Table DL-20 – Highway Statistics 1999 – Office of Highway Policy Information (OHPI) – FHWA
Highway Statistics Series
Highway Statistics 1999
Distribution of Licensed Drivers – 1999
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 |
17,543 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
15,706 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
33,248 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
| 16 |
753,624 |
0.8 |
37.3 |
704,633 |
0.8 |
37.0 |
1,458,257 |
0.8 |
37.2 |
| 17 |
1,200,327 |
1.3 |
57.9 |
1,130,122 |
1.2 |
58.2 |
2,330,449 |
1.2 |
58.0 |
| 18 |
1,434,671 |
1.5 |
72.1 |
1,332,849 |
1.4 |
70.7 |
2,767,520 |
1.5 |
71.4 |
| 19 |
1,563,198 |
1.7 |
74.3 |
1,457,470 |
1.6 |
72.6 |
3,020,668 |
1.6 |
73.5 |
| (19 AND UNDER) |
4,969,362 |
5.3 |
40.9 |
4,640,780 |
5.0 |
40.4 |
9,610,142 |
5.1 |
40.7 |
| 20 |
1,559,679 |
1.7 |
78.0 |
1,482,071 |
1.6 |
78.0 |
3,041,750 |
1.6 |
78.0 |
| 21 |
1,561,806 |
1.7 |
82.3 |
1,490,535 |
1.6 |
82.4 |
3,052,341 |
1.6 |
82.4 |
| 22 |
1,600,041 |
1.7 |
88.1 |
1,536,503 |
1.7 |
88.0 |
3,136,544 |
1.7 |
88.0 |
| 23 |
1,587,646 |
1.7 |
92.6 |
1,520,575 |
1.6 |
91.4 |
3,108,221 |
1.7 |
92.0 |
| 24 |
1,630,891 |
1.7 |
92.9 |
1,559,507 |
1.7 |
90.4 |
3,190,398 |
1.7 |
91.7 |
| (20-24) |
7,940,062 |
8.4 |
86.5 |
7,589,191 |
8.2 |
85.8 |
15,529,253 |
8.3 |
86.2 |
| 25-29 |
9,067,323 |
9.6 |
100.1 |
8,670,126 |
9.3 |
94.7 |
17,737,449 |
9.5 |
97.4 |
| 30-34 |
9,633,540 |
10.2 |
98.6 |
9,279,100 |
10.0 |
93.2 |
18,912,641 |
10.1 |
95.9 |
| 35-39 |
10,635,935 |
11.3 |
94.8 |
10,464,605 |
11.3 |
92.4 |
21,100,541 |
11.3 |
93.6 |
| 40-44 |
10,376,809 |
11.0 |
94.0 |
10,345,322 |
11.1 |
92.1 |
20,722,131 |
11.1 |
93.1 |
| 45-49 |
9,328,218 |
9.9 |
98.2 |
9,288,229 |
10.0 |
94.2 |
18,616,447 |
9.9 |
96.2 |
| 50-54 |
8,096,694 |
8.6 |
101.2 |
8,036,958 |
8.6 |
95.1 |
16,133,652 |
8.6 |
98.1 |
| 55-59 |
6,200,918 |
6.6 |
100.3 |
6,147,189 |
6.6 |
91.8 |
12,348,107 |
6.6 |
95.9 |
| 60-64 |
4,858,994 |
5.2 |
97.8 |
4,804,434 |
5.2 |
86.6 |
9,663,428 |
5.2 |
91.9 |
| 65-69 |
4,163,873 |
4.4 |
96.0 |
4,167,098 |
4.5 |
81.5 |
8,330,972 |
4.5 |
88.2 |
| 70-74 |
3,645,458 |
3.9 |
94.4 |
3,806,964 |
4.1 |
77.6 |
7,452,422 |
4.0 |
85.0 |
| 75-79 |
2,777,529 |
2.9 |
90.9 |
3,011,770 |
3.2 |
70.5 |
5,789,299 |
3.1 |
79.0 |
| 80-84 |
1,582,587 |
1.7 |
87.2 |
1,748,113 |
1.9 |
58.2 |
3,330,701 |
1.8 |
69.1 |
| 85 AND OVER |
889,019 |
0.9 |
71.7 |
1,004,218 |
1.1 |
34.2 |
1,893,236 |
1.0 |
45.3 |
| TOTAL |
94,166,321 |
100.0 |
89.4 |
93,004,099 |
100.0 |
82.5 |
187,170,420 |
100.0 |
85.8 |
