Table DL-20 – Highway Statistics 1998 – Office of Highway Policy Information (OHPI) – FHWA
Highway Statistics Series
Highway Statistics 1998
Distribution of Licensed Drivers – 1998
By Sex and Percentage in Each Age Group and Relation to Population
October 1999
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 |
17,620 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
15,825 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
33,445 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
16 |
862,038 |
0.9 |
43.8 |
808,143 |
0.9 |
43.8 |
1,670,181 |
0.9 |
43.8 |
17 |
1,215,339 |
1.3 |
60.0 |
1,137,135 |
1.2 |
60.2 |
2,352,475 |
1.3 |
60.1 |
18 |
1,423,627 |
1.5 |
75.1 |
1,322,775 |
1.4 |
74.2 |
2,746,402 |
1.5 |
74.7 |
19 |
1,537,666 |
1.7 |
79.0 |
1,442,593 |
1.6 |
78.3 |
2,980,260 |
1.6 |
78.7 |
(19 AND UNDER) |
5,056,291 |
5.4 |
64.5 |
4,726,471 |
5.1 |
64.2 |
9,782,763 |
5.3 |
64.4 |
20 |
1,566,648 |
1.7 |
81.4 |
1,481,921 |
1.6 |
81.8 |
3,048,569 |
1.6 |
81.6 |
21 |
1,525,147 |
1.6 |
84.3 |
1,455,855 |
1.6 |
85.6 |
2,981,002 |
1.6 |
84.9 |
22 |
1,524,782 |
1.6 |
86.0 |
1,456,491 |
1.6 |
86.8 |
2,981,273 |
1.6 |
86.4 |
23 |
1,583,899 |
1.7 |
92.9 |
1,513,310 |
1.6 |
92.7 |
3,097,209 |
1.7 |
92.8 |
24 |
1,665,974 |
1.8 |
94.3 |
1,592,185 |
1.7 |
93.1 |
3,258,159 |
1.8 |
93.7 |
(20-24) |
7,866,450 |
8.4 |
87.6 |
7,499,762 |
8.2 |
87.9 |
15,366,213 |
8.3 |
87.7 |
25-29 |
9,198,169 |
9.9 |
97.1 |
8,830,398 |
9.6 |
94.0 |
18,028,566 |
9.7 |
95.5 |
30-34 |
9,741,944 |
10.5 |
94.2 |
9,438,468 |
10.3 |
90.8 |
19,180,411 |
10.4 |
92.5 |
35-39 |
10,632,061 |
11.4 |
94.2 |
10,504,530 |
11.4 |
92.6 |
21,136,591 |
11.4 |
93.4 |
40-44 |
10,256,084 |
11.0 |
96.8 |
10,206,632 |
11.1 |
94.7 |
20,462,716 |
11.1 |
95.7 |
45-49 |
9,101,307 |
9.8 |
100.3 |
9,063,342 |
9.9 |
96.5 |
18,164,649 |
9.8 |
98.3 |
50-54 |
7,700,538 |
8.3 |
104.3 |
7,624,393 |
8.3 |
98.0 |
15,324,931 |
8.3 |
101.1 |
55-59 |
5,958,581 |
6.4 |
105.5 |
5,879,875 |
6.4 |
96.2 |
11,838,456 |
6.4 |
100.7 |
60-64 |
4,755,196 |
5.1 |
100.2 |
4,691,850 |
5.1 |
88.3 |
9,447,046 |
5.1 |
93.9 |
65-69 |
4,166,116 |
4.5 |
93.4 |
4,170,831 |
4.5 |
78.7 |
8,336,948 |
4.5 |
85.4 |
70-74 |
3,636,722 |
3.9 |
95.5 |
3,794,340 |
4.1 |
77.0 |
7,431,062 |
4.0 |
85.1 |
75-79 |
2,675,722 |
2.9 |
91.8 |
2,868,555 |
3.1 |
69.2 |
5,544,277 |
3.0 |
78.5 |
80-84 |
1,520,076 |
1.6 |
88.7 |
1,658,454 |
1.8 |
56.6 |
3,178,530 |
1.7 |
68.5 |
85 AND OVER |
839,480 |
0.9 |
75.5 |
917,538 |
1.0 |
33.3 |
1,757,018 |
0.9 |
45.4 |
TOTAL |
93,104,738 |
100.0 |
93.7 |
91,875,439 |
100.0 |
86.3 |
184,980,177 |
100.0 |
89.9 |