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Federal Highway Administration
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November 2020
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 | 21,359 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 22,449 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 43,808 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
16 | 534,189 | 0.5 | 25.2 | 554,213 | 0.5 | 27.2 | 1,088,402 | 0.5 | 26.2 |
17 | 975,376 | 0.9 | 46.2 | 981,456 | 0.8 | 48.4 | 1,956,832 | 0.9 | 47.2 |
18 | 1,330,599 | 1.2 | 61.3 | 1,290,590 | 1.1 | 61.9 | 2,621,189 | 1.1 | 61.6 |
19 | 1,569,435 | 1.4 | 70.9 | 1,502,527 | 1.3 | 71.0 | 3,071,962 | 1.3 | 70.9 |
(19 AND UNDER) | 4,430,958 | 3.9 | 34.4 | 4,351,235 | 3.8 | 35.2 | 8,782,193 | 3.8 | 34.8 |
20 | 1,660,551 | 1.5 | 76.1 | 1,593,791 | 1.4 | 76.4 | 3,254,342 | 1.4 | 76.2 |
21 | 1,709,205 | 1.5 | 78.1 | 1,650,692 | 1.4 | 78.9 | 3,359,897 | 1.5 | 78.5 |
22 | 1,779,990 | 1.6 | 81.1 | 1,727,559 | 1.5 | 82.1 | 3,507,549 | 1.5 | 81.6 |
23 | 1,830,239 | 1.6 | 82.4 | 1,793,267 | 1.6 | 84.6 | 3,623,506 | 1.6 | 83.5 |
24 | 1,881,861 | 1.7 | 82.6 | 1,850,844 | 1.6 | 85.4 | 3,732,704 | 1.6 | 84.0 |
(20-24) | 8,861,846 | 7.8 | 80.1 | 8,616,153 | 7.4 | 81.5 | 17,477,998 | 7.6 | 80.8 |
25-29 | 10,071,946 | 8.9 | 83.9 | 10,044,709 | 8.7 | 87.3 | 20,116,655 | 8.8 | 85.6 |
30-34 | 10,042,390 | 8.9 | 88.4 | 10,139,924 | 8.8 | 91.5 | 20,182,314 | 8.8 | 90.0 |
35-39 | 9,808,873 | 8.7 | 90.1 | 9,933,766 | 8.6 | 91.5 | 19,742,639 | 8.6 | 90.8 |
40-44 | 9,045,387 | 8.0 | 91.3 | 9,201,260 | 8.0 | 91.9 | 18,246,647 | 8.0 | 91.6 |
45-49 | 9,396,532 | 8.3 | 93.2 | 9,522,379 | 8.2 | 92.3 | 18,918,911 | 8.3 | 92.7 |
50-54 | 9,526,272 | 8.4 | 94.4 | 9,647,355 | 8.3 | 92.8 | 19,173,627 | 8.4 | 93.6 |
55-59 | 10,110,144 | 8.9 | 95.0 | 10,387,240 | 9.0 | 92.5 | 20,497,384 | 9.0 | 93.7 |
60-64 | 9,420,961 | 8.3 | 95.6 | 9,822,307 | 8.5 | 91.7 | 19,243,268 | 8.4 | 93.5 |
65-69 | 7,887,504 | 7.0 | 96.2 | 8,354,380 | 7.2 | 90.3 | 16,241,884 | 7.1 | 93.1 |
70-74 | 6,187,316 | 5.5 | 95.2 | 6,576,052 | 5.7 | 87.3 | 12,763,368 | 5.6 | 91.0 |
75-79 | 4,003,260 | 3.5 | 92.7 | 4,342,350 | 3.8 | 81.4 | 8,345,610 | 3.6 | 86.5 |
80-84 | 2,312,296 | 2.0 | 86.3 | 2,568,184 | 2.2 | 70.6 | 4,880,480 | 2.1 | 77.3 |
85 AND OVER | 1,895,123 | 1.7 | 78.5 | 2,171,618 | 1.9 | 49.9 | 4,066,741 | 1.8 | 60.1 |
TOTAL | 113,000,808 | 100.0 | 85.0 | 115,678,912 | 100.0 | 83.2 | 228,679,719 | 100.0 | 84.1 |
(1) These percentages are computed using population estimates from the Census Bureau. For computation purposes, Under 16 age group data is compared to 14 and 15-year-old population estimates; the other age brackets coincide with those from the Census Bureau.