Source Chapter 8 Household Vehicles and Characteristics Summary Statistics from Tables/Figures in this Chapter Table 8.2 Vehicles per licensed driver, 2001 1.13 Table 8.3 Average household transportation expense, 2000 19.1% Table 8.4 Share of households owning 3 or more vehicles 1960 2.5% 1970 5.5% 1980 17.5% 1990 17.3% 2000 18.3% Figure 8.1 Average occupancy rates by vehicle type, 2001 Automobile 1.57 Pickup truck 1.48 Sports Utility 1.76 Van 2.22 Table 8.12 Average annual miles per household vehicle, 2001 11,000 Table 8.14 Share of workers who car pooled, 2000 11.2% Figure 8.4 Long-distance trips in the U.S., 1995 Trips 1,001 million Person-miles 827 billion TRANSPORTATION ENERGY DATA BOOK: EDITION <strong>23</strong>—2003 8–1
8–2 Vehicle-miles are growing at a faster rate than vehicles and more than twice the rate of population. See Table 8.2 for vehicles per capita and vehicle-miles per capita. a Estimates as of July 1. Includes Armed Forces stationed in the United States. b Data is not available. Table 8.1 Population and Vehicle Profile, 1950–2001 Resident population Year a Number of Number of Number of civilian Total vehicles in Total licensed employed households operation vehicle-miles drivers persons (thousands) (thousands) (thousands) (millions) (thousands) (thousands) 1950 151,868 43,554 43,256 458,246 62,194 58,918 1955 165,069 47,874 55,804 605,646 74,686 62,170 1960 179,979 52,799 66,582 718,762 87,253 65,778 1965 193,526 57,251 82,067 887,812 98,502 71,088 1970 203,984 63,401 98,136 1,109,724 111,543 78,678 1975 215,465 71,120 120,054 1,327,664 129,791 85,846 1980 227,225 80,776 139,832 1,527,295 145,295 99,303 1985 <strong>23</strong>7,924 86,789 157,048 1,774,826 156,868 107,150 1986 240,133 88,458 162,094 1,834,872 159,487 109,597 1987 242,289 89,479 167,193 1,921,204 161,975 112,440 1988 244,499 91,061 171,741 2,025,962 162,853 114,968 1989 246,819 92,830 175,960 2,096,487 165,555 117,342 1990 249,6<strong>23</strong> 93,347 179,299 2,144,362 167,015 118,793 1991 252,981 94,312 181,438 2,172,050 168,995 117,718 1992 256,514 95,689 181,519 2,247,151 173,125 118,492 1993 259,916 96,391 186,315 2,296,378 173,149 120,259 1994 263,126 97,107 188,714 2,357,588 175,403 1<strong>23</strong>,060 1995 266,278 98,990 193,441 2,422,696 176,628 124,900 1996 269,394 99,627 198,294 2,485,848 179,539 126,708 1997 272,647 101,018 201,071 2,561,695 182,709 129,558 1998 275,854 102,528 205,043 2,631,522 184,980 131,463 1999 279,040 103,874 209,509 2,691,056 187,170 133,488 2000 282,797 104,705 213,300 2,746,925 190,625 135,208 2001 284,797 b 216,683 2,781,462 191,276 135,073 Average annual percentage change 1950–2001 1.2% b 3.2% 3.6% 2.2% 1.6% 1991–2001 Source: 1.2% b 1.8% 2.5% 1.2% 1.4% Resident population, total households, and civilian employed persons - U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Statistical Abstract of the United States–2002, 122nd <strong>edition</strong>, Washington, DC, 2002, pp. 8, 49, 367, and annual. (Additional resources: www.census.gov) Vehicles in operation - The Polk Company. FURTHER REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED. (Additional resources: www.polk.com) Licensed drivers and vehicle-miles - U.S. Department of <strong>Transportation</strong>, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics 2001, Tables DL-20 and VM-1, and annual. (Additional resources: www.fhwa.dot.gov) TRANSPORTATION ENERGY DATA BOOK: EDITION <strong>23</strong>—2003
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