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January 2015
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 | 31,490 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 30,863 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 62,353 | 0.0 | 1.5 |
16 | 584,266 | 0.6 | 27.5 | 584,291 | 0.5 | 28.8 | 1,168,557 | 0.6 | 28.1 |
17 | 1,023,516 | 1.0 | 47.6 | 986,599 | 0.9 | 48.3 | 2,010,115 | 0.9 | 48.0 |
18 | 1,381,031 | 1.3 | 62.8 | 1,298,719 | 1.2 | 62.3 | 2,679,750 | 1.3 | 62.5 |
19 | 1,577,900 | 1.5 | 70.1 | 1,483,512 | 1.4 | 69.7 | 3,061,412 | 1.4 | 69.9 |
(19 AND UNDER) | 4,598,203 | 4.4 | 42.4 | 4,383,984 | 4.1 | 42.5 | 8,982,187 | 4.2 | 42.5 |
20 | 1,689,607 | 1.6 | 73.8 | 1,604,807 | 1.5 | 74.4 | 3,294,414 | 1.6 | 74.1 |
21 | 1,747,064 | 1.7 | 74.4 | 1,687,494 | 1.6 | 76.0 | 3,434,558 | 1.6 | 75.2 |
22 | 1,806,956 | 1.7 | 75.9 | 1,768,611 | 1.7 | 77.8 | 3,575,567 | 1.7 | 76.8 |
23 | 1,858,427 | 1.8 | 78.2 | 1,830,556 | 1.7 | 80.4 | 3,688,983 | 1.7 | 79.3 |
24 | 1,842,863 | 1.8 | 80.7 | 1,831,867 | 1.7 | 83.7 | 3,674,730 | 1.7 | 82.2 |
(20-24) | 8,944,917 | 8.5 | 76.6 | 8,723,335 | 8.1 | 78.5 | 17,668,252 | 8.3 | 77.5 |
25-29 | 9,128,669 | 8.7 | 83.3 | 9,212,559 | 8.6 | 86.7 | 18,341,228 | 8.6 | 85.0 |
30-34 | 9,083,416 | 8.7 | 85.0 | 9,273,260 | 8.7 | 87.6 | 18,356,676 | 8.7 | 86.3 |
35-39 | 8,566,880 | 8.2 | 87.5 | 8,707,025 | 8.1 | 88.7 | 17,273,905 | 8.1 | 88.1 |
40-44 | 9,333,347 | 8.9 | 90.1 | 9,411,540 | 8.8 | 89.7 | 18,744,887 | 8.8 | 89.9 |
45-49 | 9,620,974 | 9.2 | 91.6 | 9,678,345 | 9.0 | 90.4 | 19,299,319 | 9.1 | 91.0 |
50-54 | 10,206,701 | 9.7 | 92.2 | 10,401,105 | 9.7 | 90.5 | 20,607,806 | 9.7 | 91.3 |
55-59 | 9,563,697 | 9.1 | 93.0 | 9,834,818 | 9.2 | 90.1 | 19,398,515 | 9.1 | 91.5 |
60-64 | 8,179,029 | 7.8 | 94.3 | 8,477,708 | 7.9 | 89.7 | 16,656,737 | 7.9 | 91.9 |
65-69 | 6,494,023 | 6.2 | 93.9 | 6,733,139 | 6.3 | 87.5 | 13,227,162 | 6.2 | 90.5 |
70-74 | 4,532,716 | 4.3 | 92.8 | 4,774,599 | 4.5 | 83.4 | 9,307,315 | 4.4 | 87.7 |
75-79 | 3,091,299 | 2.9 | 91.2 | 3,328,898 | 3.1 | 77.6 | 6,420,197 | 3.0 | 83.6 |
80-84 | 2,075,522 | 2.0 | 87.6 | 2,323,360 | 2.2 | 68.4 | 4,398,882 | 2.1 | 76.3 |
85 AND OVER | 1,588,277 | 1.5 | 77.8 | 1,888,383 | 1.8 | 47.2 | 3,476,660 | 1.6 | 57.6 |
TOTAL | 105,007,670 | 100.0 | 86.1 | 107,152,058 | 100.0 | 82.0 | 212,159,728 | 100.0 | 83.2 |
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.