The following stats were provided by the Sturgis Chamber of Commerce on 8-28-01, and is assumed to reflect the numbers that Sturgis saw.

61st Anniversary Sturgis Rally stats:

Attendance:
1990 (50th) - 400,000
1999 (59th) - 300,000-325,000
2000 (60th) - 550,000-633,000
2001 (61st) - 410,000


Marriage Licenses Issued:
1990 (50th) - 179
1999 (59th) - 126
2000 (60th) - 197
2001 (61st) - 108

Vendors: (in Sturgis)
1990 (50th) - 243
1999 (59th) - 941
2000 (60th) - 943
2001 (61st) - 880

Vendors: (in Meade County)
1990 (50th) - 550
1999 (59th) - 1031
2000 (60th) - 1130
2001 (61st) - 143

Rally Related Deaths: (SD) (Unofficial deaths until mid-September)
1990 (50th) - 11
2000 (60th) - 10
2001 (61st) - 6

Rally Related Deaths: (Wyoming) (Unofficial deaths until mid-September)
2000 (60th) - 1
2001 (61st) - 0

Taxable Sales / Temp Vendors:
1990 (50th) - 3 Million
1999 (59th) - 11 Million
2000 (60th) - 14.3 Million
2001 (61st) - 11.6 Million

SD State Sales Tax collected:
1990 (50th) - 177,000
2000 (60th) - 573,000
2001 (61st) - 466,599

Sturgis City Sales Tax Collected:
1990 (50th) - 59,000
1999 (59th) - 221,187
2000 (60th) - 286,000
2001 (61st) - 232,891

SD Dept of Tourism Tax Collected:
2000 (60th) - 143,000
2001 (61st) - 116,013

Tons of garbage hauled:
1990 (50th) - 375,000
1999 (59th) - 568,000
2000 (60th) - 650,000
2001 (61st) - 436,800

Mt Rushmore Motorcycle Count:
1999 (59th) - 76,603
2000 (60th) - 55,491
2001 (61st) - 53,542


Traffic Stats: (This report reflects traffic counts into Sturgis from Exit 30 westbound, Exit 32 eastbound, Highway 14A eastbound and Highway 34 westbound. Counts are per every vehicle)

Saturday

• 1999 (59th) - 56,000
  
• 2000 (60th) - 73,500
  
• 2001 (61st) - 61,451

Sunday

• 1999 (59th) - 74,700
  
• 2000 (60th) - 95,500
  
• 2001 (61st) - 78,891

Monday

• 1999 (59th) - 90,800
  
• 2000 (60th) - 107,500
  
• 2001 (61st) - 89,239

Tuesday

• 1999 (59th) - 90,500
  
• 2000 (60th) - 110,000
  
• 2001 (61st) - 89,849

Wednesday

• 1999 (59th) - 95,200
  
• 2000 (60th) - 106,000
  
• 2001 (61st) - 81,916

Thursday

• 1999 (59th) - 72,200
  
• 2000 (60th) - 104,000
  
• 2001 (61st) - 90,335

Friday

• 1999 (59th) - 89,700
  
• 2000 (60th) - 91,000
  
• 2001 (61st) - 81,981

Saturday

• 1999 (59th) - 67,500
  
• 2000 (60th) - 58,000
  
• 2001 (61st) - 65,746

Sunday

• 1999 (59th) - 33,100
  
• 2000 (60th) - 25,000
  
• 2001 (61st) - 31,556

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Total Count for 1999 (59th) = 669,700
Total Count for 2000 (60th) = 770,500
Total Count for 2001 (61st) = 671,009