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Highway Statistics 2008

Distribution of Licensed Drivers - 2008 by Sex and Percentage in Each Age Group and Relation to Population

January 2010
Table DL-20

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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 16 169,067 0.2 7.9 165,101 0.2 8.1 334,168 0.2 8.0
16 667,339 0.6 30.5 661,172 0.6 31.7 1,328,511 0.6 31.1
17 1,103,962 1.1 49.6 1,068,079 1.0 50.4 2,172,041 1.0 50.0
18 1,490,038 1.4 65.6 1,404,411 1.3 65.2 2,894,449 1.4 65.4
19 1,658,662 1.6 75.7 1,566,104 1.5 75.3 3,224,766 1.5 75.5
(19 AND UNDER) 5,089,068 4.9 46.1 4,864,867 4.6 46.4 9,953,935 4.8 46.3
20 1,698,745 1.6 78.5 1,642,900 1.6 80.1 3,341,645 1.6 79.2
21 1,716,906 1.7 79.8 1,684,153 1.6 82.8 3,401,059 1.6 81.2
22 1,740,680 1.7 80.1 1,708,409 1.6 83.4 3,449,089 1.7 81.7
23 1,784,769 1.7 81.4 1,763,518 1.7 85.7 3,548,287 1.7 83.5
24 1,772,022 1.7 81.9 1,763,502 1.7 87.3 3,535,524 1.7 84.5
(20-24) 8,713,122 8.4 80.3 8,562,482 8.2 83.8 17,275,604 8.3 82.0
25-29 9,186,351 8.9 84.0 9,232,627 8.8 88.8 18,418,978 8.8 86.3
30-34 8,893,874 8.6 89.3 8,858,981 8.5 91.9 17,752,855 8.5 90.6
35-39 9,672,688 9.3 91.5 9,584,412 9.2 91.9 19,257,100 9.2 91.7
40-44 9,926,743 9.6 92.4 9,841,040 9.4 91.4 19,767,783 9.5 91.9
45-49 10,618,976 10.2 93.9 10,668,589 10.2 92.2 21,287,565 10.2 93.0
50-54 10,059,554 9.7 95.5 10,189,189 9.7 93.0 20,248,743 9.7 94.2
55-59 8,735,563 8.4 96.9 8,900,891 8.5 93.0 17,636,454 8.5 94.9
60-64 7,189,906 6.9 99.4 7,293,426 7.0 92.7 14,483,332 7.0 95.9
65-69 5,268,385 5.1 99.3 5,402,615 5.2 89.4 10,671,000 5.1 94.0
70-74 3,842,191 3.7 97.1 4,005,920 3.8 83.2 7,848,111 3.8 89.4
75-79 2,939,926 2.8 94.9 3,190,329 3.0 76.4 6,130,255 2.9 84.3
80-84 2,043,007 2.0 91.2 2,359,328 2.3 67.2 4,402,335 2.1 76.6
85 AND OVER 1,438,808 1.4 77.2 1,747,743 1.7 45.3 3,186,551 1.5 55.7
TOTAL 103,618,162 100.0 87.3 104,702,439 100.0 84.2 208,320,601 100.0 85.8

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.

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