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September 2016
Table DL-20
AGE | MALE DRIVERS | FEMALE DRIVERS | TOTAL DRIVERS | ||||||
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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 | 32,495 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 32,620 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 65,115 | 0.0 | 1.5 |
16 | 527,382 | 0.5 | 24.7 | 537,502 | 0.5 | 26.3 | 1,064,884 | 0.5 | 25.4 |
17 | 966,677 | 0.9 | 45.1 | 953,781 | 0.9 | 46.5 | 1,920,458 | 0.9 | 45.8 |
18 | 1,304,619 | 1.2 | 60.5 | 1,245,801 | 1.1 | 60.4 | 2,550,420 | 1.2 | 60.5 |
19 | 1,530,017 | 1.4 | 70.0 | 1,459,755 | 1.3 | 70.2 | 2,989,772 | 1.4 | 70.1 |
(19 AND UNDER) | 4,361,190 | 4.1 | 40.4 | 4,229,459 | 3.8 | 41.0 | 8,590,649 | 3.9 | 40.7 |
20 | 1,645,437 | 1.5 | 73.4 | 1,578,873 | 1.4 | 74.4 | 3,224,310 | 1.5 | 73.9 |
21 | 1,707,768 | 1.6 | 74.6 | 1,660,552 | 1.5 | 76.6 | 3,368,320 | 1.5 | 75.6 |
22 | 1,791,158 | 1.7 | 76.8 | 1,740,421 | 1.6 | 79.2 | 3,531,579 | 1.6 | 78.0 |
23 | 1,857,286 | 1.7 | 77.8 | 1,831,076 | 1.7 | 80.9 | 3,688,362 | 1.7 | 79.3 |
24 | 1,912,171 | 1.8 | 79.1 | 1,905,706 | 1.7 | 82.2 | 3,817,877 | 1.8 | 80.6 |
(20-24) | 8,913,820 | 8.3 | 76.4 | 8,716,628 | 7.9 | 78.7 | 17,630,448 | 8.1 | 77.5 |
25-29 | 9,599,910 | 8.9 | 84.1 | 9,665,917 | 8.8 | 87.5 | 19,265,827 | 8.8 | 85.8 |
30-34 | 9,483,821 | 8.8 | 87.1 | 9,635,915 | 8.7 | 89.3 | 19,119,736 | 8.8 | 88.2 |
35-39 | 8,948,342 | 8.3 | 88.0 | 9,139,345 | 8.3 | 89.6 | 18,087,687 | 8.3 | 88.8 |
40-44 | 8,976,495 | 8.3 | 89.5 | 9,130,641 | 8.3 | 89.6 | 18,107,136 | 8.3 | 89.6 |
45-49 | 9,439,868 | 8.8 | 91.3 | 9,547,861 | 8.6 | 90.8 | 18,987,729 | 8.7 | 91.1 |
50-54 | 10,129,724 | 9.4 | 92.4 | 10,358,348 | 9.4 | 91.1 | 20,488,072 | 9.4 | 91.7 |
55-59 | 9,858,801 | 9.2 | 93.0 | 10,209,251 | 9.2 | 91.1 | 20,068,052 | 9.2 | 92.0 |
60-64 | 8,621,325 | 8.0 | 94.6 | 9,025,845 | 8.2 | 90.7 | 17,647,170 | 8.1 | 92.5 |
65-69 | 7,217,544 | 6.7 | 95.0 | 7,570,860 | 6.9 | 89.4 | 14,788,404 | 6.8 | 92.0 |
70-74 | 4,974,735 | 4.6 | 93.9 | 5,257,499 | 4.8 | 85.0 | 10,232,234 | 4.7 | 89.1 |
75-79 | 3,267,202 | 3.0 | 90.5 | 3,566,555 | 3.2 | 79.0 | 6,833,757 | 3.1 | 84.1 |
80-84 | 2,157,345 | 2.0 | 89.4 | 2,364,088 | 2.1 | 69.8 | 4,521,433 | 2.1 | 78.0 |
85 AND OVER | 1,699,564 | 1.6 | 94.4 | 2,016,567 | 1.8 | 57.1 | 3,716,131 | 1.7 | 69.7 |
TOTAL | 107,649,686 | 100.0 | 85.0 | 110,434,779 | 100.0 | 83.2 | 218,084,465 | 100.0 | 84.1 |
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.