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| year | Car sales in units | Cars in Units (thousands) | U.S. population (millions) | Car sales in units / U.S. population (thousands) |
| 1963 | 7,720,000 | 7,720 | 189.24 | 40.7948 |
| 1964 | 8,101,000 | 8,101 | 191.89 | 42.2169 |
| 1965 | 9,332,000 | 9,332 | 194.3 | 48.0288 |
| 1966 | 9,028,000 | 9,028 | 196.56 | 45.9300 |
| 1967 | 8,337,000 | 8,337 | 198.71 | 41.9556 |
| 1968 | 9,656,000 | 9,656 | 200.71 | 48.1092 |
| 1969 | 9,582,000 | 9,582 | 202.68 | 47.2765 |
| 1970 | 8,400,000 | 8,400 | 205.05 | 40.9656 |
| 1971 | 10,242,000 | 10,242 | 207.66 | 49.3210 |
| 1972 | 10,940,000 | 10,940 | 209.9 | 52.1201 |
| 1973 | 11,424,000 | 11,424 | 211.91 | 53.9097 |
| 1974 | 8,853,000 | 8,853 | 213.85 | 41.3982 |
| 1975 | 8,624,000 | 8,624 | 215.97 | 39.9315 |
| 1976 | 10,110,000 | 10,110 | 218.04 | 46.3676 |
| 1977 | 11,183,000 | 11,183 | 220.24 | 50.7764 |
| 1978 | 11,314,000 | 11,314 | 222.58 | 50.8312 |
| 1979 | 10,673,000 | 10,673 | 225.06 | 47.4229 |
| 1980 | 8,949,235 | 8,949 | 227.22 | 39.3858 |
| 1981 | 8,489,202 | 8,489 | 229.47 | 36.9948 |
| 1982 | 7,956,460 | 7,956 | 231.66 | 34.3454 |
| 1983 | 9,148,038 | 9,148 | 233.79 | 39.1293 |
| 1984 | 10,323,695 | 10,324 | 235.82 | 43.7779 |
| 1985 | 10,979,187 | 10,979 | 237.92 | 46.1465 |
| 1986 | 11,404,239 | 11,404 | 240.13 | 47.4919 |
| 1987 | 10,191,877 | 10,192 | 242.29 | 42.0648 |
| 1988 | 10,546,808 | 10,547 | 244.5 | 43.1362 |
| 1989 | 9,778,517 | 9,779 | 246.82 | 39.6180 |
| 1990 | 9,303,215 | 9,303 | 249.62 | 37.2695 |
| 1991 | 8,184,979 | 8,185 | 252.98 | 32.3543 |
| 1992 | 8,213,113 | 8,213 | 256.51 | 32.0187 |
| 1993 | 8,517,859 | 8,518 | 259.92 | 32.7711 |
| 1994 | 8,990,517 | 8,991 | 263.13 | 34.1676 |
| 1995 | 8,620,159 | 8,620 | 266.28 | 32.3725 |
| 1996 | 8,478,545 | 8,479 | 269.39 | 31.4731 |
| 1997 | 8,217,480 | 8,217 | 272.65 | 30.1393 |
| 1998 | 8,084,989 | 8,085 | 275.85 | 29.3094 |
| 1999 | 8,637,708 | 8,638 | 279.04 | 30.9551 |
| 2000 | 8,777,723 | 8,778 | 282.16 | 31.1090 |
| 2001 | 8,352,000 | 8,352 | 284.97 | 29.3083 |
| 2002 | 8,042,255 | 8,042 | 287.63 | 27.9604 |
| 2003 | 7,555,551 | 7,556 | 290.11 | 26.0437 |
| 2004 | 7,482,555 | 7,483 | 292.81 | 25.5543 |
| 2005 | 7,659,983 | 7,660 | 295.52 | 25.9204 |
| 2006 | 7,761,592 | 7,762 | 298.38 | 26.0124 |
| 2007 | 7,562,334 | 7,562 | 301.23 | 25.1049 |
| 2008 | 6,769,107 | 6,769 | 304.09 | 22.2602 |
| 2009 | 5,400,890 | 5,401 | 306.77 | 17.6057 |
| 2010 | 5,635,432 | 5,635 | 309.34 | 18.2176 |
| 2011 | 6,089,403 | 6,089 | 311.64 | 19.5399 |
| 2012 | 7,243,654 | 7,244 | 313.99 | 23.0697 |
| 2013 | 7,780,710 | 7,781 | 316.23 | 24.6046 |
| 2014 | 7,918,601 | 7,919 | 318.62 | 24.8528 |
| 2015 | 7,731,429 | 7,731 | 321.04 | 24.0824 |
| 2016 | 7,104,593 | 7,105 | 323.41 | 21.9678 |
| 2017 | 6,332,925 | 6,333 | 325.72 | 19.4428 |