Table DL-20 – Highway Statistics 1997 – Office of Highway Policy Information (OHPI) – FHWA
Highway Statistics Series
Highway Statistics 1997
Distribution of Licensed Drivers – 1997
By Sex and Percentage in Each Age Group and Relation to Population
October 1998
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 |
17,147 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
15,426 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
32,573 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
| 16 |
849,960 |
0.9 |
43.2 |
801,863 |
0.9 |
43.4 |
1,651,823 |
0.9 |
43.3 |
| 17 |
1,243,768 |
1.4 |
61.4 |
1,167,949 |
1.3 |
61.9 |
2,411,717 |
1.3 |
61.6 |
| 18 |
1,405,100 |
1.5 |
74.2 |
1,297,378 |
1.4 |
72.7 |
2,702,478 |
1.5 |
73.5 |
| 19 |
1,468,377 |
1.6 |
75.4 |
1,359,977 |
1.5 |
73.8 |
2,828,354 |
1.5 |
74.6 |
| (19 AND UNDER) |
4,984,352 |
5.4 |
63.6 |
4,642,593 |
5.1 |
63.1 |
9,626,945 |
5.3 |
63.4 |
| 20 |
1,541,870 |
1.7 |
80.1 |
1,450,818 |
1.6 |
80.0 |
2,992,688 |
1.6 |
80.1 |
| 21 |
1,509,678 |
1.6 |
83.4 |
1,430,610 |
1.6 |
84.1 |
2,940,288 |
1.6 |
83.8 |
| 22 |
1,557,276 |
1.7 |
87.8 |
1,479,656 |
1.6 |
88.2 |
3,036,932 |
1.7 |
88.0 |
| 23 |
1,600,699 |
1.7 |
93.9 |
1,520,800 |
1.7 |
93.2 |
3,121,499 |
1.7 |
93.6 |
| 24 |
1,644,341 |
1.8 |
93.1 |
1,564,545 |
1.7 |
91.5 |
3,208,886 |
1.8 |
92.3 |
| (20-24) |
7,853,864 |
8.5 |
87.5 |
7,446,429 |
8.2 |
87.3 |
15,300,293 |
8.4 |
87.4 |
| 25-29 |
9,291,690 |
10.1 |
98.1 |
8,904,770 |
9.8 |
94.7 |
18,196,460 |
10.0 |
96.4 |
| 30-34 |
9,955,143 |
10.8 |
96.3 |
9,694,083 |
10.7 |
93.2 |
19,649,226 |
10.8 |
94.7 |
| 35-39 |
10,580,986 |
11.5 |
93.8 |
10,485,065 |
11.5 |
92.5 |
21,066,051 |
11.5 |
93.1 |
| 40-44 |
10,025,905 |
10.9 |
94.6 |
10,020,601 |
11.0 |
93.0 |
20,046,506 |
11.0 |
93.8 |
| 45-49 |
8,854,435 |
9.6 |
97.6 |
8,851,735 |
9.7 |
94.2 |
17,706,170 |
9.7 |
95.9 |
| 50-54 |
7,310,833 |
8.0 |
99.0 |
7,237,772 |
8.0 |
93.0 |
14,548,605 |
8.0 |
95.9 |
| 55-59 |
5,617,685 |
6.1 |
99.5 |
5,563,392 |
6.1 |
91.0 |
11,181,077 |
6.1 |
95.1 |
| 60-64 |
4,631,544 |
5.0 |
97.6 |
4,578,222 |
5.0 |
86.2 |
9,209,766 |
5.0 |
91.6 |
| 65-69 |
4,214,778 |
4.6 |
94.5 |
4,236,057 |
4.7 |
79.9 |
8,450,835 |
4.6 |
86.6 |
| 70-74 |
3,654,142 |
4.0 |
96.0 |
3,830,740 |
4.2 |
77.7 |
7,484,882 |
4.1 |
85.7 |
| 75-79 |
2,650,038 |
2.9 |
90.9 |
2,835,297 |
3.1 |
68.4 |
5,485,335 |
3.0 |
77.7 |
| 80-84 |
1,485,906 |
1.6 |
86.7 |
1,608,477 |
1.8 |
54.9 |
3,094,383 |
1.7 |
66.6 |
| 85 AND OVER |
793,805 |
0.9 |
71.4 |
868,866 |
1.0 |
31.5 |
1,662,671 |
0.9 |
43.0 |
| TOTAL |
91,905,106 |
100.0 |
92.5 |
90,804,099 |
100.0 |
85.3 |
182,709,205 |
100.0 |
88.8 |
