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Old 08-18-2010, 08:28 PM  
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Originally Posted by baddog View Post
Well, figure over one million people come in. Most stay for several days. Put it this way, without Bike Week . . . .





http://www.gotbaddog.com/galleries/S..._1267-298.html
Damn! I just read that the regular population of Sturgis in 2000, was just over 6,000 people.



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The following stats were provided by the Sturgis City Rally Department, and is assumed to reflect the numbers that Sturgis saw.

Attendance:
1990 (50th) - 400,000
1999 (59th) - 300,000-325,000
2000 (60th) - 550,000-633,000
2001 (61st) - 410,000
2002 (62nd) - 450,000
2003 (63rd) - 502,000
2004 (64th) - 514,951
2005 (65th) - 525,250
2006 (66th) - 456,968
2007 (67th) - 507,234
2008 (68th) - 400,000

Marriage Licenses Issued:
1990 (50th) - 179
1999 (59th) - 126
2000 (60th) - 197
2001 (61st) - 108
2002 (62nd) - 110
2003 (63rd) - 100
2004 (64th) - 133
2005 (65th) - 109
2006 (66th) - 89
2007 (67th) - 79
2008 (68th) - 66

Vendors: (in Sturgis)
1990 (50th) - 243
1999 (59th) - 941
2000 (60th) - 943
2001 (61st) - 880
2002 (62nd) - 806
2003 (63rd) - 848
2004 (64th) - 863
2005 (65th) - 901
2006 (66th) - 840
2007 (67th) - 818
2008 (68th) - 697

Vendors: (in Meade County)
1990 (50th) - 307
1999 (59th) - 103
2000 (60th) - 187
2001 (61st) - 145
2002 (62nd) - 136
2003 (63rd) - 165
2004 (64th) - 222
2005 (65th) - 287
2006 (66th) - 259
2007 (67th) - 225
2008 (68th) - 204

Rally Related Deaths: (SD)
1990 (50th) - 11
2000 (60th) - 10
2001 (61st) - 6
2002 (62nd) - 8
2003 (63rd) - 6
2004 (64th) - 4
2005 (65th) - 6
2006 (66th) - 5
2007 (67th) - 5
2008 (68th) - 3

Taxable Sales / Temp Vendors:
1990 (50th) - 3 Million
1999 (59th) - 11 Million
2000 (60th) - 14.3 Million
2001 (61st) - 11.6 Million
2002 (62nd) - 13.1 Million
2003 (63rd) - 14.5 Million
2004 (64th) - 16 Million
2005 (65th) - 14.9 Million
2006 (66th) - 12.38 Million
2007 (67th) - 11.75 Million
2008 (68th) - 10.45 Million

SD State Sales Tax collected:
1990 (50th) - 177,000
2000 (60th) - 573,000
2001 (61st) - 466,599
2002 (62nd) - 522,473
2003 (63rd) - 999,165
2004 (64th) - 640,523
2005 (65th) - 596,246
2006 (66th) - 495,220
2007 (67th) - 563,838
2008 (68th) - 418,932

Sturgis City Sales Tax Collected:
1990 (50th) - 59,000
1999 (59th) - 221,187
2000 (60th) - 286,000
2001 (61st) - 232,891
2002 (62nd) - 259,106
2003 (63rd) - 279,790
2004 (64th) - 303,894
2005 (65th) - 268,711
2006 (66th) - 256,683
2007 (67th) - 235,079
2008 (68th) - 217,213

SD Dept of Tourism Tax Collected:
2000 (60th) - 143,000
2001 (61st) - 116,013
2002 (62nd) - 129,856
2003 (63rd) - 147,766
2004 (64th) - 158,979
2005 (65th) - 148,060
2006 (66th) - 123,566
2007 (67th) - 140,685
2008 (68th) - N/A

Tons of garbage hauled:
1990 (50th) - 408.88
1999 (59th) - 568,000
2000 (60th) - 769.55
2001 (61st) - 728.
2002 (62nd) - 499.28
2003 (63rd) - 706.77
2004 (64th) - 705.87
2005 (65th) - 795.18
2006 (66th) - 584.99
2007 (67th) - 615.9
2008 (68th) - 543.3

Mt Rushmore Motorcycle Count:
1999 (59th) - 76,603
2000 (60th) - 55,491
2001 (61st) - 53,542
2002 (62nd) - N/A
2003 (63rd) - 77,877
2004 (64th) - 79,435
2005 (65th) - 62,798
2006 (66th) - 78,236
2007 (67th) - N/A
2008 (68th) - N/A
Amazing that they can peaceably sustain that sudden influx of people during such a short period of time.

Truly an incredible event!

I really want to check it out someday...

ADG

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