Table DL-20 – Highway Statistics 2000 – Office of Highway Policy Information (OHPI) – FHWA
Highway Statistics Series
Highway Statistics 2000
Distribution of Licensed Drivers – 2000
By Sex and Percentage in Each Age Group and Relation to Population
October 2001
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 |
13,879 |
0.0 |
0.7 |
12,648 |
0.0 |
0.6 |
26,527 |
0.0 |
0.7 |
16 |
754,898 |
0.8 |
36.8 |
715,243 |
0.8 |
37.1 |
1,470,141 |
0.8 |
37.0 |
17 |
1,200,966 |
1.3 |
57.4 |
1,129,804 |
1.2 |
57.8 |
2,330,769 |
1.2 |
57.6 |
18 |
1,470,934 |
1.5 |
70.8 |
1,367,828 |
1.4 |
69.3 |
2,838,762 |
1.5 |
70.1 |
19 |
1,588,821 |
1.7 |
75.4 |
1,488,498 |
1.6 |
73.7 |
3,077,319 |
1.6 |
74.6 |
(19 AND UNDER) |
5,029,498 |
5.3 |
48.4 |
4,714,021 |
5.0 |
48.0 |
9,743,519 |
5.1 |
48.2 |
20 |
1,610,581 |
1.7 |
77.8 |
1,529,803 |
1.6 |
77.3 |
3,140,384 |
1.6 |
77.6 |
21 |
1,619,961 |
1.7 |
82.4 |
1,551,615 |
1.6 |
82.7 |
3,171,576 |
1.7 |
82.6 |
22 |
1,624,435 |
1.7 |
84.5 |
1,557,314 |
1.6 |
84.8 |
3,181,749 |
1.7 |
84.7 |
23 |
1,655,846 |
1.7 |
88.3 |
1,590,931 |
1.7 |
88.5 |
3,246,777 |
1.7 |
88.4 |
24 |
1,647,777 |
1.7 |
88.9 |
1,577,414 |
1.7 |
88.3 |
3,225,191 |
1.7 |
88.6 |
(20-24) |
8,158,599 |
8.5 |
84.2 |
7,807,078 |
8.2 |
84.2 |
15,965,676 |
8.4 |
84.2 |
25-29 |
8,988,142 |
9.4 |
91.7 |
8,597,716 |
9.1 |
89.7 |
17,585,858 |
9.2 |
90.7 |
30-34 |
9,767,476 |
10.2 |
94.6 |
9,387,297 |
9.9 |
92.1 |
19,154,774 |
10.0 |
93.4 |
35-39 |
10,621,910 |
11.1 |
93.8 |
10,437,549 |
11.0 |
91.7 |
21,059,459 |
11.0 |
92.7 |
40-44 |
10,576,976 |
11.0 |
95.0 |
10,516,251 |
11.1 |
93.0 |
21,093,227 |
11.1 |
94.0 |
45-49 |
9,578,268 |
10.0 |
96.9 |
9,575,363 |
10.1 |
93.8 |
19,153,630 |
10.0 |
95.3 |
50-54 |
8,448,424 |
8.8 |
98.1 |
8,419,527 |
8.9 |
93.8 |
16,867,951 |
8.8 |
95.9 |
55-59 |
6,394,207 |
6.7 |
98.2 |
6,366,285 |
6.7 |
91.5 |
12,760,492 |
6.7 |
94.7 |
60-64 |
4,970,258 |
5.2 |
96.8 |
4,944,370 |
5.2 |
87.2 |
9,914,627 |
5.2 |
91.8 |
65-69 |
4,182,933 |
4.4 |
95.1 |
4,202,950 |
4.4 |
81.9 |
8,385,883 |
4.4 |
88.0 |
70-74 |
3,644,990 |
3.8 |
93.4 |
3,822,570 |
4.0 |
77.2 |
7,467,560 |
3.9 |
84.3 |
75-79 |
2,820,136 |
2.9 |
92.6 |
3,091,013 |
3.3 |
70.7 |
5,911,149 |
3.1 |
79.7 |
80-84 |
1,656,789 |
1.7 |
90.3 |
1,854,278 |
2.0 |
59.6 |
3,511,067 |
1.8 |
71.0 |
85 AND OVER |
957,463 |
1.0 |
78.0 |
1,092,687 |
1.2 |
36.3 |
2,050,150 |
1.1 |
48.4 |
TOTAL |
95,796,069 |
100.0 |
89.4 |
94,828,953 |
100.0 |
83.2 |
190,625,023 |
100.0 |
86.2 |