Hat Manufacturing Stats 1899 to 1950

[Alexander Sommerset]

OK, so I saw a Hat Life Yearbook from 1951. It contained this manufacturing info...
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Hat Life Yearbook 1951
Men's Fur Hat Production
Year
1927..... 1,212,062 dozens hats made in plant
1929-.... 799,867
1931.... 515,288
1935.... 629,135
1937.... 630,115
1939.... 710,582
1947.... 866,000

Straw Hats Production
1927..... 1,020,591 dozens hats made in plant
1929-.... 849,712
1931.... 834,389
1935.... 699.337
1937.... 875,401
1939.... 815,697
1947.... 723,000

Total production of finished hats in dozens
1899.....1,882,372
1904.... 2,611,875
1909.... 2,989,253
1914.... 2,118,634
1919.... 2,100,023
1921.... 1,756,027
1923.... 1,969,692
1925.... 1,725,031
1927.... 1,959,804
1929.... 1,737,669
1931.... 1,296,803
1933... (Not Reported)
1935.... 1,645,097
1937.... 1,830,355
1939.... 1,830,355
1940.... 1,673,284
1941.... 2,132,459
1942.... 1,424,812
1943.... 1,336,236
1944.... 1,438,472
1945.... 1,413,332
1946.... 1,735,392
1947.... 1,584,000
1948.... 1,432,548
1949.... 1,300,640

 

[Joao Encarnado]

If those are real... neat!

 

[javadave61]

Is this worldwide? It blows my mind to imagine nearly 36 million hats being made in 1909. For reference, the U.S. population was 90 million.

 

[Alexander Sommerset]

According to the page the info was from the U.S. Census Bureau as compiled by the Hat Institute. So, it appears to be just the USA.