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Federal Highway Administration
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September 2017
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 | 31,580 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 31,757 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 63,337 | 0.0 | 1.5 |
16 | 554,810 | 0.5 | 25.4 | 566,181 | 0.5 | 27.2 | 1,120,991 | 0.5 | 26.3 |
17 | 990,506 | 0.9 | 46.1 | 982,165 | 0.9 | 47.8 | 1,972,671 | 0.9 | 46.9 |
18 | 1,337,678 | 1.2 | 62.0 | 1,281,612 | 1.1 | 62.2 | 2,619,290 | 1.2 | 62.1 |
19 | 1,555,690 | 1.4 | 71.7 | 1,484,203 | 1.3 | 71.6 | 3,039,893 | 1.4 | 71.6 |
(19 AND UNDER) | 4,470,264 | 4.1 | 41.4 | 4,345,918 | 3.9 | 42.1 | 8,816,182 | 4.0 | 41.7 |
20 | 1,653,827 | 1.5 | 75.3 | 1,596,045 | 1.4 | 76.4 | 3,249,872 | 1.5 | 75.8 |
21 | 1,721,596 | 1.6 | 76.4 | 1,667,976 | 1.5 | 78.2 | 3,389,572 | 1.5 | 77.3 |
22 | 1,794,295 | 1.6 | 77.9 | 1,752,813 | 1.6 | 80.4 | 3,547,108 | 1.6 | 79.2 |
23 | 1,866,588 | 1.7 | 79.7 | 1,824,862 | 1.6 | 82.5 | 3,691,450 | 1.7 | 81.1 |
24 | 1,927,161 | 1.8 | 80.4 | 1,904,885 | 1.7 | 83.6 | 3,832,046 | 1.7 | 82.0 |
(20-24) | 8,963,467 | 8.2 | 78.0 | 8,746,581 | 7.8 | 80.3 | 17,710,048 | 8.0 | 79.1 |
25-29 | 9,847,155 | 9.0 | 84.7 | 9,875,410 | 8.8 | 87.7 | 19,722,565 | 8.9 | 86.2 |
30-34 | 9,682,465 | 8.8 | 88.3 | 9,789,035 | 8.7 | 90.5 | 19,471,500 | 8.8 | 89.4 |
35-39 | 9,237,506 | 8.4 | 89.0 | 9,411,228 | 8.4 | 90.5 | 18,648,734 | 8.4 | 89.8 |
40-44 | 8,855,956 | 8.1 | 90.6 | 8,995,657 | 8.0 | 90.7 | 17,851,613 | 8.1 | 90.6 |
45-49 | 9,560,146 | 8.7 | 92.1 | 9,660,677 | 8.6 | 91.4 | 19,220,823 | 8.7 | 91.8 |
50-54 | 9,995,694 | 9.1 | 93.2 | 10,190,800 | 9.1 | 91.7 | 20,186,494 | 9.1 | 92.4 |
55-59 | 9,990,297 | 9.1 | 93.5 | 10,313,827 | 9.2 | 91.3 | 20,304,124 | 9.2 | 92.4 |
60-64 | 8,843,212 | 8.1 | 94.9 | 9,232,487 | 8.2 | 90.8 | 18,075,699 | 8.2 | 92.8 |
65-69 | 7,522,417 | 6.9 | 94.8 | 7,894,884 | 7.0 | 88.9 | 15,417,301 | 7.0 | 91.7 |
70-74 | 5,189,941 | 4.7 | 95.2 | 5,463,473 | 4.9 | 86.0 | 10,653,414 | 4.8 | 90.2 |
75-79 | 3,440,998 | 3.1 | 92.4 | 3,709,590 | 3.3 | 79.9 | 7,150,588 | 3.2 | 85.5 |
80-84 | 2,195,335 | 2.0 | 89.5 | 2,410,185 | 2.1 | 70.6 | 4,605,520 | 2.1 | 78.5 |
85 AND OVER | 1,792,366 | 1.6 | 80.6 | 2,084,947 | 1.9 | 50.2 | 3,877,313 | 1.7 | 60.8 |
TOTAL | 109,587,219 | 100.0 | 85.7 | 112,124,699 | 100.0 | 83.5 | 221,711,918 | 100.0 | 84.6 |
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.