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Federal Highway Administration
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September 2015
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 | 31,338 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 30,833 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 62,171 | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| 16 | 509,455 | 0.5 | 23.9 | 512,626 | 0.5 | 25.2 | 1,022,081 | 0.5 | 24.5 |
| 17 | 951,106 | 0.9 | 44.5 | 929,771 | 0.9 | 45.4 | 1,880,877 | 0.9 | 44.9 |
| 18 | 1,303,928 | 1.2 | 60.2 | 1,235,966 | 1.1 | 60.0 | 2,539,894 | 1.2 | 60.1 |
| 19 | 1,540,253 | 1.5 | 69.4 | 1,446,116 | 1.3 | 68.7 | 2,986,369 | 1.4 | 69.0 |
| (19 AND UNDER) | 4,336,080 | 4.1 | 40.2 | 4,155,312 | 3.8 | 40.4 | 8,491,392 | 4.0 | 40.3 |
| 20 | 1,651,997 | 1.6 | 72.8 | 1,568,684 | 1.5 | 73.0 | 3,220,681 | 1.5 | 72.9 |
| 21 | 1,708,785 | 1.6 | 73.9 | 1,632,631 | 1.5 | 74.9 | 3,341,416 | 1.6 | 74.4 |
| 22 | 1,794,102 | 1.7 | 75.8 | 1,741,482 | 1.6 | 77.6 | 3,535,584 | 1.7 | 76.7 |
| 23 | 1,855,994 | 1.8 | 77.3 | 1,826,818 | 1.7 | 79.5 | 3,682,812 | 1.7 | 78.4 |
| 24 | 1,907,227 | 1.8 | 79.8 | 1,891,445 | 1.7 | 82.2 | 3,798,672 | 1.8 | 80.9 |
| (20-24) | 8,918,105 | 8.4 | 76.0 | 8,661,060 | 8.0 | 77.5 | 17,579,165 | 8.2 | 76.7 |
| 25-29 | 9,323,670 | 8.8 | 83.5 | 9,386,253 | 8.7 | 86.7 | 18,709,923 | 8.7 | 85.1 |
| 30-34 | 9,232,528 | 8.7 | 85.4 | 9,418,397 | 8.7 | 87.9 | 18,650,925 | 8.7 | 86.6 |
| 35-39 | 8,665,981 | 8.2 | 87.2 | 8,846,326 | 8.2 | 88.6 | 17,512,307 | 8.2 | 87.9 |
| 40-44 | 9,113,887 | 8.6 | 89.2 | 9,237,181 | 8.5 | 89.1 | 18,351,068 | 8.6 | 89.1 |
| 45-49 | 9,420,844 | 8.9 | 91.0 | 9,488,878 | 8.8 | 90.0 | 18,909,722 | 8.8 | 90.5 |
| 50-54 | 10,197,935 | 9.6 | 92.1 | 10,389,348 | 9.6 | 90.4 | 20,587,283 | 9.6 | 91.2 |
| 55-59 | 9,730,998 | 9.2 | 93.2 | 10,019,181 | 9.3 | 90.5 | 19,750,179 | 9.2 | 91.8 |
| 60-64 | 8,383,497 | 7.9 | 94.4 | 8,718,824 | 8.1 | 90.0 | 17,102,321 | 8.0 | 92.1 |
| 65-69 | 6,868,259 | 6.5 | 94.7 | 7,145,950 | 6.6 | 88.5 | 14,014,209 | 6.5 | 91.4 |
| 70-74 | 4,778,162 | 4.5 | 93.7 | 5,039,639 | 4.7 | 84.4 | 9,817,801 | 4.6 | 88.7 |
| 75-79 | 3,196,694 | 3.0 | 91.0 | 3,436,834 | 3.2 | 77.9 | 6,633,528 | 3.1 | 83.7 |
| 80-84 | 2,093,736 | 2.0 | 87.9 | 2,311,665 | 2.1 | 68.4 | 4,405,401 | 2.1 | 76.5 |
| 85 AND OVER | 1,647,308 | 1.6 | 78.1 | 1,929,940 | 1.8 | 47.6 | 3,577,248 | 1.7 | 58.1 |
| TOTAL | 105,907,684 | 100.0 | 84.2 | 108,184,788 | 100.0 | 81.9 | 214,092,472 | 100.0 | 83.0 |
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.
