279, 375, 249, 138, 471, 3,272, 1,332, 1,940 Indiana, 290, 325, 250, 229, 237, 154, 97, 176, 1,738, 738, 1,000 Iowa, 687, 525, 385, 154, 154, 94, 68, 37, 2,104, 957, 1,147 Kansas, 422, 352, 220, 142, 183, 12, 19, 54, 1,404, 658, 746 Kentucky, 221, 237, 166, 118, 70, 70, 20, 60, 962, 375, 587 Louisiana, 60, 98, 103, 77, 51, 30, 20, 34, 473, 229, 244 Maine, 78, 99, 117, 103, 72, 35, 22, , 526, 280, 246 Maryland, 215, 111, 88, 28, 47, 36, 121, 336, 648, 255, 393 Massachusetts, 69, 119, 184, 268, 414, 206, , , 1,717, 719, 998 Michigan, 546, 550, 279, 291, 278, 117, 160, 294, 2,515, 1,034, 1,481 Minnesota, 756, 459, 272, 175, 172, 115, , 197, 2,031, 944, 1,087 Mississippi, 90, 123, 94, 38, 30, , , , 490, 218, 272 Missouri, 289, 334, 187, 170, 115, 118, 193, , 1,344, 648, 696 Montana, 211, 140, 47, 79, 60, 28, 19, , 565, 233, 332 Nebraska, 383, 315, 120, 99, 65, 20, 26, 49, 1,057, 490, 567 Nevada, 51, 70, 34, 13, , , , , 188, 65, 123 New Hampshire, 58, 78, 63, 18, 20, 61, , , 354, 171, 183 New Jersey, 135, 174, 153, 288, 345, 145, 97, 165, 1,502, 606, 896 New Mexico, 39, 48, 63, 43, 24, 24, , , 241, 90, 151 New York, 769, 741, 572, 373, 693, 184, 142, 742, 4,216, 1,605, 2,611 North Carolina, 122, 222, 146, 155, 160, 45, 95, , 945, 423, 522 North Dakota, 404, 144, 12, 65, 48, 18, , , 691, 381, 310 Ohio, 643, 556, 398, 433, 379, 228, 58, 608, 3,203, 1,352, 1,851 Oklahoma, 150, 282, 181, 194, 147, 33, , , 1,045, 508, 537 Oregon, 157, 130, 107, 125, 74, 22, , 47, 662, 248, 414 Pennsylvania, 924, 619, 753, 679, 826, 170, 227, 427, 4,625, 1,742, 2,883 Rhode Island, 17, 30, 15, 10, 32, 54, 40, , 238, 93, 145 South Carolina, 46, 99, 90, 85, 60, 35, , , 455, 220, 235 South Dakota, 239, 175, 63, 11, 71, 21, , , 580, 294, 286 Tennessee, 87, 104, 149, 122, 33, 16, , 109, 620, 249, 371 Texas, 479, 757, 491, 428, 254, 74, 97, 174, 2,754, 1,001, 1,753 Utah, 59, 73, 64, 29, 18, 15, , 24, 282, 120, 162 Vermont, 58, 92, 35, 67, 53, , , , 315, 124, 191 Virginia, 354, 187, 104, 83, 96, 76, , 58, 976, 441, 535 Washington, 272, 228, 174, 39, 151, 30, , 129, 1,023, 419, 604 West Virginia, 146, 174, 70, 125, 78, 38, , , 710, 287, 423 Wisconsin, 897, 395, 329, 229, 168, 169, 79, 125, 2,478, 885, 1,593 Wyoming, 75, 115, 26, 46, 27, , , , 289, 99, 190 Total, 12,124, 11,412, 8,393, 7,570, 7,323, 2,947, 1,952, 5,525, 57,046, 23,526, 33,520 *Chilton Trade List count 1938 Aeronautic Exports Up 73 Per Cent* TABLE 2: Aeronautic Exports 1926-1938 Year, Aircraft, Aircraft Engines, Parts and Accessories†, Total 1926, $303,149, $573,732, $150,329, $1,027,210 1927, 848,568, 484,875, 570,117, 1,903,560 1928, 1,759,653, 664,928, 1,240,244, 3,664,723 1929, 5,484,600, 1,383,197, 2,257,548, 9,125,345 1930, 4,819,669, 1,634,985, 2,363,456, 8,818,110 1931, 1,812,809, 1,432,229, 1,622,649, 4,867,687 1932, 4,358,967, 1,831,145, 1,756,421, 7,946,533 1933, $5,389,739, $1,518,309, $2,247,834, $9,155,882 1934, 8,258,484, 4,383,101, 4,906,596, 17,548,181 1935, 6,638,515, 2,459,317, 5,233,011, 14,330,843 1936, 11,299,451, 5,397,469, 6,358,841, 23,055,761 1937, 21,076,170, 5,944,004, 12,363,229, 39,392,403 1938, 37,977,924, 7,899,844, 22,331,282, 68,209,050 *Automotive-Aeronautics Trade Division, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. † Includes parachutes. U. S. Exports of Parts and Accessories—1938* TABLE 3: U.S. Exports COUNTRIES, Auto Parts for Assembly, Auto Pistons, Auto Piston Rings, Auto Differential and Transmission Gears, Spark Plugs, Auto and Truck Springs, Asbestos Brake Lining (Molded and Semi-Molded), Asbestos Brake Lining (Not Molded), Auto Parts for Replacement N. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} S., Auto Accessories N. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} S., Total Exports of Parts and Accessories Europe, $3,364,709, $73,153, $140,590, $171,737, $721,153, $31,935, $134,587, $38,063, $12,176,243, $6,026,684, $28,316,768 North America, $20,564,709, $142,828, $346,029, $112,246, $170,342, $101,819, $199,894, $72,202, $5,252,442, $2,418,564, $31,011,580 South America, $8,981,418, $52,306, $50,375, $33,838, $115,296, $141,716, $149,741, $38,296, $6,530,072, $221,664, $19,017,490 Asia, $3,899,663, $23,948, $246,375, $66,633, $128,589, $209,944, $18,510, $7,181,832, $201,834, $12,871,703 Oceania, $388,089, , $633, $10,344, $8,291, $22,790, $30, , $1,313,900, $178,307, $2,176,564 Africa, $219,011, , $26,290, $27,643, $7,613, $36,630, $129,135, $58,221, $5,078, $4,080,721, $220,504, $4,865,947 Total, $46,438,562, $319,065, $599,356, $390,358, $1,194,800, $617,226, $608,970, $176,765, $36,745,210, $3,843,757, $98,260,052 Alaska, , , , , , , , , , , 209,206 Hawaii, 30,772, 3,632, 11,181, 5,699, 29,723, 28,158, 27,278, 5,828, 685,572, 70,836, 920,592 Puerto Rico, 3,157, 9, 1,276, 2,019, 10,018, 38,528, 12,980, 3,070, 337,246, 10,283, 429,006 Virgin Islands, 585, , 34, , 450, 159, 80, , 10,119, 477, 12,902 Grand Total, $46,473,076, $322,706, $611,847, $398,076, $1,234,991, $682,071, $649,248, $185,663, $37,778,147, $3,925,353, $99,831,758 * Automotive Division, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Automotive Industries April 15, 1939 | ||