Table DL-20 – Highway Statistics 2001 – Office of Highway Policy Information (OHPI) – FHWA
Highway Statistics Series
Highway Statistics 2001
Distribution of Licensed Drivers – 2001
By Sex and Percentage in Each Age Group and Relation to Population
October 2002
Table DL-20
AGE |
MALE DRIVERS |
FEMALE DRIVERS |
TOTAL DRIVERS |
NUMBER |
PERCENT
OF TOTAL
DRIVER |
DRIVERS AS
PERCENT OF
AGE GROUP 1/ |
NUMBER |
PERCENT
OF TOTAL
DRIVER |
DRIVERS AS
PERCENT OF
AGE GROUP 1/ |
NUMBER |
PERCENT
OF TOTAL
DRIVER |
DRIVERS AS
PERCENT OF
AGE GROUP 1/ |
UNDER 16 |
13,032 |
0.0 |
0.6 |
12,357 |
0.0 |
0.6 |
25,389 |
0.0 |
0.6 |
16 |
697,217 |
0.7 |
34.0 |
665,453 |
0.7 |
34.5 |
1,362,670 |
0.7 |
34.3 |
17 |
1,124,026 |
1.2 |
53.7 |
1,067,443 |
1.1 |
54.6 |
2,191,469 |
1.1 |
54.2 |
18 |
1,426,187 |
1.5 |
68.6 |
1,328,659 |
1.4 |
67.4 |
2,754,846 |
1.4 |
68.0 |
19 |
1,593,107 |
1.7 |
75.6 |
1,493,161 |
1.6 |
73.9 |
3,086,268 |
1.6 |
74.8 |
(19 AND UNDER) |
4,853,569 |
5.1 |
46.7 |
4,567,073 |
4.8 |
46.5 |
9,420,642 |
4.9 |
46.6 |
20 |
1,624,795 |
1.7 |
78.4 |
1,547,917 |
1.6 |
78.2 |
3,172,712 |
1.7 |
78.3 |
21 |
1,653,746 |
1.7 |
84.1 |
1,590,130 |
1.7 |
84.8 |
3,243,876 |
1.7 |
84.5 |
22 |
1,651,023 |
1.7 |
85.9 |
1,597,945 |
1.7 |
87.0 |
3,248,968 |
1.7 |
86.4 |
23 |
1,651,969 |
1.7 |
88.1 |
1,596,754 |
1.7 |
88.8 |
3,248,723 |
1.7 |
88.4 |
24 |
1,686,615 |
1.8 |
91.0 |
1,633,116 |
1.7 |
91.4 |
3,319,731 |
1.7 |
91.2 |
(20-24) |
8,268,148 |
8.6 |
85.3 |
7,965,862 |
8.3 |
85.9 |
16,234,010 |
8.5 |
85.6 |
25-29 |
8,666,590 |
9.0 |
88.4 |
8,323,503 |
8.7 |
86.9 |
16,990,093 |
8.9 |
87.7 |
30-34 |
9,715,290 |
10.1 |
94.1 |
9,394,903 |
9.8 |
92.2 |
19,110,193 |
10.0 |
93.2 |
35-39 |
10,272,494 |
10.7 |
90.8 |
10,139,736 |
10.6 |
89.0 |
20,412,230 |
10.7 |
89.9 |
40-44 |
10,523,249 |
11.0 |
94.6 |
10,568,191 |
11.1 |
93.4 |
21,091,440 |
11.0 |
94.0 |
45-49 |
9,674,579 |
10.1 |
97.8 |
9,783,629 |
10.2 |
95.9 |
19,458,208 |
10.2 |
96.8 |
50-54 |
8,655,786 |
9.0 |
100.6 |
8,740,169 |
9.2 |
97.4 |
17,395,955 |
9.1 |
98.9 |
55-59 |
6,677,201 |
7.0 |
102.6 |
6,682,470 |
7.0 |
96.0 |
13,359,671 |
7.0 |
99.2 |
60-64 |
5,110,323 |
5.3 |
99.5 |
5,120,180 |
5.4 |
90.3 |
10,230,503 |
5.3 |
94.7 |
65-69 |
4,193,804 |
4.4 |
95.3 |
4,242,470 |
4.4 |
82.6 |
8,436,274 |
4.4 |
88.5 |
70-74 |
3,650,960 |
3.8 |
93.5 |
3,813,865 |
4.0 |
77.0 |
7,464,825 |
3.9 |
84.3 |
75-79 |
2,825,231 |
2.9 |
92.8 |
3,087,055 |
3.2 |
70.6 |
5,912,286 |
3.1 |
79.7 |
80-84 |
1,723,275 |
1.8 |
93.9 |
1,929,998 |
2.0 |
62.0 |
3,653,273 |
1.9 |
73.9 |
85 AND OVER |
981,746 |
1.0 |
80.0 |
1,124,370 |
1.2 |
37.3 |
2,106,116 |
1.1 |
49.7 |
TOTAL |
95,792,245 |
100.0 |
89.4 |
95,483,474 |
100.0 |
83.8 |
191,275,719 |
100.0 |
86.5 |