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Highway Statistics 2002 | OHPI > Highway Statistics > 2002 > Driver Licensing > Table DL-20 |
OCTOBER 2003 | Table DL-20 |
AGE | MALE DRIVERS | FEMALE DRIVERS | TOTAL DRIVERS | ||||||
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NUMBER | PERCENT OF TOTAL DRIVERS | DRIVERS AS PERCENT OF AGE GROUP 1/ | NUMBER | PERCENT OF TOTAL DRIVERS | DRIVERS AS PERCENT OF AGE GROUP 1/ | NUMBER | PERCENT OF TOTAL DRIVERS | DRIVERS AS PERCENT OF AGE GROUP 1/ | |
UNDER 16 | 14,515 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 13,717 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 28,232 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
16 | 665,343 | 0.7 | 31.8 | 645,486 | 0.7 | 32.5 | 1,310,829 | 0.7 | 32.1 |
17 | 1,118,052 | 1.1 | 53.4 | 1,068,447 | 1.1 | 53.9 | 2,186,499 | 1.1 | 53.7 |
18 | 1,401,695 | 1.4 | 67.3 | 1,318,255 | 1.4 | 67.1 | 2,719,950 | 1.4 | 67.2 |
19 | 1,572,547 | 1.6 | 74.7 | 1,480,201 | 1.5 | 75.0 | 3,052,748 | 1.6 | 74.8 |
(19 AND UNDER) | 4,772,152 | 4.9 | 45.6 | 4,526,106 | 4.7 | 45.7 | 9,298,258 | 4.8 | 45.6 |
20 | 1,638,950 | 1.7 | 77.6 | 1,563,394 | 1.6 | 78.2 | 3,202,344 | 1.6 | 77.9 |
21 | 1,668,538 | 1.7 | 78.6 | 1,607,949 | 1.7 | 79.3 | 3,276,487 | 1.7 | 78.9 |
22 | 1,702,603 | 1.7 | 80.6 | 1,645,720 | 1.7 | 81.6 | 3,348,323 | 1.7 | 81.1 |
23 | 1,708,291 | 1.8 | 84.4 | 1,653,400 | 1.7 | 85.7 | 3,361,691 | 1.7 | 85.0 |
24 | 1,706,158 | 1.8 | 86.3 | 1,644,784 | 1.7 | 87.1 | 3,350,942 | 1.7 | 86.7 |
(20-24) | 8,424,540 | 8.6 | 81.4 | 8,115,247 | 8.4 | 82.3 | 16,539,787 | 8.5 | 81.8 |
25-29 | 8,727,305 | 9.0 | 90.5 | 8,372,379 | 8.6 | 89.7 | 17,099,684 | 8.8 | 90.1 |
30-34 | 9,737,052 | 10.0 | 92.2 | 9,378,312 | 9.7 | 90.2 | 19,115,364 | 9.8 | 91.2 |
35-39 | 10,189,184 | 10.5 | 93.0 | 9,936,933 | 10.3 | 90.7 | 20,126,117 | 10.4 | 91.8 |
40-44 | 10,614,344 | 10.9 | 93.0 | 10,584,498 | 10.9 | 91.3 | 21,198,842 | 10.9 | 92.2 |
45-49 | 9,941,582 | 10.2 | 94.8 | 9,997,864 | 10.3 | 92.5 | 19,939,446 | 10.3 | 93.6 |
50-54 | 8,735,627 | 9.0 | 95.1 | 8,788,501 | 9.1 | 91.6 | 17,524,128 | 9.0 | 93.3 |
55-59 | 7,148,429 | 7.3 | 98.5 | 7,141,534 | 7.4 | 92.4 | 14,289,963 | 7.4 | 95.3 |
60-64 | 5,371,340 | 5.5 | 97.2 | 5,377,859 | 5.6 | 88.3 | 10,749,199 | 5.5 | 92.6 |
65-69 | 4,253,857 | 4.4 | 95.8 | 4,284,304 | 4.4 | 83.3 | 8,538,161 | 4.4 | 89.1 |
70-74 | 3,647,137 | 3.7 | 94.4 | 3,788,721 | 3.9 | 78.4 | 7,435,858 | 3.8 | 85.5 |
75-79 | 2,936,969 | 3.0 | 95.6 | 3,173,171 | 3.3 | 73.0 | 6,110,140 | 3.1 | 82.3 |
80-84 | 1,849,298 | 1.9 | 92.0 | 2,079,929 | 2.1 | 62.9 | 3,929,227 | 2.0 | 73.9 |
85 AND OVER | 1,112,647 | 1.1 | 80.1 | 1,288,812 | 1.3 | 40.2 | 2,401,459 | 1.2 | 52.3 |
TOTAL | 97,461,463 | 100.0 | 88.1 | 96,834,170 | 100.0 | 82.7 | 194,295,633 | 100.0 | 85.3 |
1/ These percentages are computed using population estimates of the Bureau of the Census. Under-16 age group is compared to 14 and 15-year old population estimates; the other age brackets coincide with those from the Bureau of the Census.
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