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Table DL-20 – Highway Statistics 2012 – Office of Highway Policy Information (OHPI) – FHWA

Highway Statistics Series

Highway Statistics 2012


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Distribution of Licensed Drivers – 2012
  By Sex and Percentage in Each Age Group
  and Relation to Population

January 2014
Table DL-20

AGE MALE DRIVERS FEMALE DRIVERS TOTAL DRIVERS
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 64,701 0.1 3.1 62,582 0.1 3.1 127,283 0.1 3.1
16 590,004 0.6 27.6 589,052 0.6 28.9 1,179,056 0.6 28.2
17 981,585 0.9 44.8 962,634 0.9 46.4 1,944,219 0.9 45.6
18 1,318,851 1.3 58.9 1,251,123 1.2 59.1 2,569,974 1.2 59.0
19 1,551,058 1.5 68.1 1,458,218 1.4 68.0 3,009,276 1.4 68.0
(19 AND UNDER) 4,506,199 4.3 41.1 4,323,609 4.0 41.6 8,829,808 4.2 41.3
20 1,661,801 1.6 71.2 1,589,950 1.5 72.0 3,251,751 1.5 71.6
21 1,728,785 1.6 73.1 1,678,447 1.6 74.2 3,407,232 1.6 73.6
22 1,814,381 1.7 76.8 1,776,690 1.7 78.5 3,591,071 1.7 77.7
23 1,814,652 1.7 80.0 1,793,380 1.7 82.5 3,608,032 1.7 81.2
24 1,816,605 1.7 82.0 1,806,338 1.7 84.9 3,622,943 1.7 83.4
(20-24) 8,836,224 8.4 76.5 8,644,805 8.1 78.3 17,481,029 8.3 77.4
25-29 9,142,229 8.7 84.3 9,214,424 8.6 87.3 18,356,653 8.7 85.8
30-34 9,088,323 8.7 86.6 9,242,363 8.7 88.7 18,330,686 8.7 87.7
35-39 8,667,787 8.3 89.2 8,758,112 8.2 89.6 17,425,899 8.2 89.4
40-44 9,532,858 9.1 91.1 9,568,468 9.0 90.5 19,101,326 9.0 90.8
45-49 9,893,354 9.4 92.2 9,943,257 9.3 90.7 19,836,611 9.4 91.5
50-54 10,298,601 9.8 92.9 10,459,435 9.8 91.0 20,758,036 9.8 91.9
55-59 9,503,385 9.1 94.4 9,738,712 9.1 91.0 19,242,097 9.1 92.6
60-64 8,128,957 7.7 95.2 8,379,398 7.8 90.3 16,508,355 7.8 92.7
65-69 6,311,060 6.0 95.5 6,515,908 6.1 88.4 12,826,968 6.1 91.8
70-74 4,349,210 4.1 94.6 4,557,392 4.3 84.2 8,906,602 4.2 89.0
75-79 3,040,690 2.9 92.4 3,255,371 3.0 77.5 6,296,061 3.0 84.1
80-84 2,096,580 2.0 89.0 2,338,480 2.2 68.2 4,435,060 2.1 76.7
85 AND OVER 1,589,660 1.5 80.9 1,889,979 1.8 48.2 3,479,639 1.6 59.1
TOTAL 104,985,117 100.0 85.2 106,829,713 100.0 82.5 211,814,830 100.0 83.8

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

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