Table DL-20 – Highway Statistics 1996 – Office of Highway Policy Information (OHPI) – FHWA
Highway Statistics Series
Highway Statistics 1996
Distribution of Licensed Drivers – 1996
By Sex and Percentage in Each Age Group and Relation to Population
October 1997
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 |
15,343 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
13,651 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
28,994 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
| 16 |
800,288 |
0.9 |
40.6 |
750,087 |
0.8 |
40.6 |
1,550,375 |
0.9 |
40.6 |
| 17 |
1,198,089 |
1.3 |
62.0 |
1,114,889 |
1.3 |
62.0 |
2,312,978 |
1.3 |
62.0 |
| 18 |
1,342,413 |
1.5 |
73.0 |
1,211,750 |
1.4 |
70.0 |
2,554,163 |
1.4 |
71.5 |
| 19 |
1,454,111 |
1.6 |
75.4 |
1,333,378 |
1.5 |
73.1 |
2,787,489 |
1.6 |
74.3 |
| (19 AND UNDER) |
4,810,244 |
5.3 |
62.7 |
4,423,755 |
5.0 |
61.4 |
9,234,000 |
5.1 |
62.1 |
| 20 |
1,497,405 |
1.7 |
81.4 |
1,386,884 |
1.6 |
80.1 |
2,884,289 |
1.6 |
80.8 |
| 21 |
1,502,939 |
1.7 |
82.3 |
1,413,063 |
1.6 |
82.2 |
2,916,002 |
1.6 |
82.2 |
| 22 |
1,558,185 |
1.7 |
90.1 |
1,463,833 |
1.6 |
89.3 |
3,022,019 |
1.7 |
89.7 |
| 23 |
1,604,854 |
1.8 |
92.4 |
1,513,211 |
1.7 |
90.9 |
3,118,065 |
1.7 |
91.6 |
| 24 |
1,702,213 |
1.9 |
91.3 |
1,616,730 |
1.8 |
89.5 |
3,318,942 |
1.8 |
90.4 |
| (20-24) |
7,865,595 |
8.7 |
87.4 |
7,393,721 |
8.3 |
86.4 |
15,259,317 |
8.5 |
86.9 |
| 25-29 |
9,356,328 |
10.3 |
98.1 |
8,945,634 |
10.0 |
94.5 |
18,301,962 |
10.2 |
96.3 |
| 30-34 |
10,120,589 |
11.2 |
95.0 |
9,870,916 |
11.1 |
92.2 |
19,991,504 |
11.1 |
93.6 |
| 35-39 |
10,520,825 |
11.6 |
93.4 |
10,438,935 |
11.7 |
92.2 |
20,959,760 |
11.7 |
92.8 |
| 40-44 |
9,775,750 |
10.8 |
94.8 |
9,751,892 |
11.0 |
92.8 |
19,527,642 |
10.9 |
93.8 |
| 45-49 |
8,754,215 |
9.7 |
96.6 |
8,710,255 |
9.8 |
92.9 |
17,464,470 |
9.7 |
94.7 |
| 50-54 |
6,839,745 |
7.6 |
100.9 |
6,763,244 |
7.6 |
94.5 |
13,602,989 |
7.6 |
97.6 |
| 55-59 |
5,341,398 |
5.9 |
97.9 |
5,258,010 |
5.9 |
89.0 |
10,599,409 |
5.9 |
93.3 |
| 60-64 |
4,565,061 |
5.0 |
96.9 |
4,485,658 |
5.0 |
84.8 |
9,050,719 |
5.0 |
90.5 |
| 65-69 |
4,234,471 |
4.7 |
93.9 |
4,230,660 |
4.8 |
78.6 |
8,465,131 |
4.7 |
85.6 |
| 70-74 |
3,604,445 |
4.0 |
94.4 |
3,749,142 |
4.2 |
75.6 |
7,353,587 |
4.1 |
83.8 |
| 75-79 |
2,562,955 |
2.8 |
90.9 |
2,716,477 |
3.1 |
67.0 |
5,279,432 |
2.9 |
76.8 |
| 80-84 |
1,400,321 |
1.5 |
84.1 |
1,515,635 |
1.7 |
52.4 |
2,915,955 |
1.6 |
64.0 |
| 85 AND OVER |
766,714 |
0.8 |
71.7 |
766,750 |
0.9 |
28.5 |
1,533,464 |
0.9 |
40.8 |
| TOTAL |
90,518,656 |
100.0 |
92.1 |
89,020,684 |
100.0 |
84.4 |
179,539,340 |
100.0 |
88.1 |
