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Highway Statistics 2009

Distribution of Licensed Drivers - 2009 by Sex and Percentage in Each Age Group and Relation to Population

December 2010
Table DL-20

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AGE	MALE DRIVERS			FEMALE DRIVERS			TOTAL DRIVERS
AGE	NUMBER	PERCENT OF TOTAL DRIVERS	DRIVERS AS PERCENT OF AGE GROUP 1/	NUMBER	PERCENT OF TOTAL DRIVERS	DRIVERS AS PERCENT OF AGE GROUP 1/	NUMBER	PERCENT OF TOTAL DRIVERS	DRIVERS AS PERCENT OF AGE GROUP 1/
UNDER 16	205,819	0.2	9.7	203,707	0.2	10.1	409,526	0.2	9.9
16	661,542	0.6	30.5	653,647	0.6	31.8	1,315,189	0.6	31.1
17	1,074,210	1.0	48.7	1,038,004	1.0	49.4	2,112,214	1.0	49.0
18	1,454,714	1.4	64.6	1,371,428	1.3	64.2	2,826,142	1.3	64.4
19	1,682,410	1.6	73.0	1,586,960	1.5	72.9	3,269,370	1.6	72.9
(19 AND UNDER)	5,078,695	4.9	46.0	4,853,746	4.6	46.3	9,932,441	4.7	46.1
20	1,725,164	1.7	77.3	1,664,945	1.6	79.0	3,390,109	1.6	78.1
21	1,737,152	1.7	78.7	1,701,252	1.6	81.7	3,438,404	1.6	80.1
22	1,748,368	1.7	79.6	1,721,289	1.6	83.2	3,469,657	1.7	81.3
23	1,783,529	1.7	80.3	1,755,998	1.7	84.2	3,539,527	1.7	82.2
24	1,809,248	1.7	80.9	1,796,485	1.7	85.6	3,605,733	1.7	83.2
(20-24)	8,803,461	8.4	79.4	8,639,969	8.2	82.7	17,443,430	8.3	81.0
25-29	9,220,823	8.8	83.0	9,259,978	8.8	87.7	18,480,801	8.8	85.3
30-34	8,920,803	8.6	88.3	8,925,213	8.5	91.3	17,846,016	8.5	89.7
35-39	9,425,284	9.0	91.0	9,366,230	8.9	92.0	18,791,514	9.0	91.5
40-44	9,729,068	9.3	92.6	9,637,551	9.2	91.9	19,366,619	9.2	92.3
45-49	10,577,280	10.1	93.6	10,611,435	10.1	92.0	21,188,715	10.1	92.8
50-54	10,176,767	9.8	95.3	10,300,410	9.8	92.9	20,477,177	9.8	94.1
55-59	8,924,975	8.6	97.0	9,081,971	8.6	93.0	18,006,946	8.6	94.9
60-64	7,512,657	7.2	99.2	7,637,238	7.3	92.7	15,149,895	7.2	95.8
65-69	5,469,758	5.2	99.2	5,617,954	5.3	89.6	11,087,712	5.3	94.1
70-74	3,938,666	3.8	96.5	4,098,377	3.9	83.2	8,037,043	3.8	89.2
75-79	2,943,028	2.8	93.5	3,172,884	3.0	76.0	6,115,912	2.9	83.5
80-84	2,060,345	2.0	89.6	2,354,148	2.2	66.8	4,414,493	2.1	75.8
85 AND OVER	1,480,203	1.4	83.0	1,799,469	1.7	46.8	3,279,672	1.6	58.2
TOTAL	104,261,813	100.0	87.0	105,356,573	100.0	84.0	209,618,386	100.0	85.5

1/ These percentages are computed using population estimates of the Bureau of the Census. Under-16 age group is compared to 14 and 15-year-old population estimates; the other age brackets coincide with those from the Bureau of the Census.