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Table DL-20 - Driver Licensing - Highway Statistics 2005 - FHWA
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DISTRIBUTION OF LICENSED DRIVERS - 2005
BY SEX AND PERCENTAGE IN EACH AGE GROUP AND RELATION TO POPULATION

OCTOBER 2006 Table DL-20
AGE MALE DRIVERS FEMALE DRIVERS TOTAL DRIVERS
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 11,922 0.0 0.5 11,980 0.0 0.6 23,902 0.0 0.5
16 620,265 0.6 28.7 603,479 0.6 29.3 1,223,744 0.6 29.0
17 1,118,051 1.1 52.4 1,077,148 1.1 53.1 2,195,199 1.1 52.8
18 1,433,362 1.4 67.9 1,351,680 1.3 67.3 2,785,042 1.4 67.6
19 1,596,260 1.6 74.8 1,513,143 1.5 75.0 3,109,403 1.6 74.9
(19 AND UNDER) 4,779,860 4.8 44.3 4,557,430 4.5 44.5 9,337,290 4.7 44.4
20 1,656,734 1.7 76.9 1,594,045 1.6 78.7 3,250,779 1.6 77.8
21 1,651,658 1.6 77.6 1,613,014 1.6 81.1 3,264,672 1.6 79.3
22 1,716,841 1.7 78.8 1,680,522 1.7 83.1 3,397,363 1.7 80.9
23 1,773,406 1.8 80.9 1,745,065 1.7 85.1 3,518,471 1.8 82.9
24 1,798,788 1.8 81.7 1,777,408 1.8 84.9 3,576,196 1.8 83.3
(20-24) 8,597,427 8.6 79.2 8,410,054 8.4 82.6 17,007,481 8.5 80.8
25-29 8,851,540 8.8 86.2 8,675,911 8.7 88.6 17,527,451 8.7 87.4
30-34 9,215,964 9.2 90.8 8,987,753 9.0 90.6 18,203,717 9.1 90.7
35-39 9,819,601 9.8 93.0 9,579,226 9.6 91.8 19,398,827 9.7 92.4
40-44 10,586,308 10.6 93.1 10,484,293 10.5 91.3 21,070,601 10.5 92.2
45-49 10,478,460 10.5 94.3 10,492,639 10.5 92.2 20,971,099 10.5 93.3
50-54 9,419,933 9.4 96.2 9,490,927 9.5 93.0 18,910,860 9.4 94.6
55-59 8,230,597 8.2 97.7 8,285,708 8.3 92.8 16,516,305 8.2 95.2
60-64 6,109,471 6.1 98.5 6,154,597 6.1 90.5 12,264,068 6.1 94.3
65-69 4,575,782 4.6 96.9 4,645,819 4.6 85.9 9,221,601 4.6 91.0
70-74 3,618,004 3.6 95.0 3,754,467 3.7 79.9 7,372,471 3.7 86.6
75-79 2,893,211 2.9 92.8 3,162,551 3.2 73.6 6,055,762 3.0 81.7
80-84 1,909,682 1.9 88.3 2,211,996 2.2 63.5 4,121,678 2.1 73.0
85 AND OVER 1,166,305 1.2 72.7 1,403,456 1.4 40.2 2,569,761 1.3 50.4
TOTAL 100,252,145 100.0 87.2 100,296,827 100.0 83.0 200,548,972 100.0 85.1

Footnotes

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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