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Federal Highway Administration
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January 2020
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 | 21,148 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 21,849 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 42,997 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| 16 | 525,125 | 0.5 | 24.9 | 540,684 | 0.5 | 26.7 | 1,065,809 | 0.5 | 25.8 |
| 17 | 989,369 | 0.9 | 45.7 | 986,881 | 0.9 | 47.5 | 1,976,250 | 0.9 | 46.6 |
| 18 | 1,340,132 | 1.2 | 60.6 | 1,290,291 | 1.1 | 61.2 | 2,630,423 | 1.2 | 60.9 |
| 19 | 1,555,603 | 1.4 | 71.3 | 1,484,787 | 1.3 | 71.3 | 3,040,390 | 1.3 | 71.3 |
| (19 AND UNDER) | 4,431,377 | 3.9 | 41.1 | 4,324,492 | 3.8 | 41.9 | 8,755,869 | 3.8 | 41.5 |
| 20 | 1,658,195 | 1.5 | 75.8 | 1,590,375 | 1.4 | 76.2 | 3,248,570 | 1.4 | 76.0 |
| 21 | 1,706,189 | 1.5 | 77.8 | 1,648,929 | 1.4 | 78.6 | 3,355,118 | 1.5 | 78.2 |
| 22 | 1,775,034 | 1.6 | 80.0 | 1,730,946 | 1.5 | 81.8 | 3,505,980 | 1.5 | 80.9 |
| 23 | 1,841,657 | 1.6 | 80.9 | 1,803,217 | 1.6 | 83.4 | 3,644,874 | 1.6 | 82.1 |
| 24 | 1,894,960 | 1.7 | 81.5 | 1,869,311 | 1.6 | 84.6 | 3,764,271 | 1.7 | 83.0 |
| (20-24) | 8,876,035 | 7.9 | 79.2 | 8,642,778 | 7.5 | 81.0 | 17,518,813 | 7.7 | 80.1 |
| 25-29 | 10,098,663 | 9.0 | 84.0 | 10,087,584 | 8.8 | 87.4 | 20,186,247 | 8.9 | 85.7 |
| 30-34 | 9,953,148 | 8.8 | 88.9 | 10,025,826 | 8.7 | 91.6 | 19,978,974 | 8.8 | 90.3 |
| 35-39 | 9,725,438 | 8.6 | 90.1 | 9,877,244 | 8.6 | 91.7 | 19,602,682 | 8.6 | 90.9 |
| 40-44 | 8,955,738 | 8.0 | 91.4 | 9,087,263 | 7.9 | 91.6 | 18,043,001 | 7.9 | 91.5 |
| 45-49 | 9,549,912 | 8.5 | 93.0 | 9,648,417 | 8.4 | 92.0 | 19,198,329 | 8.4 | 92.5 |
| 50-54 | 9,665,401 | 8.6 | 94.0 | 9,779,273 | 8.5 | 92.2 | 19,444,674 | 8.5 | 93.1 |
| 55-59 | 10,134,018 | 9.0 | 95.0 | 10,405,187 | 9.0 | 92.3 | 20,539,205 | 9.0 | 93.6 |
| 60-64 | 9,328,173 | 8.3 | 95.9 | 9,713,421 | 8.4 | 91.6 | 19,041,594 | 8.4 | 93.7 |
| 65-69 | 7,759,144 | 6.9 | 96.6 | 8,183,166 | 7.1 | 90.4 | 15,942,310 | 7.0 | 93.3 |
| 70-74 | 5,962,550 | 5.3 | 96.0 | 6,289,258 | 5.5 | 87.4 | 12,251,808 | 5.4 | 91.4 |
| 75-79 | 3,878,031 | 3.4 | 93.6 | 4,175,988 | 3.6 | 81.5 | 8,054,019 | 3.5 | 86.9 |
| 80-84 | 2,315,261 | 2.1 | 89.4 | 2,621,011 | 2.3 | 74.1 | 4,936,272 | 2.2 | 80.6 |
| 85 AND OVER | 1,846,936 | 1.6 | 79.4 | 2,217,652 | 1.9 | 52.6 | 4,064,588 | 1.8 | 62.1 |
| TOTAL | 112,479,825 | 100.0 | 86.5 | 115,078,560 | 100.0 | 84.5 | 227,558,385 | 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.
