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Highway Statistics 2007

Vehicle Age by Geography

Average Vehicle Age by Type of Vehicle and Geography
2001 Mean Age

  New England Mid Atlantic East North Central West North Central South Atlantic East South Central West South Central Mountain Pacific
CAR 7.9 8.2 8.5 9.2 8.6 9.4 8.1 10.0 10.8
Van 6.8 6.9 7.2 7.9 7.5 7.9 7.0 8.5 8.6
SUV 5.5 5.7 5.9 7.1 6.2 6.6 6.1 8.2 7.1
Pick-Up 7.6 9.7 9.4 11.2 9.6 10.9 8.9 11.2 11.3
Other 11.3 11.8 13.0 17.1 11.0 10.0 11.6 13.3 12.6

 

    2001 1995
New England CAR 7.9 6.2
  Van 6.8 4.6
  SUV 5.5 5.3
  Pick-Up 7.6 7.3
Mid Atlantic CAR 8.2 6.6
  Van 6.9 5.0
  SUV 5.7 4.7
  Pick-Up 9.7 7.3
East North Central CAR 8.5 6.6
  Van 7.2 5.2
  SUV 5.9 5.2
  Pick-Up 9.4 7.4
West North Central CAR 9.2 8.0
  Van 7.9 6.2
  SUV 7.1 6.5
  Pick-Up 11.2 9.7
South Atlantic CAR 8.6 7.1
  Van 7.5 5.5
  SUV 6.2 5.0
  Pick-Up 9.6 8.1
East South Central CAR 9.4 7.5
  Van 7.9 6.2
  SUV 6.6 6.1
  Pick-Up 10.9 8.9
West South Central CAR 8.1 6.9
  Van 7.0 5.5
  SUV 6.1 5.4
  Pick-Up 8.9 7.8
Mountain CAR 10.0 8.7
  Van 8.5 6.4
  SUV 8.2 8.0
  Pick-Up 11.2 11.3
Pacific CAR 10.8 8.7
  Van 8.6 7.7
  SUV 7.1 6.4
  Pick-Up 11.3 11.6

 

For Chart 1995 2001
Urban CAR 7.1 8.8
  Van 5.6 7.4
  SUV 5.3 6.1
  Pick-Up 8.4 9.5
Rural CAR 8.1 9.6
  Van 6.4 8.3
  SUV 7.1 7.7
  Pick-Up 9.2 10.8

 

Vehicle Age by Type of Vehicle and Geography	Bar Graph

Source: National Household Travel Survey, 1995-2001.

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